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World Gold Council Publications on Jewellery Technology

Gold Technology

Gold Technology magazine is focussed on gold jewellery manufacturing and materials technology and best practice. It was published 3 times per year in both English and Italian editions between 1990 and 2002. 36 issues were produced. It can be accessed on the WGC website. All back issues can be downloaded free.
Gold Technology ceased publication in 2002.

Gold Bulletin

Gold Bulletin is a scientific journal focused on the science, technology and applications of gold. It occasionally contains articles of interest on jewellery alloys and technology. See its website, www.goldbulletin.org for archive of articles, downloadable free.

Technical Handbooks and Manuals

World Gold Council publishes several Handbooks and Manuals on gold jewellery manufacturing technology. These are in English and some are available in Italian (as indicated below). Some local language editions (e.g. in Arabic) are available from WGC offices in some countries. Contact your local WGC office for details. Some translations in French and Russian are available (contact industry@gold.org for details). Chinese translations are in preparation.

These Handbooks and Manuals are aimed at those with little formal training in jewellery technology and have been designed to support the technical seminars programmes conducted in many countries around the world. They are available for purchase from WGC, London (address below). Prices are given in the following list, together with details of payment. Payment is accepted in £ sterling, US dollars,$, or EU Euros, €. Please send payment with your order, giving your full postal address.

1.Technical Manual for Gold Jewellery - A practical guide to gold jewellery manufacturing technology.

By John C.Wright. Available in book or box file* format. Published 1997. Reprinted 2001. English only.
Cost £50 sterling,/US$98/€68 including postage.

This is a basic manual, comprising 8 chapters on all aspects of jewellery technology. Each chapter is illustrated and contains references for further reading. This Manual should be essential reading in both factories and workshops. It is a very useful training aid for new workers and supervisors.

Investment Casting

2.Investment Casting - a technical advisory manual for goldsmiths.

By Lino Zorzi. Published 1995. English only. This has been replaced by the Handbook on Investment Casting (see Below)

Written by Italian experts in casting, this 44 page manual, illustrated in colour, covers all stages of the investment casting ('Lost Wax') process, gives practical advice on Best Practice and contains a section on trouble-shooting. Again, essential reading for those engaged in Investment casting of jewellery.

Assaying and refining of gold

3. The Assaying and Refining of Gold - a guide for the gold jewellery producer.

By Peter Raw. Published 1997. Reprinted 2001. English only.
Cost £10/US$19.50/€13.50, including postage.

This 30 page booklet describes the various analytical techniques for determining the gold content ('fineness') of jewellery and their limitations. It also describes the various processes for refining of gold-bearing materials and scraps and their limitations in terms of what metals are not removed during refining and so what may find its way back into your new jewellery production.

Casting handbook

4. Handbook on Casting and Other Defects in Gold Jewellery Manufacture.

By Dieter Ott. Published March 1998. Reprinted 2001. Italian edition 2002.
Cost £20/US$39/€27, including postage.

The Handbook is a mine of information on the common defects that can occur in jewellery production with emphasis on those occurring in casting. Written by a world expert on jewellery technology, Dieter Ott, it is presented as a series of actual Case Histories of defects. Each defect is fully described and well illustrated in colour, together with an explanation of its cause and recommendations for its prevention in future. Where appropriate, full metallographic investigation of the defect has been carried out and is described and illustrated. This book is unique and should be an essential reference book for all producers!

Handbook on finishing

5. Finishing Handbook.

By Valerio Faccenda. Published March 1999. English & Italian editions available.
Cost £20 sterling/US$39/€27, including postage.

This is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of finishing of jewellery, whether done manually on polishing wheels or by use of automated machine. Written by WGC technical consultant, Dr V.Faccenda, this Handbook covers the basic principles of polishing, types of polishing media, the major types of equipment and their characteristics. It includes electropolishing, electroplating and other chemical techniques. Again, this is a unique publication, illustrated in colour!

Soldering handbook

6.Handbook on Soldering.

By Mark F.Grimwade. Published January 2002
Cost £20 sterling/US$39/€27. English and Italian editions.

This is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of finishing of jewellery, whether done manually on polishing wheels or by use of automated machine. Written by WGC technical consultant, Dr V.Faccenda, this Handbook covers the basic principles of polishing, types of polishing media, the major types of equipment and their characteristics. It includes electropolishing, electroplating and other chemical techniques. Again, this is a unique publication, illustrated in colour!

Investment casting handbook

7. Handbook on Investing Casting

By Valerio Faccenda. Published 2003.
Cost £20 sterling/US$39/€27. English and Italian editions. OUT of STOCK. Please note that the first edition is available.

The latest technical handbook on gold jewellery manufacture has just been published and launched at the Santa Fe Symposium in May 2003. Seventh in the series of technical manuals and handbooks from World Gold Council, the new Handbook on Investment Casting, written by Dr V.Faccenda , with a chapter on casting alloys by Dieter Ott (formerly of FEM, Germany), is a comprehensive book on the latest technology developments and manufacturing best practice on the most widely used process in jewellery manufacture (also known as the lost wax casting process). It updates the older Investment Casting Manual and complements the Handbook on Casting and other Defects.

Lavishly illustrated in colour, the Handbook comprises about 100 pages in 6 chapters, describing in detail the various steps in the investment casting process (with guidelines and pitfalls), alloys for investment casting, equipment, list of manufacturers and suppliers and a comprehensive list of further reading. As with all the series of Handbooks, emphasis is given to the technology underlying the practical advice, so that practitioners are better able to solve their casting problems. For those involved in investment casting of jewellery, this book is an essential tool.

8. Gold Technology

Copies of back issues available (English, also some Italian & German). Complete set of back issues: No longer available.

Note: Some publications may be available in other languages - contact your local WGC office. Several are available in Arabic from WGC Dubai office.

All English and Italian publications can be purchased from:

International Technology (Publications)
World Gold Council
55 Old Broad Street
London EC2M 1RX, England
Tel + 44 20 7826 4700 Fax + 44 20 7826 4799 E-mail:industry@gold.org

Or contact your local World Gold Council office.

Payment in £ sterling, US dollars or European Euros,€, by cheque or money order (no credit cards), made out to World Gold Council, or into our bank account:

Barclays Bank plc,
PO Box 15165,
50 Pall Mall,
London
SW1A 1QF,
England
Bank Sort Code: 20 67 59
Account No: 70964271
All charges to your account.

* Technical Manual: The reprinted edition is in book format. Copies of the original edition in box file format are also available. Please specify which version is wanted when ordering this item

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