What is Carbonitriding?
As we discuss carbonitriding, expect to be carried through a heat treatment process that relies heavily on the control of local atmospheric variables. In particular, as the label implies, carbon...
Read MoreAdvantages of Flame Hardening of Gears and Wheel Sprockets
Gears and wheel sprockets are low profile components, but that understated physical form belies an innate knack for handling near unendurable loads. Geometrically detailed, these essential mechanical parts are machined...
Read MoreHot and Cold Precision Straightening: What Are The Differences?
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 MoreTop 3 Discolouration of Metal Parts Often Encountered with Vacuum Furnaces
When 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 MoreDifferences between Low and High Carbon Steel in Flame Hardening
Flame hardening operations extend the operating life of alloy-rich components by adding rigid strength to the microcrystalline backbone of the heat-treated part.
Read MoreWhat is Metal Quenching and Its Advantages?
Heat 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 MoreCopper, Stainless, Bronze, Brass, or Aluminium: Why Annealing Matters?
Work 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 MoreHeat Treating of Spherical Radius Items
If 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 MoreCauses of Distortion and Residual Stresses in Heat Treatment
The principal objective of this discussion is to determine the causes of distortion and residual stresses in heat treatment.
Read MoreHeat Treating of Steels & Cast Irons for the Development of Microstructures and Mechanical Properties in Base Materials
Fine 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 MoreFlame Hardening and Induction Heating: What are The Differences?
In 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 MoreThe Anti-Corrosion Benefits of Black Oxide Coating
In 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...
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