Steel Making
S A E Heat Treatments
The Society of Automotive Engineers have adopted certain heat...
The Influence Of Size
The size of the piece influences the physical properties obta...
Protective Screens For Furnaces
Workmen needlessly exposed to the flames, heat and glare from...
Surface Carburizing
Carburizing, commonly called case-hardening, is the art of pr...
Standard Analysis
The selection of a standard analysis by the manufacturer is t...
Crucible Steel
Crucible steel is still made by melting material in a clay or...
High-carbon Machinery Steel
The carbon content of this steel is above 30 points and is ha...
Crankshaft
The crankshaft was the most highly stressed part of the entir...
Annealing Method
Forgings which are too hard to machine are put
in pots with ...
Properties Of Alloy Steels
The following table shows the percentages of carbon, manganes...
The Forging Of Steel
So much depends upon the forging of steel that this operation...
Tempering Colors On Carbon Steels
Opinions differ as to the temperature which is indicated by t...
Tool Or Crucible Steel
Crucible steel can be annealed either in muffled furnace or b...
Gears
The material used for all gears on the Liberty engine was sel...
Quenching Tool Steel
To secure proper hardness, the cooling of quenching of steel ...
Quenching
It is considered good practice to quench alloy steels from th...
Connecting Rods
The material used for all connecting rods on the Liberty engi...
Hardening Operation
Hardening a gear is accomplished as follows:
The gear is tak...
Carburizing Low-carbon Sleeves
Low-carbon sleeves are carburized
and pushed on malleable-ir...
Hardening
Steel is hardened by quenching from above the upper critical....