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Bodycote, Macclesfield, UK, has announced that its near-term science-based emissions target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi is an independent global body enabling businesses to set and validate emissions reduction targets in line with the latest climate science and strict criteria.

Lindberg/MPH, has announced the shipment of an electrically heated, steam atmosphere pit furnace for steam treating parts. Manufacturers use the steam treating process to create a uniform blue-black finish on the surface of parts which improves wear and corrosion resistance.

The indirectly heated fluidized-bed furnace is heated electrically though a fluidized-bed furnace may also be gas heated. Fluidized beds have been designed to perform a wide variety of heat treating tasks including stress relieving, preheating, hardening, quenching, annealing, and tempering, as well as a variety of surface treatments such as carburizing, nitriding, and steam tempering.

Nitrex Vacuum, Quebec, Canada, has supplied a new vacuum furnace to the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) to enhance its vacuum heat-treating capabilities. The investment in the new furnace aims to support KIMS' wide range of technological R&D activities.

Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage PA, has announced the approval of a critical Boeing specification for the oil quenching of alloy steels in accordance with Boeing’s specification BAC 5617.

Scientists have found the secret behind a property of solid materials known as ferroelectrics, showing that quasiparticles moving in wave-like patterns among vibrating atoms carry enough heat to turn the material into a thermal switch when an electrical field is applied externally. A key finding of the study is that this control of thermal conductivity is attributable to the structure of the material rather than any random collisions among atoms. Specifically, the researchers describe quasiparticles