Q&A with Mark Ratliff
What’s a typical week like for you at Avion?
On Mondays, we’ll have a production meeting with all the employees involved. We’re a small company...
Understanding the effect of boron in steels
In this column, we will discuss the effect of boron additions to steel and its influence on properties.
Boron, B, is an element with an...
27th IFHTSE Congress, ECHT 2022 a success
The 27th IFHTSE Congress and European Conference on Heat Treatment 2022 in Salzburg was very successful, with more than 100 papers in 16 sessions,...
Q&A with Matt Clinite
Tell us about Ipsen U and what it can do for heat treaters.
The Ipsen U class provides a great learning experience for everyone from...
Q&A with Dr. Mark Cross
The automotive industry is continually pushing new boundaries. Advancements in engineering technology show no signs of slowing down with increasing developments in manufacturing processes....
IHEA member ECCO delivers innovative solutions for the natural gas industry
Equipment Controls Company (ECCO) was founded in 1965 as a distributor of liquid measurement controls systems for Rockwell. Over the years, the company has...
Q&A with Daniel Reardon
What is Abbott Furnace's mission?
Our mission is to be the market leader in the design, production, and service of continuous process industrial furnaces. And...
The metallurgical R&D laboratory
Remembering old-school lab work is a blast from the past
Get ready for Heat Treat 2023
Heat Treat 2023, October 17-19 in Detroit, Michigan, will co-located with IMAT 2023 and the Motion+Power Technology Expo and cover many topics of interest....
A technical guide to quenching
From a quality perspective, verification of the conformance of quench requirements can be accomplished by examining a furnace chart that shows the quench trend....
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...
Podgornik to be awarded IFHTSE Fellowship at Lecce conference
Prof. Bojan Podgornik, head of the Materials and Technology department at the Institute of Metals and Technology and Professor at the University of Ljubljana,...
Conference updates for IFHTSE members
There are a few conferences members should make sure are on their calendars for the coming year.
They include:
Tooling 2022 Conference and Exhibition
April 25-27, 2022...
Member spotlight TEECO: Knowledgeable support, timely service for industrial combustion systems
Thermal Energy Engineering Company (TEECO) is a service company focused on supporting industrial combustion systems across numerous disciplines. Whether it’s baking cheesecakes, melting metals,...
Modeling can improve press quenching process
A combination of carburization and quench hardening is often used to increase the strength and improve fatigue performance of steel parts. During quenching, stresses...
AMS2750E as it applies to Nadcap
Thorough knowledge of AMS2750E will speed implementation of new standard as it applies to NADCAP requirements
Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating – learn online with IHEA
IHEA’s Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating Online Learning Course has been a successful source of high-level learning to those in the industrial heat processing...
Heat treatment of aluminum VI – Artificial aging
In the previous column, we described the fundamentals of natural aging. In natural aging, the solid solution obtained after quenching starts to form precipitates...
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...
Determining Austenite Grain Size
Grain size is a critical metallurgical characteristic, significantly influencing design parameters such as strength and toughness. Austenite grain size (often referenced to as prior-austenite...
Hans-Werner Zoch receives a citation for IFHTSE Fellowship
For his far-sighted coverage of novel fields in research and technology and for his sustained leadership giving heat treatment and surface engineering a strong...
Heat treatment of aluminum – Part I: Quenching basics
In previous articles, we discussed the role of alloying elements and discussed the solution heat treatment of aluminum. We showed that it is important...
Intergranular corrosion of austenitic stainless steels
In this column, I will discuss the intergranular corrosion of austenitic stainless steels (3XX) and discuss the thermal processing causes.
Introduction
Austenitic stainless steels, such as...
Gap analysis can guide procedure changes
Well-designed procedures are crucial to any business operation, whether it’s a simple task of following a procedure to construct a cardboard box, or something...
Furnace Doors
No matter the configuration, single or multi-chamber vacuum, batch integral quench, continuous, or even pits — an item that all furnaces have in common...
IHEA’s 2020 fall combustion and safety seminars go virtual
Each fall, the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) brings industrial process heating professionals together to provide combustion and safety education for the industry. This...
Heat treatment techniques overview
Editor’s note » This is the fourth in a five-part series.
In this fourth installment of my series on heat-treating techniques, I will discuss the pros...
Stress evolution during quench hardening of steel
Quench hardening of steel components involves complex, nonintuitive phenomena, particularly as it relates to the dimensional changes and stresses induced. Figure 1 shows a...
The State of Process Controls
It is hard to find a market segment that has not benefited from technology advancements. Heat-treating process control is no different. While there are...
Q&A with Lauren Jones
Why is it important to invest in the future of heat-treating?
Nearly every metal component undergoes some type of heat-treating application. Vacuum furnaces contribute to...
The heat treatment of aluminum – Introduction
Aluminum’s many desirable properties, such as high strength-to-weight ratio, good corrosion resistance, ease of processing, and low cost, make it a very widely used...
Heating with natural gas
It’s no secret that the heat treating industry is one of the major recipients of the impact when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Troubleshooting induction hardening problems: Part 1
Induction hardening is a unique method used to harden steels. The process uses a power supply, RF generator, induction coil, and quenching mechanism (spray...
Members to be awarded citations at European heat treat conference
The European Conference on Heat Treatment/IFHTSE 27th Congress, will be September 5-8 at the Wyndham Grand Salzburg Conference Center in Salzburg, Austria. The event...
The IHEA calendar heats up
New — Sustainability Webinar Series: IHEA’s new webinar series will focus on carbon producing heating processes and provide methods to optimize their efficiency and...
Determining Grossman H-value from cooling curve data
In the last article, I described how the Jominy end quench test could be used to predict hardness for a series of different round...
Set company goals that engage employees daily
It’s a new year. A chance to start fresh. A chance to set the entire year’s goals for yourself, the department you work for,...
Conference updates – plan accordingly
27th IFHTSE-Congress and the European Conference on Heat Treatment 2022
The detailed program of events, including more than 100 papers in 16 sessions with five...
Microstructural effect of Alloy 718 on fatigue strength
Gas turbine engines are widely used in aviation, power generation, and oil and gas industries. They are used in land, air, and marine. The...
Quench factor analysis: quench factor determination
In this column, we will discuss the determination of the quench factor as it is used in quench factor analysis. This will lead into...
