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January 2024

ARTICLES

Finite element modeling and simulation of vacuum brazing processes

Vacuum brazing is a black box process, so component distortion that occurs during heat treatment is difficult to prove experimentally. Thus, a novel FE-model was developed in ANSYS Workbench to calculate the time and location resolved component deformation of AISI 316L/B-Ni2 brazing assemblies. In this regard, a new method of radiation and contact modeling was […]
Wolfgang Tillmann, Tim Henning, Lukas Wojarski, Christian Timmer, Finn Ontrup

Case study: Improving cooling tunnel performance

The Mt. Holly, South Carolina, smelting facility of global producer Century Aluminum houses casting equipment to process nearly 230,000 metric tons of material into standard-grade ingot, HDC ingot, extrusion billet, and other products. As the first primary aluminum plant in the world to achieve the ISO 9001 Quality System Standard, Mt. Holly has the highest […]
Jackie Stokes

Reimagining the steel production process

Steel has a major impact on everyone’s lives and our economy. It is crucial to cars, trucks, airplanes, buildings, and more. However, there is a significant issue with its production process. Globally, it accounts for a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial sector. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $19 […]
Joseph E. Harmon

NEWS

Retech joins America Makes to help advance AM

Retech, a division of Seco/Warwick Group, announced its recent membership with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, joining them in their mission to accelerate the adoption of additive manufacturing by convening, coordinating, and catalyzing the AM industry to help advance U.S. manufacturing competitiveness and security. America Makes is the nation’s leading public-private partnership […]
January 15, 2024

Hexonic orders Seco/Warwick Vector vacuum furnace

Hexonic Ltd., a European manufacturer of heat exchangers who has been providing advanced and reliable heat exchanger technologies for various industries for 35 years, purchased a Vector vacuum furnace from Seco/Warwick. The solution will be used mainly for brazing heat exchangers.  The furnace was covered by the fast delivery program, so the implementation was extremely […]
January 15, 2024

E-Z Lok introduces ultrasonic inserts and heat staking kits

E-Z Lok, a leading manufacturer and master distributor of threaded inserts for metal, plastic, and wood is now offering E-Z Sonic™ with threaded insert assortment kits. E-Z Sonic inserts are designed for post-molding installation in thermoplastic materials such as acrylic, polypropylene, and PVC. Machined out of high-quality brass and available with both inch and metric […]
January 15, 2024

Seco/Warwick USA  contracts for Active Only CAB Furnace

A manufacturer of HVAC systems has awarded Seco/Warwick’s American subsidiary a contract for a new controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) furnace. Designed specifically to meet the brazing needs of North American heat-exchanger manufacturers, the furnace offers tremendous gains in both productivity and energy efficiency.    The operating sequence of the Active Only® CAB furnace is divided […]
January 15, 2024

Abbott Furnace announces 2024 symposium dates

Join some of the world’s experts in the brazing of carbon steel, stainless steel, brass, and aluminum when Abbott’s U.S. Symposium takes place May 7-9, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. Abbott’s Mexico Symposium will take place November 5-7, 2024, in Monterrey, Mexico. More details and registration information will come later in 2024. Abbott Furnace Company’s two-and-a-half-day […]
January 15, 2024

Vulcan Green Steel orders DRI plant from Tenova, Danieli

Vulcan Green Steel, a new established company of Jindal Steel Group, relied on ENERGIRON® for its new hydrogen-ready direct reduction plant in Duqm, in the Al Wusta Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. ENERGIRON is the DRI technology jointly developed by Tenova and Danieli that will feed a new electric steelmaking complex conceived as a […]
January 15, 2024

IFHTSE seeks abstracts for World Congress 2024

The ASM Heat Treating Society (HTS) and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) announced the 29th IFHTSE World Congress, a pinnacle global event focused on advancing heat treatment and surface engineering. Themed “Innovations in Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering for a Sustainable Future,” this congress spotlights the pivotal role of these […]
January 15, 2024