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  • Advanced Atmosphere Control System for Improving Annealing of Steel Components

    By Guido Plicht and Diwakar Garg

    This paper will describe in detail design and operation of the system for monitoring and regulating the true reducing or oxidizing potential of the atmosphere inside a continuous furnace to produce annealed carbon steel components with good and consistent quality.

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  • Atmosphere Carburizing Using Electric Discharge-Activated Nitrogen-Natural Gas Mixtures

    By Zbigniew Zurecki and Xiaolan Wang

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  • Automated Substrate Cooling System for HVOF Coating Operations

    By Z. Zurecki, R. Ghosh, T. Mebrahtu, M.J. Thayer, and S.R. Stringer
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  • Cold Rolling of Metal Strip Using Technical Gases

    By G. Plicht; H. Schillak; H. Höfinghoff; T. Demski: C.D. Wälzholz
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  • Controlling Properties of Sintered Steel Powder Metal Components Using Atmosphere Composition as a Variable

    By Thomas Philips, John J. Dwyer, Jr. and Zbigniew Zurecki
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  • Cryogenic Machining with Brittle Tools and Effects on Tool Life

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  • Cryogenic Machining of Polymeric Biomaterials: An Intraocular Lens Case Study

    By Ranajit Ghosh, Jeffrey A. Knopf, Daniel J. Gibson, Thomas Mebrahtu
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  • Cryogenic Quenching of Steel Revisited

    By Zbigniew Zurecki
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  • Finish-turning of Hardened Powder Metallurgy Steel Using Cryogenic Cooling

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  • Introduction to Furnace Brazing

    By Air Products
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  • Liquid Nitrogen Improves Cold Rolling of Strip Stock

    By G. Plicht, H. Höfinghoff, H. Schillak, T. Demski and R. Edwards
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  • Service Life Extension of Stainless Steel Wire Mesh Belts for Sintering

    By Anna Wehr-Aukland and Donald J. Bowe, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Anthony M. Zaffuto and Jeremy Gabler, Metaltech, Inc.

    This paper was first presented at PowderMet 2011 and was published in the conference proceedings.

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  • Techniques and Tips to Optimize, Control and Stabalize the Atmosphere Inside a Continuous Sintering Furnace

    By Thomas Philips, John J. Dwyer, Jr. and Zbigniew Zurecki

    This paper was first presented at PowderMet 2011 and was published in the conference proceedings.

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  • Temperature Influence on the Flammability Limits of Heat Treating Atmospheres

    By John Dwyer, Jr., James G. Hansel, Tom Philips
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