Thermal Processing Magazine

Anticipation is growing, as Solar Manufacturing’s new facility is beginning to take shape. With the exterior of the building now fully enclosed, including the nearly 20,000-square-foot, two-story office building situated in the front of the manufacturing area, the next phase of building can begin, bringing the project closer to completion. Bill and Myrtle Jones, owners […]

Solar Atmospheres, Inc. filed a patent application with the United States Patent Office, application number 15/999,873, for a high-pressure, rapid gas quenching vacuum furnace using an isolation transformer in the blower motor power system. The gas quench with a 600 HP motor operates at 460 volts in argon gas, using a double wound, Magnetic Specialties, […]

No. 854 is a special high-temperature, 2,200° F electrically-heated, inert atmosphere floor furnace from Grieve, currently used for various heat-treating applications at a customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions measure 24˝ wide x 48˝ deep x 24˝ high. 53KW installed in heavy-gauge, high-temperature Kanthal AF alloy wire, rod overbend design heaters provides maximum operating temperatures to 2,200o F. […]

The TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, March 10-14, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas, brings together more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, business leaders, and other professionals in the minerals, metals, and materials fields for a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary exchange of technical knowledge. More than 3,500 presentations are planned for TMS2019, but the conference is more than technical […]

Super Systems, Inc. recently completed two upgrade projects at American Heat Treating in Dayton, Ohio. Controls were upgraded on a Beavermatic integral quench furnace that included a Series 9205 with a 12.1” HMI for atmosphere and temperature control and datalogging, a Series 804 for oil quench temperature control (heating and cooling), and other ancillary items. […]

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat-treat services and metallurgical solutions, recently announced the arrival of three new gas nitride units at its corporate headquarters in Waterloo, Iowa. The investment doubles its gas nitriding capacity at this location and allows the company to expand its UltraGlow® gas nitriding and UltraOx® surface treatment […]

Wisconsin Oven Corporation recently announced the shipment of an LP gas-fired heavy-duty car bottom oven with fume incinerator to a leader in the oil and gas industry. This car bottom oven will be used for pre-baking drill pipe joints. The thermal clean oven has a maximum operating temperature of 800° F and work chamber dimensions […]

A Collection of Powder Characterization Standards for Metal Additive Manufacturing contains nine existing MPIF Standard Test Methods that can be applicable for the characterization of powders used in metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes, with an explanation of each standard. These standards, intended to present and clarify PM technology as an aid in conducting business, relate […]

Solar Atmospheres recently awarded the title of CEO Emeritus to Roger A. Jones, FASM. The honorary title was conferred by the company, and announces his semi-retirement as Solar Atmospheres’ CEO, the culmination of 45 years of leadership and service to the vacuum heat-treating industry. A 1974 graduate of Hocking Technical College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Roger […]

Baker Furnace announced the shipment of a custom waste incineration system to a pollution control company. These incinerators will be used to burn off waste after a 12-hour process. The system is designed with three gasification chambers that can burn 10 tons of waste a day per chamber. The waste incinerator is being installed in […]

Joseph Tunick Strauss and John L. Johnson have been named 2019 Fellow Award recipients by APMI International. APMI International’s most prestigious award recognizes APMI members for their significant contributions to the goals, purpose, and mission of the organization as well as for a high level of expertise in the technology, practice, or business of the […]

Solar Atmospheres has announced the addition of Timothy C. Fish to its sales team as regional sales manager at Solar Atmospheres of Western PA. As an Integrated Marketing Communications graduate of Duquesne University, Fish has honed his sales and marketing skills during the course of his diverse career in the metals industry. Fish brings a […]

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd recently commissioned a continuous mesh belt heat-treat system in Italy. This project in the Piedmont region of Italy was one of four installation locations for this globally recognized producer of high-quality specialty automotive fasteners that span from Europe, South America, Mexico, and the United States of America. Can-Eng was chosen to […]

Seco/Warwick vacuum heat treatment and brazing system equipped with high-pressure gas quench will be added by Grupo TTT its Bergara, Spain facility. Seco/Warwick’s signature pressure quenching systems, with a reputation for process flexibility and precision control systems, was selected to enable the TTT heat-treatment team to run a variety of processes in a single system. […]

Allied Mineral Products has launched a new Chinese-language website. Alliedchina.com, targets the local business market in China while actively engaging existing customers. In Northern China, Allied’s manufacturing facility in Tianjin celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. General manager Ben Ge said, “After serving the China metal industry more than 20 years, Allied Mineral Products is […]