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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 exists right there. Next, the movable flame head controls hardening depth, which is yet another cost-saving benefit. Now that we’ve begun investigating, the budget-centric benefits […]

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 to ingrained stress. The plastic deformation stress is removed by heat treating the part and making it workable again. These examples apply to steel, but […]

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 amalgamated property, something that combines hardness and material tempering. In using metal solidification technology as our starting point, we’ll explain the importance of hardening, then […]

Robust metals are often judged on hardness. It’s a term that’s closely related to the stiffness of an alloy, which is all well and good, but what about ductility? What of plastic deformation and tensile strength? A material that’s solely engineered to be stiff is likely to hold its shape, but without elastic deformation, it […]

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 alloys, but that’s not always […]

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 properties and a perfectly clean […]

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, say, flame or case hardening […]

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 method’s gift for processing large […]

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 required to understand the effects […]

Workpiece hardening is a central part of any heat treatment facilities’ work output, so it’s only logical that several alternative techniques should develop in response to this need for mechanical toughness. Let’s compare two of these popular hardening techniques. Essentially, we’ll be noting the differences that exist between induction hardening and case hardening technology. Processing […]