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Carbon Steel
Carbon steel, also called plain carbon steel, is a malleable, iron-based metal containing carbon, small amounts of manganese, and other elements that are inherently present. Steels can either be cast to shape or wrought into various mill forms from which finished parts are formed, machined, forged...
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Not your average carbon copy
Graphite permanent molding is a niche process used for building high-precision zinc-aluminum alloy parts. Assortment of parts molded in graphite permanent molds. Part being removed from graphite permanent mold showing attached runners and gates. Air-traffic control trackball housing is cast...
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Next Generation Carbon Synchronous Belts - Making Roller Chain Obsolete?
roller chain drives in a wide range of applications, yielding cost advantages for users, and greater design versatility for engineers. ./56f55424-f435-4913-8062-77b9e0b8211e White Paper. Next Generation Carbon Synchronous Belts. Making Roller Chain Obsolete?. Introduction. Is a synchronous belt...
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Superstrong parts
and rolled-ring forging process can produce parts in a virtually limitless array of sizes, shapes, materials, and finishes. Forging is one of the oldest mechanical metalworking processes. It forms and shapes metals through the use of hammering and pressing. A cast ingot (or a "cogged" billet that has...
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The Friction Welding Advantage
variety of materials that can't be combined using conventional welding techniques can be bonded using friction welding. Friction welding can join two dissimilar materials in a full-strength weld without sacrificing weld integrity or strength. Alloys, medium-carbon and high-carbon steels can, in many cases...
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MIM machining matchup
tolerance of +-0.13% on the lock striking face width and a straightness callout of 0.002 in. over 2.25 in. for its trunnion. Prior to MIM, machining from bar stock or a cast blank used to be the only viable alternatives for such complex and high performance designs. In practice, the number of MIM...
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High-performance hips
typically have a minimum 0.20% C, mainly to impart strength and hardness. Forgings are usually processed with forging stock containing a lower carbon content, around 0.05% and wrought alloys can range from 0.05 to 0.20% C. Standard processing of low (0.05%) C wrought alloys are commonly cast as ingots...
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Nylon
that polymerize into solids at room temperature. Parts several inches thick and weighing several hundred pounds can be cast. Axially symmetric shapes can be extruded. Nylon rod, and plate and tubular bar are available as stock shapes. Tubing and profile extrusions are available as custom shapes. Properties...
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Medical Device Link .
by manufacturing cobalt-based implants from cobalt-chromium-molybdenum wrought bar stock. Wrought bar is essentially an ingot (a large casting) that has been reheated and forged down to a smaller size. Working the material is the process of reducing the dimension of a cast ingot to a smaller forged size, in order...
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Racing to tech transfer
under the hood of a C6-R race car reveals a carbon-fiber intake box fed by two ducts. Each duct flange contains a 31.5-mmdiameter restrictor plate. The plates limit airflow to the 7.0-liter engine and cap power output at about 590 hp. Race rules key restrictor size to car weight; heavier cars get...