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 | Active Screen Plasma Nitriding – An Efficient, New Plasma Nitriding Technology
Active
screen plasma nitriding technology (ASPN) is a new industrial solution that
enjoys all the advantages of traditional plasma nitriding but does not have its
inconveniences. Different-size parts can be treated in the same batch. It also
offers the possibility of oxynitriding and nitriding of stainless steels.
by Pierre Collignon
Jean Georges
Christian Kunz
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 | The Next New Thing
The next new thing is always difficult to put a
finger on. Government believes they are able to pick the next new thing, but
often even they (in all of their wisdom?) get it wrong. Here are a few things
with ties to our industry that just might impact us in the months and years
ahead.
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 | Soot
Soot ... the very word sends shivers down the spines
of even the bravest of heat treaters. The problems this seemingly innocuous
black powder creates cause management to bemoan lost productivity, maintenance
men to vow to seek out those responsible and, until a permanent solution is
found, makes all our lives miserable. So, how can we avoid creating soot in the
first place and what can we do if/when it forms?
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| E-Cat: The Future of Electricity Generation?
Last May, this column reported advances made in small modular
reactor technology as a follow-up to a description of a fusion concept for
electricity generation in a May 2007 article. Please accept my apology for
totally missing the newest approach that has reached the world scene.
Demonstrated Oct. 28, 2011, at Italy’s University of Bologna, “E-Cat” is a type of cold fusion, or low-energy nuclear reaction, that is as
controversial as anything considered by world scientists.
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SECO/WARWICK Signs Agreement with Expanite
SECO/WARWICK Group and Expanite A/S signed an agreement for SECO/WARWICK to be the exclusive supplier of advanced
installation technology for the Expanite® and SuperExpanite®
processes developed by Expanite A/S.
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Tool Steels (part 2)
The
tool steels are categorized as shown in Figure 1. Steels are categorized by quench
and application.
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