Quality control and assurance in advanced surface engineering
By: edited by K.N. Strafford and C. Subramanian.
Contributors: Strafford, K. N. 1939-; Subramanian, C.; Institute of Materials (London, England); International Conference on Surface Engineering (2nd : 1994 : Adelaide, South Australia)
Series: Book / Institute of Materials -- 678.; Book (Institute of Materials (London, England)) -- 678.
Publisher: Institute of Materials
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Surfaces (Technology) -- Congresses.; Quality control -- Congresses.; Quality assurance -- Congresses.
Notes: Papers from the Workshop on Quality Assurance of Advanced Coatings which was incorporated into the Second International Conference on Surface Engineering, held in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: Origins and establishment of quality assurance with advanced surface coatings / K.N. Strafford; Towards the establishment of quality control standards for advanced coatings : Australian and international perspectives / G.O. MacIntosh and B.A. Wilson; Quality assurance of advanced coatings : the coater's perspective / N.A.G. Ahmed; Variability in coatings and test results / A. Matthews and A. Leyland; Wear testing of coatings : methods, selection and limitations / C. Subramanian; Advanced surface analytical techniques in characterisation and quality assurance of coatings / R. St. C. Smart ... [et al.]; Surface finish in manufacture : its assessment and significance / K.J. Stout and L. Blunt; Residual stress measurement : methods, limitations and significance / D.W. Borland; Prediction of surface quality through cutting conditions in the grinding processes / M. Tawfik; Quality control and quality assurance in heat treatment / G.W. Conran; Quality issues with the plasma nitriding process / N.L. Loh, B.J. Tan and D. Ng; Scratch adhesion testing and its significance for coating performance / S.J. Bull; Indentation based mechanical characterisation of thin films on substrates / M.V. Swain; Some current quality issues in advanced surface engineering : a conspectus / K.N. Strafford.