A die angle is one of the most important parameters for a drawing process. It should be chosen in that way that a draw stress is low, a wire surface quality is satisfactory and die durability is high [1]. The temperature of a wire in deformation zone depends on amounts of heat generated during a drawing. This heat consists of two components; one is the work piece deformation and another is fric...

recently, bulk nano-structured materials produced by severe plastic deformation (spd) have attracted scientists attention.  materials produced by spd are of great importance because of (1) non-porous structure, (2) great mechanical properties such as high strength and toughness and (3) proper dimension for mechanical and physical testing.  several methods have been introduced for imposing the s...

Microstructural and mechanical properties of precipitation-hardened maraging steel could be stated on a basis of magnetic properties of such a material. A correlation between mechanical and magnetic properties of the maraging steel is treated from the view of non-destructive testing during and after heat treatment as well as during use under unfavourable conditions at elevated operating tempera...

Nonconforming, and for their purpose unusable castings, not fulfilling the requirements of the standard and/or with customer agreed delivery conditions represent scrap [1, 2]. Scrap is manifested in foundries as waste in material, energy and labor. its efficient monitoring and supervision is possible only when the quality criteria have been unequivocally established, not only for the final prod...

Tool steels are a widely used material for construction of tools designated for shaping and forming of metal, plastic and other elements in mass production. These elements include extruding dies, pressure casting dies, moulds, punches and various other elements for plastic shaping of other materials preheated to temperatures in the range of 250-700 °C (Fig. 1). Since shape stability constitutes...

In this paper, the wear resistance and antifriction of epsilon phase layer and diffusion layer of gas nitrided D2 steel and M2 steel have been studied. The changes m wear mechanism of epsilon phase under the load from 20N to 200N are analysed. When the load is lighter than 100N, it is mainly oxidizing wear on friction surface. The adhesion, peeling off and abrasive wear appear on friction surfa...

The objective of this study was to find out the impact of environmental conditions on the survival of intestinal parasites on environmental surfaces commonly implicated in the transmission of these parasites. The study was performed by incubating Cryptosporidium and Giardia (oo)cysts on environmentally relevant surfaces such as brushed stainless steel, formica, ceramic, fabric, and skin. Parall...