P20 mold steel is seldom carburized for molds used in compression molding, particularly for molding the more abrasive plastics.
One Minute Mentor: Carburizing Tool Steels
How They Build Bridges in China
The SLJ900/32, made by the Beijing Wowjoint Machinery Company, weighs 580 tons and is 300 feet long and 24 feet wide, a mega machine that looks more like a train than a crane.
SSAB introduces five steel product families for specific applications
SSAB, Stockholm, introduces five steel product families tailored for production processes and maximized end-product performance: SSAB Domex, SSAB Boron, SSAB Form, SSAB Laser Plus, and SSAB Weathering.
Metallographic sample mounting system provides durability, speed, ease of use
Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., introduces the SimpliMet 4000, a compression mounting system that eliminates bottlenecks at the mounting stage, rapidly transforming cut samples to specimens ready for grinding and polishing.
Atlas batch atmosphere furnace provides carburizing, neutral hardening, and carbonitriding
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an Atlas batch atmosphere furnace and ancillary equipment – temper, washer, loader, endo generator, and load table – to Metal Treaters Inc., St. Paul, Minn.