Source: TAV VACUUM FURNACES
When "the die is cast," heat treaters should make sure that they're using NADCA 207 standards. Prepared by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) for its members, they provide recommendations on how to produce dies for die casting to optimize thermal tool life in terms of thermal fatigue.
In today's best of the web article, check out what some of the essential requirements are and how this standard could help in "maximizing the resistance of tools to the occurrence of cracks from thermal fatigue."
An excerpt:
However, the content of this specification is so well processed that it is valid not only for the production of die casting dies and for thermal fatigue, but also for many other applications, and is the best information material for commercial vacuum heat treatment plants, tool shops and die casting foundries, enabling the elimination of fundamental errors in the tool making process.
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