Is hot isostatic pressing or annealing better for your 3D printed part? We compared the two heat treatment processes to find out!

This class also describes common heat treating methods, such as annealing, quenching, normalizing, and tempering. Steel is heat treated to adjust the metal's properties. Heat treatments can increase a ...

To that end, this beginner lesson in heat-treating steel from [Blondihacks] demonstrates why it can be beneficial to trade some of the metal’s toughness for improved hardness and just how to ...

Cold forming involves shaping metal without heat treatment either manually or using a jig, while hot forming uses heat to aid the shaping and forming of the metal. Folding is basically using a ...

SWD Inc., Addison, Ill., a provider of metal finishing and fastener sorting services, has acquired the assets of Metals Technology Corp., a commercial heat treater based in Carol Stream, Ill., and ...