Low-temperature treatment improves wear resistance. (Surface Engineering).

Advanced Materials & Processes,  April, 2002  

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Low-temperature surface engineering treatments that dramatically improve the wear resistance of metal parts have been developed by Quality Heat Technologies, Australia. Designated Qab, the treatments are applied by equipment that combines patented technologies in fluidized bed reactor design and proprietary low-temperature diffusion chemistry.

The fluidized bed technology is based on diffusion at low temperature of metallic elements such as chromium, nitrogen, and carbon into the base metal. Specific process parameters depend on the basic metallic element (Qab-chromium or ...

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