Recent content by chad09

I do feel our float is too course, as it is probably more along the lines of 1/4", I'll have to look into that later. Yes, I am oil quenching then tempering in a second lead bath. How are you forcing oxide prior to austenizing? I am not using a preheat on this perticular furnace, but that...

Bath Temperature in austenitizing furnace is 1600 F, Tempering furnace is between 800 and 1100 F depending on the product being produced. I'm not sure what you mean by what I am using for a Sloat on the bath... I assume you are asking what kind of insulating material I am using.. That is...

What are some methods that can be used to prevent Oxide scale from forming on carbon steel when heat treated in a lead bath furnace?

I am working on a project to detect twist in shaped wire in the neighborhood of .1146 in width and .098 in hieght. My initial though is to do this using a vision system so I could keep the "twist detecter" out of harms way and out of the operators way also. Does anyone have experience doing...