
1) Oven-ready act 2) Warming up
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The application of heat to the base metal immediately before welding, brazing, soldering, thermal spraying, or cutting.
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Heating operation used to raise the temperature of the material above room temperature and thus reduce the thermal shock and influence the time for an elevated temperature process.
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(1) A general term used to describe heating applied as a preliminary to some further thermal or mechanical treatment. (2) A term applied specifically to tool steel to describe a process in which the steel is heated slowly and uniformly to a temperature below the hardening temperature and is then transferred to a furnace in which the temperature is ...
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A high-temperature soaking treatment used to change the metallurgical structure in preparation for a subsequent operation, usually applied to the ingot.
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Heating before some further thermal or mechanical treatment. For tool steel, heating to an intermediate temperature immediately before austenitizing. For some nonferrous alloys, heating to a high temperature for a long time, in order to homogenize the structure before working.
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The heating of a compound prior to molding or casting in order to facilitate the operation or to reduce the molding cycle.
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A general term for heating material, as a die in die casting, as a preliminary to operation, to reduce thermal shock and prevent adherence of molten metal.
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The heating of a compound prior to molding or casting in order to facilitate the operation, reduce cycle, and improve product.
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Heating before some further thermal or mechanical treatment. For tool steel, heating to an intermediate temperature immediately before austenitizing. For some nonferrous alloys, heating to a high temperature for a long time, in order to homogenize the structure before working.
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