Volume 4, Number 7, July 10, 2007

ASM HTS Events

24th Annual ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition
"Driving the Engines of Change in Manufacturing"
September 17-19, 2007
Detroit, Mich.

This preeminent event offers a strong technical program and an outstanding exposition, an unmatched forum in which to exchange both practical ideas and scientific knowledge.
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Virtual Exposition

Take Your Booth Beyond the Show Floor

August 20-October 15, 2007

Be a part of this virtual exposition!
Get the benefits of exposure to the 7,000 plus attendees of the ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition as well as the visitors to the digital online exposition.

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e-mail Kelly Thomas, Exposition Sales Manager, or call 440-338-1733.

Other ASM Events

Materials Science & Technology (MS&T) Conference & Exposition
September 17-20, 2007
Detroit, Mich.
(co-located with Heat Treating Conference & Exposition)

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ASM International
Materials Park, Ohio
800-336-5152, ext. 0
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Technical Reference

Steel Metallurgy for
Non-Metallurgists

John D. Verhoeven, Emeritus Professor
Iowa State University
Published by ASM International
225 pages

This book explains the metallurgy of steel and its heat treatment for non-metallurgists—from simple concepts through more detailed discussion of the principles of heat treatment of steel and cast iron.

Chapters include:
1. Pure Iron
2. Solutions and Phase Diagrams
3. Steel and the Fe-C Phase Diagram
4. The Various Microstructures of Room Temperature Steel
5. Mechanical Properties
6. The Low Alloy AISI Steels
7. Diffusion
8. Control of Grain Size by Heat Treatment and Forging
9. Hardenability of Steel
10. Tempering
11. Austenitization
12. Quenching
13. Stainless Steels
14. Tool Steels
15. Solidification
16. Cast Irons
17. Surface Hardening

Most chapters contain a summary at the end, which provide a short review of the contents of each chapter. This book is THE practical primer on steel metallurgy.

The release date is November 15, 2007, with a special prepublication price of $62 for ASM members and a nonmember price of $77.

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Industry News

Brinell, Rockwell Hardness Test Methods Revised by ASTM International

ASTM International, W. Conshohocken, Pa., revised standards E 10: Test Method for Brinell Hardness
of Metallic Materials, and E 18: Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials. The intention of these revisions is to improve the standards by specifying requirements for traceability, clarifying requirements and procedures, revising procedures to reflect current practice, and adding requirements and procedures to make them better test methods.
For more information click here.

CEC Supplies Heat Treating Furnace to Aircraft Manufacturer

Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC), Kennesaw,
Ga., will supply a drop-bottom furnace to Quartz Mountain Aerospace (Altus, Okla.), which plans to incorporate heat-treating to its in-house manufacturing operations. The furnace will be designed and built to meet the updated Aerospace Material Specification AMS 2750D—the specification currently being used by the National Aerospace Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP).
For more information click here.

SSi Upgrades Controls at Ford Transmission Plant

Super Systems Inc. (SSi), Cincinnati, Ohio, will supply state-of-the-art controls and software used in the heat treating department at Ford Motor Co.’s Sharonville, Ohio transmission plant as part of the company’s $200-million investment at the facility. The Sharonville plant is considered a center of excellence within Ford for its production of gears and transmission components. The controllers, together with a supervisory control and data-acquisition system, provide complete traceability of
furnace loads.
For more information click here.

Precise Strip Cooling for Hot Rolling Mills

Siemens Metals Technologies, Erlangen, Germany, developed a strip cooling method for hot rolling mills called Microstructure Target Cooling, which enables precise calculation and control of phase transformation in the steel and, thus, reliable and efficient production of modern materials such as multiphase steels or special deep drawing steel grades. Deviations from the specified cooling curve are compensated within just 200 milliseconds.
For more information click here.

Honeywell Enters Flow Meter Market

Honeywell Process Solutions, Fort Washington, Pa., launched a new line of high-performance flow meters (VersaFlow line), which include electromagnetic, Coriolis, ultrasonic, and vortex types. The flow meters will be manufactured by Krohne, Duisburg, Germany, to Honeywell’s standards for quality, performance, and reliability. They will be distributed and supported on a global basis through Honeywell’s existing sales and distribution organization. For more information click here.

McDonald Steel Starts Up New Reheat Furnace

McDonald Steel Corp., McDonald, Ohio, commenced operation of its new $7.5-million walking-hearth reheat furnace. The furnace replaces two 80-year old sloped-hearth pusher furnaces, which were used to heat billets to rolling temperatures to 2300F. The new furnace, at the entry end of the plant’s 14-in. rolling mill, is an integral part of hot roll production of asymmetrical special steel bars and shapes.
For more information, click here.

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