Imre Felde recognized for serving 10 years as IFHTSE treasurer
Prof. Imre Felde was recognized at the 30th IFHTSE World Congress in Suzhou, China, for his 10 years of service as treasurer of IFHTSE.
Felde...
Q&A with Trevor Jones
Solar Manufacturing recently received a patent (#11,815,403) for an improved vacuum furnace control thermocouple design. What makes this improved design important?
Solar Manufacturing and Solar...
Why is modeling the immersion process so important?
Liquid quenching of long steel components can introduce significant distortion if the component is not lowered into the liquid quench bath properly. Whether the...
27th IFHTSE Congress, European conference on heat treatment in Austria
The 27th IFHTSE Congress will be in Salzburg, Austria, September 5-8, 2022, at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Center. The conference chairs are Eva...
Heat Treating, Furnaces, and Unintended Consequences
A few decades ago, my involvement with depleted uranium (DU) began in the metallurgical R&D department, developing program logic to heat treat DU in...
Registration open for IHEA’s Industrial Heating Decarbonization SUMMIT
Registration is open for the Industrial Heating Equipment Association’s (IHEA) Industrial Heating Decarbonization SUMMIT October 28-30 at the Conrad Indianapolis. Attendance for this distinctive...
The effect of catalysts on quench oil oxidation
In the last column, I discussed the effect of temperature on the oxidation of a quench oil. As was alluded to in my last...
Q&A with Andrew Tucker
With the growing demand for heat-treating processes across industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and energy, advanced ceramics are playing an increasingly vital role...
Q&A with Tom Morrison
When did you make the decision to take FNA virtual?
Our Executive Committee has been meeting weekly since April when COVID-19 really started to take...
Metal plasticity in manufacturing
Understanding the plastic behavior of steel plays a crucial role in manufacturing. From raw billet to parts in service, some form of plastic deformation...
Q&A with Diane Haggerty
What makes PowderMet2023 and AMPM2023 important events within the industry?
As the premier powder metallurgy (PM) events in the Americas, the annual PowderMet (International Conference...
Farewell message from the IFHTSE president
Dear friends of IFHTSE,
It has already been two years since I took office as president, and my term is coming to an end. These...
Troubleshooting induction hardening problems – Part III
In previous columns, I have provided some detail on the sources of problems with induction hardening. While I have tried to be inclusive, there...
European Conference on Heat Treatment in Prague well attended
The European Conference on Heat Treatment and 5th International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering in Automotive and Transportation Applications “Heat Treatment in...
Thermal expansion of mineral oil quenchants
In this column, I will discuss the thermal expansion of oil. This information is primarily important for initial fills of a quench tank.
Introduction
Oil, when...
HeatTreat 2023 is heating up!
HeatTreat 2023 is October 17-19 in Detroit, Michigan. It is co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo and is expected to cover...
Q&A with Jeff Marshall
What does MHV do for the heat-treat industry?
We make our customers more competitive, which is good both for the customers and for the industry...
Stainless Steels
Kitchen sinks, refrigerator or oven doors, and tableware are what many people think of when they are asked what’s made from stainless steel (SS)....
Q&A with John Ludeman
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) recently renewed its Nadcap accreditation in heat treating. What makes the Nadcap accreditation important to what AHT does?
Nadcap is...
Effect of temperature on oxidation of oil quenchants
In this column, I will discuss the effect of temperature on the oxidation behavior of martempering oil used for distortion control.
Introduction
Martempering oils are used...
Predicting strains key to evaluating heat-treat response
Quench hardening of steel components requires the components to be heated to a temperature such that the solid-state crystal structure of the material changes...
Performing a Temperature Uniformity Survey
Performing a temperature uniformity survey (TUS) can be somewhat of a daunting process. After all, a TUS carries the weight of not only being...
Q&A with John Dykstra
Why is the role of field service engineer a crucial part of the services Ipsen offers?
For me, field service is paramount because from the...
IHEA’s Industrial Heating Decarbonization SUMMIT scheduled for October
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced the Industrial Heating Decarbonization SUMMIT on October 28-30 at the Conrad Indianapolis.
“Forging a Sustainable Path for...
Combatting undesirable NMTP formations
Whether formed during a conventional quench and tempering process, carburizing, or induction hardening, non-martensitic transformation products (NMTP) are widely considered undesirable microstructural features. However,...
MacKenzie retires from Quaker Houghton
D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD, FASM, Quaker Houghton Research Fellow, recently retired from Quaker Houghton January 31. For the past 24 years, he worked at...
Q&A with Justin Sims
Who is Dante Solutions, and what do you do with the company?
Dante Solutions is an engineering company with a main focus on improving heat...
Superalloys maintain strength, resist heat
Superalloys are used in a wide variety of applications that require oxidation resistance, high temperature creep resistance, and strength at elevated temperature. They are...
Q&A with Rick Diekman
Owner and President of Controlled Thermal Processing, Inc.
Surface stress is key in rolling contact fatigue
Most bearing failures can be attributed to some form of rolling contact fatigue. Many factors influence rolling contact fatigue, but two main factors are...
Q&A with Dr. Leslie Frame
How long have you been involved with IFHTSE (International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering) and how did you get involved?
I’ve been on...
Bridging simulation and measurement
Gears are among the most critical and geometrically complex components in modern mechanical systems. Their performance depends not only on precise geometry but also...
Lighter Weight and Increased Fatigue Strength with Adi
Have you ever hit a rock or other hard projectile while cutting your lawn? Have you noticed that the blade is dented, not broken...
Temper embrittlement in steels
The use of small additions of molybdenum reduces the susceptibility of steels to TE. Temper embrittlement (TE) occurs in quenched and tempered steels that...
The ‘why’ in heat treating is important to operators
Quality is in the details, but what details need the most attention? A good contract review, starting with the purchase order, then the drawing,...
Carburizing
While some heat treatments are used to soften the material or improve its machinability, most are processed to obtain strengthened or hardened properties. The...
Heat transfer: Convection’s reach
Many years ago, as a mechanical engineering undergraduate student, an analogy was offered to help explain the interplay between convection and conduction in heat...
Atmosphere furnace control
Proper temperature is crucial to part quality, but don’t overlook its effect on atmosphere control
Q&A with Shlok Sundaresh
What is your role at TS USA?
I joined TS USA, HEF Group, in 2014 as a process engineer for its Springfield, Ohio, facility. As...
ITPS delivers outstanding presentations to industry executives
Industry leaders and executives gathered in Atlanta July 30-August 1 for the second ITPS — International ThermProcess Summit — and by all accounts and...
