Heat Treating of Tool Steels – Hardness

Tools Steels – Hardness
The next topic to discuss is rockwell hardness. Hardness is the resistance of metal to plastic deformation usually by indentation. Indentation is usually measured by various hardness tests, such as brinell, rockwell, knoop and vickers. The most common tests are brinell & rockwell scales.

The term hardness may also refer to resistance to […]

By |March 17th, 2016|heat treating, Tool Steel|Comments Off on Heat Treating of Tool Steels – Hardness
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Heat Treating of Tool Steels – Tempering

Tempering Tool Steel
The 7th process to discuss is tempering.  Tempering is key in developing the final properties of the steel and, in the sequence of the heat treat cycle, is extremely important to perform immediately after quenching.

Tempering is reheating hardened steel to convert untempered martensite produced by the proper quenching cycle, to tempered martensite & […]

By |March 10th, 2016|heat treating, Tool Steel|Comments Off on Heat Treating of Tool Steels – Tempering
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