Thermal Processing Magazine

SECO/WARWICK will provide an international company in the automotive industry with an EV/CAB line; the design was chosen most often by the automotive sector. The EV/CAB system is designed to braze large-size car battery coolers for the electric vehicle industry. This solution will operate at the newly established factory in Mexico. This is the fifth […]

Horizon Performance Technologies LLC (Horizon) has acquired all intellectual property of Perceptive Industries Inc. (Perceptive). Since 2002 Perceptive has been supplying industrial ovens to the metal fastener and coatings industry, and the thermal processing industry throughout the United States, as well as delivering equipment globally to international-based metal coaters. This acquisition further expands Horizon’s product […]

Armil CFS introduces the Tru-ForgeTM 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 […]

Applied Test Systems, with more than 50 years of experience, continues to grow and make improvements with customer needs in mind. The company recently announced company promotions. During his 22 years with ATS, Robert Antolik has worked in various departments and positions including as an engineer, sales engineer, and vice president of sales. He now […]

ABB launched its OmniVance™ FlexArc® Compact — a new, smaller welding application cell with greater flexibility, ease-of-use and better integration — to help businesses address labor shortages in welding. “Welding is one of the fastest-growing applications for automation, and it’s being driven by a lack of labor,” said Marc Segura, ABB’s Robotics Division president. “Rising […]

During the 2022 CCAI Annual Meeting in Avon, Colorado, the Chemical Coaters Association International held their annual awards ceremony to recognize the CCAI Chapter Users and Suppliers of the Year and announce the 2022 James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The prestigious James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award […]

Nitrex Vacuum recently shipped a new large vertical vacuum furnace to a major engine MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) shop/repair company in South America. The customer repairs jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. The vacuum system was ordered to expand production capacity, modernize the company’s plant, and meet quality standards […]

Joe Coleman, cyber security officer at Bluestreak™, will deliver two technical sessions during the Furnaces North America (FNA 2022) Conference in Indianapolis on October 3-5, 2022. THROUGHPUT I Bluestreak™ is a leader in service-based manufacturing solutions for the metals treating industry. “With digital transformation being so critical to heat treaters and manufacturers, cyber security has […]

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 […]

OWZ Ostalb bought a new electrically heated EndoFlex™ S endothermic gas generator to replace the company’s old generator. OWZ Ostalb is a commercial heat-treatment company in Aalen, Germany, with which UPC-Marathon, one of Nitrex’s business units, has been in contact for several years. “The customer chose us because we offered the most valuable product with the […]

Bodycote, a thermal processing services provider, is expanding its hot isostatic pressing (HIP) capability in Greenville, South Carolina, in the United States. The new HIP capacity, which will be online by the end of 2022, will focus on developments in additive manufacturing and advanced materials. The two additional vessels further extend the company’s comprehensive range […]

The Nitrex installation base continues to grow and expand at the world’s largest aluminum extrusion profile company Hydro. While all of the Nitrex nitriding systems at Hydro’s worldwide facilities are pit-type furnaces, the latest delivery is a horizontal furnace. The decision for this furnace configuration was made because Hydro Extrusion Norway had to replace an old […]