Emerging Technology to Advance Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering of Materials

摘要

Heat treatment and surface modification are key technologies to enhance the effective use of materials through the utilisation of optimum properties to solve social tasks we are facing. Traditional industrial technology made advancement, leaving social demerit to be solved in this century. The environmental issues such as global warming and energy and resource management are becoming more important matters that industry technology should overcome. Simultaneously, the materials and processing technology have to contribute to the advancement of industrial technologies through the more effective use of materials to reduce friction and save energy and natural resources. This article presents a short overview of automotive materials and, additionally, selected aspects of heat treatment and surface modification technology mainly used in automotive industry. After presenting several topics in surface modification used to enhance the properties of materials, the relative scientific features and the future technical possibility are discussed.