Can Low Carbon Steels Be Heat Treated?
A newly arrived batch of mild steel indicates this is a low carbon steel. The carbon quotient is noted, then the load is transported onwards. Putting this scenario on pause...
Read MoreMost Important Factors that Affect Hardenability of Steel
Undergoing heat treatment, a steel workpiece warms until it’s almost red-hot. Engineers monitor the process, compare the actions taking place in the furnace to specially formulated graphs, and the metal...
Read MoreReasons Why Steel is Tempered after Being Hardened
Here’s a case study where a steel workpiece was hardened in a cutting-edge furnace. The process is locked in, and it has been exhaustively tested, so the repeatability factor is...
Read MoreWhat is Warping in Heat Treatment and What are the Reasons Why It Happens?
Heat treated metals are undeniably hard and rigid. Still, their dimensional parameters can and often do change when their microcrystalline matrices are exposed to massive quantities of thermal energy. The...
Read MoreCommon Heat Treatment Defects and Remedies
Transforming metal workpieces with intense levels of thermal energy, heat treatment processing manipulates microstructure compositions until a desired mechanical or physical property is achieved. However, even the finest operation can...
Read MoreMetal Fatigue: Causes and Repairs Using Heat Treatment
Modern alloys are among the toughest materials known to man. A selected alloy, perhaps destined to become a key part in a massive construction project, can handle massive loads, yet...
Read MoreCauses of Quench Cracking in Steel
Quenching is an essential stage in heat treatment technology. The rapid cooling of a hot workpiece stops unacceptable low-temperature processes, including the microcrystalline alterations that would otherwise compromise the procedure....
Read MoreHeat Treatment of Martensitic Stainless Steel
There’s nothing simple about heat treatment technology. Even the various microcrystalline forms of steel make the process hard to regulate. Among these forms, martensitic stainless steel ranks as a super-hard...
Read MoreHow Heat Treatment Can Contribute to Steel’s Strength and Weakness
Counterintuitive consequences have been known to compromise heat treatment work. By way of illustration, steel strengthening operations should logically produce strong workpieces. However, there are times when these mathematically predictable...
Read MoreFlame Hardened Medium Carbon Steel Qualities
While medium carbon steel clearly isn’t as hard as a high-carbon alloy, those lenient mechanical qualities can be enriched. By exposing the steel to flame hardening equipment, a heat treatment...
Read MoreA Review in the Fundamentals of Heat Treating
Much has been covered in past posts. The basics of heat treatment technology formed a foundation, then that groundwork received new and interesting additional levels. They dealt with surface hardening...
Read MoreBlack Oxide Coating Benefits for Small Steel and Metal Parts
Black oxide is a pleasing surface conversion coating. As stated in past articles, the process dresses steel and other select alloys with a corrosion resistant skin. Although mild in nature,...
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