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Lean Heat Treatment for Distortion Control

Controlling distortion is of key importance during the case hardening process for the production of gear components. By effective control […]

ECM USA, Inc.

Our mission is to provide high quality vacuum furnaces, services and spare parts to our North American customer base for […]

Broadwind Energy, Inc.

To be the preferred provider of integrated solutions for global energy and infrastructure customers. Mission Through the technical expertise and […]

Solar Atmospheres

Solar Atmospheres is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial vacuum heat treating services. Through unmatched technical expertise, equipment, […]

Ipsen

Excellence in thermal processing allows you to push the boundaries of what’s possible: whether it’s transforming space exploration, crafting better […]

A Look at the Intersection of Thermal Processing and Industry 4.0

Technology continues to advance at anaccelerated pace with the development of lean manufacturing processes, the growth of the Internet of […]

Developing a Lighter, Stronger, and Cleaner Air-Melt Steel for Critical Applications

Steel components, particularly those used in critical applications such as bearings and fuel injection systems, are increasingly expected to be […]

High Temperature Vacuum Carburizing Drives Alloy Development

Vacuum carburizing (low pressure carburizing, or LPC) is a process used to impart hardness, wear resistance and increased fatigue life […]

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 […]

Processing New Gear Steels

Carburized steel gears are widely used for power transmission in rotorcraft, transportation vehicles, agricultural and off-road equipment, industrial rotating equipment, […]

Cryogenic Treatment of Gear Steel

Case carburized steel (En 353) is the material commonly used for making crown wheels and pinions. The reasons for the […]

Integrated Heat Treating

For decades the gear industry has faced the challenge of producing high performance components in a cost-effective manner. To meet […]

Refurbishing Wind Turbine Gears

Multi-megawatt wind turbine gearboxes operate under demanding environmental conditions including considerable variation in temperature, wind speed, and air quality. It […]

Heat Treat Processes for Gears

Heat treatment is a critical and complex element in the manufacturing of gears that greatly impacts how each will perform […]

Low Pressure Carburizing for Transmissions

With the many advances that have taken place to improve quality in the gear industry, it is only logical that […]

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 […]

The LPC Process for High-Alloy Steels

Low pressure carburizing (LPC) in vacuum furnaces has many applications in industrial technologies where high quality, reliability, and repeatability are […]

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 […]

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