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.
Bodycote shows that machining can affect corrosion resistance of stainless steel
Engineers from Bodycote, Germany and England, will discuss the influence of machining on the surface hardness and corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steels at Heat Treat 2019.
Solar Atmospheres evaluates how nitrogen affects the Lehrer phase diagram
Engineers from Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., will present a discussion at Heat Treat 2019 about the use of nitrogen rather than hydrogen as the diluting gas during ammonia gas nitriding for safety, economic, and environmental reasons.
Ipsen develops heat treating technologies for additively manufactured parts
Peter Kerbel of Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., will discuss heat treating procedures that Ipsen has developed for additively manufactured parts in collaboration with AM component manufacturers, at Heat Treat 2019.