Crankshaft Hardening Archives

November 30th, 2017

Induction Heating: Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask (December 2017)

Question of the Month: What is the difference between auto-tempering and self-tempering? Answer: Sometimes the terms auto-tempering and self-tempering are incorrectly used interchangeably. Here we will explore the differences […]

July 5th, 2012

FEA Modeling Helps Avoid Oil-Hole Cracking

Inappropriate coil design parameters and process recipe may result in crack development near oil holes. Longitudinal and transverse holes an induction heated component can cause an undesirable redistribution of eddy […]

March 1st, 2010

Crankshaft Hardening with SHarP-C

According to a patented non-rotational crankshaft hardening process, heat patterns are “locked in place” and very repeatable since neither the crankshaft nor the coils are moving. The same pattern is […]