Heat Treatment of Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys
When a discussion turns to heat treatment, aluminium isn’t the first metal that comes to mind. We think of its lightweight features, the uses of aluminium alloys as an aeronautics...
Read MoreBluing of Steel by Heat Treatment: Why and How it Happens?
Let’s navigate our way through a passivation process that earns its name by producing a blue-black protective layer around the subjected steel part. The heat treatment technique essentially forms a...
Read MoreWhat is Austempering?
Today’s journey through heat treatment technology looks at Austempering. As always, we’re industriously seeking the best, most cost-effective way to improve the mechanical and physical characteristics of a workpiece. More...
Read MoreLow Carbon Steel Case Hardening Process
It’s tough to case harden low carbon steels. Simply put, more carbon equals more hardness, a feature that even the casual observer can appreciate. One solution to this processing puzzle...
Read MoreTips for Finding Leaks in a Vacuum Heat Furnace
Vacuum heat furnaces perform expeditiously as atmosphere controlled heat treatment chambers. Drained of process-influencing oxygen and filled instead with an inert gas, the furnace stops scaling, stops parts discolouration, and...
Read MoreA Few Do’s and Don’ts of Hot Zone (Heat Treatment) Maintenance
Do’s and don’ts guides are an engineer’s best friend. They’re an objective instruction tool that helps system architects and fabricators to navigate processing minefields. In that regard, hot zone maintenance...
Read MoreHeat Furnace and the Importance of Temperature Uniformity
Does a factory full of furnaces look like some industrial hell? In point of fact, nothing could be further from the truth. Science-lab accuracy and high-tolerance engineering exactitude rule every...
Read MoreEffects of Flame Hardening on Steel and Iron
As stated in our earlier articles, flame hardening technology selectively heats and hardens parts of a metal workpiece. Imagine the teeth of a spur gear being subjected to the flame,...
Read MoreAnnealing Equipment: Significance in Metal Fabrication
Metal fabricators employ numerous tooling stations, which is as it should be because complex geometrical profiles are processed within these expert workshops. Some tools bend, others drill, then, waiting in...
Read MoreCost Friendly Benefits of Flame Hardening as a Heat Treatment for Steel Metals
The flame hardening process is a cost-effective heat treatment technique. Primarily, it’s the high-intensity oxy-gas flame that keeps project expenditure low. The flame hardens localised workpiece areas, so application economy...
Read MoreHow Does Non-Ferrous Metal Heat Treatment Work?
Processing variables are confounded when different alloys enter a heat treatment facility. Cooling temperatures and time periods adjust accordingly to metallurgical variances. Likewise, a worked hardened metal part is subjected...
Read MoreHow Does Hardening and Tempering Improve the Strength of Materials?
Material strength isn’t a straightforward property, not when we’re talking about structurally-capable alloys. Yes, a hardened workpiece is stiff, but it could also be brittle. In reality, strength is an...
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