Talk:Vacuum arc remelting

message: The VAR process is used on many different materials, however certain applications almost always use a material that has been VAR treated. A list of materials that may be VAR treated include:
*Steel
**9310
**4340
**300M
**AF1410
**Aermet 100
*Titanium
*Inconel
*Invar
*Nitinol
*Nickel superalloys
*Zirconium
*Niobium
*Platinum
*Tantalum
*Rhodium
Note that pure titanium and most titanium alloys, such as Ti-6V-4Al, Ti-10V-2Al-3Fe and Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr, are double or triple VAR processed. Nickel based super alloys, such as 600, 625 and 718, for aerospace applications are usually VAR processed. Zirconium and niobium alloys used in the nuclear industry are routinely VAR processed. Pure platinum, tantalum, and rhodium may be be VAR processed.
Wizard191 (talk) 19:04, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I copied your updates into my updates and published it into the article. I bulletted each one of the types but made it into two columns. If you would rather changed it comma delineated list, I'm not married to the bullets. Any other modifications can just be done in the article mainspace. Wizard191 (talk) 03:43, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Materials and applications

message: I think the part about VAR alloy providers was usefull. Often companies provide their own insight on the process (VAR) and the advantages provided. It is always usefull to follow up if you are searching for an extra bit of information. 
More over, there is just few companies that make VAR furnaces: ALD, Concarc, Retech and Inteco. The majority of the world uses ALD and Consarc. I guess the only possible exclusion is former USSR. I bet they were building their own furnaces to melt Ti for submarines.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dima333a (talk • contribs) 17:05, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that its an advertisement for those companies to have their names listed here. We are here to convey information about the process, not who makes it. Now if there are specific webpages on one of these companies websites with additional information about the process that might be OK to link. Although, it would still probably be better to write it up in the article and use the web page as a source. Wizard191 (talk) 18:52, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Frankly, I do not have deep understanding how to separate advertisment and not advertisment. Having a page dedicated to a specific company is not advertisment, but mentioning company's name in an article is? Well... if this is the case, I guess let's leave it the way it is.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dima333a (talk • contribs) 21:53, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Articles for companies are only acceptable if they are notable based special criteria for organizations. Listing companies on other articles is usually frowned upon unless you are explaining them in a historically acceptable context. Wizard191 (talk) 04:01, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  VAR Melted alloy providers 

message: As far as  can understand, these processes use the same instrumentation so I am insrting a picture described as "arc melting". Please someone should improve the order of these concepts in this cluster of articles if possible. Alexmar983 (talk) 15:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melting and remelting