EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR HTPro IN 2024 The editorial focus for HTPro in 2024 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. September Atmosphere & Vacuum Heat Treating To contribute an article to an upcoming issue, contact Vicki Burt at vicki.burt@asminternational.org. To advertise, contact mark.levis@ asminternational.org. DEPARTMENTS 12 | EDITORIAL 13 | HEAT TREATING SOCIETY NEWS 1 ABOUT THE COVER Steel quenching at a high temperature at a forging plant. Courtesy of Maksim Safaniuk/ Dreamstime. EDITOR Victoria Burt TECHNICAL ADVISORS HTS R&D Committee PRODUCTION MANAGER Allison Freeman NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Mark Levis 440.671.3834 mark.levis@asminternational.org HEAT TREATING SOCIETY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Benjamin Bernard, President Lesley Frame, Immediate Past President Chuck Faulkner, Vice President HTPro is published three times per year by ASM International®, 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073, 440.338.5151, asminternational.org. Vol. 12, No. 2, Copyright 2024 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. Although manuscripts 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. BASICS OF HEAT TREATING: MARTEMPERING This article, adapted from the latest ASM Handbook on quenching and quenchants, describes suitable steels and variables that influence martempering. 4 CAST ALUMINA-FORMING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE ROLLS G. Muralidharan, Y. Yamamoto, M.P. Brady, D.N. Leonard, Roger Miller, Sujit Das, Stanley Fauske, Tanya Ros-Yanez, Daniel Limpert, Roman Pankiw, Ryan Richter, and Jim Myers Research on using a novel cast aluminaforming austenitic stainless steel won the prestigious Engineering Materials Achievement Award at IMAT 2023 in Detroit. 9 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | MAY/JUJNE 2024 38 1
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