Source: TAV VACUUM FURNACES
How does coin production benefit from vacuum heat treating? Is hardening, tempering, and machining required?
In this Best of the Web, take a look at what it takes to create “the master die” and the importance of vacuum heat treating in the minting process. The article offers a few contextualizing points around the topics of green energy and maintaining a safe workplace.
An excerpt:
[blockquote author=”TAV VACUUM FURNACES” style=”1″]The master die is then hardened and tempered to produce a positive tool called hob. Note that the master die is not used to produce coins. What do we need to produce our first coin?[/blockquote]
Read more at “Minting Industry: The Importance of Vacuum Heat Treatments”
