Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), Waterloo, Iowa, announces that it has completed Phase I of a grant to evaluate plasma nitriding for improved life of forging dies by generating a hard case on tribological surfaces.
Can-Eng installs T7 heat treatment system for HPDC aluminum auto structures
Furnacare opens advanced vacuum furnace hot-zone rebuild and service center
One Minute Mentor: Stabilization of Ferritic Stainless Steels
Stabilization is generally considered to be the simple gettering of carbon and nitrogen by a suitable carbide former such as titanium or niobium. Stabilization is essential for ferritic stainless steels to avoid the precipitation of grain boundary carbides.





