Paulo Heat Treating, Willoughby, Ohio, will add hot isostatic pressing to its thermal processing services with the acquisition of a hot isostatic press from Quintus Technologies.
Continue readingAjax Tocco induction heat treating lines process upset tubing at 15 to 20 tons per hour
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Warren, Ohio, announces the delivery of two large induction heat-treating quench and temper lines to facilities in the United States that process upset tubing inline.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Austenitizing Temperature and Time
As austenitizing temperature increases, so does the matrix carbon content; the actual matrix carbon content depends in a complex way on the alloy elements present, their amounts, and their locations (segregation) within the matrix.
Continue readingToyota selects Novelis as supplier for 2019 RAV4 aluminum body sheet
Novelis Aluminum, Atlanta, announces that it has been selected by Toyota Motor Corp. to supply premium aluminum automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4, Toyota’s number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup truck in the country.
Continue readingHRL Labs commercializes 3D-printable high-strength aluminum alloy
HRL Laboratories LLC, Malibu, Calif., is commercializing its additively manufactured (3D-printed) high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Hardness of normalized ductile iron tempered at various temperatures
The normalizing temperature for ductile iron is usually between 870° and 940°C (1600° and 1725°F).
Continue readingAFC Holcroft provides UBQ and UBT heat treating furnaces to Specialty Steel Treating
AFC Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., announces that it has supplied a UBQ (universal batch quench) furnace and a UBT (universal batch temper) annealing furnace to Specialty Steel Treating as part of a larger multi-year equipment standardization program intended to replace older equipment provided by another supplier.
Continue readingUniversal Stainless invests $10 million for upgrades to specialty steel facility in New York
Universal Stainless and Alloy Products Inc., Bridgeville, Pa., announces that it has added a new bar turn and burnish line and a new General Electric phased-array nondestructive testing system to its facility in Dunkirk, New York.
Continue readingBaker Furnace develops point-and-click augmented reality platform for its furnaces
Baker Furnace, Yorba Linda, Calif., a division of Thermal Product Solutions, has developed an augmented reality (AR) platform for its furnace lines, allowing operators, maintenance personnel, and engineers to interact with the furnace through a tablet.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven designs solution heat treat/chiller system for aerospace company
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated horizontal solution treat system with a chiller system to a manufacturer in the aerospace industry.
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