Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., recently shipped a Mentor vacuum furnace to Virginia, for a customer servicing the tool and die industry.
Continue readingCan-Eng Furnaces awarded contract for a rapid heating furnace for aluminum products
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, was recently awarded a contract from a research organization for the supply of a rapid heating furnace to be used for product development of lightweight hot-stamped and formed aluminum automotive components.
Continue readingSeco Warwick provides two heat treatment systems to machine tool manufacturer
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has received orders for a CaseMaster Evolution multi-chamber vacuum furnace with oil quench, and a Vector 15-Bar high-pressure gas quench vacuum furnace, from a machine tool manufacturer.
Continue readingGasbarre builds steam treaters that produce oxide layers to resist corrosion and wear
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, St. Marys, Pa., recently received orders for batch steam treating equipment to serve manufacturers in the medical, additive manufacturing, automotive, and consumer products industries.
Continue readingConnect with ASM colleagues to share resources, post events, discuss ideas and issues
ASM CONNECT launched for all ASM members on January 15; since then, over 100 posts/replies have been discussed.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Quench hardenability
The quench hardenability of forged steels is increased by grain coarsening and higher dislocation density, and research has shown that control of factors such as forge finish temperature and quench temperature allow the optimization of hardness and microstructure.
Continue readingU. S. Steel completes acquisition of USS-Posco Industries for its sheet and tin mill products
U. S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has closed on the purchase of Posco-California Corporation (POSCAL)’s 50% partnership interest in USS-POSCO Industries (UPI), effective February 29, 2020.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Types of Postforging Direct Heat Treatment Processes
In direct-forge quenching and tempering processes, the increase in hardenability results primarily from grain coarsening.
Continue readingInductoheat technological advances can improve induction forging throughput
Michael J. Zaharof of Inductoheat Inc. presented a discussion of the “Top 10 Advances in Induction Heating for Forging” at ASM International’s Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingIpsen customer service teams offer free check of all major vacuum furnace components
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., offers free evaluations of any brand of vacuum heat-treating system in the United States.
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