COMPANY PROFILE
Lucifer Furnaces
If you’re in search of a breakdown of what a company does, look no further than Lucifer Furnace’s name, because it essentially boils down...
HOT SEAT
Heat treatment of aluminum VI – Artificial aging
In the previous column, we described the fundamentals of natural aging. In natural aging, the solid solution obtained after quenching starts to form precipitates...
METAL URGENCY
Accounting for carbon rejection can head off trouble
The heat treatment of steel alloys is required in almost every industry to acquire the necessary properties for a material given a particular application....
CERAMICS WORKS
An overview of refractory ceramic fibers
This article will review refractory ceramic fibers (RCFs), which are amorphous, inorganic, man-made aluminosilicate fibers. RCFs belong to a class of materials termed man-made...
QUALITY COUNTS
Heat treating from the operator’s perspective
Often, a customer visit involves a walk through the facility. Comments are made about how clean it is or how well organized a process...
Q&A
Q&A with Andrew Bassett
You recently launched your Aerospace Compliance Software. How does it work?
Aerospace Compliance Software is a brainchild of ours. The software eliminates human errors of our certification process. It’s a self-checking system. It’s based on...
Zoltán Koloszváry appointed honorary president of IFHTSE
For the first time in 30 years, IFHTSE has appointed an honorary president. Honorary presidents have rendered outstanding and continuous service to the Federation...
IHEA offers 2021 Virtual Spring Safety Standards & Codes Seminar
After the success of a series of virtual seminars last fall, the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) has scheduled a virtual Safety Standards &...
UPDATE
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