Thermal Processing Magazine

Busch Vacuum Solutions USA, one of the largest manufacturers of vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors, and systems, launched its new Exchange PLUS vacuum pump service program. The PLUS program features a new module equipped inside every rapidly exchanged vacuum pump.  The customer receives a practically new vacuum pump with every exchange increasing their production efficiency and […]

Practical Heat Treating: Basic Principles, by Jon L. Dossett, describes the basic principles of heat-treating technology in clear, concise, and practical terms for students, emerging professionals, production personnel, and manufacturing or design engineers. It is an excellent resource and introductory guide on the practical “whys and therefore” of heat treatment — including the tips and […]

Thermcraft began in January of 1971 in a small warehouse space in downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina. From that small startup operation, Thermcraft has progressively grown into a leading international manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment, offering industrial and laboratory furnaces, ovens, high-temperature heating elements, insulation, and replacement parts. Thermcraft now occupies a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing and office space […]

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems is pleased to announce the opening of a 7,700-square-foot technical center in Livonia, Michigan. With locations in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Michigan, the addition of the technical center completes another step in the process Gasbarre announced a little over a year ago to position themselves to better support its customers and […]

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat-treat services and metallurgical solutions, has purchased two additional induction units. The induction equipment, which is being custom built, is expected to be operational this spring. The custom build will increase the heat treater’s induction hardening size capability, allowing them to handle parts up to 600 […]

ZIRCAR Refractory Composites, Inc, (ZRCI) Florida, New York, introduced refractory sheet type RS-101 cylinders, ceramic fiber-reinforced structural alumina products with useful properties to 1,260°C (2,300°F). These cylinders retain strength and utility to levels far exceeding maximum use temperatures of reinforced plastics and asbestos-cement replacements, such as calcium silicate. RS-101 not only makes an excellent replacement […]

2020 was a strong year for Retech and the Seco/Warwick vacuum metallurgy segment. Despite the ongoing global crisis, Retech, a leading supplier of vacuum induction melting (VIM), plasma (PAM), electron beam melting furnace (EB), and VAR furnaces, has completed orders for the largest companies in the aviation and energy industries. 2020 was a very challenging […]

Ipsen’s North American customer service team continues to conduct necessary in-person and remote appointments amid pandemic-related restrictions. In January, Ipsen logged more than 150 field service visits, which included vacuum furnace installations, start-ups, relocations, hot zone replacements, annual preventative maintenance check-ins, temperature uniformity surveys, leak checks, and other various troubleshooting and repair activities. The other […]

Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville, South Carolina, facility was awarded GE Aviation approval. With this approval, now all Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for customers with GE Aviation requirements for vacuum heat treating and brazing services. Steve Prout, president of Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility, said, “We are proud to once again provide our customers in the […]

Lucifer Furnaces has completed a yearlong contract to deliver 18 AMS2750 compliant furnaces and ovens to the U.S. government. Models supplied include 5000 Series heavy duty single chamber furnaces, 8000 Series dual chamber furnace/oven combos, 4000 Series recirculating convection ovens and DU4 Series dual ovens. All models are designed and built to comply with AMS2750 […]

Seco Warwick Group secured an order for a large gas pit nitriding furnace from a North American customer. Seco/Vacuum (SVT) cited the Group’s extensive experience and industry leadership in gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing process development, its R&D capabilities, and its local North American support as reasons for the customer’s decision. Seco/Warwick Group offers gas […]

ECM’s drive to provide captive and commercial heat treaters with quality vacuum furnace solutions continues into 2021 with two multi-chamber system orders for low pressure carburizing. After shipping more than 60 vacuum heating chambers in 2020 for existing and new heat-treat applications, ECM continues to be commitment to customer satisfaction and application solutions. Advanced automation […]

Lucifer Furnaces, manufacturer of industrial heat-treating furnaces and ovens, shipped a dual chamber Red Devil furnace to a customer in the Midwest. The Red Devil offered the end user a cost-effective means to heat treat their small tool steel parts in-house in a timely manner. The Model RD8-KHE18 is a space-saving dual chamber unit with […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., shipped a dual-chamber heat treating and temper furnace along with an oil quench tank to a leading Eastern European ammunition manufacturer. The equipment will play a supportive role in keeping key production equipment on-line along with thermal processing of munitions projectiles. The project was brought to L&L by Kevin Brennan […]

Signature Vacuum received another order from a United States defense contractor for a custom ceramic sintering vacuum furnace. The Model VBS-12 ordered will increase production capacity and is the fifth Signature furnace to be manufactured and installed in this contractor’s facility. The furnace will be provided with a 36” diameter x 48” high work zone […]