Thermal Processing Magazine

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA is currently installing a new rapid quenching vacuum furnace that will ultimately eliminate the need for costly helium while increasing production throughput. Solar Manufacturing’s 10-bar vacuum furnace, with a revolutionary cooling design, will mimic an older two-bar Solar furnace in size. However, this new 48” x 48” x 96” deep […]

To support an increasing demand for high-value gas nitriding, Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pennsylvania, has installed a new, state-of-the-art vacuum gas nitriding furnace, built by sister company Solar Manufacturing. The front-loading furnace incorporates the latest nitriding and recipe system from Solar Manufacturing. The automated controls meet AMS2759/10, Automated Gaseous Nitriding Controlled by Nitrogen Potential, in addition […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has manufactured a fourth high-uniformity, pit-style furnace used for annealing. This furnace has been supplied to an industry leader that manufactures aerospace fasteners and supplies to a worldwide client base. The annealing process occurs when the parts are evenly heated to 1,400°F/760°C and held for a predetermined amount of time. […]

One of India’s largest air cooler/heat exchanger manufacturers selected a three-chamber CaseMaster Evolution (CMe)® furnace from Seco/Warwick which will be used for heat exchangers. The client has decided on Seco/Warwick vacuum technology after a long period of trials with single- and double-chamber furnaces. The CMe furnace with vacuum loading and cooling chambers is a semiautomatic […]

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently shipped a custom-built atmosphere tempering furnace to a manufacturer in the aerospace market with captive heat-treating capabilities. With a working load size of 84” wide, 42” deep, and 60” tall, coupled with a max load weight of 6,000 pounds, the furnace is specifically designed for the customer’s key manufactured components. […]

An international concern with branches in 40 countries producing cutting tools, among other things, ordered another solution from Seco/Warwick. Vector® is Seco/Warwick’s most versatile vacuum furnace, a single-chamber HPGQ horizontal configuration loaded with capabilities. It’s been designed and created based on a long and close cooperation with partners across a number of industries and all […]

Ipsen confirms the receipt of an order for two TITAN® H6 2-bar vacuum furnaces from a rapidly emerging global automotive components manufacturer with locations in the United States and Asia. “Despite general market conditions at the present time, we are seeing many forward-looking manufacturers continuing to invest in efficient, high-performance systems for the future,” Ipsen […]

Andrew Bassett, president of Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry, and Bill Stines, president/owner of AKA Calibrations, announced that Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry will be acquiring the assets and clients of AKA Calibrations starting June 2020. Stines approached ATP to acquire his clients because of the same work ethic and dedicated service that AKA Calibrations has provided […]

Ipsen has hired Janet Nanni, PHR, SHRM-CP, as its new director of human resources. Nanni stepped into this role after the May 6 retirement of longtime Ipsen HR director Nancy Kolar. Nanni is responsible for managing all personnel and human resources programs for Ipsen USA, which includes locations in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Before joining Ipsen, […]

Nitrex, a Novacap portfolio company and the leading global provider of fully integrated heat-treating solutions and technologies, unveiled a new corporate brand identity. This change comes at a time when the company is forging new paths, retooling its product portfolio to align even more closely with customer needs and preferences, and seeking to present a […]

Sintavia, LLC, a leading aerospace and defense additive manufacturer, has achieved National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) approval for heat treatment at both its Hollywood, Florida, and Davie, Florida, locations. Sintavia is the only company in the world with Nadcap approvals for laser additive manufacturing, electron beam additive manufacturing, and in-house heat treatment. […]

Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, will open a new state of the art facility in Elgin, Illinois, in the United States. The new purpose-built facility has been designed as a replacement for Bodycote’s aging facility in Melrose Park, Illinois. The Elgin facility is scheduled to be operational […]

OAO BelAZ, a Belarusian dump truck manufacturer, has again chosen Seco/Warwick as its solution provider. The new device, the RLHE electric roller furnace, will be integrated with the technological line for heat treatment of large bearing rings. The line, based on the RLHE-120.510.20-1000 roller furnace, is designed for heat treatment of large bearing rings with […]

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) — the technical society serving individuals, companies, and organizations that comprise the tribology and lubrication engineering business sector — announced Paul Hetherington, CLS, manager, technical services, Canada, for Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc., a HollyFrontier Business, and former treasurer, secretary and vice president of STLE, will assume the role of 2020-2021 president effective […]

Can-Eng Furnaces International LTD. has been awarded a contract by a major automotive parts supplier for the complete overhaul and refurbishment of a cast link belt normalizing furnace. Designed and manufactured by Can-Eng in 1996, the equipment was originally rated at 27,000 lbs./hr. of hot charged closed die forgings and was known to be one […]

The new nano GEN2 i-4.0 range of nitrogen gas generators provide a wide range of flow rates and purities from 95 percent to 99.999 percent. The fourth Industrial Revolution has arrived as machines are digitally connected to their operators and the GEN2 i-4.0 leads the industry for onsite N2 gas generators. Full communication protocols including […]

Winning entries in the ET Foundation’s 2020 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition have been announced on the website at ETFdesign.org. The competition attracted 25 professional entries and nearly 130 student entries from nearly 20 countries around the world. Professional designers, manufacturers, and students were awarded a total of $27,000 in the 2020 Aluminum Extrusion Design […]

Youngstown Tools & Die’s is changing its existing atmosphere heat-treatment capabilities to new high-pressure gas quench (HPGQ) vacuum furnaces from Seco/Vacuum. Seco/Vacuum is a Seco/Warwick Group company. The upgrade is part of Youngstown Tool & Die’s big expansion plans. Youngstown specializes in manufacturing aluminum extrusion dies since 1961 and, because of demand, is moving into […]

Metex Heat Treating Limited of Brampton, Ontario, has contracted Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited to design and commission a 6,600 lb/hr continuous mesh belt atmosphere furnace system. This new system will be commissioned for the hardening and tempering of high-volume automotive critical fasteners, stampings, and assembly components. The system includes a computerized loading system, mesh belt-controlled […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has delivered three multipurpose GS2026 bench-mounted box furnaces used to test high-temperature aerospace fasteners. The fastener manufacturer in Pennsylvania now has five GS series furnaces at its facility. The new model GS2026 has internal dimensions of 18” wide by 12” high by 24” deep. It has an operating voltage of […]

In December 2019, the Chinese company Shougang Qian’an Electrical Vehicle Steel Co., Ltd. signed another order with Tenova LOI Thermprocess, a global company in the field of heat-treatment plants based in Germany. The order includes the heat-treatment portion (furnace system) for two annealing and coating lines (ACL) for non-grain-oriented (NGO) electrical strip. The two furnace […]