Air Products, Allentown, Pa., has been named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for the tenth consecutive year. The list, published by 3BL Media, recognizes outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1000 largest public companies in the United States.
Continue readingSurface Combustion awarded contract for horizontal ion nitriding system
Surface Combustion Inc, Maumee, Ohio, has shipped a new ion nitriding thermal processing furnace system for Watervliet Arsenal. This allows them to add control to the product supply chain.
Continue readingTwo new car bottom furnace contracts awarded to Can-Eng
Can-Eng Furnaces International, Niagara, N.Y., has been awarded a contract to design and manufacture two 50,000 lb/hr. car bottom furnaces for one of the largest metals and mining companies in the world.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres vacuum heat treats longest nickel alloy tubes ever
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, Pa., successfully vacuum heat treated the largest and longest load of nickel alloy tubing ever in a commercial vacuum furnace. They were able to preserve the brightness and cleanliness of a 45-foot-long seamless tubing while meeting extremely stringent mechanical properties.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effect of porosity on the heat treatment of powder metallurgy steels
Porosity has the greatest single effect on the response of PM Steels to heat treatment compared with conventional steels. The majority of parts have a porosity between 5 and 15 vol%, far more than is found in a typical casting. Every mechanism in press and sinter is subject to diminishing returns; i.e., compact density has a decreasing dependence on compaction pressure, as does sintering and homogenization.
Continue readingConstellium to sponsor skilled trades scholarships
Constellium, Paris will sponsor ten new skilled trades scholarships at West Virginia University, Parkersburg. Now in its second year, the program provides financial assistance to selected high school graduates to help them earn an associate degree in Multi-Craft Technology or Reliability and Maintenance Technology.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Sintering of power particles
During sintering, metallurgical bonds form between powder particles. Strength, ductility, toughness, and electrical and thermal conductivities increase with increasing density. If different materials were blended together, interdiffusion could promote the formation of alloys and intermetallic phases. As a consequence of the density increases, size decreases.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne approval
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., has been awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne approval, their second aerospace prime approval of 2021.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships electrically heated spray washer to the defense industry
Lindberg/MPH, Mich., announced the shipment of an electrically heated spray washer to the defense industry. This spray washer is designed as a companion to a heat-treating process, washing the parts prior to and/or after heat treating.
Continue readingSeco/Warwick introduces Zeroflow
Seco/Warwick, Poland, has introduced a new gas nitriding technology called ZeroFlow to the global industry in cooperation with scientists from the Poznan University of Technology. ZeroFlow reduces process costs while providing more ecologically friendly performance.
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