Hydraulic Extrusion Presses

I: Presses for the Manufacture of Lead Pipes and Wire.- a) Lead Pipe Presses.- b) Lead Trap Presses.- c) Lead Wire Presses.- d) Solder Wire Presses.- II: Presses for the Manufacture of Lead and Aluminum Cable Sheathing.- a) Lead Cable Presses for Charging of Liquid Metal.- b) Lead- and Aluminum Cable Presses for Billet Extrusion.- c) Continuous Lead- and Aluminum Cable Sheathing Presses Charged with Molten Metal or Solid Billets.- III: Presses for the Extrusion of Profiles, Wire and Tubes of Heavy- and Light Metals.- a) Horizontal Presses for Direct Extrusion.- b) Horizontal Presses for Direct and Indirect Extrusion.- c) Horizontal Combined Rod and Tube Extrusion Presses.- d) Vertical Combined Rod and Tube Extrusion Presses.- IV: Rating and Design Rules for Rod and Tube Extrusion Presses.- a) Determination of Piston Forces.- b) Hydraulic Pressures.- c) Nomenclature of Tools and Tool Steels.- d) Upsetting of Billet.- e) Piercing and Extrusion of Billet.- f) Dies and Die-Holders.- g) Piercing Mandrels and Mandrel-Holders.- h) Containers.- i) Container Heating Systems.- j) Extrusion Rams.- k) Die-Carriers, Lateral Die Slides and Rotating Die-Holders.- l) Counterplatens.- m) Cylinder-Platens.- n) Columns.- o) Movable Crossheads.- V: Drive Systems.- a) Water-Hydraulic Pressure Pumps.- b) Oil-Hydraulic Pressure Pumps.- c) Pressure Water Accumulators.- VI: Hydraulic Controls.- a) Hand-Lever Controls.- b) Motor-Driven Controls for Remote-Controlled and Automatic Operation.- VII: Packings, Pipings, Vessels, and Fittings.- a) Packings for Stationary Components (Flanges etc.).- b) Packings for Sliding Components (Pistons etc.).- c) Pipings and Accessories.- VIII: Practical Examples.- a) Stresses of a Hydraulic Cylinder (Fig. 185).- b) Calculation of the Four Columns of a 2,500-TonTube and Rod Extrusion Press (Fig. 186).- c) Calculation of a Cable Sheathing Press.- d) Calculation of a Tube and Rod Extrusion Press.- e) Dimensions and Shrinkage Allowances of a 3-Part Container

Ernst Müller, geboren 1961, studierte Germanistik, Sozialwissenschaften und Pädagogik an der Universität Bonn. Er ist freier Dozent in der Erwachsenenbildung und arbeitet hauptberuflich als Zeitungsredakteur.