Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
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Per my other threads, we want to bring a carburize process in house for small volume work. Per our research, the ONLY one that seems safe enough to bring in is pack carbing by cooking the parts in a carbon rich powder and then either removing quickly for quenching in water or allowing to slow cool, remove from the carbon media, and follow up with a heat treat and temper.
We are trying to not only find some excellent resources for practicing this procedure, but also a resource for the packing product. We have talked with Park but not sure how many companies out there offer these products.
We have looked at Barium free packing products but thought maybe using Barium might still be acceptable and we would simply have to properly dispose of the product.
We are trying to not only find some excellent resources for practicing this procedure, but also a resource for the packing product. We have talked with Park but not sure how many companies out there offer these products.
We have looked at Barium free packing products but thought maybe using Barium might still be acceptable and we would simply have to properly dispose of the product.





RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
Learn the rules,so you know how to break them properly.
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RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
So, viper6383, maybe you need to just convince your boss that you need to start a brewery to insure a consistent source of raw material...
rp
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
Can you guys offer any US sources for pack or liquid carburizing by chance?
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
http://www.rosemill.com/default.asp?pageid=27391
http://www.heatbath.com/park/products/carburizing
There is a lot of good used heat treating equipment on the market now. I would call someone like Furnaces Brokers and discus your requirements.
http://www.furnacebrokers.com/
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
I am guessing though that we will need to bring our parts up to temp a bit quicker than maybe a residential kiln could do.
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
And, as a homebrewer for 15 years, I can say that if you're throwing away your spent mash, you are wasting it. Feed it to horses (they love it), compost it (I haven't found anything that composts faster), or dry it and use it for pack carburizing compound, but don't throw it away
(I interviewed for a job at HTC over 20 years ago, which is where I got the above info--they had closed the brewery by then, but they still had the buildings of the beer garden. The guy who interviewed me told me that, back in the day, they served the beer at lunch and after their shift was over, workers would stop off for a beer before going home. Imagine a situation like that today!).
RE: Pack carbing of low carbon steels.
I second the suggestion by redpicker, even though it might work I wouldn't use a residential pottery kiln.
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