The carbon-free annealing system operates solely on electricity by replacing the burners of conventional combustion-based annealing furnaces with electric heating elements. When tested under ...

When the topic of heat treatment comes up, aluminum is not the first metal that comes to mind. Aluminum is considered a soft metal, but there are alloys of aluminum that respond to heat treatment in a ...

It wasn’t long after humans discovered metals that they also discovered ways to apply heat to them to change their properties, such as making the metal stronger or more flexible. Here are some concise ...

The properties of steel can be improved in terms of fatigue, weldability, hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, ductility, and tensile strength by either alloy addition or heat treatment processes.

This article was updated April 26, 2023. It was originally published Oct. 12, 2018. Heat treatments let engineers and metallurgists tailor the properties of metal parts so that they are a better fit ...

Many industrial processes involve the heat treatment of materials, such as metals, plastics, and composites. Commonly used heat transfer fluids such as water, ethylene glycol, and oils exhibit ...

Being an automotive supplier means sifting through forecasts and monitoring trends to determine what decisions are being made, what changes are taking hold, what concepts are budding in the minds of ...

While 3D printing technology does allow complex metal parts to be produced efficiently, such items often deform when stressed and heated. That may soon no longer be the case, however, thanks to a new ...

Most medical devices with metal parts go through machining, heat treatment, electropolishing, and/or bead blasting. Even if performed correctly, each production process can leave surface deposits.