EDUCATION

Life Long Learning With the Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASM

Learn new skills, train your work force, or just learn about materials and material processing by taking part in an ASM certified continuing education class with your local Lehigh Valley Chapter of ASM. Classes include an easy to follow text, online tests, and knowledgeable instructors. LVASM has offered a number of classes in Reading PA and will offer one in the Scranton this Year. Instructors are readily available for classes in the Lehigh Valley or other nearby areas.  We have even prepared to remotely support a version of our popular Metallurgy for the Non-metallurgist at a local companies Singapore sales office!

The following classes have been offered over the last two years: Metallurgy for the Non-metallurgist (2-3 offerings per year), Nickel and Nickel Alloys (Summer 2009), Stainless Steels (Summer 2009), Mechanical Testing Fall 2008), and Principles of Metallography (Winter 2009). For a complete list of classes available and descriptions of the materials covered visit the ASM National website or contact the LVASM education chair indicated below. http://www.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/education/

 

LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER OF ASM PRESENTS
INTRODUCTION TO HEAT TREATING CLASS

WHERE: Carpenter Research and Development Facility (Union Street & Centre Avenue)

WHEN: Meeting every Thurs (Starting 02/09/2012 at 5:15pm for ~10 weeks)
Approximate class length – 2 hours

COST: $550/student
(Includes Text, Supplies, Knowledgeable Instructors, and CEUs)

INSTRUCTORS: Carpenter Metallurgists – Ram Canumalla, Ryan DiSabella, Brandon Brinkmeyer, Mark Burton

REGISTRATION DEADLINE BY: Tuesday, Jan 31st. Please email Chitra Baid at cbaid@cartech.com for class registration or questions)

Steel is the most common and the most important structural material. In order to properly select and apply this basic engineering material, it is necessary to have a fundamental understanding of the structure of steel and how it can be modified to suit its application. The course is designed as a basic introduction to the fundamentals of steel heat treatment and metallurgical processing.

Target Audience

  • Individuals new to heat treating
  • Those who need a state-of-the-art update
  • Technician
  • Sales Professionals
  • Managers

Required Pre-Requisites
The course is designed for those individuals with work with steel and should have at least a basic understanding of simple chemistry and physics.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Explain the importance and application of the Iron Cementite diagram (Iron Carbon Equilibrium Diagram) and its application
  • Describe the Time Temperature Transformation diagram and it influence on phase transformations and microstructure
  • Predict the mechanical properties and microstructures resulting from heat treatment initiated by thermal transformation

Course Outline:

  1. General Aspects of Heat Treatment—principles, properties and microstructure, normalizing, annealing, hardening, tempering
  2. Steel and Its Mechanical Properties—what is steel, properties, how these properties are measured, elasticity, plasticity, tensile testing
  3. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties—constitution of steel, effect of alloying elements and heat treatment, transformation temperatures
  4. Austenite and Its Transformation and Classification of Steels—relationship between structure of steel and its mechanical properties, two basic methods of controlling structure
  5. Annealing and Normalizing of Steel—the annealing of steel, the procedures for controlling structure, problems of scaling, decarburization, normalizing
  6. Hardening of Steel—proper hardening processes, quenching, hardening principles
  7. Tempering of Steel—its three stages, effect of temperature, time, composition and structure on properties, precipitation effects on tempering
  8. Heat Treatment of Tool Steels—water hardening, shock resisting, non-deforming, hot work and high speed steels, types and characteristics of tool steels
  9. Constitution and Heat Treatment of Stainless Steels—martensitic, ferritic, austenitic, precipitation hardening stainless steels

Who Should Enroll:
This course is primarily intended for people who are new to heat treating or for those who want a state-of-the-art update on heat treating. It is also designed for technicians, and for people in sales or management who want a better understanding of heat treating fundamentals.

2.0 CEUs

If you have any questions, or if you are interested in attending this ASM MEI class, please contact Chitra Baid, Metallurgist, at extension 2676 in Reading or at cbaid@cartech.com no later than Tuesday, January 31st.