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One Minute Mentor: Nitrogen-Expanded Austenite

The graph shows hardness-depth profiles of nitrided AISI 316. A profile for carburizing is shown for comparison.

Featured Paper from Heat Treat 2017

Today’s competitive environment often requires one to do more with less – to make equipment last longer and run more efficiently.

Nitrex awarded contract for turnkey nitriding system by European auto components supplier

Nitrex Metal Inc., St. Laurent, Quebec, announces that a European automotive components supplier has awarded it a contract for the supply of a turnkey nitriding system with potential-controlled Nitreg technology.

Ipsen Atlas integral quench batch furnace helps ThermTech meet growing demand

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that heat treating firm ThermTech recently purchased another Atlas integral quench batch furnace for carburizing, carbonitriding, and neutral hardening while supporting business from the oil and gas and heavy equipment industries.

Bodycote awarded GM supplier quality excellence award for carburizing and nitriding

Bodycote, England, announces that its plant in Silao, Mexico, has been awarded the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award for 2016.

Cliffs Natural Resources to invest $700 million in Toledo hot briquetted iron plant

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, announces that it will invest $700 million for the development of its first hot briquetted iron (HBI) production plant, to be located at a site in Toledo, Ohio.

NanoSteel launches 3D-printable tool steel for laser powder bed fusion

Nanosteel, Providence, R.I., announces the launch of its first product for the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process.

Danieli to build JSW Steel “Plate Mill of the Future” in Texas for higher quality and precision

JSW Steel (USA) Baytown, Texas, has received preliminary Board approval, contingent upon securing governmental financial support, to proceed with a full-scale modernization project expected to take approximately 20 months to complete.

One Minute Mentor: Depth Profiles of Nitrided Stainless Steel AISI 316

The graph shows composition-depth profiles of nitrided stainless steel AISI 316 as determined with glow discharge optical emission spectrometry (GDOES).

ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada completes $20 million finishing line at Quebec bar mill

ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada, Longueuil, Quebec, has inaugurated a new$20 million finishing line at its bar mill, to increase the facility’s annual rolling capacity from 400,000 to 500,000 metric tons.