Heat Treating with Nitriding for Forging Die Durability

Source: Advanced Heat Treat Corp.

Why do forging dies fail? How can heat treating prevent failure? And what specific role does gas- or plasma-assisted nitriding treatment play in enhancing metal structure?

Heat Treat Today brings you this Best of the Web feature article this Technical Tuesday to answer these questions. Written by Dr. Edward Rolinski and Mike Woods of Advanced Heat Treat Corp., this article explains the impact of forging process, material and press type; heat treatment for forging dies; and nitriding forging and stamping dies.

An excerpt: "Surface properties critical for die performance can be further elevated by a surface-treatment process employing a multi-gradient design strategy, a novel plasma, multi-step treatment with formation of the nanostructured layer/coating developed by Advanced Heat Treat Corp."

Read more: "Enhancing Forging Dies' Durability with Ion Nitriding."