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1 A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 3 3 PROS AND CONS OF VARIOUS AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS AND HARDENING PROCESSES Wallace (Jack) Titus Automotive designers and heat treaters havemany choices when it comes to the materials and processes that will meet their overall needs. EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HTPro IN 2018 The editorial focus for HTPro in 2018 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. November/December Atmosphere & Vacuum Heat Treating To contribute an article to one of the upcoming issues, contact Frances Richards at frances.richards@ asminternational.org . To advertise, contact Erik Klingerman at erik.klingerman@asminternational. org. DEPARTMENTS 1 2 | EDITORIAL 1 4 | HEAT TREATING SOCIETY NEWS 19 | CHTE UPDATE ABOUT THE COVER Static induction hardening of a complex geometry component. Courtesy of Inductoheat Inc. INDUCTION HEATING: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK Valery Rudnev As a regular contributor to the HTPro eNewsletter, Professor Induction answers a wide variety of questions regarding induction heating and heat treating. Included here are three recent challenges and solutions. EDITOR Frances Richards TECHNICAL ADVISORS Aymeric Goldsteinas Stephen Feldbauer Valery Rudnev Olga Rowan HTS R&D Committee CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Ed Kubel PRODUCTIONMANAGER Kelly Sukol NATIONAL SALESMANAGER Erik Klingerman 440.840.9826 erik.klingerman@asminternational.org HEAT TREATINGSOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE James P. Oakes, President Stephen G. Kowalski, Immediate Past President Eric L. Hutton, Vice President HTPro is published quarterly by ASM International®, 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073, 440.338.5151, asminternational.org . Vol. 6, No. 3 Copyright ©2018 by ASM International®. All rights reserved. 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. 8 14