Induction hardening is a type of heat treating method in which you selectively and rapidly harden a metal surface. In the process, you place a copper coil that carries an alternating current near the part, but not directly touching it. Heat is generated close to the surface with eddy current and hysteresis losses. Then, a […]
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What You Should Know About Stress Relief Annealing
Annealing is a type of heat treatment in which an alloy gets heated up and held at a particular temperature, then gets cooled down in a controlled manner. The process allows for internal stresses in the alloy to be relieved, softens the material and creates a chemical homogenization and transformation of the grain structure of […]
The Advantages of Intelligent Process Cooling
The one constant in heat treatment in Gastonia, NC is the use of heat to forge a bond. While some methods of heat treatment don’t require temperatures as high as traditional welding, heat is still present in the process (if only as a byproduct). Therefore, along with heat comes another constant of heat treatment: the […]
An Overview of Ultrasonic Welding
When most people think of joining two pieces of metal, their minds inevitably turn to welding. They picture a person in a thick, iron mask, white-hot blowtorch in hand, melting and merging until two separate pieces of metal into a cohesive whole. Though useful in numerous industrial and commercial applications, welding isn’t always the right […]
How to Optimize Case-Depth Uniformity
Vacuum technology in the process of carburizing has been shown to improve the manufacturing process in a variety of ways, including by reducing processing time and the total number of steps required in the process of manufacturing a part. Optimizing the case-depth uniformity of parts during the carburizing process is another way to achieve a […]