Oxide metallurgy enables the development of new grain-size control technology based on the use of inclusions such as MnS, oxides, and nitrides as precipitate nucleation sites. This has made possible the production of high-strength and high-toughness microalloyed steels, and contributed to the expansion of direct heat treatment applications even to highly stressed automotive suspension components.
Continue readingConstellium’s Bowling Green facility receives award for lowering carbon emissions
Constellium’s facility at Bowling Green, Kentucky has been recognized as an “exemplary environmental steward” by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The plant produces flat-rolled aluminum auto body sheet products for the automotive market in North America and has a capacity of 100,000 metric tons annually.
Continue readingHarper International completes factory acceptance testing at 2000°C of graphite rotary tube furnace
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has successfully completed factory acceptance testing of a new continuous, graphite rotary tube furnace at 2000°C for a global chemical manufacturer. The furnace will process refractory metal powders in hydrogen and inert atmospheres.
Continue readingAccurate Brazing to add second hot isostatic press unit
Accurate Brazing, New Hampshire, a provider of specialized heat-treating solutions will add a second hot isostatic press unit in 2021 to its Greenville, SC facility. The model QIH 122 M URC press is equipped with the Quintus proprietary uniform rapid cooling (URC) feature, which combines HIP and heat treatment in a single process.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces builds top loading furnace for medical equipment manufacturer
Lucifer Furnaces, Pennsylvania, has supplied a top loading furnace to a leading tooling manufacturer. This joins a second Lucifer furnace already in use for the production of dies to cut fabric to make N95 masks for the medical industry. These furnaces are completely wired, assembled, and shipped ready for connection to a main power supply.
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