‘Hardening’

An Engineeringtalk guide

Start with the news release Heat treatment, plating and coating of seals from HTMS, which we summarised at the time by saying "HTMS in-house platings or coatings can be applied to improve the sealing performance of the company's metal seals.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Schaeffler's bearing steel is corrosion resistant from Schaeffler (UK): "The Schaeffler Group has launched Cronitect, a stainless steel for rolling bearings. ".

In August 2009, we covered the news from Wheelabrator Group - take a look at Wheelabrator completes London Underground project which says: "Wheelabrator has added its finishing touches to the stainless-steel cladding used in a regeneration project at London's Wood Lane Underground Station. ".

Take a look also at the news release from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK, Parker unveils polyurethane sealing compound, as well as Depuy adopts EOS laser-sintering technique from EOS Electro Optical Systems (UK), and Corus updates Vegter material model from Corus Automotive.

Latest stories...

Carbolite furnace used to treat brake discs (January 2009)

A specially designed electric furnace from Carbolite is being used by Hope Technology to heat treat brake discs for high-performance road and mountain bikes.

Profil RSN and RND rivet nuts utilised by Audi (September 2008)

Profil has announced that its RSN and RND rivet nuts have been specified by Audi for use in a safety-critical bonnet latch mounting application on its A4 and A5 vehicles.

Abssac expands lead screw range (September 2008)

Abssac has expanded its lead screw range to supply any type of thread form.

Schaeffler completes bearings for Beijing Wheel (September 2008)

The Schaeffler Group has completed the manufacture of two giant spherical roller bearings for China's Beijing Wheel. In total, around 22 tonnes of steel has gone into producing the two hub bearings.

Project to advance laser processing (August 2008)

GSI is aiming to develop fibre coupled diode laser sources with beam qualities good enough to be applicable to a broad range of mainstream applications.

Threadform duplication adds life to worms (June 2008)

Simon Chipchase explains his company's pioneering methods for replicating threadforms for worms and worm gears.

Battery alternatives suit specialised applications (June 2008)

Chloride has expanded its technology options to offer customers more choice in selecting the most appropriate power protection solution for their application.

Latest RP materials to show up at Farnborough (May 2008)

Components made from the latest laser-sintering powders will be on show at Farnborough Air Show 2008.

Infra-red pyrometers in induction hardening

Infra-red pyrometers can be used for many applications in the induction hardening industry, but which types are best suited to which tasks?
Piston rods - a suitable case for hardening

Why Parker Hannifin European industrial tie rod cylinder piston rods are manufactured from precision ground, high tensile carbon alloy steel, hard chrome plated and polished to 0.2um max.