We've assembled some of Heat Treat Today's resources on forging and metalcasting. Read or listen to what the experts have to say on these important topics in the heat treat industry.
This Technical Tuesday original content piece will help you wade into an introduction of these heat treatment processes. Follow the links to dive deeper into the studies.
The span of articles, radio episodes, and TV clips below are compiled to learn more about forging and casting. Heat treating is developing and changing through the years, and it's wise to keep swimming with the current of information.
Simulating Induction Heating for Forging
What can simulation software do for you? Manufacturers are able to run the software to act upon the steel billet prior to forging. Read more about the process here. The simulation shows results in the metal to help the user best plan for desired results. One of the decisions that can be helped is, "the selection of right forging temperatures for plain carbon and alloy steels to avoid possible damage by incipient melting or overheating."
A Look at Steel and Iron
"The Heat Treat Doctor"
The HERRING GROUP, Inc.
Read or listen to this episode of Heat Treat Radio with expert Dan Herring who discusses metals such as stainless steel, tool steel, cast iron, high and low carbon steels, and more. He looks at their production and their uses.
"I wanted to set the stage for it to say that it’s the end-use application by the customer that fuels the type of steel being produced and fuels the form in which the steel is produced," says Herring.
Investment Casting in Turbine Blades
Take a look at how an alumina and silica (quartz) mix are improving metal casting for support rods used in aerospace manufacturing. "LEMA™, a range of proprietary alumina-based materials that provide double the mechanical strength of quartz while providing significantly improved leaching times, compared with typical high purity alumina," provides many benefits for metal casting. Jump into this piece to find out more about this metal casting example.
Direct From the Forge Intensive Quenching
Akron Steel Treating Co & Integrated Heat Treating Solutions, LLC
In this discussion, expert Joe Powell says, "My thing is to develop a robust process that can be applied and implemented using automation and new equipment with the proper pumps and material handling that is all integrated into a seamless process." He plunges in to talking about immediate quenching pieces in water after heat treating and what they are learning at the forge shop.
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