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From the EditorGlobal Heat Treating Equipment Market Booming The market for heat treating equipment is reportedly strong in Europe, North America, and Asia. The EU ranks first in exports of industrial furnaces, burners, and firing systems closely followed by Central, East, and Southeast Asian countries, where China is the number one market due to its fast growing steel industry. This rapid growth will eventually increase China’s share of the world market for furnace equipment because more local Chinese suppliers are entering the market and eventually will become strong competitors to the historical furnace equipment supplier countries. Ed Kubel, Editor ASM HTS EventsInduction Heating Technology & Applications 24th Annual ASM Heat Treating Society Conference and Exposition This preeminent event offers a strong technical program and an outstanding exposition, an unmatched forum in which to exchange both practical ideas and scientific knowledge. Other Heat Treating EventsThermprocess 2007 |
Industry NewsMasters in Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering University of Malta has coordinated the design of a joint European Masters degree in heat treating and surface engineering called MinSE with the backing of four partner universities including Clausthal in Germany, Miskolc in Hungary, Birmingham in the UK and Petru Mures in Romania. Another partner is Bodycote which is a multinational with over 270 branches around the world. The primary object of the project is to merge the expertise and strengths of the academic and industrial partners to design a post graduate study program. For more information click here.
Air Products Acquires Polish Industrial Gas Business Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., agreed to purchase from The Linde Group (Wiesbaden, Germany) the industrial gas business of BOC Gazy Sp z o.o. BOC Gazy has about 750 employees, five major industrial gas plants and six cylinder transfills. The company had fiscal year 2006 sales of approximately 126 million euros ($164 million). Air Products has been a supplier of industrial gases within Poland since the early 1990s and has annual sales of about 11 million euros ($15 million). For more information click here.
Solar Manufacturing Receives Order for Vacuum Furnace Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., will supply a horizontal vacuum furnace to a major jet engine sealing-systems manufacturer in New England. The furnace has a maximum operating temperature of 1370ºC (2500ºF), 915 mm wide × 915 mm high × 1,220 mm deep work zone (36 × 36 × 48 in.), a load capacity of 7,700 kg (3,500 lb), and a vacuum pumping system including a diffusion pump for high vacuum applications to 10-6 torr. The control system is a SolarVac 3000, which allows the furnace operator to monitor, control, and graphically view information for total furnace control. Shipment is anticipated in June 2007. For more information click here.
Lights-Out Heat Treating at Bosch Rexroth China Process-Electronic GmbH, Heiningen, Germany, is working with furnace OEM Aichelin GmbH (Mödling, Austria) to install its plant automation system in a lights-out heat treatment cell destined for Bosch Rexroth in Beijing, China. The Protherm 9800 will coordinate and monitor all operations within the heat treatment cell including process cycles, production scheduling, load movement and status, and also provides full process traceability and reporting facilities. Integration, implementation and commissioning of the automation system are scheduled for April 2007. For more information click here.
Air Products, Surface Combustion Supply Heat Treat System Under a joint marketing agreement, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., and Surface Combustion Corp., Maumee, Ohio, provided an advanced heat treat system to MMS Thermal Processing LLC, Davenport, Iowa. MMS Thermal purchased Surface Combustion’s new MultiChamber Vacuum Carburizing System using VringCARB technology and companion equipment. Air Products provided the customer’s required nitrogen delivery system for its high pressure gas quench process, as well as liquid nitrogen for its cryogenic treatment process. For more information click here.
LOI to Supply Reheat Furnace to Mexico LOI Inc., Cannonsburg, Pa., received an order from Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) for a pusher reheat furnace and associated equipment for its plate-mill expansion. The pusher furnace, rated at 120 metric tons per hour, will be equipped with the patented LOI Adapt Hot Skid System, which will reduce the thermal skid marks and heat losses to the cooling water. The pusher furnace is scheduled for start-up in the 4th quarter of 2007. For more information click here.
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