TECHNICAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTASM Trustees NightDINNER
MEETING: Rapp's Paradise Inn, TOPIC: Quenching Understanding, Controlling and Optimizing the ProcessEach
year millions of dollars are lost as a result of distortion, cracking and
mechanical property variations due to unexpected problems in the quenching
process. A thorough understanding of the variations in quenching fluids
performance as a function of the quenching mediums physical properties
system variables and part geometry and orientation is not currently
available. This understanding will allow the development of improved and
controllable quenching fluids and systems, as well as predictive models for
the metallurgical response to the quenching process. In the presentation, the
key issues and phenomena associated with quenching steels and aluminum alloys
in liquids (i.e. oils, polymers, and water) and gasses will be presented and
discussed. Several videos will be shown to clearly present the stages of
quenching. Additionally, various databases for quenching data and information
will be presented and discussed. SPEAKER: Professor Richard D. Sisson, Jr. FASM
ASM International Trustee
(2002-2005)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Richard D. Sisson, Jr. is professor of Mechanical Engineering and
program head of Materials Science and Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic
Institute. He received is B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, his M.S. degree in metallurgical engineering
from Purdue University and his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering
from Purdue. Dr.
Sisson worked as a research metallurgist at DuPonts Savannah River
Laboratory before he joined the faculty of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in
1976. He has since advanced to full professor. His
teaching and research has focused on the applications of thermodynamics and
kinetics to materials processing and degradation phenomena in metals and
ceramics. He has more than 80 publications and 100 technical presentations to
his credit on topics ranging from synthesis of nanocrystalline ceramics to
hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steels. Currently, he is principal
investigator on the Center for Heat Treating Excellences project Understanding, Controlling, and Optimizing the Quenching
Process. COCKTAILS
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