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Induction Melting
Induction heating takes place when an electrically conducting material is placed in a varying magnetic field. The conducting material can either be the melt stock or the crucible in which it is to be melted.

Induction melting and vacuum sintering are used in powder metallurgy and for the production of other alloys. Typical melted products produced in this manner by Reading Alloys include aluminum-cobalt, nickel-magnesium, and calcium-magnesium. These lines are also useful for research and short production runs.

Hydride-Dehydride Process
Reading Alloys has expanded its powdered metal capabilities with the addition of a new Hydriding/Dehydriding facility. The HDH (Hydride/Dehydride) process for powder production is the most cost effective method for production of a variety of specialty powders such as vanadium, titanium, and niobium for pressed parts and laser forming spray applications, as well as coating applications for the electronic, military, automotive and aerospace industries.

Hydrogen impregnation (hydriding) into the grain structure of metals enables sizing of non-crushable materials into an infinite range of particle distributions. Since hydriding is totally reversible, powders can be produced from high purity feed stock (such as EB ingots) without compromising the starting chemistry. Reading Alloys can customize the particle size and distribution of powder products using a broad variety of powder processing equipment.

Cold Isostatic Pressing (CIP) Cold isostatic pressing consolidates materials into workable forms for further processing. Powder raw materials are blended, packed into a rubber press bag and sealed. At very high pressures, the material is compacted to a solid with 65-85% of theoretical density.