Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a Temperite box furnace and a Treet-All box furnace to a manufacturer of maritime equipment.
Continue readingSingle-crystal shape memory CuAlMn bar produced by unique heat treating process
Tohoku University, Japan, reports that its researchers and colleagues have found an economical way to improve the properties of copper-aluminum-manganese ‘shape memory’ alloys by a unique heat treating method.
Continue readingWhat you need to know about heat treating
Engineered components – from bearings to turbine blades and everything in between – acquire much of their value and application readiness during controlled heating and cooling cycles, otherwise known as heat treating. Though practiced for millennia, the process of heat treating has only, in the last century or so, given up its secrets, making it possible for manufacturers to consistently produce steel and nonferrous metal parts with specific properties and predictable lifetime and performance ranges.
Continue readingOutokumpu U.S. stainless steel bar operations receive LCS approval for aerospace
Outokumpu Oy, Finland, has received Pratt & Whitney’s LCS (laboratory control at source) approval for its stainless steel bar products manufactured at its Richburg mill in South Carolina.
Continue readingAmes Lab hot-shot pour tube produces titanium powder ten times more efficiently
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, Iowa, announces that one of its research teams has won an award for the development of a “hot-shot pour tube” technology that can produce titanium powder approximately ten times more efficiently than traditional methods.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Nitrocarburizing in a Carrier Gas
Nitrocarburizing in a carrier gas to which (initially solid) urea was added led to a fast growth of the expanded austenite zone. The gaseous decomposition products of urea that develop in the furnace are highly activating, which means that activation and nitrocarburizing are achieved simultaneously.
Continue readingAlumina-forming high temperature steels offering new opportunities in heat treatment
Two novel alumina-forming steels, Kanthal APMT and Nikrothal PM 58, have corrosion resistance based on the formation of an adherent alumina layer.
Continue readingAuto parts manufacturer orders Lucifer ceramic-fiber-lined box furnace
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., has received an order for an electric, ceramic-fiber-lined box furnace from a leading U.S. manufacturer of stamped automotive products.
Continue readingIpsen’s strategic organizational changes designed to strengthen leadership for growth
Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that several strategic changes will be made in the company’s organizational structure to strengthen its position as the leading global provider of integrated heat treatment solutions.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing receives U.S. patent for vacuum furnace hot zone improvement
Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., announces that it has been awarded a patent for an innovation in vacuum furnace hot zone design.
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