Going viral: Outside-the-box research into sterilizing N95 masks for re-use
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging across the country and the world, the need for personal protective equipment for medical […]
The Advantages of an All-Metal Vacuum Furnace Hot Zone
For more than 70 years, the vacuum furnace has been available for metal processing requirements, and is widely accepted as […]
Q&A with Raymond Daniel Noble
What are your duties with Noble Industrial Furnace? What is your typical day? My duties include, but are not limited […]
Efficient Gas Heating of Industrial Furnaces
There are various types of high-efficiency gas burners and radiant tubes currently on the market, and economic tools can be […]
Buying a New Lab or Industrial Furnace
When the time comes to purchase a new lab or industrial furnace, there are several points that need to be […]
Single-Piece, High-Volume, and Low-Distortion Case Hardening of Gears
Global output of the automotive industry reached 86 million vehicles in 2014. Each vehicle is fitted with a transmission gearbox […]
Heat Treating Education
In a recent paper by Janusz Kowalewski of Ipsen at the 3rd International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering […]
Case Study: Laser Hardening
To increase the hardness of a steel material, there are basically three required steps in the hardening process. Step one […]
Houghton International
Since its founding in 1865 by Edwin F. Houghton, the company has maintained its mission of combining environmental stewardship and […]
Analysis of Heat Treat Growth on Carburized Ring Gear and Multivariate Regression Model Development
In gear manufacturing and machine assembly, dimensional stability of each component and conformance to print requirements are of critical importance. […]
Inductive Fixture Hardening and Tempering Process for Dimensionally Accurate Parts
Automobile manufacturers increasingly require components with greater accuracy for use in sophisticated applications. To meet these increased requirements, press hardening […]
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 […]
Optimizing Case-Depth Uniformity in the Vacuum Carburizing Process
Over the past few decades, the vacuum carburizing process has been proven to produce superior part quality. In addition, the […]
Stress Generation in an Axle Shaft during Induction Hardening
Introduction Induction hardening of steel components offers a fast heating rate, high efficiency, and the ability to heat locally. Induction […]
INEX Inc.
When using conventional metal-alloy radiant tubes, failure is not just possible — it’s a certainty. It’s a costly reality that has […]
Producing Quality Parts in an Atmosphere Furnace: How to Optimize Your Quenching and Carburizing Processes
Throughout the manufacturing process, heat treatment is consistently viewed as a critical step for adding value to the parts produced. […]
Some Basic Mathematical Elements On Steel Heat Treating: Modeling, Freeware Packages And Numerical Simulation
Every year since 2007, in June, a Modeling Week is held within the master program of the faculty of Mathematics […]
Reducing Gear Size for Compact Transmission Design by Selecting Steel Grade and Heat Treatment Process with Computer Modeling
Gears are the most important components for transmissions. In many situations, the size of a transmission design needs to be […]
Mathematical Modelling of the Vacuum Carburizing Process
CAs expectations regarding the quality and precision of products continue to grow, further advances in materials engineering are strictly associated […]
Case Study: SECO/Warwick and ABB Instrument Transformers
Instrument transformers are a precision device designed to accurately meter either current or voltage on an electrical circuit. They also […]
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 […]
Vacuum Carburizing Large Gears
Throughout the machining process, great care is taken to achieve and maintain critical dimensions. The gears are then handed over […]
Tooth-by-Tooth Induction Hardening of Gears (and How To Avoid Some Common Problems)
Tooth-by-tooth induction hardening of gears is a complex process. Variations of any of kind may be sufficient to cause the […]
Advantages of Induction Hardening with No Soft Zone on Large Bearings
Large bearings are required to carry large axial and radial forces and their resulting torques. Typical applications include general machinery […]
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 […]
Heat Treatment of Large Components
Large gear components can be offered in many applications such as marine, wind power, steel rolling mills, power plants, transportation, […]
Increased Productivity Combining C/C Fixturing and LPC
Carbon/carbon and graphite materials are used in a variety of applications throughout the high temperature furnace industry. Entire vacuum hot […]
Flame Hardening Gears
Long gone are the days when a machine operator sat in a dark corner of the shop staring at the […]
Cures for Heat Treaters Headaches
Heat treaters all over the world encounter similar problems with atmosphere furnaces. These problems not only cause operational headaches in […]
CASE STUDY: Company: Praxair Distribution, Inc. Customer: ALD Thermal Treatment, Inc.
In the past several years, heat treating companies have experienced a significant supply disruption in generated acetylene. Additionally, generated acetylene […]
Simulation of Gas Quenching of Steel Parts
One major difference between immersion quenching and gas quenching is the presence of boiling during the early stages of quenching […]
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, […]
Improving Production Safely with Integrated Heat Treat and Quenching Cell
These aspects are not just requested, but increasingly required by industrial clients looking to install new thermal systems or expand […]
Inductive Spin Hardening of Gears: A Survey of Key Features and Benefits
A large part of the misunderstanding of induction hardening seems to stem from an incomplete grasp of the basic induction […]
Deep Cryogenic Treatment
What is deep cryogenic treatment? Deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) of steels and other materials is a distinct process that uses […]
How Gears Fail
Heat treatment plays an important — some would say critical — role in gear manufacturing. Therefore, there is a need […]
Heat Treat Process For Gears
Heat treatment is a critical and complex element in the manufacturing of gears that greatly impacts how each will perform […]
Typical Heat Treatment Defects of Gears and Solutions Using FEA Modeling
Steel gears are heat treated to obtain enhanced properties and improved service performance. Quench hardening is one of the most […]
Recent Inventions and Innovations in Induction Hardening of Gears and Gear-like Components
This paper focuses on recent inventions and innovations (from the past four-six years) in induction hardening of gears and gear-like […]
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 […]
