The Advantages of an All-Metal Vacuum Furnace Hot Zone
For more than 70 years, the vacuum furnace has been available for metal processing requirements, and is widely accepted as […]
Q&A with Raymond Daniel Noble
What are your duties with Noble Industrial Furnace? What is your typical day? My duties include, but are not limited […]
Buying a New Lab or Industrial Furnace
When the time comes to purchase a new lab or industrial furnace, there are several points that need to be […]
Efficient Gas Heating of Industrial Furnaces
There are various types of high-efficiency gas burners and radiant tubes currently on the market, and economic tools can be […]
Heat Treating Education
In a recent paper by Janusz Kowalewski of Ipsen at the 3rd International Conference on Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering […]
Single-Piece, High-Volume, and Low-Distortion Case Hardening of Gears
Global output of the automotive industry reached 86 million vehicles in 2014. Each vehicle is fitted with a transmission gearbox […]
Analysis of Heat Treat Growth on Carburized Ring Gear and Multivariate Regression Model Development
In gear manufacturing and machine assembly, dimensional stability of each component and conformance to print requirements are of critical importance. […]
Houghton International
Since its founding in 1865 by Edwin F. Houghton, the company has maintained its mission of combining environmental stewardship and […]
Case Study: Laser Hardening
To increase the hardness of a steel material, there are basically three required steps in the hardening process. Step one […]
Inductive Fixture Hardening and Tempering Process for Dimensionally Accurate Parts
Automobile manufacturers increasingly require components with greater accuracy for use in sophisticated applications. To meet these increased requirements, press hardening […]
Nitrocarburizing Gears Using the ZeroFlow Method in Large-Volume Production
Retort-based nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing have been around a long time. Modern day challenges include providing known, repeatable hardness and […]
Optimizing Case-Depth Uniformity in the Vacuum Carburizing Process
Over the past few decades, the vacuum carburizing process has been proven to produce superior part quality. In addition, the […]
Producing Quality Parts in an Atmosphere Furnace: How to Optimize Your Quenching and Carburizing Processes
Throughout the manufacturing process, heat treatment is consistently viewed as a critical step for adding value to the parts produced. […]
INEX Inc.
When using conventional metal-alloy radiant tubes, failure is not just possible — it’s a certainty. It’s a costly reality that has […]
Stress Generation in an Axle Shaft during Induction Hardening
Introduction Induction hardening of steel components offers a fast heating rate, high efficiency, and the ability to heat locally. Induction […]
Case Study: SECO/Warwick and ABB Instrument Transformers
Instrument transformers are a precision device designed to accurately meter either current or voltage on an electrical circuit. They also […]
Case Study: Company: Phoenix Contact/Customer: Ipsen
Ipsen supports its equipment across the globe using the mGuard VPN router from Phoenix Contact, which allows secure remote access […]
Some Basic Mathematical Elements On Steel Heat Treating: Modeling, Freeware Packages And Numerical Simulation
Every year since 2007, in June, a Modeling Week is held within the master program of the faculty of Mathematics […]
Reducing Gear Size for Compact Transmission Design by Selecting Steel Grade and Heat Treatment Process with Computer Modeling
CAs expectations regarding the quality and precision of products continue to grow, further advances in materials engineering are strictly associated […]
Mathematical Modelling of the Vacuum Carburizing Process
CAs expectations regarding the quality and precision of products continue to grow, further advances in materials engineering are strictly associated […]











































