Category: Consumer Products

Makers of construction materials invest in Seco Warwick fire-resistance test furnaces

Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., reports that manufacturers of construction materials have recently invested in fire-resistance test furnaces to guarantee compliance with the strictest standards and regulations.

Novelis invests $4.5 million to upgrade aluminum rolling/recycling facility in Warren

Novelis Inc., Atlanta, announces a $4.5 million manufacturing investment at its aluminum rolling and recycling facility in Warren, Ohio.

Alcoa to restart three potlines in Indiana to supply Warrick aluminum rolling mill

Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, announces plans to restart three of five potlines at its Warrick Operations aluminum smelter near Evansville, Indiana, an action that will further improve the competitiveness of the on-site rolling mill.

Wisconsin Oven steam-heated ovens have temperature uniformity of ±5°F at 240°F

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped two steam-heated batch ovens to a leading manufacturer of industrial products for curing a water-based adhesive applied to rolls of sandpaper.

Wisconsin Oven four-zone conveyor furnace heat-treats AR-15 forged aluminum parts

Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural gas-fired four-zone solution treatment conveyor furnace for treating forged aluminum parts for AR-15 rifles prior to quenching in water.

C.I. Hayes Solitaire conveyor belt furnace designed for annealing of small parts

C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group company, Cranston, R.I., recently installed multiple Solitaire conveyor belt furnaces for annealing of precious metals for the jewelry industry.

Russian scientists develop strong shape memory alloy based on Fe-Ni-Co-Al

The Tomsk University Laboratory for Physics of High-Strength Crystals, Russia, announces that its researchers have designed a new high-strength iron-base shape-memory alloy whose properties are developed through a heat treatment technology that they have patented.

Natural-gas three-zone conveyor oven cures adhesives at 350 parts/hour

Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural gas direct-fired three-zone conveyor oven with cool down to a leading supplier of flooring products for curing adhesives at a rate of 350 parts per hour.

Liquidmetal Technologies to make guitar parts by injection molding amorphous alloys

Liquidmetal Technologies Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita., Calif., has entered into a development agreement with C.F. Martin & Co. (Martin Guitar) to design a guitar component to be made of Liquidmetal amorphous alloys and manufactured by the Liquidmetal injection molding machine.

C.I. Hayes installs pusher furnace for brazing and heat treating

C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Cranston, R.I., announces the recent installation of a Model BA-M atmosphere pusher furnace for brazing and general heat treating of stainless steel materials by a dedicated processor of select cutlery product lines.