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Heat Treatment: A Critical Process that should not be an Afterthought in Large Engineering Projects

24 March 2017

If heat treatment technology has ever been perceived as an afterthought, well, nothing could be further from the truth. This is an essential process regimen, a series of techniques that equips metal parts with tailored material properties. Hardness is usually regarded as the primary reason for altering these already robust […]

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Is it Possible to Oil Quench Materials from a Vacuum Furnace?

23 March 2017

This fully contained heat treatment procedure is usually tendered by Alpha Detroit when a workpiece requires a mechanically enhanced, metallurgically consistent finish. Therefore, to answer the initial question, it is possible to oil quench materials from a vacuum furnace, but this technique should only be called upon when superior mechanical […]

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Induction Hardening: Cheaper and Faster for Large Volume Repetition Hardening of Pins, Axles and Shafts Compared to Flame and Case Hardening

23 February 2017

Induction hardening technology doesn’t use physical contact. Instead, a series of magnetic fields are projected from a large coil. Workpieces enter the coil, experience this induction effect, and respond by generating surface heat. That workflow suggests a production line of some kind. If so, is its ever-cycling configuration preferred over, […]

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Flame Hardening: The Only Suitable Hardening Process for Some Large Unique Components for Large Scale Engineering Projects

08 February 2017

The flame hardening process functions as an exceptional surface hardening solution. Its gas-generated flame hardens selected areas on command, then switches tact to heat treat large surface areas, no matter how eccentric the part’s geometry becomes. Let’s indulge in a little discrete analyzing, a look into flame hardening and the […]

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Analysis and Effects of Process Parameters in Induction Hardening

27 January 2017

Induction hardening technology employs a refined control setup, with magnetically induced energy patterns acting as a contact-free heat treatment mechanism. A hardening profile is established by the induction station’s electrically manipulated magnetic fields. Science-based principles now gain traction, but what criteria are we hinting at here? A detailed analysis is […]

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