The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has tightened regulations on sulfur oxides emitted from ship’s exhaust gases 1. As a response to the strengthened legislation, ship owners must use ...

We have investigated the possibility of producing a magnetic encoder by an innovative process. Instead of turning grooves in the encoder bar for precise positioning, we incorporated the information in ...

Nitriding (N) and nitrocarburizing (NC) are thermochemical treatments that diffuse nitrogen and carbon into the surface of metals. Nitriding is used on ferrous, titanium, aluminum, and molybdenum ...

Hardenability is the term used to describe the effect of various elements on the transformation characteristics of steels and the resultant microstructure after cooling from the austenitising (or ...

Active screen plasma nitriding (ASPN) is a widely used coating process that has demonstrated its ability to significantly improve the corrosion resistance of many products. When applied to the ...

I have had several people ask me to explain the salt bath nitriding process that several rifle and pistol barrel manufacturers utilize. By now, most of us have noticed rifle barrels with coating ...