* Enhanced sections throughout text provide much firmer foundation than the first edition. * Literature citations are given throughout for reference to additional material.

    It avoids unnecessary mathematics and features improved teaching aids, including: worked examples; updated and graded review questions; colour diagrams and chapter summaries. It is designed for use by students on NC, HNC and HND courses in electrical and electronic engineering.

    Thoroughly updated with new questions and exercises at the end of each chapter, the book relates observed performance in metal cutting to fundamental physics, materials behavior, and chemistry. In addition, heat transfer, tribology, and solid mechanics are covered in appropriate detail.