Publications

NEW: Notes on the application of a standard

These notes are to be understood as an aid for possible ambiguities in the application of the German version of DIN EN ISO 18203 "Steel - Determination of the thickness of hardened surface layers", published in July 2022. They were suggested by those responsible for standards at the Working Group on Heat Treatment and Materials Technology (AWT) and coordinated with Technical Committees 3, 4 and 9 of the AWT.
Notes for the application of DIN EN ISO 18203

Safety recommendations

Heat treatment plants are subject to a wide variety of accident hazards. The AWT Expert Committee 8 Safety in Heat Treatment Plants has set itself the goal of working through safety-relevant issues and providing assistance in solving safety-related questions. The following worksheets can be downloaded free of charge:

Guidance for hardening shops on risk assessment, hazards due to the formation of hazardous explosive atmospheres
Hazards at furnace plants, operation with flammable protective gases Type: multi-purpose chamber furnace
Empty form Hazard due to formation of explosive atmospheres

Conference Proceedings

The following conference proceedings are available on on request from the AWT office

Bainite- from nano to macro - 1st International Symposium on science and application of bainite, 1 / 2 June 2017 Wiesbaden.

Quenching and Control of Distortion - Proceedings of the European and International Meeting AWT/A3TS/SVW/ASTT/ASMET/AIM/VWT and IFHTSE in Berlin, 25.-27 April 2007, 2007

Nitridingand Nitrocarburizing - Proceedings of the European Conference on Heat Treatment 2010, 29-30 April 2010, AWT/A3TS/SVW/ASTT/ASMET/AIM/VWT, in Aachen. This proceedings are only available as CD-ROM.

Proceedings of the European Conference on Heat Treatment (ECHT Meeting) April 12-13, 2018 (hardcover, 238 pages; ISBN 978-3-00-061167-4).

The history of hardening

How could heat treatment develop from its initial inaccessibility into a significant branch of industry. This question leads to the roots, but also helps to determine the current state of the art. It will be traced using the example of hardening from ancient times to the present day. Härterei Gerster AG, publisher of this book, was able to win as author Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Berns (1935-2013), who spent half of his professional life in the steel industry and half at the Ruhr University in Bochum.

You can obtain this interesting book by the Adolf Martens Medal winner from the AWT office at a price of € 29 (+ VAT and shipping costs).

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The history of hardening
The history of hardening