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induction hardening

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induction hardening
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(Engineering / Metallurgy) a process in which the outer surface of a metal component is rapidly heated by means of induced eddy currents. After rapid cooling the resulting phase transformations produce a hard wear-resistant skin


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Chapters cover areas including thermodynamics of thermal processing, physical and mechanical metallurgy of thermal processing, and methods for the modeling of casting, industrial heat treatment options, induction hardening processes, laser surface hardening, and case hardening.
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