Distortion is the “bane” of all heat treaters. Distortion is always laid at the doorstep of the heat treater. This is simply because distortion always occurs at heat treatment. Because

Plasma CarburizingPlasma carburizing is characterized by two things – plasma generation and low pressure. In order for the gas ionization to take place, it is necessary for the furnace to

After low-pressure carburizing, one can quench as normal into, say, hot oil (if, of course, the vacuum furnace has a built-in integral-quench chamber).

Q: What is the difference between plasma carburizing and low-pressure carburizing? A: Firstly, the reason why we use plasma or low-pressure carburizing as opposed to gas carburizing is quite simple

Question: What causes the white layer (compound layer) to form during the plasma-nitride process? Answer: The white layer formation is a function of: Process gas ratios Processed steel chemistry If

What are the methods available for the deposition of a thin-film hard coating for such surface coatings as titanium nitride, titanium carbonitride and titanium aluminum nitride?

Question: We nitride AISI 4140 steel (bar stock) using the gas nitriding process, and we are experiencing problems of the nitride case exfoliating (peeling off). What is causing this?

Heat treatment is necessary in order to manipulate the mechanical strength and metallurgy of the steel. The manipulation of the steel’s physical characteristics is necessary for prior machining and for the successful performance of the finish-machined component.

We heat treat a great deal of AISI 4140 for harden and temper. Our austenitize temperature is 1570

People have been aware of and worked iron for approximately 4,000 years. However, its usage only became recognized around 1200 BC. This is because it was extremely difficult to smelt, melt, cast or forge because of temperature required.