Austempering

FEATURE ARTICLES | 2023-04-14

What’s Happening in Heat Treating?

Quality control, EV components, energy consumption and material influences are just a handful of topics being discussed in heat treating today. New heat treat methods and global trends will be the topic of conversation later this year at Heat Treat 2023. Here’s a round-up of some stories circulating across key market segments.

TECHNICAL ARTICLES | 1985-03-01

Austempered Nodular Cast Irons

Austempering heat treatments (austenitizing followed by rapid cooling to the tempering temperature) have been applied to nodular irons on an experimental basis for a number of years, but commercial interest in the process has only recently come to the surface.