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case-hardening

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case-hardening
1.In timber, a condition in which the outer layers have dried without shrinkage, causing stress between the inner and outer layers.
2. Producing a hard surface layer on steel, as by carburizing, cyaniding, carbonitriding, nitriding, induction hardening, and flame hardening.


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Typically, this has been achieved by case-hardening the fastener, a process in which a low-carbon steel part is heated in a high-carbon environment to infuse extra carbon into the outer layers of the part.
Components feature case-hardening and tempering treatments to prevent wear and loss of precision.
Its proprietary IonLast ion-nitriding process for case-hardening ferrous metals has mainly been used to treat cutter blades.
 
 
 
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