Steel Making
The Care Of Carburizing Compounds
Of all the opportunities for practicing economy in the heat-t...
Tool Or Crucible Steel
Crucible steel can be annealed either in muffled furnace or b...
Alloying Elements
Commercial steels of even the simplest types
are therefore p...
Steel Worked In Austenitic State
As a general rule steel should
be worked when it is in the a...
Steel Can Be Worked Cold
As noted above, steel can be worked cold,
as in the case of ...
Connecting Rods
The material used for all connecting rods on the Liberty engi...
Drop Forging Dies
The kind of steel used in the die of course influences the he...
Manganese
MANGANESE is a metal much like iron. Its chemical symbol is M...
Heating
Although it is possible to work steels cold, to an extent
de...
Hardening
Steel is hardened by quenching from above the upper critical....
Correction By Zero Adjustment
Many pyrometers are supplied with
a zero adjuster, by means ...
Tempering Round Dies
A number of circular dies of carbon tool steel for use in too...
Non-shrinking Oil-hardening Steels
Certain steels have a very low rate of expansion and contract...
Carburizing By Gas
The process of carburizing by gas, briefly mentioned on page ...
The Forging Of Steel
So much depends upon the forging of steel that this operation...
Plant For Forging Rifle Barrels
The forging of rifle barrels in large quantities and heat-tre...
Pyrometry And Pyrometers
A knowledge of the fundamental principles of pyrometry, or th...
Furnace Data
In order to give definite information concerning furnaces, fu...
Forging High-speed Steel
Heat very slowly and carefully to from 1,800
to 2,000 deg.F....
Steel For Chisels And Punches
The highest grades of carbon or tempering steels are to be re...