Thermal Processing Software Products

This software is can make a dramatic difference in the speed and accuracy, with which annealing and heat treating processes are performed.

These Software Products Perform Three Crucial Functions:

  1. The software provides very graphic and easy-to-understand tutorials to teach users about annealing and heat treating processes.  Surveys show that most personnel responsible for managing thermal processing lines have very little understand of the dynamics occurring within the metals.  Just reviewing one of the (about) one half-hour long tutorials can make a tremendous difference in the intelligence brought to managing thermal processes.

  2. The software performs powerful but user-friendly analysis that allows the input of data from simple and inexpensive tests, resulting in crucial characterization of process materials.

  3. The software determines the key characteristics of processing lines.  It is uniquely designed to coordinate inputs from various sources so that useful analysis is obtained with the most convenient (thus the most easily obtained) data inputs.

 

Current Products:

Al Dente Metal Annealing Tutorial and Analyzer

Distinct Metal Heat Treating Tutorial and Analyzer (In Development)

 

Other Recommended Products:

Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST):  The US Department of Energy (DOE) developed this software and offers it free:  Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST) provides an introduction to process heating methods and tools to improve thermal efficiency of heating equipment. Use the tool to survey process heating equipment that uses fuel, steam, or electricity, and identify the most energy-intensive equipment. You can also perform an energy (heat) balance on selected equipment (furnaces) to identify and reduce non-productive energy use. Compare performance of the furnace under various operating conditions and test "what-if" scenarios.

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