Steel Making
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is one of the impurities in steel, and it has been...
Standard Analysis
The selection of a standard analysis by the manufacturer is t...
Judging The Heat Of Steel
While the use of a pyrometer is of course the only way to hav...
Leeds And Northrup Optical Pyrometer
The principles of this very popular method of measuring tempe...
Impact Tests
Impact tests are of considerable importance as an indication ...
Preventing Cracks In Hardening
The blacksmith in the small shop, where equipment is usually ...
Typical Oil-fired Furnaces
Several types of standard oil-fired
furnaces are shown herew...
Hardening
The forgings can be hardened by cooling in still air
or quen...
Oil-hardening Steel
Heat slowly and uniformly to 1,450 deg.F. and
forge thorough...
Cyanide Bath For Tool Steels
All high-carbon tool steels are
heated in a cyanide bath. Wi...
The Influence Of Size
The size of the piece influences the physical properties obta...
Case-hardening Treatments For Various Steels
Plain water, salt water and linseed oil are the three most co...
Refining The Grain
This is remedied by reheating the piece to a temperature slig...
Bessemer Process
The bessemer process consists of charging molten pig iron int...
Steel Before The 1850's
In spite of a rapid increase in the use of machines and the
...
The Quenching Tank
The quenching tank is an important feature of apparatus in
c...
Care In Annealing
Not only will benefits in machining be found
by careful anne...
Alloying Elements
Commercial steels of even the simplest types
are therefore p...
Connecting Rods
The material used for all connecting rods on the Liberty engi...
Carburizing By Gas
The process of carburizing by gas, briefly mentioned on page ...