Jack Kalucki, Nitrex Metal Inc., Montreal, Quebec, discusses how standard allowed deviations in control parameters affect actual results in controlled nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing, in a presentation at Heat Treat 2019.
WPI develops color tint-etching method to quantify percentage of bainite in steel
Engineers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, Mass., will present a discussion of methods to determine the amounts of various microstructures in steel during heat treating, at Heat Treat 2019.
Gasbarre modular furnaces allow companies to adapt as their products evolve
Engineers from Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, Cranston, R.I., will present a discussion of modular vacuum furnaces that allow companies to adapt as their products evolve, or as their product line expands, at Heat Treat 2019.
One Minute Mentor: Hardening temperatures for 440-N-DUR
Higher hardening temperatures are required for products machined from small bar sizes that have been annealed various times during thermomechanical processing.
Cost-effective thermal barrier coating made of one-micron YSZ powder suspended in water
Engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS Dresden, Germany, report that they have developed a new ceramic heat shield technology in which a fine powder of yttrium-stabilized zirconium oxide (YSZ) is added to water to form a suspension.