The graph shows a continuous cooling test in which the austenitizing temperature was approximately 1040°C (1900°F).
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Heat Treating of Hot-Work Tool Steels
The ability of a given grade of hot-work tool steel to maintain hardness for a prolonged time at high temperatures is called tempering resistance.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Tempering F Tool Steels
Because of their tungsten content, F-steels form hard tungsten carbides.
Continue readingIpsen delivers vertical Titan vacuum furnace to South Korea
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently installed a Titan V6 thermal processing vacuum system at a company’s facility in South Korea, where it will be used to process production tools for the petrochemical industry.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick gas-quench furnace equipped with PreNit to heat treat dies and tool steels
Seco-Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa., announces that a commercial heat treater in the United States has purchased a 15-bar high-pressure gas quench furnace for its facility in the southeast.
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