Thermal Processing Magazine

Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) is pleased to announce the completion of its most recent facility expansion. The new expansion allows SCA to double its current heat-treating capacity on the West coast while continually striving to meet the needs of an ever-growing customer base. Project expansion began in July 2016 with ground breaking for a […]

Thermocouple Technology in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, is celebrating 25 years of the product MVD Tungsten Carbide Treatment for thermowells, protection tubes, and other critical components. The product is a MVD Tungsten Carbide Treatment that is used to create a stronger, longer-lasting product. The tungsten carbide is fused with the thermowell material and becomes an integral part […]

Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat-treatment and specialist thermal processing services, is pleased to announce that its Surahammar, Sweden, Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) location has earned its Nadcap accreditation. The Surahammar site has been producing Powdermet® Near Net Shape (NNS) and Selective Surface Net Shape (SSNS) components for many years, using its long experience […]

Ipsen recently designed and built a vertical, high-pressure quenching furnace, complete with twin cooling systems and a work volume of 350 cubic feet. During the testing phase, the furnace quenched with 1,000 horsepower (0.75 megawatts) – a remarkable achievement that began as an idea just months prior. As is typical with a custom build, the […]

With a strong fourth-quarter finish, Ipsen USA continues to provide heat-treating solutions to customers worldwide. Recently, 15 furnaces shipped to eight states in the United States, as well as Asia and Europe, to support customers in additive manufacturing, aerospace, commercial heat treating, medical and MIM industries. The shipments included: Nine TITAN® vacuum furnaces, including three […]

Seco/Vacuum Technologies (SVT), a Seco/Warwick Group company, has secured orders for two vacuum brazing furnace systems from two separate North American defense contractors. The solutions, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2018, are SVT’s signature Vector® advanced front-loading vacuum furnace and a Vector® bottom loading vacuum furnace both capable of up to two […]

Grieve Corporation oven No. 890 is a 350°F (177°C), electrically heated cabinet oven, currently used for heating tubular aluminum parts at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 156” wide x 18” deep x 18” high. 14.4 KW installed in Nichrome wire heating elements, while a 1000 CFM, 1-HP recirculating blower provides horizontal […]

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has expanded its wings by adding another type of mechanical testing to its repertoire: tensile testing. Tensile tests are essential in determining and understanding the ultimate strengths of materials. Currently, many aerospace specifications demand at least one tensile test to be performed on each heat lot of material and/or for […]

Lindberg/MPH has experienced steady growth year after year, and 2017 was no exception. At the beginning of the year, Lindberg/MPH invested in the future by purchasing an Emrak Press Brake and Hydraulic Swing Beam Shear to maximize their production capabilities. These equipment investments were key resources as Lindberg/MPH experienced considerable increases in equipment sales. Throughout […]

Wisconsin Oven Corporation shipped two electrically heated standard horizontal quench systems to an aluminum manufacturer. The systems are designed for the solution treatment of aluminum. Each of the horizontal quench systems are designed to heat 1,000 pounds of aluminum to a 950°F operating temperature. Once the loads are heated to the operating temperature, they will […]

Seco/Warwick, a global leader in metal heat-processing solutions, goes digital with the cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations system. The management chose to implement Microsoft’s solution to provide the best security and efficiency for the enterprise. In constant pursuit of improving heat-treatment technology, the company decided to change the solutions supporting management and […]