Thermal Processing Magazine

Retech worked with a Purdue University team in developing a new material and manufacturing process for generating electricity. Retech’s  Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) furnace is used in the innovative project to make a way to use solar power, as heat energy, more efficient in generating electricity. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, solar power accounts for 1.3 percent […]

Surface® Combustion, Inc., a leading industry provider of reliable thermal processing solutions, has recently updated its website. Surface Combustion has always prided itself on providing detailed and attentive service to their customers and the improved website further details thermal systems and equipment customers’ need to accelerate their heat-treating success. Surface Combustion is proud of the new […]

Ipsen USA announced strong third-quarter furnace shipment results. Ipsen prides itself on working with its customers to find the best solution for their needs. The shipments this quarter are an example of this, as the product mix is diverse and includes several Titan® vacuum furnaces from the platform product line, several custom horizontal and vertical […]

Lucifer Furnaces supplied a forced-air recirculating oven to a manufacturer of medical and aerospace parts. Model 42-M36 will be used to heat treat 17-4 stainless steel.  With a chamber size of 12”H x 18”W x 36”L, powered with  13KW, the oven heats quickly with side-mounted element holders housing coiled, low-watt density resistance wire.  Standard features […]

Vector®, one of the Seco/Vacuum (a Seco/Warwick Group company) flagship vacuum furnaces, will soon enhance the in-house heat-treat capabilities of another company in the tool and die industry. The company taking possession of the furnace has multiple Vector furnaces and chose to purchase another one to meet growing customer demand. The company has been using […]

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA successfully commissioned a new 20-foot-long car bottom furnace that has a total load capacity of up to 30,000 pounds. The Class 2 furnace, built by John Becker’s Heat Treat Equipment Inc. in Canton, Michigan, was installed and fully tested for the first time in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. The 60-inch by 240-inch […]

Corrosion and wear resistance are an important aspect to ensure production of a quality product for the end user. But with so many different options, it can sometimes seem difficult to choose the right process and vendor. Learn why so many people are moving away from chrome plating and salt baths and switching to Advanced Heat […]

ASM International is offering a classroom course October 22-24 in Novelty, Ohio. The course is for part designers, material specifiers, purchasing agents and technicians who need a basic education in heat-treating and need to learn how to “speak the language.” The focus will be on the value added by heat-treating. The effects that heat-treating process […]

Lucifer Furnaces delivered a multipurpose, large dual chamber unit to a metal stamping manufacturer in the Midwest. Model HL82-P24 is a hardening furnace over tempering oven, built as a space-saving combination for multipurpose heat treating. The upper hardening chamber heats to 2,300°F with 6.5” multilayer insulation throughout the chamber. Heat is supplied through heavy gauge, […]

Canadian commercial heat-treater Thermetco in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, has expanded its heat-treatment production capability with the purchase of new AFC-Holcroft furnaces. The new AFC-Holcroft UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnace and a UBT (Universal Batch Temper) furnace will be used for general heat-treating and offers the capability of providing metallurgical processes such as carburizing, carbonitriding, annealing, […]

A global manufacturer has chosen SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK company, to supply a second vacuum furnace to its US-based manufacturing operations. This second furnace, a vacuum temper furnace for tempering and stress relieving metal parts, is part of the company’s new US-based manufacturing expansion and becomes a centerpiece in a new processing line for the company. This horizontal, front-loading […]

Registration is open for one of the powder metallurgy (PM) industry’s most popular programs, the PM Sintering Seminar. The event will be held September 25-26, 2018, at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania. Held every two years, this two-day seminar is meant for industry professionals either new to sintering or with intermediate […]

Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), a global manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment, announced the shipment of a custom Gruenberg bench oven to the movable machinery industry. The bench oven is rated for Class B operation per the NFPA 86 specifications. This bench oven will be used in the customer’s testing and product development department to process various […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., has supplied an electric box furnace to a Midwestern engine manufacturer that produces parts for large industrial engines, motor and steam generators. The furnace has an effective work zone of 22” wide by 18” high by 22” deep, as well as a complete digital control system, overtemp-erature protection, and counterbalanced […]

Gasbarre Furnace Group/J.L. Becker recently shipped a pair of 36” x 48” x 36” electrically heated temper furnaces to a major drive supplier in the Southeast. The furnaces are designed to preheat workloads before hardening and temper workloads after hardening. Their maximum workload capacity is 4,000 pounds. The furnaces are designed to operate from 300°F […]

Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, has announced the opening of a new facility in the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP), Rotherham, Yorkshire, to support the aerospace and power generation markets in the U.K. and Europe. Simon Blantern, vce president of sales Europe for Bodycote’s aerospace, defense, and  energy […]

E Instruments International’s E1500 portable flue gas analyzer is designed for emissions monitoring, maintenance, and tuning of boilers, burners, engines, furnaces, turbines, kilns, incinerators, and many other industrial combustion processes. The E1500 includes: Gas sensors for O2 & CO. Built-in printer (non-fading paper). Automatic data saving feature. Temperature and pressure measurements. Efficiency, excess air, and […]

The task of industrial part cleaning is to achieve the cleanliness required for high-quality downstream processes – e.g., coating, adhesive bonding, welding, curing –  in a reliable, but also cost-efficient and resource-saving manner. The success of this operation is critically dependent on the use of a suitably adapted approach in terms of chemicals, equipment, and […]

No. 989 is an electrically heated, 2,000°F (1,093°C) inert atmosphere furnace from Grieve, used to process fabricated parts at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions measure 30” W x 48” D x 30” H. 57KW are installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by vacuum-formed ceramic fiber to heat the unit, while a roof-mounted, heat-resisting alloy […]

Kanthal acquired privately owned Custom Electric Manufacturing Co., headquartered in Wixom, Michigan. The company is a leading manufacturer of original equipment and replacement heating elements in North America. “The acquisition further strengthens our footprint in the North American market. Custom Electric is a perfect match with regards to product portfolio, values, and vision,” said Nicklas […]

All Metals & Forge Group manufactures high-quality seamless rolled rings with excellent tensile and yield properties for gear, bearing, and heavy machinery applications. It can produce forged rings in diameters up to 108 inches for steel alloys and up to 80 inches for other metals, with wall thickness ranging from 2 inches and up. All […]

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Liftomatic Material Handling, Inc., an industry-leading material handling equipment manufacturer, recently expanded its line of innovative drum handling equipment to include the new model 3A-HD-BHDL, a below-hook drum handling system. The 3A-HD-BHDL is a fully automatic and mechanical below hook attachment that can be used to lift 55-gallon drums from an overhead […]

Amsted Rail®, a global leader in fully integrated freight-car systems for the heavy haul rail market has added a new, complete AFC-Holcroft UBH line to meet a growing need for additional heat-treatment capacity. This latest purchase includes a batch style carburizing furnace, two expansion modules to increase endothermic generator gas output, a rotary hearth reheat […]

Thermal Product Solutions (TPS), a global manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment, announced the shipment of a Gruenberg cabinet oven to the research and development industry. This Class B oven will process up to 5 gallons of water per batch from 1,500 pounds of metal powder. The maximum temperature rating of this Class B cabinet oven is […]

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. has been contracted to design and commission a complete large-capacity fastener hardening furnace system for a Tier 1 automotive supplier based in Detroit. This contract is a result of successfully delivering multiple systems to this customer over a 20-year period and supports the capacity increases for this fastener manufacturing company, which […]

An official call for presentations has been announced for MIM2019, International Conference on Injection Molding of Metals, Ceramics and Carbides, to be held in the Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Florida, February 25-27, 2019. Authors have until September 28, 2018, to submit presentation abstracts on manufacturing innovations and material advancements. All abstracts accepted for […]