Steel Making
Steel Before The 1850's
In spite of a rapid increase in the use of machines and the
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Rate Of Cooling
At the option of the manufacturer, the above treatment of gea...
Double Annealing
Water annealing consists in heating the piece, allowing it to...
Tungsten
Tungsten, as an alloy in steel, has been known and used for a...
High-carbon Machinery Steel
The carbon content of this steel is above 30 points and is ha...
Annealing Method
Forgings which are too hard to machine are put
in pots with ...
Surface Carburizing
Carburizing, commonly called case-hardening, is the art of pr...
Temperature Recording And Regulation
Each furnace is equipped
with pyrometers, but the reading an...
The Effect Of Tempering On Water-quenched Gages
The following information has been supplied by Automatic and ...
Tempering Round Dies
A number of circular dies of carbon tool steel for use in too...
Oil-hardening Steel
Heat slowly and uniformly to 1,450 deg.F. and
forge thorough...
Placing The Thermo-couples
The following illustrations from the Taylor Instrument Compan...
Tempering Colors On Carbon Steels
Opinions differ as to the temperature which is indicated by t...
Steel Can Be Worked Cold
As noted above, steel can be worked cold,
as in the case of ...
Knowing What Takes Place
How are we to know if we have given a
piece of steel the ver...
Quenching The Work
In some operations case-hardened work is quenched from the bo...
Hardening Carbon Steel For Tools
For years the toolmaker had full sway in regard to make of st...
Hints For Tool Steel Users
Do not hesitate to ask for information from the maker as to t...
Take Time For Hardening
Uneven heating and poor quenching has
caused loss of many ve...
Preventing Decarbonization Of Tool Steel
It is especially important to prevent decarbonization in such...