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The bummer here is that you have to heat treat very quickly and that means it won't work for thicker shapes.
by msandford 10y ago
The bummer here is that you have to heat treat very quickly and that means it won't work for thicker shapes.
- jdhawk 10y agoSerious Question: doesn't induction heating solve some of this? Also, it seems like they're focusing on tubing type structures.
- msandford 10y agoA little, but not really. You can only heat and cool things so fast, and the time is somehow related to the square of the thickness plus a bunch of constants. So if you worked really really hard you might be able to do stuff that's 1/4" or maybe even 1/2" thick but it'd probably never work for 6" thick. Yes they're focusing on tube because that's where it can be done. But if you could get very thick steel that's also stronger than Ti, that'd be AWESOME. Which is why I'm a little disappointed. This stuff isn't unobtanium, but it is a bit magical.