New Vacuum Processes Achieve Mechanical Property Improvement in Gearbox Components

This paper introduces new process developments in low-pressure carburizing and carbonitriding using either high-pressure gas quenching or interrupted gas quenching.

(In this article, the interrupted gas quenching method used is StopGQ®, a registered trademark of ECM.)

Comparison of mechanical properties which result from each process will be discussed.

The reader will discover how the optimization of carbon and nitrogen enrichment and the mastering of gas quenching can improve fatigue strength and impact properties.

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> Gear technology magazine August 2007

> Industrial Heating May 2007

Vacuum Furnace Technology in gear heat treatment's Future

One of the major reasons for the growth of vacuum carburizing in gear manufacturing is the need to integrate heat treating equipment on the shop floor and into the production flow of the manufacturing process.

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> Industrial Heating  - March 2005

A user guide to quenching after vacuum carburizing

This article discussed the factors heat treaters have to consider when deciding when to apply oil quenching or gas quenching for cooling low pressure / vacuum carburized  steel parts.

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> Heat treating Progress September-October 2004  

Experience in Low-Pressure Vacuum Carburizing

Low-pressure vacuum carburizing is a proven method [1] with well over 100 companies worldwide benefiting from this advanced technology. Along the way, ECM has helped both potential new users and experienced veterans understand how to apply this carburizing process more effectively. We've answered thousands of questions to help explain and justify the move to this technology. Our answers can help you and your organization lower your operating costs and increase your productivity.

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> Heat treating Progress September-October 2003 

Vacuum Carburizing: A Technology Whose Time Has Come

Vacuum carburizing has proven itself to be totally reliable with the process, design, and metallurgical advantages for all manufacturing sectors allowing this technology to become the logical successor to other carburizing methods and the most robust process available today.

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Released in

> Heat treating Progress - September-October 2003

> Industrial heating - January 2003

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