Thermal Processing Magazine

Magnetic Specialties (MSI) now offers a redesigned website, www.magspecinc.com. The new site features a new look and layout, more detailed information, and photos of its custom-engineered magnetics. The website also adds customer-friendly specification forms for use on desktop or remote device. The focus on the new website is to provide visitors with a roadmap to […]

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) understands the need to expand its material hardening repertoire by adding oil quenching capabilities. The question has been how to make this process safer and greener? The explosiveness of the protective endothermic gas along with the flammability of open oil quench tanks has provided concerns with regard to environmental, […]

A technically and scientifically-progressive commercial heat-treating company in Canada has installed a Premier Furnace/BeaverMatic internal quench furnace (IQF) and a Premier Furnace/BeaverMatic spray/dunk washer to meet customer demands for improving product processing and production cycles. The new BeaverMatic IQF Furnace, with a work area of 36” wide x 48” long x 40” high, was purchased […]

In addition to manufacturing new equipment, Seco/Warwick also provides comprehensive repairs and retrofits of already-owned furnaces. Old does not necessarily mean unworthy of investing. A leading manufacturer of aviation engine components recently opted for a furnace retrofit. The scope of the retrofit included a furnace repair along with the replacement of its control cabinet and an […]

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently rebuilt and shipped a 24-inch, four zone continuous mesh-belt brazing furnace for an automotive parts supplier in Mexico. The rebuild included a new 330 stainless steel muffle, new silicon carbide heating elements, new cooling sections, and new furnace controls to meet CQI-9 requirements. The CQI-9 controls package includes data acquisition, […]

Graphite Metallizing Corporation, the manufacturers of self-lubricating Graphalloy® bushing materials for pumps and process equipment, has appointed Joe Conyers as territory sales manager for California, Arizona, and Nevada. Conyers holds an aerospace engineering degree from the U.S. Naval Academy. With more than 30 years of experience in the bearing industry, he previously served as SKF’s […]

The Quenching and Distortion Engineering conference series follows up on the former series of IDE, organized by IWT Bremen, Germany, and QDE, organized by IFHTSE. These two have been merged into the QDE series. In 2021, the QDE conference is also part of the European Conference on Heat Treatment series, which is supported by European […]

Super Systems, Inc. recently completed a nitrogen-methanol controls upgrade for a continuous furnace line at Liberty Wire in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The scope of the project included a new control system and panel for a continuous annealing furnace line for processing coiled wire products. The SSI Matrix control system was incorporated to control the automated flow […]

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently rebuilt and shipped a 24-inch, four zone continuous mesh-belt brazing furnace for an automotive parts supplier in Mexico. The rebuild included a new 330 stainless steel muffle, new silicon carbide heating elements, new cooling sections, and new furnace controls to meet CQI-9 requirements. The CQI-9 controls package includes data acquisition, […]

Magnetic Shields Ltd. of Kent, England, and Solar Manufacturing have had a strong partnership since 2016. In this time, Solar Manufacturing has engineered one vacuum furnace and has been commissioned to design and build a second furnace. This new furnace will be one of the largest horizontal vacuum furnaces in the U.K.  The new HFL-7496-EQ […]

Custom Steel Fabricators, Inc. consists of two workshops and an approximately 50,000 square feet working area in Columbia, Tennessee. The company serves a variety of industries such as power, chemical, cement, aluminum, and carbon products with work experience of all 300 series of stainless steels, duplexes, and 6 percent moly grades, as well as most nickel […]

A top-tier Vector® vacuum furnace equipped with gas quenching from Seco/Warwick will be used by a commercial heat-treating plant. This time, the Kuczma commercial heat treatment chose this state-of-the-art single-chamber vacuum furnace. Vector is the most popular vacuum technology for heat treatment selected by commercial plants worldwide. This vacuum furnace is a very efficient and […]

The Ipsen service team is committed to supporting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic with both on-site and remote assistance to keep critical heat-treating equipment operational. Ipsen continues to provide advanced aftermarket support, including instrument calibrations and temperature uniformity surveys (TUS) that adhere to various industry standards, such as Nadcap, AMS2750E, AMS2769C, and MedAccred. Ipsen provides […]

Magnetic Specialties (MSI) now offers a freshly redesigned website, www.magspecinc.com The new site features a new look and layout, more detailed information, and photos of its custom-engineered magnetics. The website also adds customer-friendly specification forms for use on desktop or remote device. The focus on the new website is to provide visitors with a roadmap […]

Tenova LOI Thermprocess has made a change in its management organization. Erik Míček, managing director of LOI Thermprocess GmbH since 2010, left the company in June 2020. Christian Schrade fully assumed Míček’s responsibilities. Torsten Koepchen, in his function as CFO, is responsible for the commercial departments. As an industry expert, Schrade has gathered extensive experience […]

Registration for the 12th International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition – ET ’21 is open. The 2020 ET Seminar was postponed due to restrictions. ET ’21 is scheduled for May 11 – May 13, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. An early discount for ET ’21 registration fees is applicable through March 26, 2021. Teams of […]

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent non-governmental agency able to give fair and just judgment in all standardized testing situations. Before the emergence of such a well-structured, world-renowned regulatory body, restrictions were few and far between, giving big business free rein. Made up of like-minded, forward-thinking experts whose remit is to provide […]

A long-standing collaboration centered on innovation and sustainability gains momentum through the Lighthouse Plant “Acciaio_4.0.” ORI Martin – one of the main European integrated steel groups for high-quality steel – and Tenova – a Techint Group company specialized in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries – have their headquarters in Lombardy, one of […]

A long-standing collaboration centered on innovation and sustainability gains momentum through the Lighthouse Plant “Acciaio_4.0.” ORI Martin – one of the main European integrated steel groups for high-quality steel – and Tenova – a Techint Group company specialized in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries – have their headquarters in Lombardy, one of […]