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The thermochemical treatments are thermal treatments that take advantage of the phenomenon of diffusion in the solid phase to change…

The acronym PVD means Physical Vapor Deposition, substantially it is a process whose ultimate aim is to create a…

The hardening is a heat treatment that is used, generically on steels, in order to give the piece specific mechanical…

The oil quenching is certainly not a new technology but I recently discovered to date remains essential for certain particular…

Aluminum is the metal with the higher value/availability ratio on the market (350 €/ton for recycled aluminum), there are other…

The main feature of the furnace in vacuum is cleaning (especially the absence of oxygen) environment of treatment, for this…

Sintering is a heat treatment for parts with different applications and can be done in vacuum furnaces, this ensures an…

The magnetic annealing is a particular kind of heat treatment, the ultimate aim of which is to eliminate the residual…

As many will know, and as has already been explained in other articles, there are 2 main types of furnaces:…