Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the PlanarMet 300, a new compact benchtop planar grinder built for fast and efficient grinding with high flatness and maximum edge retention.
Low-pressure carbonitration developed for case hardening
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, reports that its engineers are now working on low-pressure carbonitration, a process for the case hardening of low-alloy steel with methylamine.
Lindberg/MPH ships aluminum immersion holding furnace to automotive supplier
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of an electric immersion aluminum holding furnace for a leader in the automotive parts industry to maintain aluminum at the required temperature for die casting.
Buehler introduces fully automated hardness tester
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., an ITW company, created the fully automatic Wilson VH3300 Vickers/Knoop hardness test system to meet virtually any requirement in the area of automated precision micro hardness testing.
One Minute Mentor: Hardening Type W1 Tool Steels
W1 steels are capable of hardening to high surface hardness and soft core which is useful in some shock applications.