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Magnetic Specialties launches new website
Magnetic Specialties (MSI) now offers a redesigned website, www.magspecinc.com.
The new site features a new look and layout, more detailed information, and photos of its...
Case study: Determining the cause of cracking using computer modeling
During an induction-hardening process, the part surface is heated using a medium- to high-frequency inductor. Once the desired depth of austenitization is reached, the...
4D high-pressure gas quenching
Thermal processing and quenching of steels for hardening is a well-established practice performed by various techniques over the centuries. A common thread has been...
Solar Manufacturing, Solar Atmospheres team on VOQ furnace
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) understands the need to expand its material hardening repertoire by adding oil quenching capabilities. The question has been...
Q&A with Jeff Opitz
Tell us about GraphiteInsulation.com?
GraphiteInsulation.com is a vehicle for us to narrow our focus to graphite insulating products, mostly used for vacuum heat treatment...
Heat treater installs Premier Furnace/Beavermatic IQF
A technically and scientifically-progressive commercial heat-treating company in Canada has installed a Premier Furnace/BeaverMatic internal quench furnace (IQF) and a Premier Furnace/BeaverMatic spray/dunk washer...
Industrial furnace retrofits from Seco/Warwick
In addition to manufacturing new equipment, Seco/Warwick also provides comprehensive repairs and retrofits of already-owned furnaces. Old does not necessarily mean unworthy of investing. A...
The heat treatment of aluminum – Introduction
Aluminum’s many desirable properties, such as high strength-to-weight ratio, good corrosion resistance, ease of processing, and low cost, make it a very widely used...
Gasbarre upgrades brazing furnace for CQI-9 production
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently rebuilt and shipped a 24-inch, four zone continuous mesh-belt brazing furnace for an automotive parts supplier in Mexico.
The...
Joe Conyers joins sales team at Graphite Metallizing
Graphite Metallizing Corporation, the manufacturers of self-lubricating Graphalloy® bushing materials for pumps and process equipment, has appointed Joe Conyers as territory sales manager for...
Gap analysis can guide procedure changes
Well-designed procedures are crucial to any business operation, whether it’s a simple task of following a procedure to construct a cardboard box, or something...
ECHT 2021 and QDE conference issues call for papers
The Quenching and Distortion Engineering conference series follows up on the former series of IDE, organized by IWT Bremen, Germany, and QDE, organized by...
Liberty Wire upgrades continuous furnace lines controls
Super Systems, Inc. recently completed a nitrogen-methanol controls upgrade for a continuous furnace line at Liberty Wire in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
The scope of the project...
JOFRA Calibration
It goes without saying that in order for an oven to function correctly, it’s crucial that it is reaching and maintaining the proper temperatures...
Gasbarre upgrades brazing furnace for CQI-9 production
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently rebuilt and shipped a 24-inch, four zone continuous mesh-belt brazing furnace for an automotive parts supplier in Mexico.
The...
Magnetic Shields orders second vacuum furnace
Magnetic Shields Ltd. of Kent, England, and Solar Manufacturing have had a strong partnership since 2016. In this time, Solar Manufacturing has engineered one...
Custom Steel Fabricators invests in welding solutions
Custom Steel Fabricators, Inc. consists of two workshops and an approximately 50,000 square feet working area in Columbia, Tennessee. The company serves a variety of...
Heat Treatments and Critical Quenching Rates in Additively Manufactured Al–Si–Mg Alloys
Laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) has significantly gained in importance and has become one of the major fabrication techniques within metal additive manufacturing. The fast...
Honeywell Thermal Solutions offers a range of thermal solution technologies
Honeywell has an extensive history in combustion processes and controls, including solutions for industrial combustion industries. Honeywell Thermal Solutions united the combustion industry’s leading...
Kuczma heat treater picks Seco/Warwick vacuum furnace
A top-tier Vector® vacuum furnace equipped with gas quenching from Seco/Warwick will be used by a commercial heat-treating plant. This time, the Kuczma commercial...
Ipsen continues service, calibrations, support despite virus
The Ipsen service team is committed to supporting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic with both on-site and remote assistance to keep critical heat-treating equipment...
Magnetic Specialties launches new website
Magnetic Specialties (MSI) now offers a freshly redesigned website, www.magspecinc.com
The new site features a new look and layout, more detailed information, and photos of...
Tenova LOI Thermprocess makes management change
Tenova LOI Thermprocess has made a change in its management organization. Erik Míček, managing director of LOI Thermprocess GmbH since 2010, left the company...
Registration now open for aluminum extrusion expo
Registration for the 12th International Aluminum Extrusion Technology Seminar & Exposition – ET '21 is open.
The 2020 ET Seminar was postponed due to restrictions....
Thermcraft applies ISO 6245 to its furnaces
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent non-governmental agency able to give fair and just judgment in all standardized testing situations.
Before the...
Tenova, ORI Martin invest in digital technologies to face post-COVID-19 crisis
A long-standing collaboration centered on innovation and sustainability gains momentum through the Lighthouse Plant “Acciaio_4.0.”
ORI Martin – one of the main European integrated steel...
Tenova, ORI Martin invest in digital technologies to face post-COVID-19 crisis
A long-standing collaboration centered on innovation and sustainability gains momentum through the Lighthouse Plant “Acciaio_4.0.”
ORI Martin – one of the main European integrated steel...
