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The subject of cryogenic treatment has been around for many decades...

Much has been written about the procedure of normalizing. However, it still puzzles me as how little industrial engineers know about the subject and what creates the steel metallurgy and mechanical properties associated with the process.

The thermal-strengthening processes for the three heat-treatment aluminum alloys are solutionize and precipitation-hardening treatments.

The subject of aluminum and its heat treatment seems to be “shrouded in mystery.” Yet it is really a very simple heat-treatment subject. Aluminum alloys can be successfully heat treated

Hardness testing is what will determine the success of metallurgical processing. It is a procedure that is so often taken for granted and done without too much thought.

With the exception of the final inspection of a finished component, it is the incoming material inspection that is, in my opinion, the most important inspection criteria. Incorrect material that

As the name of this product type indicates, a brazing "stop-off" is supposed to be something that "stops" molten brazing filler metal (BFM) from flowing into areas where it is not supposed to be, thus keeping it "off" surfaces that are supposed to remain clean and free from the presence of any BFM.

Many years ago, F.E. Harris of MIT was tasked with improving productivity during the early part of World War II. His particular task was to investigate the process of gas carburizing.

As is with any heat-treatment process, some sort of process control will be necessary in order to produce repeatable and consistent metallurgy and uniform mechanical properties.

Steels to be nitrided require a pre-heat-treatment procedure prior to final nitriding.