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Combustion behavior and mechanism of Ti14 titanium alloy
The combustion behavior and mechanism of Ti14 titanium alloy are studied by promoted ignition combustion tests at different oxygen pressures. The burning velocity increases...
Innovation for saving energy and improving output
The harsh economic climate of 2020 had a direct impact upon ferrous and non-ferrous metal producers, as well as those companies involved in the...
AC7102 Checklist Review, Part 1
Editor’s note » This is the first of a six-part series of articles that will deconstruct the requirements of AC7102. Each article will appear every...
When different processes co-exist
I’m a quality director at Byington Steel Treating, Inc. (BST). We are a commercial heat-treat shop with accreditation to perform NADCAP/AMS (aerospace) processes. Similar...
Wayland Additive postpones launch events
Wayland Additive postponed both its virtual and physical launch events scheduled for the January 27 and 28 following a statement from U.K. Prime Minister...
Ambrell has been all about induction heating since 1986
Established in 1986, the Rochester, New York-based IHEA member manufactures a range of induction heating solutions. The company has steadily grown from a small...
BriskHeat
Customers are often lauded as the driving force of a company, and that important business focal point is certainly no exception to BriskHeat. But...
Tenova to supply electrolytic tinning line for PERSTIMA
Tenova, a leading company specialized in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries, has been contracted for a 200,000 ton/year new high-speed electrolytic...
Heat treatment of aluminum, Part V
After quenching and any straightening, the supersaturated solid solution of aluminum wants to reach equilibrium. It does this through the process of precipitation hardening....
Thermal Care introduces new outdoor chiller
Thermal Care has a new outdoor packaged chiller designed with the flexibility to provide process cooling year‐round, with a wider range of operating conditions...
Vastex Industrial offers tabletop infrared oven
Vastex Industrial has introduced a D-100 model infrared conveyor oven for laboratory testing and low volume production applications.
At 46 inches (117 cm) long by...
L&L ships large, fiber-lined box furnace
L&L Special Furnace Co. recently shipped a highly uniform box furnace to a major aerospace manufacturer in the southeastern United States. The state-of-the-art facility...
Solar Manufacturing ships furnace to West Coast
Solar Manufacturing shipped an external quench vacuum furnace to a West Coast aerospace manufacturer. The Model HFL-7472-2EQ features an all-metal hot zone, a load...
Accounting for carbon rejection can head off trouble
The heat treatment of steel alloys is required in almost every industry to acquire the necessary properties for a material given a particular application....
Geberit adds furnaces from Seco/Warwick
An order for two furnaces is the first order for Seco/Warwick from Geberit, the European leader in sanitary products. The finished system is a...
Q&A with John Niggle
What’s a typical week like for you at Pelican Wire?
Pelican is a custom wire manufacturer, and for that reason, it is a little difficult...
Solar Manufacturing ships furnace to medical device manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a Mentor® vacuum furnace to a medical device and implant manufacturer in the Southeastern United States.
The Model HFL-2018-2IQ features an...
Seco/Warwick offers furnace solutions for tool manufacturers
Seco/Warwick will deliver a retort furnace with vacuum purging for oxidation to a tool manufacturer.
The retort furnace for the oxidation process operates under a...
Lucifer Furnaces delivers 18 furnaces to U.S. Air Force
Lucifer Furnaces has completed a yearlong contract to deliver 18 AMS2750 compliant furnaces and ovens to the U.S. government.
Models supplied include 5000 Series Heavy...
Ipsen’s new PdMetrics feature offers additional diagnostics
A new feature on the PdMetrics® dashboard monitors incoming three- phase utilities, voltage, and frequency on Ipsen’s TITAN® 2.0 vacuum furnaces.
This addition offers further...
Bodycote announces further expansion in North America
Bodycote, a world-leading provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, opened a new facility in Syracuse, New York.
The new Syracuse facility is...
