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Global Technology Series Teaches Thermal Treatment Principles, Best Heating Practices |
The third installment of the AFS Global Technology Series, Heat Treatment Theory and Practice, will be held May 26-27 at AFS Headquarters, Schaumburg, Ill. Two hands-on workshops will be held concurrently—one each for ferrous and nonferrous participants. The workshops are intended to provide an understanding of the basic principles of thermal treatment as well as best heat treating practices for ferrous and nonferrous castings.
Important elements in the ferrous session will include thermal treatment (normalizing, stress relieving, annealing, austempering), surface hardening methods, auditing heat treating sources, differences in heat treating iron and steel castings, and applications of heat treated cast irons and competitive materials. The nonferrous session will cover increasing tensile strength, maximizing elongation, which aluminum alloys meet strength requirements without heat treating, minimizing distortion, improving hardness and machining performance, and discovering the optimum heat treat cycle for each alloy or component geometry.
Both workshops will include roundtable discussions. Attendees are encouraged to bring heat treating questions, problems and concerns for discussion and problem solving.
"Thermal treatment is a critical manufacturing and metallurgical process that can improve the properties, service perfomance and functionality of many cast components. This workshop will help foundries, suppliers, casting designers and buyers gain a better understanding of heat treatment so they can optimize the process, improve energy efficiency and increase the value for each casting," said Tom Prucha, AFS vice president of technology.
To view the ferrous brochure, click here. For a look at the nonferrous brochure, click here.
For more information, contact Prucha at 800/537-4237 x264 or
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