Steel Making
Temperature Recording And Regulation
Each furnace is equipped
with pyrometers, but the reading an...
Temperatures To Use
As soon as the temperature of the steel reaches
100 deg.C. (...
Manganese
Manganese adds considerably to the tensile strength of steel,...
S A E Heat Treatments
The Society of Automotive Engineers have adopted certain heat...
Hardening
Steel is hardened by quenching from above the upper critical....
Typical Oil-fired Furnaces
Several types of standard oil-fired
furnaces are shown herew...
Standard Analysis
The selection of a standard analysis by the manufacturer is t...
The Packing Department
In Fig. 56 is shown the packing pots where
the work is packe...
Preventing Decarbonization Of Tool Steel
It is especially important to prevent decarbonization in such...
Hardening High-speed Steels
We will now take up the matter of hardening high-speed steels...
Silicon
SILICON is a very widespread element (symbol Si), being an es...
Quenching The Work
In some operations case-hardened work is quenched from the bo...
Flange Shields For Furnaces
Such portable flame shields as the
one illustrated in Fig. 1...
William Kelly's Air-boiling Process
An account of Bessemer's address to the British Association w...
The Leeds And Northrup Potentiometer System
The potentiometer pyrometer system is both flexible and subst...
Pyrometers For Molten Metal
Pyrometers for molten metal are connected to portable thermoc...
Carburizing Material
The simplest carburizing substance is charcoal. It is also th...
Protectors For Thermo-couples
Thermo-couples must be protected from the danger of mechanica...
The Effect Of Tempering On Water-quenched Gages
The following information has been supplied by Automatic and ...
High-carbon Machinery Steel
The carbon content of this steel is above 30 points and is ha...