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Old 07-17-2018, 08:50 AM   #5780 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JLarson View Post
Inconel is actually what our retorts are made out of. We're heating a high nickel iron alloy to around 2100 ± 50 degrees to align the grain structure for magnetic permeability. Inconel handles a good bit of heat before deforming, so it's been our material of choice for a long time now.
I hate machining it to any kind of tight tolerances. **** seemed gummy+super abrasive and would eat carbide insert faster than a fat kid with a bag of M&Ms.
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