Case Studies

DANTE Heat Treatment Software Case Studies – Real-World Applications in Carburizing, Quenching & Stress Analysis

Discover how DANTE heat treatment software has been applied to solve real-world steel heat treatment challenges. These case studies highlight DANTE’s advanced capabilities in improving processes such as carburizing, oil quench, high-pressure gas quench, water quench, induction hardening, tempering, and stress relief.

From reducing distortion and residual stresses to optimizing thermal cycles, phase transformations, and material properties, these examples demonstrate the value of accurate, physics-based modeling in industrial heat treatment applications.

Sort through some of our more popular topics by clicking the links below:

  1. Gas/Low Pressure Carburization
  2. Oil Quench/High Pressure Gas Quench/Water Quench/Etc.
  3. Induction Hardening
  4. Distortion Analysis
  5. Stress Analysis

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Bridging Heat Treatment Distortion and Gear Measurements with DANTE and IGD Download PDF
12/15/2025 Heat Treatment, Gear, Measurements, Inspection, and Distortion
Advancing Low-Pressure Carburizing Through Simulation Download PDF
11/15/2025 Low Pressure Carburization, Simulation, Process Design, VCarb, Gear, Root Fillet, Flank, Case Depth, HTPro, and Optimization
Integrating effects of heat treatment into loading models Download PDF
09/15/2025 Residual Stress, Loading Model, Fatigue, Case Hardening, and Gear
From time/temperature to HTC Download PDF
05/15/2025 Equipment Characterization, High Pressure Gas Quench, Thermocouple, Data Processing, Heat Transfer Coeficient, and Fitting
Bending under pressure: Controlling distortion Download PDF
02/15/2025 Distortion, Bevel Gear, Austenite, Martensite, Phase Transformation Strain, Thermal Strain, Heating, and Quenching
Cold expansion an efficient strengthening solution Download PDF
10/15/2024 Cold Expansion, Cold Working, Compression, Stress Concentrators, and Hoop Stress
Inducing heat treatment for case hardening Download PDF
07/15/2024 Induction, Case Hardening, Residual Stress, Preheating, Hardness, and AISI 4140
Metal plasticity in manufacturing Download PDF
05/15/2024 Stress, Strain, Bauschinger, Isotropic, Johnson-Cook, Baumann-Chiesa-Johnson, Yield, Plastic Deformation, and Cyclic Loading
Heat treatment process modeling development for age-hardenable alloys Download PDF
02/15/2024 Age-hardenable, Precipitation, Hardness, High-temperature tempering, Aging, Aluminum 6061, Solutionizing, and Metal Urgency
Learning from failure in bending stress Download PDF
06/15/2023 Bending, Stress, Fracture, StrongBar, Residual Stress, Metal Urgency, and AISI 4140
Stress modeling of the WAAM process Download PDF
02/15/2023 Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Welding, Phase Transformation, Residual Stress, Maximum Principal, Distortion, QustomWeld, and Metal Urgency
Using welding simulation tools to model WAAM Download PDF
09/15/2022 Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Welding, Goldak, Phase Transformation, Austenite, Thermal, QustomWeld, and Metal Urgency
Characterizing equipment using simple modeling tools Download PDF
05/15/2022 Quenching, Heat Transfer, Salt, HTC, HTCFit, Metal Urgency, and Rapid Quenching
Strong Bar Competition Download PDF
10/15/2019 Strong bar competition, HTS, Heat treat process design, Gas carburization, Salt bath, Metallographic analysis, and Hardness measurements
Axle Shaft Induction Scan Hardening Download PDF
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06/15/2016 Truck axle shaft, Induction scan hardening, Spray quench, Scanning inductor, Quench rate sensitivity, Stress formation, Distortion, and AISI 1541, 1040, 4140
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