Thermal Processing Magazine

A major Midwestern U.S. supplier of agricultural and lawn equipment has recently purchased a complete batch austemper facility from AFC-Holcroft. The complete line consists of two of AFC-Holcroft’s UBQA (Universal Batch Quench-Austemper) units along with ancillary equipment including pre-treatment spray dunk wash and post-treatment multi-stage washer, pre-heat temper furnaces, salt reclaiming system, and salt holding […]

Yazici Transfer Makina company will add a second Nitrex turnkey nitrocarburizing system to its Istanbul facility as a way to increase the manufacturing capacity of tooling and machinery components for the company’s precision CNC machines. It started production with the new system in the fall of 2021, and is used for Nitreg®-C nitrocarburizing and ONC® […]

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced Chris Williams has joined the company as its new regional sales manager. Williams will be responsible for driving sales and providing customer service for its location in Cullman, Alabama. Williams joins the AHT team with more than 20 years […]

Ipsen recently installed the second Turbo2Treater vacuum furnace at Temprasud, a commercial heat treater in Fresagrandinaria, Italy. “With the addition of this vacuum-hardening and low-pressure carburizing furnace, we can offer our customers greater flexibility and production capacity,” said Temprasud CEO Michelangelo Del Vecchio. Their first Turbo2Treater was purchased in 2017 and allowed Temprasud to expand […]

A new EconoRed ER-III-30 high-capacity oven from Vastex Industrial is said to cure composites, thermoset plastics, adhesives, and epoxies at high rates, in a smaller footprint and at lower cost than comparable ovens. Warrantied for 15 years, the unit’s three 24-inch (61 cm) wide, 3,600-watt infrared heaters (total 10,800 watts) feature closely spaced coils that […]

Can-Eng Furnaces International, Ltd. has recently been awarded a contract to deliver a second high-capacity mesh belt heat treatment furnace line to a commercial heat treater in the Midwest United States. Can-Eng completed commissioning of a 4,000 lb/hr mesh belt furnace system for this customer in 2020. With some run time on the new equipment, […]

Thermal Management Expo, the only free-to-attend exhibition and conference dedicated to the thermal management sector, will be August 30-31 in Cleveland, Ohio. Co-located with Ceramics Expo, (now in its seventh year, and bringing together engineering professionals from across the supply chain) Thermal Management Expo will showcase the latest systems, materials, and technologies addressing thermal management […]

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has received an order for two atmosphere-controlled retort box furnaces used for de-bindering ceramic composite matrix parts (CMC), along with powder metals processing (PM), and hot isostatic processing (HIP). Initially, CMC and other ceramic matrix components and additive manufactured parts were developed for bullet resistive armor and cloth. These materials […]

Seco/Vacuum, a Seco/Warwick Group company, moved its office and shop to a new space. After their fifth year in the North American market, they decided it was time for a move. The new location stays at the group’s birth city — Meadville, Pennsylvania — but the place is different. At a nearby business park in Meadville, Seco/Vacuum […]

Armil CFS introduces the Tru-Forge™ slot forge furnace, a pre-engineered gas-fired furnace with a temperature range of 1,500°F -2,450°F. The furnace is fired by high-velocity burners with Honeywell UDC 2500 controllers and 7800 series flame supervision with UV scanners. Standard slot is 3” x 72”, but other configurations are available. The production rate is 1,500 […]

Bodycote will be exhibiting at the return of the Farnborough International Airshow after a four-year COVID-19 interrupted show delay. As a leading supplier of thermal processing solutions, Bodycote works with prime aerospace manufacturers and their supply chains from an international network of quality accredited facilities. To share its expertise in heat treatment and specialist technologies, […]

Tenova and SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation recently inked a partnership for Consteel® Evolution, a state-of-the-art low-impact technology for steel manufacturing. It will be the first of its kind in the country and will be employed in SteelAsia’s new melt shop in Lemery, Batangas, in 2024. Tenova is a leading developer and provider of sustainable solutions for […]

Magnetic Shields Limited (MSL) of Kent, United Kingdom has selected Solar Manufacturing to supply a Mentor® Pro vacuum furnace to MSL’s subsidiary, MSL Heat Treatment. The new Mentor® Pro vacuum furnace (HFL-3036-2IQ) will be manufactured in accordance with CE standards including the vacuum chamber being built to ASME/UKCA requirements. This furnace has a working hot […]