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Losing Our Tempers Commonly defined as the controlled heating and cooling of metals to change their microstructure and mechanical characteristics, such as hardness, ductility, tensile strength and impact resistance, heat treatment is a core phase in many manufacturing processes. It enables engineers to vary the properties of a given material to optimise its design performance and ensure consistent, reliable results. In this country, the top heat treatment technologies tend to be standard hardening, tempering, carburising, induction hardening and annealing processes, whereas in the States, where the industry is valued in excess of $20 billion, isothermal treatments like Austempering and, to a lesser extent, Martempering are much higher on the agenda. So are British design engineers and manufacturers losing out by not embracing these technologies?	December 2011
Testing Times At Keighley Laboratories Engineering-based companies seeking premium quality, independent metallurgical testing, failure investigation, expert witness provision, positive material identification and quality assurance of finished components, need look no further than the long-established Test House at Keighley Laboratories. The UKAS accredited and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certified testing laboratory offers a comprehensive array of expert facilities, from routine hardness, tensile, compression, impact and fatigue testing to European and American standards, through non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection procedures applied by highly qualified technicians, to advanced metallographic analysis, employing state-of-the-art stereo binocular microscopes, advanced specimen preparation and digital image capture.	October 2011
Keighley Labs Pursues Opportunities In Nuclear Supply Chain With the Energy Secretary now backing a new generation of nuclear power stations, the UK is preparing for its largest ever investment in nuclear new-build, as a means of meeting Europe’s target of producing 30% of its electricity from this source by 2020. Energy companies are planning to build up to 16GW of new nuclear power capacity and bodies like the Nuclear Industry Association are inviting UK engineering companies, from Tier 1 technology suppliers to specialist SMEs, to become part of the nuclear supply chain.	August 2011
Three Staff Approved As CAA Weld Specimen Supervisors The Metallurgical & Laboratory Services division of West Yorkshire-based Keighley Laboratories has achieved the unusual distinction of having three of its senior employees approved by the Civil Aviation Authority as Weld Specimen Supervisors. Keith Blower, Matthew Mellor and Peter Hanson have all been officially recognised as approved signatories for the purpose of witnessing and certifying aircraft-related welding of test specimens, as defined in the authoritative BCAR (British Civil Airworthiness Requirements) Chapter A8-10 on the approval of welders.	July 2011
Gear Heat Treatment For Toughening Up Your Teeth Gears, particularly load-carrying power transmission gears, play a vital role in every field of industry, from aerospace, agriculture and automotive, to winching and wind generation. Each gear wheel’s performance characteristics, with regard to its load carrying capacity, operating environment, applied stresses and design life, are determined by the microstructure and grade of ferrous-alloy typically employed, the type of gear and its mechanical specification, the actual gear cutting process and the choice of heat treatment method to achieve the required physical properties.	April 2011
Outsourcing Heat Treatment Is A No-Brainer Outsourcing, the practice of using outside firms to undertake work that would otherwise be handled in-house, is now firmly entrenched in virtually every modern business. It is seen as a management tool for cutting costs, increasing efficiency, gaining access to specialist skills and freeing up internal resources for core business functions.	March 2011
Avoiding The Risk Of Critical Component Failure Critical component failures often make the headlines, whether occurring at sea, underground, in mid-air or in production plants. Faulty pipes, valves, shafts, gears, couplings and other engineered components give rise to safety, environmental, productivity and financial issues, some catastrophic. These failures might result from design, manufacturing and assembly errors, inadequate quality assurance or unforeseen operating conditions, but sometimes they relate just to substandard materials and improper processing treatments.	January 2011
Keighley Laboratories Adds To Non-Destructive Testing Resources Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a highly valued quality assurance and analytical technique that helps safeguard against the potential failure of engineering material, components, fastenings and structures. Since it enables in-depth evaluation of a material without causing damage, NDT often provides the final QA stage before a new product enters service, while in-service NDT can be the last line of defence against component failure in the field.	November 2010
Growth Projected For Specialist Heat Treatment Services Debbie Mellor, MD of metallurgical and laboratory service specialist Keighley Laboratories, is projecting 25% growth for the firm’s Heat Treatment business this year. Much of this increased customer demand is being driven by its gas-fired pit furnace facility, one of only a handful in the UK, which accommodates metal components vertically and enables processes like carburising, case hardening, carbonitriding and tempering to be carried out with minimal distortion, in accordance with precise customer specifications. The company has also commissioned a new jig to enable an even wider range of components to be processed, including large rectangular blocks.	October 2010
Keighley Laboratories Highlights Independent Chemical Analysis Currently celebrating its 90th anniversary, heat treatment and metallurgical testing services company Keighley Laboratories is putting the spotlight on its advanced Chemical Analysis facility, bringing it to the attention of an even wider spectrum of industry. Its team of analytical chemists has over 150 years’ combined experience, ensuring that samples are assessed by the most economical and efficient method, depending on the type of material, the size and form of specimen, and the degree of accuracy required. It is a level of service that has retained customers for 30 or 40 years and attracted business from across the UK and as far afield as Saudia Arabia.	August 2010

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