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Annealing
Heating and slow cooling of a material for reducing hardness and
brittleness. Typically, the material has been hardened either through
working or shaping rather than from an induction hardening process. |
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Billet
Heating
Typically heating of solid bars of steel for pressing,
hammering, or working into a shape to be machined into a final
component. |
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Bonding
An attachment process that typically joins two metals
together using a thermo set adhesive. A common use for bonding is the
adhesion of body panels to reinforcement structures in automobiles. |
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Brazing
Joining of two or more items using a melted high
temperature soldering material. The objects to be joined together and the
braze material are both heated using high frequency induction. |
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Coating
Heating of a component prior to applying a covering
material that requires heat for melting, fusing, and adhesion to the
component. A typical use for coating is the application of epoxy the the
surface of rebar used in buildings and roadways. |
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Curing
A drying process of a component that has had an applied
paint or coating. |
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Expansion
For Shrink Fit
Heating of a component to promote expansion.
Typically the expanded object is placed on a second component. When the
heated component cools it shrinks back to the original size providing a
"shrink fit". |
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Forging
Heating of a material to change the shape. A typical
application is tube heating to form a raw forging for machining to a final
component. |
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Semi
Solid Forming
Forming a component from a material that is not yet melted,
but is soft enough to be formed into a new shape with a press and
precision die. |
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Stress
Relief
Heating and slow cooling of a component to relieve stress
that has occurred in a previous process such as welding or forming. |
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Surface
Harden
Heating for the purpose of achieving full hardness of metal
in a shallow depth along the surface of the processed area. The hardened
surface provides the basis for a wear surface while leaving the body of
the component soft. |
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Tempering
Heating and slow cooling of a material for reducing
hardness and brittleness. Typically, the material has been intentionally
hardened either by an induction or furnace heating process. |
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Through
Harden
Heating a component or zone on a component completely
through the cross section of the material rather than hardening only a
surface area. |
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