Category: News Articles

This presentation from ECM USA, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., is a report on gas quenching technology, which has been involved in heat treating for years and has been considered by many heat treaters to be limited to single-chamber furnaces.

A presentation by Seco Vacuum, Seco Warwick, and the Herring Group covers progress in carburizing technology, in which atmosphere gas and low-pressure vacuum carburizing are well known, well-established, and distinct processes.

Ipsen USA, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently embarked on an initiative to double the number of Regional Sales Engineers (RSEs) by year-end, with the objective of improving furnace performance and increasing service life.

Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., announces that a global manufacturer of cutting tools has purchased an additional vacuum temper furnace for its North American manufacturing operations.

Air Products, Lehigh Valley, Pa., introduces its new gas density sensor, which helps heat treaters achieve production efficiencies in a variety of furnaces for hydrogen concentration measurement in the hot zone and cooling zone for nitrogen-hydrogen atmospheres.

Safran, Oerlikon, Limoges University, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) announced at the Paris Air Show that they have agreed to form two organizations to develop advanced surface treatments for aerospace applications.