Orthodontic mechanotherapy encompasses the use of several archwires during speci c stages of treatment. Metallic orthodontic appliances consist of bands, arch wires, ligature wires, hooks, tubes, brackets, and springs are daily used in orthodontic practices for the correction of malocclusions in patients ( Oh et al. , 2004 ; Verstrynge et al. , 2006 ; Sabane et al. , 2009 ). One of the most im...

The friction coefficient in the simulation of stamping processes should be defined. Modern software allows its definition as constant or dependence on pressure temperature. It is also useful to define different values regions, it often reflects nature deformation process. This article deals with regression and analytical models commonly used determine coefficients specified areas Analytical wer...

Abstract The abundant use of cutting fluids in surface grinding process and the corresponding costs energy consumption have been a major sustainability concern. This paper identified optimum depth cut for under controlled parameters using compressed air cooling technique dry cutting. morphology subsurface defects workpiece material (AISI 304 stainless steel) were measured compared. It was obser...

Diffusion bonding of hardmetals (WC-Co) to themselves or with other metallic material (mildsteel) has been evaluated in the present paper. Metallographic studies and mechanical tests have been used to determinate the influence of the bonding parameters (temperature, pressure and time) on the bond microstructure and strength. Different metallic interlayers applied in form of thick foils were use...

The ability to map plastic deformation around high strain gradient microstructural features is central in studying phenomena such as fatigue and stress corrosion cracking. A method for the visualization of plastic deformation in electron back-scattered diffraction (EBSD) data has been developed and is described in this article. This technique is based on mapping the intragrain misorientation in...

Anodes of 304 stainless steel have been processed by a continuous wave Yb fiber laser with a wavelength of 1.064 lm and subjected to 50 keV electron bombardment in order to determine the extent to which hydrogen outgassing is reduced by the laser surface melting treatment. The results show a reduction in outgassing, by approximately a factor of four compared to that from untreated stainless ste...

A generalized phase transformation kinetics model is used to understand the martensite to austenite transformation in a cold-rolled and annealed metastable AISI 301LN ultrafine-grained austenitic stainless steel. The model shows that the presence of interstitial nitrogen and heavy cold-rolling is important to promote fast transformation kinetics, through rapid nitrogen-diffusion and austenite n...