Super Systems, Cincinnati, has completed a controls upgrade for Elmira Heat Treating. The scope of the project included a new 9220 control system for a vacuum furnace. The 9220 is a robust vacuum furnace recipe-based controller which is the command center for control, I/O, and redundant data logging for the processes performed on the equipment.
Continue readingECM’s ECO Furnace presented Green Business Award
ECM USA Inc, Pleasant Prairie, Wisc., was recognized at the Beijing Shaping Tomorrow Gala -annual dinner for the French and Chinese business community – by CCI FRANCE CHINE Green Business for its strong commitment to environmental sustainability and for reducing water wastage. ECM’s ECO Furnace was presented the Green Business Award for accomplishing a cleaner, safer, and more efficient operation in the heat treat industry.
Continue readingBodycote to work with wave energy pioneer CorPower Ocean
Bodycote, Macclesfield, UK, has secured work with wave energy pioneer CorPower Ocean. The company is targeting the marine renewables sector after helping the Swedish developer optimize key components in its Wave Energy Converters.
Continue readingConstellium celebrates 10th anniversary
Constellium, Paris, marked its 10th anniversary on May 3, 2021. Tracing its roots to aluminum pioneers Alcan, Alusuisse, and Pechiney, the company has a strong position in the aerospace, automotive, and packaging sectors, and has entered new markets by offering ever-more innovative and responsible aluminum solutions.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: The press and sinter process
Powder metallurgy (PM) processes include press and sinter hardening, metal injection molding, powder forging, hot isostatic pressing, powder rolling, and spray forming. Press and sintering is the PM process most commonly encountered by heat treaters.
Continue readingQuintus Technologies delivers hot isostatic press to explore high-performance materials
Quintus Technologies, Sweden, has delivered a hot isostatic press (HIP) to the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Dresden, which will permit researchers to deepen their expertise and refine processes for pressure-supported heat treatment, used to maximize theoretical density, ductility, and fatigue resistance in high-performance materials.
Continue readingSeco Warwick awarded new technology patent
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has been awarded a new technology patent for Pit-LPC furnaces that have set a new direction for carburizing processes. The LPC abbreviation refers to the “low pressure carburizing” formula, which is a process conducted under pressure or in a vacuum, in an oxygen free atmosphere by means of hydrocarbons.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships electrically heated oven to plastics industry
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announced the shipment of an electrically heated enhanced walk-in series oven that will be used for sintering parts for plastics applications. The maximum temperature for this oven is 800°F and the normal temperature is 700°F.
Continue readingSites Medical expands manufacturing capabilities with two Ipsen furnaces
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., was awarded an order from Sites Medical, Columbia City, Ind., for two TurboTreater vacuum furnaces. Sites Medical is an orthopedic technology development company that invents and de-risks new technologies and collaborates with OEMs to bring them to market and drive mutual growth.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Equipment for Forging
The forge quenching process requires that quenching equipment be placed as closely as possible to the equipment used in the forging stage. Since the early 1960s, various direct-forge and quench equipment has been installed in this manner, thus enabling the use of carbon steels, which have good hardenability from grain growth and high dislocation density from the thermomechanical deformation performed during hot forging.
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