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American Engravers
The 21st Century

by
C. Roger Bleile

QUENCH - A quench refers to a rapid cooling. Traditionally, hand engravers were required to harden their own gravers and punches. Quench hardening is a mechanical process in which steel and cast iron alloys are strengthened and hardened. These metals consist of ferrous metals and alloys. This is done by heating the material to a certain temperature, differing upon material, and then rapidly cooling the material. This produces a harder material by either surface hardening or through-hardening varying on the rate at which the material is cooled. The material is then often tempered to reduce the brittleness that may increase from the quench hardening process.

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