Thermal Processing Magazine

Nitrex has successfully commissioned two nitriding systems for Alumil S.A., Greece’s largest extrusion company and the leading producer of architectural systems. With this collaboration, Nitrex further strengthens its global presence in extrusion profile manufacturing, demonstrating the industry’s confidence in Nitrex’s expertise to optimize die performance, increase the throughput of extruded profiles, and reduce overall tooling […]

Renishaw Central is a new smart-manufacturing data platform that collects, presents, and initiates accurate process and metrology data. The platform connects to measurement devices across the manufacturing process and provides valuable insights that manufacturers can use to analyze, identify, predict, and correct process errors before they occur.  Renishaw’s new Central manufacturing connectivity and data platform […]

Siemens Energy, a recognized manufacturer of gas turbines and other energy technologies, has chosen an eco-friendly vacuum furnace from Seco/Warwick with high-pressure gas hardening (6 bar abs.) and high vacuum (HV) for one of its production facilities. This solution will execute efficient and ecologically clean processes in a high vacuum range. Thanks to the use […]

Castool Tooling Systems, a division of Exco Technologies and a leading tooling provider to extrusion and die-casting companies, expanded its in-house capabilities by adding a Nitrex turnkey nitrocarburizing system. The large-capacity furnace is part of a significant investment project that saw several furnace OEM suppliers collaborating to outfit the New Market, Canada, facility with various […]

The leadership team at Okuma America Corporation announced the launch of the company’s next-generation machine control for its expansive line of CNC (computer numeric control) machine tools. The new control — the Okuma OSP-P500 — is the company’s latest innovation within its OSP control line which dates back to 1963. Leveraging the OSP line’s 60-year […]

Seco/Warwick will deliver a vertical vacuum furnace to the leader among companies providing leading-edge repair and maintenance services for jet engines. The system has been designed to carry out clean brazing processes in high vacuum as efficiently as possible, ensuring the highest protection of the treated part surfaces. The solution will be used to process […]

A European subcontractor for the automotive and racing industries, as well as a partner for teams participating in Formula 1 races, has bet on Seco/Warwick for the second time. The order includes a Vector® vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas quenching, and high vacuum (HV). The furnace will process engine and gear components […]

One of the largest service hardening plants in Spain has purchased a Vector® vacuum furnace from Seco/Warwick. It will be the third Seco/Warwick solution for this partner. The client has been cooperating with Seco/Warwick for many years, along with Arrola, who provides service support to the Spanish market on behalf of the Seco/Warwick Group.  Local […]

Shop readiness was top of mind when Ceratizit planned their line-up for SOUTHTEC 2023, October 24-26. In booth #1509 at the Greenville, South Carolina, show, the company will feature innovative cutting tool solutions that prepare shops of all sizes to machine a broad spectrum of materials and improve sustainability. “We listen to our customers,” said […]

With exceptional accuracy and quality, ANCA’s FX7 ULTRA takes small tool manufacturing to new heights.  “The FX7 ULTRA introduces cutting-edge technologies that revolutionize precision grinding for small tools down to 0.1mm diameter,” said Darren Fox, ANCA product manager. “If you produce tools such as ballnose, corner radius endmills, and complex or intricate profile tools, then […]

Nitrex and Linde have renewed and expanded their heat-treating focused joint marketing agreement. What started as a local agreement 13 years ago between Nitrex and Linde, formerly known as UPC-Marathon and Praxair, respectively, has evolved into an international marketing agreement and now covers Europe and North America. To date, Nitrex and Linde have worked together […]

Retech, an American subsidiary of the Seco/Warwick Group, has established cooperation with GeniCore, a company dealing in composite materials engineering. Thanks to the cooperation, Retech will expand its offer in powder metal processes with spark plasma sintering. The spark plasma sintering (SPS) process bonds materials using a combination of pressure and thermal energy applied to […]