Forms:

• Quotation Request Form

Technical Bulletins:

• Reduced Lubricant on TD-Treated Tooling
• Hardening of Tool Steels after TD Treatment for Improved Performance
• Guidelines for Polishing of Tools and Recommended Heat Treat Cycles prior to TD Treatment
• Guidelines for Selecting Tool Steel Grades When Considering TD Treatment
• Vanadium Carbide Layer Supported by Strong Substrate is Tough, Not Brittle
• TD Extends Tool Life in Shearing and Piercing Applications

Magazine Articles:

Tooling Tricks of the Trade - reprinted with permission from The Fabricator, June 26, 2003
Combating Tool Wear with Coatings - reprinted with permission from STAMPING Journal, Jan. 16, 2003
It Keeps Going for a Long Time - reprinted with permission from Tooling & Production, August 1999
Thermal Diffusion Process Can Extend Tooling Life - reprinted with permission from MetalForming Magazine, May 1995
Coating Greatly Expands Tool Life - reprinted with permission from American Machinist, November 1995 issue
Stamper Leads Fight Against Tooling Wear - reprinted with permission from Tooling & Production, September 1993
Treating Roll Tooling with the Thermal Diffusion Process - reprinted with permission from The Fabricator, October 1993 issue
Greater Life for Forming Tools - reprinted with permission from American Machinist, December 1991 issue
Diffusion Process Extends Tool Life - reprinted with permission from Stamping Quarterly, 1990 issue
Japanese Technology Finds a Home in Indiana - reprinted with permission from Tooling & Production, October 1990
Steel Surface Hardening Process Helps Extend Tooling Life - reprinted with permission from The Fabricator, September 1990

Technical Papers:

• Production Evaluation of Coatings and Surface Treatments for Die Casting Dies - reprinted with permission from Die Casting Engineer, March/April 2000
• Diffusion Carbide Coating For Distortion Control - reprinted with permission from Die Casting Engineer, March/April 2000
• Tool Treatment Extends Core and Pin Life in Die Cast Operations - reprinted with permission from Die Casting Engineer, March/April 1999
• Thermoreactive Deposition / Diffusion Process - reprinted with permission from ASM International Metals Handbook, Volume 4: Heat Treating
• Substrate Selection for Tools Used with Hard Thin Film Coatings - reprinted with permission from MetalForming Online, June 1998
• Capitalizing on Die Casting Technology - reprinted with permission from meeting notes - June 5-6, 1996, Detroit, Michigan, Holiday Inn Fairlane Given by: SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Carbide Coating Process and Application in Japanese Cold Forging Industry - reprinted with permission from meeting notes - Cold Forming, February 20-21, 1996, The Atheneum Suite Hotel, Detroit, Michigan. Given by: SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• The Thermal Diffusion (TD) Process - reprinted with permission from meeting notes - Fabtech International '93, Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois. Given by: SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• The Application of Vanadium Carbide The TD Process - reprinted with permission from meeting notes - Fabtech International '91, Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois. Given by: SME, Society of Manufacturing Engineers

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