Subject: Re: Basic Induction Heat Treating Info

From: [email-masked] (Dave)
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 04:49:21 GMT

PAUL <[email-masked]> wrote:

>I have in the past paid ""big bucks" to get parts "induction
>hardened" per my customers specification. I ran them all the
>way from Southern NH to Hartfort CT, only to find the only New
>England company that specializes in this process uses the old
>fashioned "torch method" to do anything that is not high volume
>production (and is not worth winding a copper coil for). To add
>insult to injury, thay came back warped from uneven heating!
>Paul

Did you order 'induction hardening', or just hardening?  It would seem
to me that if you ordered induction hardening and weren't advised in
advance that they would 'tourch' the piece, then you should, at a
minimum, file a complaint with the state, if not the Better Business
Bureau.  Also, I would hold them responsible for correcting the
problem (that is if time and such are not a hinderence for you).

Dave B.

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From: PAUL <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 May 96 21:28:24 -0500