FORGING DIES HANDBOOK 1

[skengg]

Hello,
our company want to start a new project of making forgeed steel valve dies at our own press. i need to design forging dies. can you all suggest me suitable forging die design handbook.
and, one more question is that do we add shrinkage in forging dies?

 

[quadtracker]

There is a book called Foundry Technology, written by Peter Beeley, published by Butterworth - Heinemann you may find useful.