The Advantages of an All-Metal Vacuum Furnace Hot Zone
For more than 70 years, the vacuum furnace has been available for metal processing requirements, and is widely accepted as […]
Buying a New Lab or Industrial Furnace
When the time comes to purchase a new lab or industrial furnace, there are several points that need to be […]
Increased Productivity Combining C/C Fixturing and LPC
Carbon/carbon and graphite materials are used in a variety of applications throughout the high temperature furnace industry. Entire vacuum hot […]
Properties of Cases Treated with High-Temperature Vacuum Carburization
Carburizing continues to be one of the basic thermochemical treatments used for industrial steel. With the development of the industry, […]
Cures for Heat Treaters Headaches
Heat treaters all over the world encounter similar problems with atmosphere furnaces. These problems not only cause operational headaches in […]
Improving Production Safely with Integrated Heat Treat and Quenching Cell
These aspects are not just requested, but increasingly required by industrial clients looking to install new thermal systems or expand […]
Typical Heat Treatment Defects of Gears and Solutions Using FEA Modeling
Steel gears are heat treated to obtain enhanced properties and improved service performance. Quench hardening is one of the most […]
Tighter Control Through Understanding What Your TUS Reports Are Telling You
Temperature uniformity is the temperature variation (usually expressed as ± degrees) within the qualified furnace work zone (Figure 1) with […]
Gas vs. Liquid Quenching: A Direct Comparison in Hardenability to Reduce Distortion
Introduction Hardenability is the ability of steel to partially or completely transform from austenite to some fraction of martensite at […]
How Gears Fail
Heat treatment plays an important — some would say critical — role in gear manufacturing. Therefore, there is a need […]
Heat Treat Process For Gears
Heat treatment is a critical and complex element in the manufacturing of gears that greatly impacts how each will perform […]
