Tag: Heat treatment

  • Engine Overheating: Causes, symptoms, and solution

    Engine Overheating: Causes, symptoms, and solution

    Who wouldn’t feel angry and afraid if they were out for a summer drive and they saw smoke rising from beneath the hood? If the proper safeguards and measures aren’t performed, overheating engines may and will cause irreversible damage. Overheated engines can harm your vehicle and sabotage your trip. The most dangerous issue a car…

  • Understanding creep in a material

    Understanding creep in a material

    Creep, sometimes known as cold flow, is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or undergo irreversible deformation when subjected to ongoing mechanical loads. It can happen as a result of prolonged exposure to high-stress levels that are still below the material’s yield strength. Long-term heat exposure makes creep more severe, and it…

  • Understanding malleability

    Understanding malleability

    A material is said to be malleable if it is easy to roll or hammer a thin sheet out of it. In other words, the substance can deform under compressive force. A common test for malleability is if a substance can be rolled or blown into a thin sheet. Metals do not possess this property. Malleable…

  • Different types of furnaces 

    Different types of furnaces 

    A furnace, often known as a heater, is a device that uses the combustion of a fuel source to produce thermal energy in a controlled manner. This thermal energy is used to heat rooms, buildings, and other structures. In addition, some are employed to process specific materials in industrial and commercial settings. It is mostly…

  • Different types of turbine

    Different types of turbine

    With the vast majority of energy generation and fluid delivery, a turbine is of different types serving the same purpose in various applications. It is a device that harnesses the kinetic energy of some fluid such as water, steam, air, or combustion gases. It turns it into the rotational motion of the device itself. The…

  • Understanding fluid mechanics

    Understanding fluid mechanics

    Fluid mechanics is a broad study of fluid behavior (liquids, gases, blood, and plasmas) at rest and in motion. It has a wide range of applications today, this field includes mechanical and chemical engineering, biological systems, and astrophysics. Fluid mechanics study particularly the forces that fluid produces. Today you’ll get to know the definition, applications,…

  • Understanding reciprocating pump

    Understanding reciprocating pump

    A reciprocating pump is a type of positive displacement pump that works on the principle of forwarding and backward movement of a piston. Unlike a centrifugal pump which uses the kinetic energy of the impeller in supplying the fluid. You can quickly read about their difference here This class of positive-displacement pumps includes piston pumps,…

  • Things you need to know about pump

    Things you need to know about pump

    Ever since the domination of technology, a device “Pump” was invented to raise, transport, or compress fluids. This invention has made life easy in our modern world as it is now used for various purposes. In this article, you’ll get to know the definition, diagram, components, applications, function, classifications, specifications, types, and how a pump…

  • Things you need to know about pitot tube

    Things you need to know about pitot tube

    Thinking of how speed is measured in applications like aircraft is measured, the good pitot tube is the instrument designed for this task. this instrument which is known as a pitot probe consists of a tube with a short right-angled bend. The device is used to calculate velocity depending on the fluid flow. Pitot tubes…

  • Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Everything you need to know about powder metallurgy

    Powder metallurgy is one of the important course mechanical engineers must know. Products made of this material are common around us most especially auto parts. Powder metallurgy comprises a family of production technologies, used to manufacture components of various types. Besides, powder metallurgy which is abbreviated as PM is a term covering a wide range…

  • Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Things you need to know about rivets and riveted joints

    Riveting is a permanent cold-joining process that is widely used in the manufacturing world. It’s the best alternative and more economical than welded and glued joints. Before the wide use of welding, riveting was the main joining method used in the construction of metal bridges, boilers (tight stress-relieved to tight strong joints), low-pressure tanks (requiring…

  • Understand the various types of relays

    Understand the various types of relays

    The protection and switching of numerous control systems and other electrical elements depend on relays. To open or close the contacts or electronics, all relays respond to voltage or current. Because of the effectiveness of relays, several types are available out there to offer different effects to applications. These relays are either operated electromechanical or electronically.…

  • The Three basic types of soldering

    The Three basic types of soldering

    Soldering is one of the best ways to join some parts like electrical, mechanical, etc. components, which are of three different types. If the soldering process is not perfectly done, that is, if a proper amount of heat and flux is not applied. The end result is definitely bad, producing a weaker and poorer joint.…

  • Understanding Soldering process

    Understanding Soldering process

    soldering process Soldering is a joining process that uses solder to join two different metal parts together. The solder is made of a metal alloy usually tin and lead, which is melted on the surface that requires joining. The joining is done using soldering iron when heated above 600 degrees Fahrenheit which is above the…

  • Heat treatment of copper and copper alloys

    Heat treatment of copper and copper alloys

    Today I will be discussing on heat treatment of copper and copper alloys. Previously, some articles were published on heat treatment. Heat treatment is said to be a metalworking process of changing the physical and sometimes chemical properties of metals. Both ferrous and nonferrous metals can be heat treated. Read more: Heat Treatment of Aluminum and…

  • Understanding solution heat treatment, annealing, nitriding

    Understanding solution heat treatment, annealing, nitriding

    Solution heat treatment and annealing are the common methods of heat-treating nonferrous metals. in a previous post, I examined the process of heat-treating, ferrous metals like steel. Today you’ll get to know the following process of heat treatment which includes solution heat treatment and annealing. you’ll also learn about precipitation hardening, nitriding, cold working, and…

  • Heat treatment process of steel

    Heat treatment process of steel

    The common heat treatment process of steel-like knives includes hardening, tempering, annealing, normalizing, and case hardening. Heat treatment is the process in which the properties of metals are changed to a desired one. Today you’ll get to know the heat treatment process of steel and how to heat treating knives. Read more: 3 Stages of Heat…

  • 3 Stages of Heat Treatment Process

    3 Stages of Heat Treatment Process

    The different stages of the heat treatment process are levels in which a metal must undergo during the process in order to achieve the desired properties. In my previous article, I enlighten you on the treatment of metals, and their advantages, and disadvantages. Today you’ll have knowledge of the three stages of heat treatment.  Read more: List…

  • Heat Treatment of Aluminum and Aluminum alloys

    Heat Treatment of Aluminum and Aluminum alloys

    Since there are different applications made with aluminum, meeting the requirement of the items will make aluminum undergo heat treatment. heat treatment will change the properties of aluminum in certain ways to meet a desired characteristic.  In one of my previous articles, I extensively discuss on heat treatment of ferrous and nonferrous metals, their processes…

  • Understanding the heat treatment of metals

    Understanding the heat treatment of metals

    Heat treatment is the first consideration to be made when trying to change the properties of metals. This is a mechanical process that involves heating metal at a specific temperature with a standard cooling method to obtain the desired properties. Today you’ll get to learn about the heat treatment of metals and the theory behind…