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May 2018
ARTICLES
Customized, modern process control system saves time, money
When a manufacturer of fasteners and fastening system components needed a more reliable process control system, it turned to Conrad Kacsik for an upgrade that would work with its older hardware.
Heat treatment of PM parts by hot isostatic pressing
Several advantages can be seen by using pre-stressed wire-wound hot isostatic presses for consolidating of metal powder.
Filler metal control in sinter brazing
The control of the filler metal at the braze joint of a sinter brazed product has significant impact on the quality and yield of complex shapes.
NEWS
Hangzhou XZB Tech orders Tenova Bell-type annealing plant HPH®
At the beginning of this year, Tenova LOI Thermprocess, Essen/Germany, and its Chinese subsidiary, Tenova LOI Thermprocess (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., received a joint order from a leading Chinese manufacturer of cold-formed components for the automotive industry. The company Hangzhou XZB Tech Co. Ltd. ordered a Bell-type annealing plant high performance hydrogen (HPH®) for wire rod […]
May 15, 2018
Solar Atmospheres adds state-of-the-art 10-bar furnace
Solar Atmospheres, Inc., in Souderton, Pennsylvania, recently installed a state-of-the-art Solar Manufacturing, Inc. 74” diameter by 72” deep horizontal internal quench vacuum furnace at its Clearview Road facility. The investment totals more than $1.8 million, including additional utilities and installation. The furnace is designed to quench with argon at 10-bar while using a 600-horsepower motor […]
May 15, 2018
Ovako launches its digital heat-treatment guide
Ovako, a leading producer of engineering steel, has launched its Heat Treatment Guide, the first digital tool on the market to enable customers to calculate the mechanical properties of a selected steel after heat-treatment. This will save customers time and money by offering a digital alternative to physical testing. “We are pleased to be able […]
May 15, 2018
Paul Gies PE joins Diablo Furnaces as engineering manager
Diablo Furnaces has announced that Paul Gies PE has recently joined the company as engineering manager. Gies comes to Diablo with a long history in the engineering and construction fields, along with experience working for a heat-treating OEM manufacturer. With twenty years’ experience, Gies is an accomplished engineer in technically calculating and mechanically designing heat-treating […]
May 15, 2018
Bodycote opens new specialist technologies facility in U.S.
Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat-treatment and specialist thermal processing services, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest facility for Specialty Stainless Steel Processes (S³P) which increase mechanical and wear properties in stainless steel without adversely affecting corrosion resistance. Demand for S³P processes featuring Kolsterising® has grown exponentially across multiple markets including […]
May 15, 2018
New employment opportunities at Wisconsin Oven
Wisconsin Oven Corporation experienced a year of expansion in 2017 with the opening of a new facility in East Troy, Wisconsin, that doubled the manufacturing floor space. Due to this development and their record sales, Wisconsin Oven is hiring a variety positions in the skilled trades and engineering fields. Wisconsin Oven has been designing, engineering, […]
May 15, 2018
Lindberg/MPH ships electrically heated cyclone pit furnace
Lindberg/MPH announced the shipment of an electrically heated cyclone pit furnace to a steel heat-treater. This is a repeat customer for Lindberg/MPH and the pit furnace will replace an existing Lindberg furnace at the buyer’s facility. The cyclone pit furnace will be used for a heat-treating process on aircraft components. The maximum temperature rating for […]
May 15, 2018
Premier/BeaverMatic manufactures another IQF furnace line
A major manufacturer and supplier for oilfield logistics services has expanded to a new facility located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This company is expanding its capabilities for the manufacture, service, and repair of a variety of oilfield-related equipment such as manufacture of drilling tools, machine shop repair services, lifting equipment inspection services, fluid sealing […]
May 15, 2018
E Instruments introduces low NOx industrial emissions analyzer
The mission of E Instruments is to design, manufacture, and market a complete range of innovative instrumentation solutions encompassing portable emissions and combustion analyzers, and indoor air monitors especially designed for the industrial, HVAC, commercial, and institutional markets worldwide. The new E4500 portable flue gas and emissions analyzer is designed for emissions monitoring, maintenance and […]
May 15, 2018
Bilstein places order for expansion of automatic batch annealing plant
In December 2017, Bilstein, based in Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Germany, placed its third follow-up order to Tenova LOI Thermprocess in Essen for the expansion of the fully automatic batch annealing plant. This furnace plant is the only batch annealing plant in the world with fully automatic stacking of coils and intermediate convectors, an automatic coupling of all […]
May 15, 2018
Grieve mourns the loss of Pat Calabrese
The entire Grieve Corporation family mourns the loss of its longtime president, P.J. “Pat” Calabrese, who died on February 17, 2018, in Lake Forest, Illinois, at the age of 90. Pat was the president of Grieve, a world leader in industrial ovens and furnaces, from 1958 until his retirement in 2008. He worked closely with […]
May 15, 2018
Simulate inductive heating and case hardening with Simufact
Simufact, an MSC software company, has announced the release of the next generation of its software solution, Simufact Forming 15, for the simulation of forming manufacturing processes. Users will now be able to simulate inductive heating processes as well as case hardening. One key new feature is the interface to the casting software Magmasoft® 5.4, […]
May 15, 2018
Can-Eng Furnaces selected for North American expansion
Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited was recently awarded a contract from an India-based conglomerate to design, manufacture, install, and commission an Aluminum Automotive Casting Heat-Treatment system for its new green field North American expansion in South Carolina. Can-Eng was chosen for this project largely due to the unique modular design concept which offers efficient product, process, […]
May 15, 2018
RAAL orders Seco continuous CAB lines for battery coolers
RAAL S.C., a manufacturer of automotive parts, has ordered Seco/Warwick’s continuous controlled atmosphere brazing line for battery coolers for their maximum life and optimum performance. This is the third such line from Seco/Warwick with which RAAL decided to equip its facility within the last three years of successful cooperation. RAAL is a manufacturer of complete […]
May 15, 2018
Grieve’s No. 1044 is 2000°F inert atmosphere bench furnace
No. 1044 is a 2,000°F (1,093°C), inert atmosphere bench furnace from Grieve used for heat-treating at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this furnace measure 12” W x 18” D x 8” H. 6KW are installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by ceramic plates. This Grieve bench furnace features 5-inch-thick insulated walls comprised of […]
May 15, 2018
Midwest Thermal-Vac expands capacity with TITAN® furnace
Nationally recognized commercial heat-treater and repeat Ipsen customer Midwest Thermal-Vac (MTV) recently purchased a TITAN® vacuum furnace with 12-bar gas quenching. This furnace features a diffusion pump for high-vacuum levels and an all-metal hot zone to ensure part cleanliness – an important feature for processing parts that need to comply with Nadcap and medical industry […]
May 15, 2018
Qalex reaches goals with new nitrex system
Qatar Aluminum Extrusion Company (Qalex) awarded a contract to Nitrex Metal for the supply and installation of an NX-1015 potential-controlled gas nitriding system configured for treating various sized flat and hollow dies used in the production of aluminum extruded profiles for the construction and transportation markets. Qalex sought to adopt new technological innovations in nitriding, when equipment […]
May 15, 2018
Ohio Valley Aluminum buys traveling log homogenizing system
Ohio Valley Aluminum Company’s continuous improvement efforts at its facility in Shelbyville, Kentucky, continue with the purchase of an innovative Seco/Warwick solution to process aluminum billet and logs in a lean manufacturing environment. The traveling aluminum log homogenizing furnace and cooler combination enables seamless processing without moving product until the process is complete. Ohio Valley Aluminum […]
May 15, 2018
Tenova is founding member of European Steel Technology Platform
Tenova, together with twelve other leading industrial and research stakeholders from the wider steel value chain across Europe, will cooperate to implement solutions for and in the EU steel industry under a newly independent entity, the European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) AISBL. The legal establishment of ESTEP as an international non-profit organization under Belgian law […]
May 15, 2018
