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The tribology of dental ceramics

Ceramics are widely used in dentistry due to their ability to mimic the optical characteristics of enamel and dentine, as well as their biocompatibility...

Enhanced thermal sensitivity in a single metal thermocouple

Single metal thermocouples (SMTs) have recently been developed with a new design concept of width-engineering of metal segments. In such designs, two segments of...

Characterizing equipment using simple modeling tools

Often, the terms “digital twins” or ICME (Integrated Computer Materials Engineering) are used when talking about computer modeling of actual parts or the behavior...

Noble Industrial Furnace

In the competitive world of heat treating, it’s no small feat to make it to the half-century mark. In order to do that, a...

L&L ships box furnace to valve manufacturer

L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. has delivered a high-uniformity box furnace to a worldwide, leading valve manufacturer located in the southeastern United States. The L&L...

Arvedi finds innovative solution for EAF

Leading metals industry suppliers ABB and Tenova have now obtained final acceptance from their customer, Acciaieria Arvedi, after partnering to deliver an innovative technology...

Nitrex now available in eight languages online

As a global company, Nitrex wants to ensure that the majority of its interactions, including the website, are conducted in people’s native language. This...

Registration open for Ceramics Expo 2022

North America’s premier event for the advanced ceramic and glass supply chain is back, taking place August 29-31 at the Huntington Convention Center of...

AWS Foundation launches YouTube series

To highlight unique careers and companies in the welding and metal fabrication industries, the American Welding Society launches Metal America, a new video series...

Plibrico supports ELYSIS in smelter technology

The Plibrico Company, a leading supplier of monolithic refractories and installation services, announced its refractories are being used by ELYSIS to safeguard the operation...

IHEA member profile: Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems

Gasbarre, headquartered in DuBois, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1973 to design, manufacture, and service a complete line of powder compaction and sizing presses for...

Cook Induction, Super Systems team up for heat treatment

Cook Induction, Los Angeles, California, began in 1945 and continuously explores ways to improve its customer experience and capabilities. This has grown into today’s...

90-plus authors submit abstracts for European heat treat conference

So far, more than 90 authors from 22 countries have provided abstracts to the 27th IFHTSE Congress and ECHT2022. The contributions cover a wide...

Ipsen hires Navid Gamerschlag in management role

Ipsen has hired Navid Gamerschlag in the role of European sales manager – vacuum technology. Based out of Cologne, Germany, Gamerschlag is responsible for...

Q&A with Tom Baldock

What you do at Guill Tool? My responsibilities here are for sales in the aerospace area. I’ve been in sales most of my adult life,...

The ‘why’ in heat treating is important to operators

Quality is in the details, but what details need the most attention? A good contract review, starting with the purchase order, then the drawing,...

Electronics component maker orders furnace

A global manufacturer of electronic components with engineering centers and factories worldwide has purchased a vacuum tempering furnace from Seco/Vacuum, a Seco/Warwick Group company,...

Revisiting the 1:1 Rule for oil quenchants

The rule of thumb “one gallon of oil to one pound of parts and fixtures” has been in the literature for a long time....

Ipsen USA finishes record-breaking first quarter

Following a record year for new equipment orders in 2021, Ipsen’s Vacuum Technology Excellence Center continued that trend by booking 22 new vacuum furnace...

Thermcraft announces Andrew Belling as new general manager

Thermcraft, an international leading manufacturer of thermal processing equipment, has hired Andrew Belling as general manager. Belling will be responsible for process improvement, positive growth,...

Seco/Vacuum receives order for new Vector vacuum furnace

Seco/Vacuum will deliver a Vector® high-pressure gas quench furnace to replace an existing furnace that failed to deliver the performance the customer required for its...

Tenova to supply a new electric arc furnace for Tosyali Algeria

Tenova was recently awarded a contract for the supply of a new electric arc furnace (EAF) at the Tosyali Bethioua plant in Algeria. This...

Solar Manufacturing receives furnace order from firearms manufacturer

Solar Manufacturing Inc. announces the receipt of a vacuum heat-treating furnace order for a firearms manufacturer based in the United States. The furnace, Model HFL-5748-2IQ,...