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.
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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.
Continue readingHRL 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.
Continue readingOne 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).
Continue readingAFC 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.
Continue readingUniversal Stainless invests $10 million for upgrades to specialty steel facility in New York
Universal Stainless and Alloy Products Inc., Bridgeville, Pa., announces that it has added a new bar turn and burnish line and a new General Electric phased-array nondestructive testing system to its facility in Dunkirk, New York.
Continue readingBaker Furnace develops point-and-click augmented reality platform for its furnaces
Baker Furnace, Yorba Linda, Calif., a division of Thermal Product Solutions, has developed an augmented reality (AR) platform for its furnace lines, allowing operators, maintenance personnel, and engineers to interact with the furnace through a tablet.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven designs solution heat treat/chiller system for aerospace company
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated horizontal solution treat system with a chiller system to a manufacturer in the aerospace industry.
Continue readingATI extends purchase agreement with Rolls-Royce for rotating-disc-quality nickel alloys
Allegheny Technologies Inc., Pittsburgh, announces that it has extended its Long-Term Purchase Agreement (LTPA) with Rolls-Royce to supply rotating-disc-quality nickel-base and other specialty alloys for its Trent engine family.
Continue readingCarbon infused with zirconium, boron, and titanium can withstand heat of hypersonic flight
Researchers from the University of Manchester in England, and Central South University in China, announce that they have developed a carbide coating in which powders of zirconium, boron, and titanium are infused into a carbon composite, producing a coating that can withstand the high temperatures of aircraft structures flying at over five times the speed of sound.
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