Article: Researches referring to the plasma nitriding of some alloyed construction steels.(Report)

Article: Engine components good candidates for plasma ...
Industrial Heating;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... performance crankshafts. Pulsed plasma nitriding advantages and disadvantages ... process (including warm up, thermochemical treatment, cool down) and unloading ... typical cost allocation for a plasma nitriding process is 60% capital ...

Article: Residual Stress-Affected Diffusion during Plasma ...
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Plasma nitriding of tool materials is common practice ... high-strength materials. After plasma nitriding of M2 high-speed steel, previously ... with bending load stresses during plasma nitriding have also been carried out. The ...

Article: Investigating diffusion using MAPLE, part II: ...
JOM;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Canada N2L 5J2. INTRODUCTION The thermochemical treatment of metals and alloys is aimed ... diffusion-layer formation during thermochemical treatment. In creating the programs, three ... conditions for diffusion during thermochemical treatment. Second, diffusion processes ...

Article: Plasma nitriding of stainless ...
Industrial Heating;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... bubbles begin to form in the layer.[2-3] Plasma Nitriding Plasma nitriding is a method of surface hardening using glow ... of the work. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] In the plasma-nitriding process, nitrogen gas (N2) can be used ...

Article: Surface Hardening of Nickel Alloys by Means of Plasma ...
Metallurgical and Materials Transactions;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Surface hardening of Ni alloys by plasma nitriding was investigated by using tentative ... Therefore, the hardening of Ni alloys by plasma nitriding was due to the microstrain induced ... diffusion process. On the contrary, the plasma nitriding process, assisted by a glow discharge ...

Article: PLASMA NITRIDING FOR ENHANCED TOOL PERFORMANCE
Precision Toolmaker;  February 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... considerable success outside the United Kingdom is plasma nitriding. This is a treatment carried out in a ... having identified the possibilities for plasma nitriding, installed plasma nitriding facilities. This investment was designed ...

Article: Advanced plasma nitriding.(Workshop)
Finishing;  October 1, 2003 ;     545 words ... ... one of the most advanced methods of plasma nitriding in the United Kingdom. The new furnace ... uses a process called Active Screen Plasma Nitriding (ASPN), which gives a number of ... provides all the benefits of conventional plasma nitriding, with three additional advantages ...