Resources Archive

03.29.23

5 min read

Water-Based Quenching: Capability Spotlight

Water-based quenching is the most severe quenching method available in heat treating today and is widely used in the heavy truck industry and beyond to bring low-cost materials into spec for high-performance...

Read Article

Didn't find the process you were looking for?

Water-Based Quenching: Capability Spotlight

Thermal Processing for Automotive Seating Components: The Essential Guide

Space and Additive Manufacturing: The Essential Thermal Processing Guide

The Comprehensive Guide to Aerospace Thermal Processing

Learning Center

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

Stainless Steel Heat Treatment: Capability Spotlight

Thermal Processing for Automotive Seating Components: The Essential Guide

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

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

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

The Comprehensive Guide to Aerospace Thermal Processing

Metallurgy Minute 015: Aerospace vs. Automotive Heat Treating—What’s the Difference?

Space and Additive Manufacturing: The Essential Thermal Processing Guide

Metallurgy Minute 014: Finding Your Spec for Part Hardness

Subscribe to keep up with the latest and greatest

Email Subscription - Call to Action Module

Metallurgy Minute 013: High-Pressure Gas vs. Oil Quenching

Metallurgy Minute 012: Hardenability of Steels

Deep Case Carburizing for Helical Gears: Capability Spotlight

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

Metallurgy Minute 011: Effective vs. Total Case Depth

Four Thermal Processing Problems and How to Avoid Them

Zinc Phosphating Steel Automotive Components: Capability Spotlight

The Role of Quenching in Heat Treating

Zinc Plating for Steel: Capability Spotlight

Metallurgy Minute 010: Rockwell, Brinell, and Microhardness Testing for Metals

Thermal Processing for Firearms: The Essential Guide

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

Capability Spotlight: Heat Treating Additive Manufactured Parts

Can Decarburization Cause Quench Cracking?: Metallurgy Minute 009

Risk Management in Heat Treatment

Heat treating: Best Handled In-House or Outsourced?

Heat Treating 101: An Introduction to Heat Treating Procedures

How Does Carbon Content Affect Steel?: Metallurgy Minute 008

High-Pressure Heat Treatment, Hot Isostatic Pressing, and Additive Manufacturing

Is Decarburization Bad?: Metallurgy Minute 007

What In the World is HIP?: Metallurgy Minute 006

Which Materials Respond to Heat Treatment?: Metallurgy Minute 005

How Cooling Affects Carbide in Steel: Metallurgy Minute 004

Datagineering 2020: Year In Review

Heat Treating and the Bullwhip Effect

What Causes Quench Cracking?: Metallurgy Minute 003

Why Is Stainless Steel Called Stainless?: Metallurgy Minute 002

Capability Spotlight: Screenprint Brazing

How Can Steel Be Used to Cut Steel?: Metallurgy Minute 001

Reshoring Your Heat Treating Operations: An Overview

Datagineering at Work: The Paulo Advantage

Can you ‘HIP’ it? Investigating hot isostatic pressing

Extensive testing reveals impressive hot isostatic press (HIP) capabilities

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

Case study: The choreography of contingency planning

Case study: Unconventional treatment improves quality of constant tension bands

Enhanced property treatments: Ordinary alloys punch above their weight

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

Precise heat treatment is vital for aerospace alloys

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

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

Case study: Paulo metallurgists lead part failure investigation and resolution

Low-Pressure Carburization for High Hardness & Low Distortion

What to Expect From Nadcap-Approved Heat Treaters

Understanding effective vs. total case depth

Understanding customer-specific requirements in the IATF 16949 standard

S7, D2, A2: Difference in tool steel properties

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

The salt bath nitriding process and its safer alternative

Overflow heat treatment work: Knowing when to outsource

Heat treat scale removal and prevention

Methods for reducing turnaround time with heat treatment solutions

Measuring and preventing decarburization in steel

Hardness testing methods: Rockwell, Brinell and microhardness

How heat treating impacts material specification

Understanding Heat Treat Specifications

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

Managing the risk of cracking in heat treating

Why nitriding steel is growing in popularity

Case hardening basics: Nitrocarburizing vs. carbonitriding

The Basics of Quenching Steel in Oil in Heat Treating

Different Media for Quenching Metal Explained