Researchers have validated the use of moving optics for laser hardening, which allows the process to be adapted to the shape of the part Hardening is a surface heat treatment applied to steel parts ...

What do gears, bearings, and shafts have in common? For one thing, they're often made out of steel. For another, they're subject to a failure mode known as rolling contact fatigue. Rolling contact ...

Heat treatment is an essential technique for influencing workpiece characteristics. Several industries focus on reliable part design to avoid breaking parts, e.g. by decreasing material weight and ...

Induction hardening provides excellent hardness distribution with minimal deformations, and also offers significant benefits over conventional techniques. However, induction hardening also places high ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Kaman (NYSE: KAMN) announces that its subsidiary Kamatics Corporation (“Kamatics”) received an initial award to provide components manufactured using its ...

In an ideal world of gardening, all you’d need to do to grow a plant is throw some seeds into the ground, water, and wait for the results. With some plants, the growing process actually is as simple ...