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Tenova launches hydrogen-ready burner for heat-treatment furnaces
In a key milestone, Tenova developed the first burners for heat treatment furnaces using up to 100 percent hydrogen while keeping NOx emissions largely...
The subtleties of induction processing
Inductoheat was recently asked to conduct three technical video seminars on modern induction thermal technologies for automotive industry:
• The first seminar was April...
Improving the mechanical properties of medium carbon steel
Quenching is one of the major processes of heat treatment of medium carbon steel that aims at improving its mechanical properties. However, the effectiveness...
Carburizing clean with Method 4
The existing model for removing soot from a furnace is a burn-out consisting of three methods:
Method 1: Remove the load, lower the furnace temp,...
XLE series box furnace shipped to aerospace leader
L&L Special Furnace Company has shipped a floor-standing box furnace used for ceramic coating applications in the aerospace industry to a leader in the...
Ceramics Expo returns for 2021, readies for Cleveland
Ceramics Expo will return as planned on August 30-September 1, 2021, in Cleveland, Ohio, changing venues for the first time since its inception in...
The value of in-person industry events
For most of us, it’s been a very long time since we’ve attended an in-person meeting. But the time has come where IHEA can...
The paradox of work and happiness
There are obviously a lot of factors that go into making a company successful. Probably the biggest factor is the people who work there....
Use of molten salt in heat treatment
At the turn of the 20th century, the use of molten salt as a heating and quenching medium for steels was developed in England....
Q&A with Tom Schulz
What makes the L&L model XLE214 floor standing box furnace ideal for the aerospace industry?
L&L Special Furnace has grown to establish a major...
Dante Solutions releases VCarb and GCarb updates
Dante Solutions, Inc. updated the VCarb and GCarb utilities, which can be used for recipe design and predicting given carburization recipes for vacuum carburization...
Lucifer Furnaces delivers small custom box furnace
Lucifer Furnaces designed a small box furnace reaching 2,300°F for a U.S. manufacturer of RF/microwave components who needed precision heating to anneal its parts...
Powder metallurgy self-study course now available
APMI is offering a self-study course on powder metallurgy and particulate materials processing provides a broad introduction to the fundamental principles of powder metallurgy....
New handbook on tungsten-heavy alloys available
Tungsten Heavy Alloy Handbook — Applications, Compositions, Fabrication, Properties, Microstructures, and Modeling of Sintered Tungsten Heavy Alloys by Dr. Randall M. German, FAPMI, is...
IFHTSE website gets an update
The website of IFHTSE (www.ifhtse.org) recently has been upgraded to include the program and proceedings of many of the member conferences and IFHTSE congresses....
Advanced Heat Treat has new premium black oxide service
Advanced Heat Treat Corp., a recognized leader in heat treatment and metallurgical solutions, has a new black oxide option. The oxidation is a darker...
MIM manufacturer chooses Ipsen again for vacuum furnaces
An international leader in metal injection molding chose Ipsen to supply furnaces capable of both debinding and sintering for their growing fleet, ordering their...
Lucifer provides hardening furnace for everyday heat treating
Lucifer Furnaces delivered a high-temperature hardening box furnace to a metal stamping manufacturer in the Southeast United States.
The end user chose a Lucifer to...
Nitrex offers giveaway to thank heat-treating community after hard year
Nitrex is hosting a giveaway contest to show its gratitude and appreciation to the extraordinary members of the heat-treating community who supported critical industries...
Vacuum furnace patent awarded for use with 600 hp 460-volt motor
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Sellersville, Pennsylvania, has received US Patent No. 11053560, issue date July 6, 2021.
The patent covers the use of a full isolation...
Auto fastener producer chooses Can-Eng mesh belt system
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. was awarded two contracts from one of the world’s largest producers of high-volume, specialty automotive fasteners.
The two systems being supplied...
National mints opt for Seco/Warwick furnace technology
Seco/Warwick will deliver a Vector® vacuum furnace to another national mint. The furnace will be delivered to the manufacturer of circulation and collection coins in...
