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Strategies for Preventing Part Distortion in Heat Treatment

Distortion: it's an inevitable evil. Metallurgical transformation combined with thermal expansion, both natural consequences of heat treating, results in some level of distortion. If you work with parts that require heat treatment,...

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How Much Distortion to Expect in Heat Treating

Distortion is an inevitable truth in heat treating—one that can...

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Quenching Process and Charpy Performance: The Key to Stronger Die Cast Tooling

Charpy performance is critical when it comes to extending the...

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Austempering for EV and Beyond

Austempering is a through hardening technique that uses a salt...

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Water-Based Quenching: Capability Spotlight

Water-based quenching is the most severe quenching method available in...

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AS13100 in the Making: Partnering with Manufacturers to Create a Stronger Supply Chain

Aerospace engine manufacturers are leading the way to create a...

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Stainless Steel Heat Treatment: Capability Spotlight

The corrosion resistance of stainless steel, thanks to its greater...

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Limiting Risk in Procurement and Heat Treatment of 400-Series Stainless Steel

Championed for corrosion resistance and unmatched polishability, stainless steel is...

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Transforming Automotive: The New EV Supply Chain, Automotive Chip Shortage & Reshoring Trends

In recent articles, we’ve discussed approaches to heat treating ICE...

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The rise of EV, a fork in the road for OEMs and suppliers

Despite the supply chain challenges of the pandemic, the EV...

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Deep Case Carburizing for Helical Gears: Capability Spotlight

Helical gears differ from spur gears in that their teeth...

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Annealing vs. Stress Relieving Heat Treatment: What’s the Difference?

Annealing and stress relieving are heat treatment processes that are...

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Four Thermal Processing Problems and How to Avoid Them

Heat treating, brazing, and metal finishing operations are key to...

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Zinc Phosphating Steel Automotive Components: Capability Spotlight

Conversion coatings are used in manufacturing for a few main...

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Thermal Processing for Firearms: The Essential Guide

Article originally published in Heat Treat Today's Technical Tuesday column....

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It’s a Hot Rush: Heat Treating Turnaround Times and Supply Chain Disruption

Savvy manufacturers use contingency planning and other strategies to safeguard...

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Capability Spotlight: Heat Treating Additive Manufactured Parts

Additive manufacturing (also known as AM or industrial 3D printing)...

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Datagineering 2020: Year In Review

It’s been a challenging year for manufacturing (and for people...

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Heat Treating and the Bullwhip Effect

How your thermal processor can help lessen the pain of...

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Capability Spotlight: Screenprint Brazing

Brazing is the joining of steel parts using a filler...

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Reshoring Your Heat Treating Operations: An Overview

The coronavirus pandemic has many manufacturers rethinking their supply chains....

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Datagineering at Work: The Paulo Advantage

What is datagineering? Here is how we define it: Datagineering...

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Can you ‘HIP’ it? Investigating hot isostatic pressing

Additive manufacturing has steadily asserted itself as a viable method...

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Extensive testing reveals impressive hot isostatic press (HIP) capabilities

If you’ve kept up with company news over the last...

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Disaster-proof your production by planning for emergency & overflow heat treating

As supply chains become more complex and OEMs scour the...

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Enhanced property treatments: Ordinary alloys punch above their weight

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, manufacturers have chased...

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Investments in equipment, services and certifications strengthen Paulo’s aerospace ties

Some big questions have been banging around the boardrooms and...

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Precise heat treatment is vital for aerospace alloys

The stakes are high in aerospace research & development and...

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First article inspections and AS9102 compliance: How heat treaters fit in

Aerospace industry manufacturing processes are strictly regulated. The myriad standards...

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Powder bed fusion, HIP and the heat treatment of the superalloy Inconel 718

Additive manufacturing has given engineers in aerospace, power generation and...

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Low-Pressure Carburization for High Hardness & Low Distortion

Immense pressure on industrial manufacturers to produce higher quality parts...

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What to Expect From Nadcap-Approved Heat Treaters

At its core, heat treating is simple: Use heat to...

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Understanding effective vs. total case depth

Case hardening is a critical thermal process that results in...

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Understanding customer-specific requirements in the IATF 16949 standard

The compliance deadline for new benchmarks for automotive industry suppliers...

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S7, D2, A2: Difference in tool steel properties

Tool steels are unsung heroes, indirectly touching almost every aspect...

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How heat treating and annealing stainless steel impacts corrosion resistance and polishing

Stainless steels are revered across industrial applications for the unique...

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The salt bath nitriding process and its safer alternative

Nitriding is a popular case hardening technique renowned for the...

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Overflow heat treatment work: Knowing when to outsource

Heat treatment is an end-stage process often followed by delivery...

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Heat treat scale removal and prevention

Scale —the dark brown- or black-colored flaky material often observed...

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Methods for reducing turnaround time with heat treatment solutions

The most common question customers ask heat treaters is when...

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Measuring and preventing decarburization in steel

Strengthening steel parts via heat treatment comes with its share...

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Hardness testing methods: Rockwell, Brinell and microhardness

Heat treating has evolved into a highly complex, precise process...

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How heat treating impacts material specification

One of the keys to successful manufacturing of metal parts...

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Understanding Heat Treat Specifications

Too often, metallurgists receive inadequate heat treatment specifications. Some specs...

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Variants in the nitriding process: Do trade names affect outcomes?

For customers who need steel parts with improved toughness, higher...

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Managing the risk of cracking in heat treating

Tool and die components are subjected to intense stresses before...

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Why nitriding steel is growing in popularity

A case-hardening technique in use since the early 20th century,...

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The Basics of Quenching Steel in Oil in Heat Treating

One of the most critical parts in the heat treatment...

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Different Media for Quenching Metal Explained

Quenching metal is one of the critical stages in the...

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