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Tooling Update
Tooling Technology
More on Cryogenic Tool Treatment
In response to Pete Ulintz’s Tooling by Design column in the March 2012 issue of MetalForming, describing the benefits of sub-zero treatment of tool and die com- ponents, we received the following input from an online reader:
“Cryogenic treatments require a slow cool down, followed by a hold at cryogenic temperatures and a slow warm up to ambient temperatures. Research is start- ing to show that there are optimum hold times that should be used for different materials...Treatments of carbide and plastics have shown excellent benefits. Huge wear resistance benefits are seen in pearlitic cast iron such as that used in brake rotors, where there is no marten- site or austenite. Research papers on cryogenic processing are available at www.cryogenictreatmentdatabase.org (a database created by the Cryogenic Soci- ety of America with some assistance from
the Cryogenic Processing Sub-Committee of ASM International).”
Rick Diekman, Controlled Thermal Processing, Inc., Antioch, IL; www.metal- wear.com.
View Pete’s article and Rick’s comment by accessing the issue archives at www.metalformingmagazine.com.
UPM Expands Processing Capabilities on the West Coast
Specialty stainless-steel and high- temperature-alloy supplier United Per- formance Metals, Hamilton, OH, has added processing capabilities at its facility in La Mirada, CA. Added to the 52,000-sq.-ft. facility: processing equip- ment for flat-rolled product, and inhouse shearing and slitting. In addition, the Cal- ifornia facility named Nataly Meza inside account manager. www.upmet.com
Profile Dies Vibration-Free
Falcon Tool Co., Inc., Cleveland, OH, has introduced a new protective finger sleeve for its Di-Profiler reciprocating tool, designed to minimize harmful vibra- tion during die deburring, filing and pol- ishing. The sleeve helps operators com- fortably guide the polishing/filing tool over the workpiece, and includes an extension rod—for use on longer tools—in addition to the standard rod.
Falcon Tool: 800/362-9106; www.falcontool.com
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