Category: general

Timken opens gear drive manufacturing facility in Houston

The Timken Co., North Canton, Ohio, has opened a new 27,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art gear drive manufacturing facility in Houston.

Lucifer Furnaces delivers heat treating system to precision tool company

Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., announces that it has delivered an air recirculating oven, a salt bath pot furnace, and a quench tank to Vermont Custom Gage LLC, a subsidiary of Vermont Precision Tools Inc., Swanton Vt.

Ipsen ships more than 15 furnaces that can run several different heat-treating processes

Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped more than 15 furnaces, including horizontal and vertical MetalMaster, Titan, TurboTreater, and VFS furnaces, as well as a vacuum aluminum-brazing furnace.

Aichelin installs multi-chamber integral-quench furnace in U.S. Southwest

Aichelin USA, Plymouth, Mich., announces that it has installed a new multi-chamber integral-quench hardening furnace cell.

EFD Induction furnace chosen for heat treatment of balance shafts

EFD Induction Inc., Madison Heights, Mich., announces that a global supplier of engine, steering, and chassis components has selected a HardLine VM 500EFD furnace for hardening balance shafts.

Constellium invests $40 million to expand automotive structures plant in Michigan

Constellium N.V., New York, has invested $40 million to expand its plant in Van Buren, Mich., which produces customized automotive structures and which features advanced prototyping and development capabilities.

Zeiss provides scanning electron, stereo, and digital microscopes to ECR Engines

Zeiss provides scanning electron, stereo, and digital microscopes to ECR Engines.

Despatch upgrades its LAC benchtop oven, streamlines manufacturing process

Despatch Industries, Minneapolis, Minn., announces that its engineers have streamlined the manufacturing process for the Despatch LAC Benchtop Oven, reducing shipping time to three days or less, and within a week if standard options are added.

Linde launches combustion and heat treatment R&D center in China

The Linde Group, Houston, has launched a combustion and heat treatment center in Suzhou, China, for development of new combustion and heat treatment applications and solutions in China and the Asia Pacific region.

IBC Engineered Materials to supply Beralcast imaging system components to Kaman

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., reports that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, IBC Engineered Materials Corp., Wilmington, Mass., has received a purchase order from Kaman Corp. to supply Beralcast beryllium-aluminum imaging system components for U.S. naval and foreign military tactical aircraft.