Carbon steel is an alloy of iron and carbon, with a carbon content of up to 2.1 wt.%. Unlike other types of steel, carbon steel does not have a minimum requirement for other alloying elements, but it often contains manganese. The maximum allowed content of other elements in carbon steel is 1.65 wt.% for […]
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The history of metal fabrication, alternatively known as metalworking, dates back to ancient times with the development of civilisation largely being down to the discovery and deformation of metals. To begin with these metals were used to build tools and weapons long before being used for the advancement of agriculture, transport and art. Today metal
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Cold welding is a welding process that needs little to no heat to fuse two metals together. Instead of heat, pressure is used to join the metals together, and no metal is liquefied during the process. Welding is most often thought of as something that involves molten metal and sparks flying everywhere, however, there are
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SUS304 (SUS meaning Steel Use Stainless) stainless steel austenite is typically known as the Japanese name for SS304 or AISI 304. The main difference between the two materials is not any physical property or feature, but how it is referenced to in American and Japanese grades. However, that has not stopped various people from attempting
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This article will teach you how to use SolidWorks bend table when working with sheet metal. We will also look at how you can create sheet metal gauge tables for SolidWorks. Anyone that has worked with sheet metal in the past knows that sheet metal properties like bend allowance, bend deduction, ben radius, K-factors, gauge
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So, here we have 150 ton hydraulic press and 150 ton force sensor. The following metals are going to be tested: Copper, Iron, Tin, Aluminium and Titanium. Take a guess which metal broke the base of the press? Which one buckled under a mere 3 tons of pressure? Very satisfying to watch!
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3D printing has been widely adopted for rapid prototyping as well as for low-volume, end-use parts. The term “3D printing” is synonymous with additive manufacturing, and reveals how parts are made: by growing them out of base material in the shape of a 3D model. In other words, a 3D printer will use a small
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Burnishing is the process of rubbing metal with a small hard tool, which can be either a ball type or roller type, to compact the surface. It is a very useful finishing technique which can increase the work piece surface finish as well as adding micro hardness. Burnishing is also known by various other names
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The best way to describe electroforming is a metal forming process used to manufacture parts using electrolyte deposition onto a model. In the manufacturing industry this model is known as a mandrel. It is a highly specialized process which sounds fairly simple in theory but not so easy in practice. We will now take a
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Shot peening (also known as shot blasting) is a surface conditioning process carried out after various manufacturing processes. In simple terms it increases/improves the surface finish. Shot peening is done with the help of small balls which are streamed out in the form of a jet at very high velocity, accelerated and directed toward a
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Iron is one of the most alloyed elements on earth. It combines with various elements to form numerous materials. These materials all have different desirable properties. Iron is so versatile that its alloys can also combine with other elements to form thousands of new materials. Two well-known types of iron are wrought iron and cast
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