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One Minute Mentor: Case Hardening

Powder metallurgy parts are case hardened to obtain higher hardness, wear, fatigue, and impact properties. The primary purpose of case hardening low-carbon steels is to provide a hard, wear-resistant surface while maintaining a soft ductile core. This combination imparts optimum wear resistance and toughness properties to these material

Harper receives order for pitch carbon fiber oxidation oven system

Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded a contract to engineer and manufacture a Pitch Carbon Fiber Stabilization Mesh Belt Oven system to be installed at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), located in Lexington.