Practical Heat Treating: Processes and Practices

Practical Heat Treating: Processes and Practices is a reference manual for the selection, setup, and operation of heat-treating equipment and procedures. It provides information on sensing and control, furnace types and atmospheres, quenchants and quenching, vacuum furnace processes, induction surface hardening, carburizing, carbonitriding, and nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing treatments. It also includes chapters on material testing and inspection, quality specifications, detecting and resolving problems, and calculating costs. Application examples are presented throughout the book, representing a wide range of component types, materials (particularly steels), part geometries, and performance requirements. For information on the print version, ISBN: 978-1-62708-454-3, follow this link.