A lot of colloquial words that we might use when describing something’s durability take on extremely specific meanings when a materials scientist or blacksmith uses them. Things like “strength”, ...

Service Heat Treating Inc. serves as a kind of dry cleaner to the metalworking industry, according to company president Paul Armitage. The company, located at 9320 N. 107th St. in Milwaukee, doesn’t ...

Steel doesn’t hide your mistakes. If a cutter rubs, the sound turns shrill. If you linger on a thin edge, straw colors creep in and tell you exactly how hot ...

This article was updated April 26, 2023. It was originally published Oct. 12, 2018. Heat treatments let engineers and metallurgists tailor the properties of metal parts so that they are a better fit ...

Alloys are materials that are made by combining two or more materials to obtain a composite that possesses superior properties than any of its components on its own. The properties of alloys can be ...

Steel has been used by humanity for thousands of years. Iron production can be traced back to Anatolia in about 2000 BC, with the iron age well-established by 1000 BC. By 500 BC, iron technology had ...

LONDON-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--The global metal heat treatment market is expected to grow by USD 16.41 billion as per Technavio. This marks a significant market slow down compared to the 2019 growth ...

In the world of metals, it has long been considered common knowledge that achieving both strength and ductility (the ability to stretch without breaking) at the same time is nearly impossible. When a ...

Shares of aerospace and defense company Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) jumped 9.4% in the afternoon session after it announced the ...

Indianapolis-based Contour Hardening Inc., a small manufacturer in the niche metal heat-treating industry, has a new CEO, a new outlook and big plans to more than triple annual revenue in five years.