Alloys are materials that are made by combining two or more materials to obtain a composite that possesses superior properties than any of its components on its own. The properties of alloys can be ...
The properties of steel can be improved in terms of fatigue, weldability, hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, ductility, and tensile strength by either alloy addition or heat treatment processes.
A lot of colloquial words that we might use when describing something’s durability take on extremely specific meanings when a materials scientist or blacksmith uses them. Things like “strength”, ...
A Detroit entrepreneur surprised university engineers recently when he invented a heat-treatment that makes steel 7 percent stronger than any steel on record -- in less than 10 seconds. In fact, the ...
THE heat treatment of steels is an art of recent growth. Twenty years ago it could scarcely be said to exist. Such as it was, it usually consisted in “heating to a red heat” for annealing, or perhaps ...
Family-owned and operated companies Commercial Steel Treating Corporation of Madison Heights and Curtis Metal Finishing Company of Sterling Heights are each celebrating a landmark anniversary this ...
Metal Finishing Co., a locally owned aerospace parts finishing and inspection company, has been on a mission to expand its capabilities and its operations. It recently added the ability to heat treat ...
A lot of colloquial words that we might use when describing something’s durability take on extremely specific meanings when a materials scientist or blacksmith uses them. Things like “strength”, ...