Steel Making
Preventing Cracks In Hardening
The blacksmith in the small shop, where equipment is usually ...
Crucible Steel
Crucible steel is still made by melting material in a clay or...
Annealing
ANNEALING can be done by heating to temperatures ranging from...
Testing And Inspection Of Heat Treatment
The hard parts of the
gear must be so hard that a new mill f...
Connecting Rods
The material used for all connecting rods on the Liberty engi...
Typical Oil-fired Furnaces
Several types of standard oil-fired
furnaces are shown herew...
Using Illuminating Gas
The choice of a carburizing furnace depends greatly on the fa...
Carbon-steel Forgings
Low-stressed, carbon-steel forgings include such parts as car...
Care In Annealing
Not only will benefits in machining be found
by careful anne...
Highly Stressed Parts
The highly stressed parts on the Liberty engine consisted of ...
Sulphur
SULPHUR is another element (symbol S) which is always found i...
Impact Tests
Impact tests are of considerable importance as an indication ...
The Care Of Carburizing Compounds
Of all the opportunities for practicing economy in the heat-t...
S A E Heat Treatments
The Society of Automotive Engineers have adopted certain heat...
Open Hearth Process
The open hearth furnace consists of a big brick room with a l...
The Leeds And Northrup Potentiometer System
The potentiometer pyrometer system is both flexible and subst...
Case-hardening Treatments For Various Steels
Plain water, salt water and linseed oil are the three most co...
Correction By Zero Adjustment
Many pyrometers are supplied with
a zero adjuster, by means ...
Furnace Data
In order to give definite information concerning furnaces, fu...
Carbon Tool Steel
Heat to a bright red, about 1,500 to 1,550 deg.F.
Do not ham...