High tolerances rule hot and cold precision straightening work. The factory floor is filled with high-tonnage presses and industrial grinding stations, the larger-than-life tools that enable expert material engineers to...
Read MoreWhen troubleshooting heat treatment imperfections in vacuum ovens, the undesirable results that stymy production engineers don't always fall into convenient pigeonholes. Fortunately, the discolouration of metal parts that have undergone...
Read MoreFlame hardening operations extend the operating life of alloy-rich components by adding rigid strength to the microcrystalline backbone of the heat-treated part.
Read MoreHeat treatment techniques use a two-step processing methodology. Logically, it begins with the workpiece entering a fiery environment, perhaps a gas-fired furnace. Here, the metal component is subjected to enough...
Read MoreWork hardened metals are difficult to form. The machining and shaping work has impacted the material in such a way as to cause the metal’s grain to compact and shrink.
Read MoreIf we've placed a great deal of emphasis on materials, there's a good reason for this seemingly off-kilter approach. Materials must be heat treated if the mechanical and physical properties...
Read MoreThe principal objective of this discussion is to determine the causes of distortion and residual stresses in heat treatment.
Read MoreFine manufacturing processes create sturdy cast iron items and robust steel-reinforced components that resonate with structural soundness, but such mechanical solidity doesn't just happen, not without an incorporated processing stage...
Read MoreIn the foundry, blazing hot furnaces melt metal and produce castings, parts that are imbued with crude properties. It is then down to special alloy-refining facilities to alter those material...
Read MoreIn documenting the essential characteristics of the black oxide coating process, we've illustrated the engineering science and the main advantages of the procedure. More than a smart finishing process, a...
Read MoreIndustrial foundries manufacture formidable products, mammoth components and intricate parts that go into service in the harshest applications. The thing is, we can't just melt iron and fill a cavity....
Read MoreIn adding chemistry to heat, we gain a powerful partnership, a fine means of blending two contrasting metal treatment techniques. Heat, obviously, changes the mechanical characteristics of a processed metal....
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