Heat treatment of gears
Often the options of heat treat may feel pre-defined when looked at from a gear designer’s perspective. There are options, […]
Using simulation to evaluate part green shape to reduce distortion during plug quenching
Determining the heat-treatment geometry (green shape) for complex gears is not a trivial task. Mass distribution becomes critical in determining […]
Fatigue Performance and Cleanliness of Carburizing Steels for Gears
The cleanliness of steels used for gears is of great importance when looking to improve their life or increase loads. […]
Pre-Nitriding: A Means of Significantly Increasing Carburizing Throughput
Carburizing is a surface-hardening method that uses heated metal in a carbon-rich environment to increase carbon levels on the metal, […]
Application of ICME to Optimize Metallurgy and Improve Performance of Carburizable Steels
Introduction QuesTek Innovations LLC (“QuesTek”) of Evanston, IL uses its proprietary Materials by Design® expertise and technology in conjunction with […]
Enhancing Control of Distortion Through One-Piece-Flow Heat Treatment
Proper distortion control has become even more important than in previous days. Distorted gear components cause noise in the transmission […]
Integrated Heat Treating
For decades the gear industry has faced the challenge of producing high performance components in a cost-effective manner. To meet […]
Retained Austenite Stabilization
The phenomenon of retained austenite stabilization in tool steels is well documented [1,2]. When a steel with a martensite finish […]
Carburizing Wind-Turbine Gears
Flame Metals Processing Corp. is a 23 year-old company that heat treats ferrous and nonferrous components in atmosphere and vacuum […]
Improvements in Dimensional Control of Heat Treated Gears
The goals and objectives of this investigation focused on highly distortion-prone gearing (Figure 1) to determine if dimensional improvements could […]
Heat Treating Heavy-Duty Gears
Whether required to pace the movement of a precision watch or a giant wind turbine, gears play an essential role […]
Bending Fatigue of Surface Densified Gears
Surface densified powder metal gears and conventional wrought steel gears were tested using a pulsator and a back-to-back gear tester […]
Oil Quenching Technologies For Gears
Oil quenching is a logical choice for gears. Atmosphere and vacuum carburizing carbonitriding of gears followed by oil quenching is […]
Engineered Heat Treatment for Stronger Aerospace Gears
It is well established that carburization of low alloy steels promotes compressive residual surface stress upon quenching, and that compressive […]
Laser Heat Treating Advances for the Gear Industry
Laser technology has been used for many years with much success in industries such as power generation, hydraulics, hand tools, […]
Reducing Distortion in Heat-Treated Gears
Power transmission gear manufacturing for critical industrial applications (Figure 1) requires an understanding of many factors, including both heat treat […]
The Details of Ductile Iron
Cast iron is generally thought of as a weak, dirty, cheap, brittle material that does not have a place in […]
