Category: general

Lindberg/MPH ships cyclone pit furnace for heat treating aerospace parts

Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of a cyclone pit furnace for heat treating aircraft components to a supplier of the aerospace industry.

Superior Tube receives Nadcap accreditation for heat treating

Superior Tube Company Inc., Collegeville, Pa., has been awarded Nadcap accreditation for heat treating by the Performance Review Institute.

Penn State to lead $20 million NETL coalition for fossil energy research

The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), South Park Township, Pa., has selected Pennsylvania State University, State College, as the lead institution to establish the six-year, $20 million University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research.

CarTech PremoMax alloy steel designed for downhole oil/gas drilling

Carpenter Technology Corp., Wyomissing, Pa., introduces PremoMax, a premium melted, quenched and tempered, cost-effective alloy steel that provides high strength, excellent impact toughness, and good hardenability in large section sizes.

Bodycote to open new heat treatment facility In Mexico

Bodycote, Macclesfield, England, announces that the company will open a new, 100,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art heat treatment plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

FTC approves Air Liquide acquisition of Airgas

Air Liquide, Paris, announces that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared the acquisition of Airgas, Radnor, Pa., by Air Liquide, satisfying the final regulatory condition to the closing of the pending acquisition.

One Minute Mentor: Metallurgy of Ferritic Stainless Steels

Chromium stabilizes the ferritic structure at high temperatures, but some austenite can form at high temperature in steels with 12% chromium and a low or medium percentage of carbon, as shown in the graph.

Vac Aero refurbishes hot zone of aerospace heat treatment furnace

Vac Aero, Burlington, Ontario, recently received an order for a complete refurbishment of the all-metal hot zone in a horizontal furnace for a customer in the aerospace heat treatment sector in Canada.

Wisconsin Oven Introduces the Express Batch Oven for powder coating or finishing

Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, Wis., introduces the Express Batch Oven, a standardized batch oven that allows a lower price point and shorter lead time without compromising quality.

Sinterite installs custom pusher furnace with low operating temperature

Sinterite, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, St. Marys, Pa., announces the installation of a manually operated custom Pusher Furnace designed for continuous sintering of various material grade parts at a facility in Pennsylvania.