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M A T E R I A L S

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9 13 VACUUM HEAT TREATING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Robert Hill Heat treaters are discovering newopportunities in the rapidly expanding field of additivemanufacturing.

EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES

FORHTPro IN2017

The editorial focus for

HTPro

in 2017

reflects some key technology areas

wherein opportunities exist to lower

manufacturing and processing costs,

reduce energy consumption, and

improve performance of heat treated

components through continual

research and development.

June

Testing and Process Control

September

Thermal Processing in

On/Off Highway Applications

November

Atmosphere/Vacuum

Heat Treating

To contribute an article to one of the

upcoming issues, contact Frances

Richards at frances.richards@asmint-

ernational.org.

To advertise, contact Erik Klingerman

at erik.klingerman@asminternational.

org.

DEPARTMENTS

2 | EDITORIAL 3 | HEAT TREATI

NG SOCIETY NEWS

6 | CHTE UPDAT

ABOUT THECOVER

Just as light bulb technology has incrementally improved over time, so has additive

manufacturing (AM). Heat treatments of AM parts are constantly evolving as designs

and process controls are developed to suit this new metallurgy. Courtesy of Solar

Atmospheres Inc., solaratm.com.

ACCURATE MODELING OF QUENCHING PROCESSES USING CFD AND A FLOW BOILING DATABASE AndrewL. Banka and Jeffrey D. Franklin Experimentally derived surface heat flux rate data and C

software are helping researchersmore accurately simul

ate

liquid quenching processes.

EDITOR

Frances Richards

TECHNICAL ADVISORS

Aymeric Goldsteinas

Stephen Feldbauer

Valery Rudnev

Olga Rowan

HTS R&D Committee

CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Larry Berardinis

PRODUCTIONMANAGER

Kelly Sukol

NATIONAL SALESMANAGER

Erik Klingerman

440.338.5151, ext. 5574

erik.klingerman@asminternational.org

HEAT TREATINGSOCIETY

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Stephen G. Kowalski

, President

Roger Alan Jones,

Immediate Past President

James Oakes,

Vice President

HTPro

is published quarterly by ASM International®, 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073, 440.338.5151,

The acceptance and publication of manuscripts in

HTPro

does not imply that the editors or ASM International accept,

approve, or endorse the data, opinions, and conclusions of the authors. Althoughmanuscripts published in

HTPro

are intended to have archival significance, authors’ data and interpretations are frequently insufficient to be directly

translatable to specific design, production, testing, or performance applications without independent examination

and verification of their applicability and suitability by professionally qualified personnel.