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Ajax Tocco induction heat treating lines process upset tubing at 15 to 20 tons per hour

Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Warren, Ohio, announces the delivery of two large induction heat-treating quench and temper lines to facilities in the United States that process upset tubing inline.

One Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Temperature and Time

As austenitizing temperature increases, so does the matrix carbon content; the actual matrix carbon content depends in a complex way on the alloy elements present, their amounts, and their locations (segregation) within the matrix.

Toyota selects Novelis as supplier for 2019 RAV4 aluminum body sheet

Novelis Aluminum, Atlanta, announces that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corp. to supply premium aluminum automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4, Toyota's number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup truck in the country.

HRL Labs commercializes 3D-printable high-strength aluminum alloy

HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., is commercializing its additively manufactured (3D-printed) high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association.

One Minute Mentor: Hardness of normalized ductile iron tempered at various temperatures

The normalizing temperature for ductile iron is usually between 870° and 940°C (1600° and 1725°F).

AFC Holcroft provides UBQ and UBT heat treating furnaces to Specialty Steel Treating

AFC Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., announces that it has supplied a UBQ (universal batch quench) furnace and a UBT (universal batch temper) annealing furnace to Specialty Steel Treating as part of a larger multi-year equipment standardization program intended to replace older equipment provided by another supplier.