We continue to review some of the most important materials in heat treatment and metallurgy.

Heat treatment plays an important and – most would agree – critical role in gear manufacturing.

Gears perform the critical functions of transmitting power or carrying motion in mechanical assemblies.

When you think of U.S.-based thermal-processing providers, one of the names that immediately comes to mind is Paulo.

Despite its history and ubiquitous presence as an infrastructure material, steels remain a complex material system with many persisting research questions.

Having graduated from Purdue University with an ME degree, I have been working in manufacturing for 15 years – 10 of those dedicated to heat treat.

We continue to review some of the most important materials in heat treatment and metallurgy.

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. has been chosen to design and commission a high-capacity heat-treatment system for a Tier 1 global automotive manufacturer. The system provides T-6 and T-7 processing capabilities for lightweight aluminum high-pressure die-casting (HPDC) automotive components. It includes Can-Eng’s robotically integrated part-handling system; individual part-processing features that deliver predictable metallurgical and part dimensional properties; precision air-quenching technology; Level 2 automation for the managing of individual component parameter traceability; system diagnostics; and CQI-9 reporting. 

We continue to review some of the most important materials in heat treatment and metallurgy. 

Commercial heat treater Specialty Steel Treating of Fraser, Mich., invested in an AFC-Holcroft UBQ (universal batch quench) furnace and a UBT (universal batch temper) annealing furnace as part of a larger multiyear equipment standardization program intended to replace older equipment provided by another supplier. The UBQ and UBT furnaces are near duplicates to equipment recently provided by AFC-Holcroft as part of the same program. Delivery of the UBT is expected in the second quarter of 2019 to the site on Malyn Road in Fraser, with the UBQ to follow in the third quarter to the Commerce Road plant in Fraser.