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🔸 ALUMINIUM & ITS ALLOYS - PRODUCTION, METALLURGY & QUALITY CONTROL £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of aluminium & its alloys (wrought alloys & cast alloys.)
🔸 COPPER & ITS ALLOYS - PRODUCTION, METALLURGY & QUALITY CONTROL £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of copper & its alloys.
🔸 FERROUS METALS (STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL & CAST IRON) - PRODUCTION, METALLURGY & QUALITY CONTROL £775 per printed copy; online pdf copy £395. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of steel, stainless steel & cast iron.
🔸 INTRODUCTION TO METALLURGY £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. A practical, entry‑level introduction to metallurgy that explains the fundamentals of metal structure, processing and behaviour.
🔸 METALLURGY OF ALUMINIUM CASTING ALLOYS £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of cast aluminium alloys.
🔸 METALLURGY OF CAST IRON £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of cast iron.
🔸 METALLURGY PRINCIPLES £875 per printed copy (in 2 Volumes); online pdf copy £450. This manual covers the structure, properties, applications, manufacture, inspection & testing of ferrous & non-ferrous metals.
🔸 STAINLESS STEEL - PRODUCTION, METALLURGY & QUALITY CONTROL £575 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of stainless steel.
🔸 STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL - PRODUCTION, METALLURGY & QUALITY CONTROL £675 per printed copy; online pdf copy £350. This manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection & testing of steel & stainless steel.
🔸 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CORROSION ENGINEERING & CORROSION PREVENTION £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers corrosion science, corrosion mechanisms, laboratory testing methods, corrosion prevention strategies & the basic metallurgy, properties & applications of the widely used corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) including Stainless Steels, Nickel Alloys, Copper Alloys:, Zirconium Alloys, Cobalt Alloys & Titanium Alloys.
🔸 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF STEELMAKING & STEEL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the various steelmaking routes (Blast Furnace / BOS; Electric Arc Furnace; Green Steelmaking; Secondary Steelmaking) & other steel manufacturing routes.
🔸 UNDERSTANDING METAL GRADES & MATERIAL CERTIFICATES £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the importance of product standards for specifying the manufacture, testing, inspection & certification of metal products, as well as the typical product standards, grades, properties & applications of a range of alloy types including: steel; stainless steel; cast iron; aluminium & its alloys; copper & its alloys; nickel & its alloys and titanium & its alloys.
🔸 MATERIALS ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES £975 per printed copy (in 2 Volumes); online pdf copy £495. This manual covers the structure, properties, applications, manufacture, inspection & testing of engineering materials & advanced materials, including the metallurgy of metallic materials (ferrous & non-ferrous metals & alloys), as well as non-metallic materials including ceramics, carbons, polymers and composites.
🔸 MECHANICAL TESTING & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the mechanical testing methods for the determination of the mechanical properties of engineering materials.
🔸THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This fundamentals of composite materials manual covers the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection, testing & joining of composite materials:
🔸 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This introductory manual in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) covers the fundamental principles, typical applications, advantages & disadvantages, applicable international standards and the training requirements for Inspectors for the principal types of NDT techniques that are widely specified for the identification of imperfections & defects in metals & other engineering materials.
🔸BS EN 1090-1: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UKCA & CE MARKING OF STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £275 per printed copy; online pdf copy £195. Explains the requirements for achieving certification to BS EN 1090 for fabricators of steel & aluminium structures.
🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - ALUMINIUM ALLOYS £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731 and EN 1090.
🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - NICKEL ALLOYS £525 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731.
🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - REINFORCING CARBON STEEL £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731, BS 8548 & ISO 17660.
🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STEEL £525 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731 and EN 1090.
🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STAINLESS STEEL £525 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731 and EN 1090.
🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL & ALUMINIUM ALLOYS £725 per printed copy (x3 Manuals); online pdf copy £375. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731 and EN 1090.
🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL FOR STRUCTURES & PRESSURE VESSELS £725 per printed copy (x3 Manuals); online pdf copy £375. This manual provides knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with regulations like ISO 14731, structural steel codes EN 1090 & pressure vessel codes & standards.
🔸 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WELDING & BRAZING £575 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers a comprehensive range of topics in welding & brazing technology including: a review of the various types of parent metals that are welded & their international standards; a review fusion & solid state welding processes; types of welded joints & welds; welding Metallurgy; how to develop qualified Welding Procedure Specifications; Welder & Welding Operator qualification; welding positions; welding symbols; welding stresses, distortion & residual stress; a review of the welding quality management standard ISO 3834 & the welding coordination standard BS EN ISO 14731.
🔸 VISUAL WELDING INSPECTION - COMPREHENSIVE £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers: a review of welding fundamentals; principles of the widely used fusion welding processes including Arc welding; Electron Beam welding & Laser Beam welding; the types of welding imperfections that occur in fusion welds and how to avoid them; how to carry out a visual inspection of weld quality to the general requirements in BS EN ISO 17637 and the Aerospace requirements in BS ISO 19828, how to use welding gauges and the specific weld quality requirements for a wide range of welded products.
🔸 VISUAL WELDING INSPECTION - STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers: a review of welding fundamentals; principles of the widely used fusion welding processes including Arc welding; Electron Beam welding & Laser Beam welding; the types of welding imperfections that occur in fusion welds and how to avoid them; how to carry out a visual inspection of weld quality to the general requirements in BS EN ISO 17637, how to use welding gauges and the specific weld quality requirements for steel & aluminium structures in the UK & EU for UKCA & CE Marking to BS EN 1090-2 (steel structures ) & BS EN 1090-3 (Aluminium structures.)
🔸WELDING ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES £875 per printed copy (in 2 Volumes); online pdf copy £450. This manual covers a comprehensive range of welding engineering topics including: The Fundamentals of Welding & Welding Processes; Arc Welding Processes; Welding Inspection: Visual Welding Inspection & Non-Destructive Testing Inspection Techniques (Radiography RT; Ultrasonic Testing UT; Magnetic Particle Testing MT; Dye Penetrant Testing PT & Eddy Current Testing ET); Requirements of Welding Quality Management to ISO 3834; Welding Coordination to BS EN ISO 14731; Non-Conformance Reporting, Corrective Actions & Continuous Improvement; Weld Quality Requirements for a Range of Welded Products; The Development & Writing of Qualified Welding Procedure Specifications; Requirements for Welding of Steel & Cast Iron; Requirements for Welding of Stainless Steel; Requirements for Welding of Non-Ferrous Metals (Ni alloys; Al alloys; Ti alloys; Mg alloys; Zr alloys; Co alloys & Cu Alloys); Dissimilar Metal Joining by Welding & Brazing.
🔸 WELDING INSPECTION & QUALITY MANAGEMENT £675 per printed copy; online pdf copy £350. This manual covers the welding inspection & quality management requirements applicable to a wide range of welding industry sectors.
🔸 WELDING INSPECTION - STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £475 per printed copy; online pdf copy £295. This manual covers the requirements for the welding inspection of structural steel & aluminium welds for supply into steel & aluminium structures to satisfy the requirements of UKCA & CE Marking to BS EN 1090.
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