Extending Performance
Metal gears and precision components of all types are in growing demand for robotics, particularly in industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and machinery....
The advantages of pulse plasma nitriding
In the gear manufacturing industry, when case-hardening, tempering, or nitriding the surface of steel, whether for gears or gearboxes, the options have traditionally included...
Steel strength comparison: Tensile, compression, torsion, bending, shear
The strength of steel is commonly characterized by using engineering tensile strength. Typically, a dog-bone shaped test bar is pulled in the axial direction...
Nitrocarburizing Gears Using the ZeroFlow Method in Large-Volume Production
Retort-based nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing have been around a long time. Modern day challenges include providing known, repeatable hardness and surface case structures with...
The impact of complete lubricant removal on the mechanical properties and production of PM...
The greatest hurdle in the production of powder metal components is lubricant removal. Over the years, equipment and processes have been developed to aid...
Variety of Furnaces Can Be Used for Heat Treatment of Gears
Gear heat treatment can be done in a wide variety of different types of industrial furnaces, each with its own unique characteristics. This article...
What ISO 17025 certification means for the heat-treating industry
ISO 17025 standards within the heat-treating industry are important when it comes to methods of calibration.
This is especially important at BASF, a company whose...
Energy and material efficiency of steel powder metallurgy
Concern about global warming motivates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing, but the environmental impact of the whole powder metallurgy production chain...
Post heat treatment optimization of cold spray AM Inconel 718
The cold spray technique has recently emerged as an additive manufacturing method for producing free-standing parts in addition to its use in repair and...
Embracing industry change
Most companies, regardless of the industry or business, want to see improvement. Whether it is improving customer satisfaction or quality or bottom-line profit or...
Efficiency and evolution: How modern burners are redefining industrial combustion
Industrial combustion systems remain at the heart of process heating across manufacturing, energy generation, and infrastructure. As energy prices fluctuate and environmental standards tighten,...
Nitriding of hardfaced layers as a method of improving wear resistance of hot forging...
This article deals with novel hybrid layers combining hardfacing and nitriding to improve forging tool durability. It includes a study of the nitriding capabilities...
Case Study: Phoenix Contact and Ipsen
Ipsen supports its equipment across the globe using the mGuard VPN router from Phoenix Contact, which allows secure remote access via the Internet.
Ipsen designs...
Filler metal control in sinter brazing
The control of the filler metal at the braze joint of a sinter brazed product has significant impact on the quality and yield of complex shapes.
A Time-Compressed Numerical Approach for Thermal Analysis of Preheating Process in Powder Metallurgy
Introduction
Recent developments have been made in the field of powder metallurgy of materials to obtain advanced properties as compared to conventional manufacturing of materials...
Stronger ‘shaped’ wire belt stands up to rigors of heat treating
Whether for automotive, aerospace, or heavy equipment, manufacturers using heat treatment — which can reach temperatures up to 2,400°F and vary from a few...
Advanced SAM validates integrity of diffusion bonds
Industries with demanding metal-bonding applications are increasingly relying on diffusion bonding, an essential joining method for achieving a high-purity interface between two similar or...
Process control, monitoring, and quality assurance specifics for induction heating
Controlling the induction-hardening process is a demanding application compared to most other thermal processes. The first and foremost requirement is to precisely control the...
Tighter Control Through Understanding What Your TUS Reports Are Telling You
Temperature uniformity is the temperature variation (usually expressed as ± degrees) within the qualified furnace work zone (Figure 1) with respect to a set...
Focusing on advanced PM manufacturing methods
“Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.” — Walt Disney
How appropriate. Over the years,...
The subtleties of induction processing
Inductoheat was recently asked to conduct three technical video seminars on modern induction thermal technologies for automotive industry:
• The first seminar was April...
Ceramic fiber: High temperature insulation solution
Ceramic fiber is essential in various industries involving high-temperature operations. It offers superior thermal resistance for protecting structures, equipment, and machinery from steel and...
Selecting the correct industrial ovens for finishing applications
Finishing is defined as “completing the manufacture or decoration of a material or product by giving it an attractive surface appearance.” In industrial applications,...
Does nitriding improve the corrosion and wear properties of additive manufactured stainless steel?
Many industrial processes require a stable heat source to generate end-products. Heat transfer fluids (HTFs) are commonly used in such processes as heat carriers...
Heat Treat 101: A Primer
Gears play an essential role in the performance of many products that we rely on in our everyday lives. When we think about gears,...
4D Quench: Taking aerospace to new heights
When providing heat treatment for aerospace gears and bearing components, manufacturers are traditionally left with three choices for thermal processing: continuous flow atmospheric furnaces...
Integrating 3D printing into prototyping and production scenarios
At the recent TCT 3Sixty event in Birmingham, England, 3DPRINTUK ran a competition offering vouchers to be used against the cost of future 3D...
The versatility of the pit furnace
Top-loading furnaces, commonly referred to as pit furnaces, have played a major role in the heating treating landscape for the last century or longer....
Oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composites enabling widespread industry adoption
Oxide-oxide ceramic matrix composites are gaining increasing attention as a mainstream material option for high-temperature components in the aerospace and advanced energy sectors. As...
Six benefits of thermal batteries in manufacturing
A new crop of innovative companies is racing to commercialize and scale up thermal batteries, a novel technology for storing and delivering heat to...
OEM toll processing elevates high-value products
Then manufacturers seek to leverage specialized expertise, advanced processing capabilities, or proprietary technologies without assuming the financial burden of acquiring and maintaining dedicated equipment...
6 Benefits of AR in manufacturing
Manufacturers are increasingly incorporating augmented reality in their digital transformation strategy. Augmented reality provides a multiplier effect for improving the efficiency and quality of...
Carbo-nitriding of forging dies
Forging dies have to resist high mechanical and thermal loads. Therefore, they are usually nitrided. Former investigations showed that the abrasive wear at the...
Principles of pyrometry
Regarding comprehension, on a scale of 1 to 10, AMS2750E is about a 12. Practically speaking, when an engineer, quality person, or operator picks...
Data-Based Certification Approach: For Additively Manufactured Metal Aircraft Components
falkThe aviation industry is changing toward more sustainable production, service, and maintenance of aircraft. Additionally, more and diverse aircraft are being developed, especially considering...
Properties of Cases Treated with High-Temperature Vacuum Carburization
Carburizing continues to be one of the basic thermochemical treatments used for industrial steel. With the development of the industry, carburizing has evolved from...
Case Study: New temperature control system delivers precision, efficiency, and flexibility
Clifford-Jacobs is a nearly century-old producer of die forgings. When the company needed to improve its process controls on its heat-treating furnaces, it turned...
Carbon-neutral insulation for high-temperature applications
In January 2022, Mantec Technical Ceramics, based in Stoke-on-Trent, U.K., launched carbon neutral versions of its super-insulative Ultralite material, and this has been met...
Combining cleanness, strength, and toughness for affordable power densification in steel components
Increased power density in mechanical power transmission components means greater durability — allowing existing designs to achieve greater capacity or reduced size and mass...
Temperature sensor selection: The basics of temperature measurement using thermocouples
You are probably somewhat familiar with the thermocouple, or you wouldn’t be reading this article. But there are important points about thermocouples that must...
