Thermal Processing Magazine

Tenney Environmental, a division of Thermal Product Solutions, announced the shipment of a refurbished space simulator to the aerospace industry. The space simulator is a fairly standard piece of equipment for Tenney, but each simulator can be customized to meet the customer’s unique process needs. The refurbished Tenney space simulation chamber uses a cascade cooling system and […]

Swiss corporation Alu Menziken Extrusion AG chose a Nitrex nitrocarburizing system for its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in northwestern Romania. Alu Menziken Extrusion AG is a manufacturer of aluminum profiles and complex extrusion press products. Nitrex Metal delivered and installed a turnkey NX-815 nitrocarburizing system that incorporates the Nitreg®-C technology for treating aluminum extrusion dies. The […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., has shipped a dual chamber heat-treating furnace to a southeastern U.S. manufacturer of various items used in the production of heavy equipment and transportation devices. The furnace will be used to heat-treat the tooling used to manufacture these items. Its top chamber is used to harden tool steels while its […]

Thermal Product Solutions, a global manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment, announced the shipment of one Gruenberg explosion resistant truck-in oven to the defense security industry. This Gruenberg walk-in oven has a maximum temperature rating of 138°C with work chamber dimensions of 31” W x 68” D x 72” H. The Gruenberg oven was constructed from a structural steel frame that […]

Baker Furnace, a division of Thermal Product Solutions, presents the augmented reality (AR) platform to its furnace lines. Augmented reality allows operators, maintenance personnel, and engineers to interact with the furnace through a tablet. There are three levels available on the furnaces with a PLC: augmented operator, augmented maintenance, and augmented engineering.  The AR will have step-by-step procedures, […]

SXOil Lifter LLC has developed SXOL, a high-efficiency industrial wash detergent designed to “lift” quench and cutting oils from metal parts. It resists emulsification to lift oil and provide effective skimming. No additions are necessary for the life of the bath (3-4 months, depending on thru-put volumes). It contains nontoxic, biodegradable formula that is safe […]

Gasbarre announces the promotion of Mike Harrison to engineering manager for Gasbarre Industrial Furnace Systems (formerly J.L. Becker), in Plymouth, Michigan. Harrison started with Gasbarre in 2017 as a sales and metallurgical engineer. Since then, Harrison has demonstrated leadership and technical ability. In his earlier role, Harrison has shown a keen ability to develop and […]

Commercial heat-treater Specialty Steel Treating in Fraser, Michigan, has invested in a new AFC-Holcroft UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnace and a UBT (Universal Batch Temper) annealing furnace as companion equipment, as part of a larger multi-year equipment standardization program intended to replace older equipment provided by another supplier. The UBQ and UBT are near duplicates […]

Ipsen USA announces the transition of Andrew Yazot from international sales manager to Midwest regional sales owner, effective immediately. In this position, Yazot covers nine states in the Midwest, replacing former Midwest regional sales owner Matt Clinite, who was promoted to Ipsen customer service sales manager last month. “My mission is to continue the level […]

The No. 807 is a cooling chamber from Grieve used for cooling oven trucks of steel parts at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this cooling chamber measure 84” W x 96” D x 72” H. Features include: 7,000 CFM, 7 1/2 HP remote mounted exhaust blower to pull room air through load and exhaust. […]

Leading the way with another industry innovation, Seco/Warwick has delivered and commissioned the first vacuum purging semi-continuous Active Only® CAB furnace for a North American automotive aftermarket manufacturer. It is their first furnace of any type and simultaneously their largest capital equipment investment to date. The new semi-continuous Active Only® CAB furnace, equipped with vacuum […]

Phoenix Temperature Measurement has recently obtained UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its calibration laboratory in the UK (Laboratory Number 10560). The new accreditation strengthens the quality of after-sales service and calibration provided by PhoenixTM to support the comprehensive range of temperature data loggers offered. Such new in-house calibration facilities will provide customers with a quick, […]

Rolls, extruder screws, and broaching tools are all characterized by a wide variety of stress ranges with very specific mechanical properties. In order to set the desired individual characteristics, the corresponding areas must be tempered separately. For example, the tool surfaces used for power transmission are exposed to greater torsional forces and highly dynamic stresses, […]

“Customized” is the key word when it comes to delivering a perfect production solution in plant and machinery manufacture. Each technology is to a large extent individually tailored to the customer’s environment, guaranteeing a highly efficient, optimally configured process. Induction heating, especially, is one technology that must be “customized,” because the quality of the procedure […]

Seco/Warwick is an award-winning company that has been interested in unconventional and innovative solutions since its inception. The company has developed many intelligent tools to support production processes using artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (loT), and the latest concept of Industry 4.0. Due to these innovations, the company has been nominated for the Intelligent […]

Lindberg/MPH announced the shipment of an aluminum melting and holding furnace. The melting and holding furnace was designed with an aluminum melt rate of 3,000 pounds per hour and the capacity to hold up to 40,000 pounds of aluminum. The aluminum melting and holding furnace will be loaded with aluminum across a preheat hearth before being pushed into the […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has announced a newly designed 32-page catalog describing its full line of furnaces, ovens and quench tanks. L&L is a family-owned manufacturing and service business in operation for more than 60 years. It designs and builds high-temperature furnaces, ovens, kilns, quench tanks, and heat-treating systems. L&L specializes in batch production […]

Grieve oven No. 944 is a 750°F electrically heated cabinet oven currently used for sintering operations at a customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions measure 44”W x 30”D x 60”H. 30kW installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements heat the oven, while a 2000 CFM, 2 HP recirculating blower provides a horizontal airflow to the workload. The Grieve […]

Wisconsin Oven Corporation has shipped five electrically heated standard draw batch series ovens to East Carolina Metal Treating in Raleigh, North Carolina. The standard draw batch ovens (SDB ovens) will be used for stress relieving and have maximum oven operating temperatures of 1,250° F. The basket dimensions of each oven are 2 feet wide x 3 feet […]

The industrial parts and surface cleaning sector is facing new challenges. parts2clean 2019 shows how these challenges can be met. The 17th International Trade Fair for Industrial Parts and Surface Cleaning will be held from October 22-24, 2019, at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center. Areas of current interest include new and modified production technologies, such as […]

A global manufacturer of cutting tools has purchased an additional vacuum temper furnace from Pennsylvania-based Seco/Vacuum (SVT). The new furnace at the North American manufacturer’s operations will be used for tempering and stress-relieving metal parts, is part of the company’s growing manufacturing expansion and complements another commissioned earlier in 2019 at this facility. Seco/Vacuum is […]