Paulo Heat Treating

Parts Distortion: How To Predict It and How To Account for It

/ Manufacturing Heat Treat Technical Content

Source: Paulo

No matter the craft, disappointment is inevitable when the end result doesn’t turn out as planned. But in heat treatment, distortion is more than just a disappointment, it could contribute to weakness in a component, putting lives at risk. The industry can be credited for its commitment to determining the causes and manners in which parts distort and how to eliminate the risk.

Today’s best of the web article examines the inevitability of distortion in heat treating and demonstrates how to predict changes in size and shape of parts during processing, acknowledging that “maintaining dimensional accuracy is essential, especially for mission-critical and safety-critical components with the tightest tolerances.”

An Excerpt:

“Every part you heat treat will have some degree of ‘ballooning’ and distortion, but there are ways to predict how much your parts will deform. Knowing how your parts will change during heat treatment allows you to account for that change in the design of the part and, in a perfect world, avoid an additional round of machining after heat treatment.”

Read the entire article from Paulo by clicking here: “How Much Distortion To Expect in Heat Treating”

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This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

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Welcome to Heat Treat Today’s This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. We’re looking at hot summer events, hot summertime activities, and hot heat treat industry events coming soon to a social media page near you. Check out these posts, podcasts, and videos for a roundup in Heat Treat Social Media.

As you know, there is so much content available on the web that it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So, Heat Treat Today is here to bring you the latest in compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat news from the different social media venues that you’ve just got to see and read! If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1. Heat Treating Skateboards > Hot Moves

This space is usually reserved for something rich and technical, but it’s summertime in the northern hemisphere and heat treating is just as essential for the proper working of items affiliated with leisure and outdoor activities as the products that make the world go round (e.g., automotive, aerospace, etc.). “Skateboarding is not just a sport; it’s an art form, a mode of transport, and a way of life for many. But did you know that the metal trucks on a skateboard—those T-shaped pieces that mount the wheels to the deck—are a product of meticulous heat treatment?” (from Bodycote on LinkedIn, November, 2023)

Check out this recent post from Bodycote laying out how critical it is to safety and experience for skateboard trucks to be heat treated with the same level of skill that it takes to execute an ollie or a shuvit.

2. It’s a Beautiful Day in the Heat Treat Neighborhood

What’s everyone been up to on the social channels?

Summer Engineering Institute reshaping the Future of Heat Treating

Future Leaders: Report to the Dome!

Take Us Out to the Old Ballgame!

It may Be Summer but It’s Never Too Early to Think About the Fall

‘Tis also the season for Registration for 2024’s industry events and social media provides an excellent platform for getting the word out. Here are some of the events taking place just in September — don’t delay! Registration is still open for all of these!

Marking Milestones

3. Learn with Us

Sometimes, it’s the small things on social media that grab your attention or give you the “ah ha!” moment. And sometimes things affecting the industry in other places cause us to go “hmm.” Do any of these short posts make you say “eureka”?

Queueing and Sequencing (and more!)

Quiz Time

4. Open Your Ears: The Podcast Corner

You can’t read everything, we get it. Heat Treat Today is here to recommend two informative podcasts to enjoy on your daily commute!

Tune in to Listen to Heat Treat Radio #110! Isolated Heat, the Future of Vacuum Furnaces

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Sharpen your hearing: Heat Treating Knives on the TTT Podcast

5. Junk Food and a Logo Extravaganza

Click through to see what Kowalski Heat Treating thinks about junk food and how that thinking gets them counting logos.

Have a great weekend!

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This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

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Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. You know and we know that there is too much content available on the web, so it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. Today, Heat Treat Today brings you another hot take of the latest compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat chatter from the world of social media.

We're looking at microscopic images, some in-depth heat treat content, a recap of networking opportunities, plus much more!

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1. Art or Science?

Through heat treatment, austempered ductile iron (ADI) becomes incredibly strong. For ADI, the material has been austempered such that the matrix is transformed into ausferrite, or a mixture of acicular ferrite and austenite. The image below has been elevated to art-gallery quality with the use of selective color etching.

Images of weld metal, microstructure of coarse-grain zone, microstructure of fine-grain zone, and base material. See how the crystal orientation changes in different zones.

2. All That Chatter

Check out some of the chatter that everyone has been posting on heat treat topics over the last few months.

 

May the 4th

 

Congratulation on the New Role!

Time Will Tell
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You Will Be Missed!

3.  Bumping Shoulders with Heat Treaters

It's great to connect with other folks in the industry. This past week has been an amazing opportunity to forge new relationships and strengthen old ones at trade shows and expos.

 

Rapid + TCT

 

Ceramics Expo

 

ACT Expo

 

SAMPE 2023

4. The Reading (and Podcast) Corner

Time to take your afternoon coffee and read a few technical articles from around the industry. Got too many things to do? Put on an episode of Heat Treat Radio to enjoy on your commute. Maybe you'll find some "continuing education" time this weekend!

Is there room for creativity in the heat treat shop?

Listen to an interview with Gary Sharp about ion nitriding. Topics include the history of and applications for this particular kind of nitriding.
Dig in a little deeper. Read more about ion nitriding. Hone in on TMS 80 micro alloyed steel with Dr. Rolinski.

Review of quench basics. Click to watch the video below!

5. Sleep Deprived

The excitement of nitriding keeping you awake at night?!

 

Have a great weekend!

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This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

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Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. You know and we know: there is too much content available on the web, and it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So, Heat Treat Today is here to bring you a hot take of the latest compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat chatter from the world of social media.

This week we'll check out some heat treating in action, question the effects of increasing robotics on heat treat industry, and several rigorous heat treat resources. 

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1.  Will Robotics Change Heat Treat?

Robotics seem to be an increasing part of life as we know it. "The operator utilized a suite of wearable devices, which is known as the iFeel system. These gadgets include multiple IMUs (inertial measurement units) placed at various locations on a body suit; 'gloves' that both track the user's finger movements and relay tactile sensations from the robot's finger pads; and a VR headset – the latter tracks the user's facial expressions, eyelids and eye movements, picks up their voice, plus it allows them to see what the robot is seeing, and to hear what it's hearing." Will the metals in the technology designed for robots find their way into your heat treat shop? (New iCub 3 biped robot used as a long-distance avatar for its operator)

 

2. The Social Pulse of Heat Treaters

Here's what all of the chatter is about. Check out how thins are going in heat treat shops across North America.

Making Metal More Normal

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Walk Around the Plant

Fabrication Completion

 

3. Quick Tips from the Interweb 

Have a little extra time? Check out the engaging media about heat treat topics below.

A Hot Take on the Olympic Medals

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An Overview of Heat Treatment in the Refining, Power, and Petrochemical Industry

Historical Landmarks

 

4. The Listening and Reading Corner

Soak in some knowledge on austenite, robotics, and salt quenching in these key podcasts that you can watch, listen to, or read the transcripts of.

5. Something Slightly Terrifying (Though Slightly Normal)

Have a great weekend!

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This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

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Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. You know and we know: there is too much content available on the web, and it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So, Heat Treat Today is here to bring you a hot take of the latest compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat chatter from the world of social media.

We're looking at helicopters for space, celebrations in heat treat, quick diagrams to keep you on your toes, and much more.

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1.  Aerospace Happenings

We're moving faster and further into the journey beyond earth. . . "At the end of Ingenuity’s mission, Perseverance will drive off, leaving the little helicopter that could behind, and continue its own mission: to search for signs of past life in Jezero crater, and to store rocks for a future mission to return to Earth." (NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Made History by Flying on Mars)

 

2. Heat Treating "Wow" Factors

Quick social media posts that make you go "wow."

"We Work Well Together" -Robot 1

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Enjoying the North American Market?

When Steel Loses Its Magnetism

 

3. Deep Dive Learning 

Have a little extra time? Check out these engaging media about heat treatments below.

Tips to reduce retained austenite in carburizing and carbonitriding by David Pye (www.htcourses.com)

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What To Do In the Event of a Safety Failure

Tensile Properties

4. Social Moments in Our Community

There's almost (almost) always a reason to celebrate. See some favorites from around the industry.

Employee Gets Some Kudos

."CELEBRATING THE KANTHAL STORY"

Children's Day and National Metallurgists Day in India

5. The Reading Corner

Soak in some knowledge on austenite, robotics, and salt quenching in these key podcasts that you can watch, listen to, or read the transcripts of.

Heat Treat Radio: Robotics in Heat Treat, a Conversation With Dennis Beauchesne, ECM-USA: Click to --> Watch | Listen | Learn

Heat Treat Radio: The Greenness and Goodness of Salt Quenching with Bill Disler: Click to --> Watch | Listen | Learn

6. Something To Set You Flying into Friday

Have a great weekend!

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2019 Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40 Honorable Mention

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The privilege of unveiling the Heat Treat Today 40 Under 40 Class of 2019 comes with the disappointment that not every one of the nominees could be included in the final count, even though each young, up-and-coming, talented heat treating professional whose name was submitted is making a significant difference in their field. We will be back next year looking for candidates for the 40 Under 40 Class of 2020, and in fact, you can begin the process right now. Click here to nominate the young professional you have in mind who is not listed among the finalists or honorable mentions.

Consider this list a preview:

The 2019 Honorable Mentions

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Andy Muto,
Paulo Heat Treating

Hiram-Martinez

Hiram Martinez,
Inductotherm HWM

Judith-Levermann

Judith Levermann,
SMS Elotherm GmbH

Mitchell-Kaltenbaugh

Mitchell Kaltenbaugh,
Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc.

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Ryan McLaughlin,
McLaughlin Furnace Group

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Tee Rassieur,
Paulo Heat Treating

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William Rassieur,
Sales Leader,
Paulo Heat Treating

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Vadims Geza,
Chief Product Officer,
CENOS LLC

The individuals pictured are those we acknowledge in 2019 with an Honorable Mention for their contribution to their company, their dedication of service to their customers, their commitment to pursue skills and knowledge about their field. You should know that we at Heat Treat Today are rooting for you and have already rolled the names of any qualified Honorable Mentions into the nominations for the Class of 2020.

Heat Treat Today encourages the rest of you to keep your eyes open for young professionals you encounter within your heat treating sphere, especially in the captive heat treatment industry, who deserve recognition and encouragement to stick to the path that will take the industry to greater heights of technology, quality control, standards, and leadership.

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