Heat treating 101: An introduction to heat treating procedures
If you think heat treating is a necessary step in your manufacturing process, this paper discusses some of the key concepts in the process.
October 1, 2020
Metallurgy Minute 002: Why Is Stainless Steel Called Stainless?
What’s behind the corrosion resistance that earned stainless steel its “stainless” reputation? While iron is the main component in all…
September 17, 2020
Capability Spotlight: Screenprint Brazing
Brazing is the joining of steel parts using a filler metal with a lower melting point than the parts being…
August 27, 2020
Metallurgy Minute 001: How Can Steel Be Used to Cut Steel?
If they’re made of the same material, why can steel drill bits be used to put holes in a steel…
Heat treating: Best handled in-house or outsourced?
Deliberating whether to outsource your heat treating operations or to keep them under your own roof?
August 14, 2020
Capability Spotlight: Ferritic Nitrocarburizing for Large HPDC Dies
Ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) is a case-hardening technique that uses heat, nitrogen and carbon to toughen up the exterior of a…
July 8, 2020
Reshoring Your Heat Treating Operations: An Overview
The coronavirus pandemic has many manufacturers rethinking their supply chains. After enjoying years of cost-savings from offshore operations and practices…
July 8, 2020
Datagineering at Work: The Paulo Advantage
What is datagineering? Here is how we define it: Datagineering is bringing together the very best of people, science, data,…
Risk management in heat treatment
Manufacturers depend on delivering quality parts consistently. Ensuring part integrity on an industrial scale means creating and adhering to quality control measures throughout the production process. While heat treating is just one of the many steps in your products’ journey to sale, the process puts great stress on parts. The right heat treater recognizes its important role maintaining part integrity and should take some of the burden of assuring quality processes.
November 26, 2019
Can you ‘HIP’ it? Investigating hot isostatic pressing
Additive manufacturing has steadily asserted itself as a viable method for producing complex components in aerospace, medical and other high-performance…
November 20, 2019
Extensive testing reveals impressive hot isostatic press (HIP) capabilities
If you’ve kept up with company news over the last several months, you’ve probably seen the announcement that we’ve added…
November 12, 2019
Disaster-proof your production by planning for emergency & overflow heat treating
As supply chains become more complex and OEMs scour the globe for partnerships that give them the competitive edge, suppliers…
The comprehensive guide to advanced aerospace thermal processing
It takes a lot of science and a ton of organization to turn drawings and documents into commercial, civilian and military aircraft. At a time when aerospace OEMs are under great pressure to meet their obligations while preserving part quality and safety, strong supplier partnerships—including those with thermal processors—can change the game.
September 12, 2019
Case study: The choreography of contingency planning
Automotive OEMs at the center of global supply chains need two things from their suppliers. First, they need to know…