Researchers have validated the use of moving optics for laser hardening, which allows the process to be adapted to the shape of the part Hardening is a surface heat treatment applied to steel parts ...

Engineers in Germany are working on a new steel hardening process that they claim holds promise for the development of downsized car engines. The team, from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) ...

During the production of a metal, the manufacturing process is marked by careful regulation of the mechanical properties of the wrought metal. However, these may undergo change later on when the ...

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Whether heat treatment is carded out in-house or subcontracted, procedures must be drawn up and adhered to if the heat treatment process is to be properly controlled. Subcontract heat treatment should ...