This post will address the gas nitriding process and its effects on steel. Essentially, we’ll be looking at a heat treatment technique that addresses alloy hardening concerns and the need for a process that attenuates the corrosion rate of this ferrous-heavy metal. But first, considering the importance of this subject, […]
Process economy is an ideal we chase in heat treatment technology. Masses of fuel and heat are devoured during a hard day’s work inside this manufacturing environment. How does the work retain a cost-efficient edge? Particularly in flame hardening, how do we surface harden a large workpiece while we’re also […]
To some extent, worked alloys have memory. Stress can be absorbed and stored in the metal. Under these circumstances, heat treatment facilities call upon the services of a stress relieving process, a technique that’s designed to reset that solid-form memory. In a nutshell, the grain of the metal is homogenized. […]
On one side of this comparative guide, induction hardening technology employs a strong electromagnetic field as the heat treatment engine. On the other side, a similarly potent case hardening station is busily armouring the surface of a newly arrived workpiece. Both methods harden exterior surfaces. Case in point, flame hardening […]
Dark black oxide coatings look attractive. Aside from that smoky appeal, there’s another benefit to this technique. Designed to act as a corrosion-resistant finish, black oxide treatments stop ferrous parts from oxidizing. If there’s one factor that sets the process apart, it’s the amount of chemical processing that occurs during […]