Repairing, remanufacturing, and refurbishing high value metal components are crucial to move towards a more sustainable economy. Nowadays, repairing operations on parts, such as dies, generally performed using time-consuming manual approaches that rely the operator’s expertise. The research idea of this paper is develop retrofit kit provide additive capabilities an existing milling machine, all...

Mechanical properties of machined components are controlled by inducing phase transformations in the outer layer of the materials. Induction hardening is one such manufacturing process where the surface hardness is enhanced while the core is retained with the original structure and characteristics. In this study, a mathematical model had been developed to predict the hardness and the volume fra...

This paper reports results of in-house experimentation on heat treatment and mechanical testing of H13 tool steel. Heat treatment strategy practiced by the industry is described in detail. Effect of various types of heat treatment on fracture toughness, hardness and other mechanical properties is also analyzed. It was found that toughness (expressed in terms of plane-strain fracture toughness K...