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Surface Treatment

Surface Treatment

Surface Treatment

(OP)
I worked as a engineer for the forging industry and came across a technology that will diffuse Titanium into tool steel substrate, H13 @ 46-48 Rc, and produce a 75 Rc surface, .005-.006 deep. This is done to finished, ready for production tooling. Does not change dimension or distort the finish tool.

Terry62

RE: Surface Treatment

Do you mean nitriding?

RE: Surface Treatment

(OP)
No, I've tried Nitriding and made the tooling brittle. This method is Titanium diffusion. I accomplished this with finished tooling. With Nitriding, had to refit tooling, afterward.

RE: Surface Treatment

No this process uses Ti in a gas phase (with Cl or F) and hot enough that the gas decomposes on the surface and you form TiC in reaction with C in the bulk alloy.  I have done this on alloy cast iron.  It does work.
I believe that was Union Carbide Coating Services that did it.

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Plymouth Tube

RE: Surface Treatment

(OP)
No, Ed this is a liquid bath process, under tempering temperatures of tool steels. This process is done by Philos Technologies in Wheeling, IL. Check out: www.philostech.com

It's amazing stuff!!

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