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September 2025
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The effect of surface carbon content on the performance of carburized steels
Carburizing is typically done with a target of 0.80-0.90% carbon at the surface of the part. What is the effect if the carbon level is moved above or below this range? In this article, we will examine the effect of surface carbon content — or the carbon potential during carburizing — on the performance of […]
OEM toll processing elevates high-value products
Then manufacturers seek to leverage specialized expertise, advanced processing capabilities, or proprietary technologies without assuming the financial burden of acquiring and maintaining dedicated equipment or facilities, they often turn to toll processing. Toll processing (or toll manufacturing) involves a manufacturer processing customer-supplied materials or parts for a predetermined fee. The customer retains ownership of the […]
NEWS
Solar Atmospheres expands Western region team
Solar Atmospheres of California has added Eric Cavenee to its Western region Outside Sales team. In this role, Cavenee will support customers across the western United States with world-class thermal processing solutions for aerospace, defense, medical, additive manufacturing, nuclear, and power generation metal components —s pecializing in advanced vacuum furnace technology. Cavenee brings more than […]
October 6, 2025
Refractory manufacturer RATH opens plant in India
In mid-September, after only 18 months of construction, RATH Group, together with its Indian joint venture partner RATH Avanee, officially opened the new production site in southeast India. The new facility highlights the consistent implementation of RATH Group’s global expansion plans. With eight production sites now operating across three continents – Europe, the United States, […]
October 6, 2025
Tenova Group publishes consolidated sustainability report
Tenova Group, a leading provider of sustainable solutions for the metals and mining industries, announced the publication of its 2024 Sustainability Report. For the first time, the company has consolidated its reporting across both the metals (Tenova) and mining (TAKRAF and DELKOR) businesses into a single comprehensive document. The 2024 report documents the headway the […]
October 6, 2025
Aviation partner orders Seco/Warwick vacuum furnace
Seco/Warwick has signed a contract to supply a vacuum furnace with gas cooling up to 6 bar absolute for one of the leading manufacturers from Central Europe. The partner in the aviation industry, who had previously used Seco/Warwick vacuum metallurgy technology, decided to expand their machine park in connection with the intensive development of a new activity […]
October 6, 2025
Bodycote delivers zero-emissions milestone
Bodycote, a leading provider of precision heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has announced that two of its UK facilities are now operating with zero carbon emissions. The facilities specialize in heat treating turbine blades for Rolls-Royce jet engines. In what is believed to be a sector first, the Derby and Rotherham plants are […]
October 6, 2025
Solar Atmospheres expands Western region sales team
Solar Atmospheres of California has added Eric Cavenee to its Western region outside sales team. In this role, Cavenee will support customers across the western United States with world-class thermal processing solutions for aerospace, defense, medical, additive manufacturing, nuclear, and power generation metal components —s pecializing in advanced vacuum furnace technology. Cavenee brings more than […]
September 29, 2025
Tenova chosen for Australian ironmaking plant
Tenova has been selected as preferred technology supplier and awarded a contract to carry out the front-end engineering design for a direct reduced iron (DRI) pilot plant, a core component of the NeoSmelt project. Tenova is a leading developer and provider of technology solutions for the decarbonization of the metals industry. The project is an […]
September 14, 2025
Retech expands toll melting, atomizing, casting
Retech, a Seco/Warwick Group company, is expanding its toll melting, atomizing, and casting services to meet increasing demand across industries such as aerospace, medical, defense, and semiconductors. Retech is best known for designing and building custom systems for other companies, but it also maintains a suite of operational equipment at its Buffalo, New York, facilities. […]
September 14, 2025
ECM USA marks major vacuum furnace achievement
ECM USA is celebrating a major milestone of vacuum furnace technology with one of its automotive parts manufacturing customers. Twenty years ago, the customer’s ECM FLEX vacuum furnace systems started processing loads 24/7. Recently, they surpassed the 1,000,000-load milestone. With the dedication of their exceptional heat-treat team, ECM is proud to put another customer on […]
September 14, 2025
Engineer and inventor Dr. Karl Busch dies at 96
Dr. Karl Busch, the Busch Group co-founder and co-owner, died on July 17, 2025. He was 96. The engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur was born on April 20, 1929, in Lőrrach, Baden-Württemberg, and grew up in Zell im Wiesental. In 1949, he began his mechanical engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). There, he […]
September 14, 2025
Tenova collaborates with Wieland for new reheating WHF
Tenova, a leading developer and provider of sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metals industry, has signed a contract with Wieland Rolled Products North America for the supply of a reheating walking hearth furnace coupled with a Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) DeNOx fume system. The new furnace will enable Wieland to boost premium […]
September 14, 2025
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. expands Michigan facility
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services, has completed a 6,000-square-foot expansion at its Monroe, Michigan, facility. The climate-controlled addition will free up production space, provide an area for additional equipment and services, and includes new office space and a modern breakroom. Groundbreaking for the project took place on November […]
September 14, 2025
Quaker Houghton adds senior product application manager
Quaker Houghton has added Dr. Arisbeth Rodwick to the Quaker Houghton team as senior product application manager (PAM), heat treatment and forging. Rodwick received her Bachelor of Science: mechanical metallurgical engineer and her Master of Science: mechanical engineering with specialty in materials from Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon – San Nicolas, N.L. Mexico. She also […]
September 14, 2025
Bodycote Poland expands heat-treat capabilities
Bodycote Polska Sp. z o.o., a part of the global Bodycote Group —a world-leading provider of heat treatment services — has purchased a CaseMaster Evolution vacuum furnace from Seco/Warwick. This investment is another step in the development of the Bodycote branch in Siechnice to increase the efficiency and technological capabilities of the plant. The new […]
September 14, 2025
Nutec Bickley car bottom furnace headed for Midwest
In a move that builds further on an encouraging first half of 2025, Nutec Bickley recently gained an order for a gas-fired car bottom furnace for one of the most well-established heat-treat operations in the U.S. Midwest. This furnace will be capable of handling both steel and aluminum ingots and has been designed to operate […]
September 14, 2025
