Flame Straightening Technology

Wednesday, May 18^th – 5:30 PM

Spokane, WA

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A local expert will explain the strategies used to heat straighten steel including a hands on presentation using an oxy-acetylene torch.

Metals, like all materials, expand when heated. By using flame straightening, the technique of localized, intense heating, you can cause a small cross section of material to expand considerably and form an actual material upset, as well as the subsequent mechanical contraction of the material as it cools.

The goal is to induce a large temperature difference between the area being heated and the surrounding, cooler metal. The contraction, or shrinking effect, is created by the temperature difference, or gradient. You are, in effect, creating the same conditions seen when welding: very hot, intense localized heating surrounded by a cooler base material.

Date & Time

Wednesday, May 18^th 

5:30 PM – Pizza
6:00 PM – Lecture

Location

Spokane Community College
Bld 28 Room 28-239

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About the AWS Spokane Section:
The AWS Spokane Section currently serves 215 members across the following areas:
In Washington to include Pend Oreille, Spokane, Whitman, Adams, Lincoln, Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, and Grant Counties.
In Idaho to include Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone, Benewah, Latah, Clearwater, Nez Perce and Lewis Counties.
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