Handbook of Surface Treatment and Coatings

Handbook
of Surface Treatments and Coatings brings together in a
coherent way, for the first time, as much practical information as
possible to help with the selection and appropriate use of surface
treatments and coatings in mechanical engineering. The selection
methods are based on in-service properties and functions required.
In this way, a wealth of knowledge and expertise is made easily
accessible to a wide audience, including non-specialists.

This is an extremely important title in the "Tribology in
Practice Series" (TIPS). In order to design and manufacture
improved products which have a competitive edge in the global
market, it is important to be able to produce surfaces that do not
wear; are more resistant to tarnishing and corrosion; and retain
their electrical, optical, or thermal properties over a long period
of time. It is also of great benefit to be able to simplify product
ranges or maintenance requirements, make mechanisms lighter, reduce
noise, and enhance the value of strategically or economically
advantageous materials.

It is now universally acknowledged that surface treatments and
coatings have a prominent role to play in this respect. A
number of processes of a mechanical, physical, chemical, or
electrochemical nature are used to modify the surface properties of
materials, in particular their hardness, distribution of residual
stresses, composition and structure, topography, and surface
energy. Much information on the subject is difficult to
access, being very varied in form and content.

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

* Elements of surface mechanics - parameters of frictional
contact.

* Further parameters and definitions.

* Principal phenomena or surface transformation and
wear.

* The role of surface treatments.

* Properties, applications, and implementation of surface
treatments and coatings.

* Importance of surface treatments and coatings in
tribology.

* Classification of surface treatments and coatings.

* Properties and applications of surface treatments and
coatings.

* Materials for tribological use.

* Principles of surface treatments and coatings
processes.

* Guidelines for selecting and using surface treatments and
coatings.