Failure analysis shows how design errors contributed to collapse of 1350-foot tower
George Vander Voort of Vander Voort Consulting, presented a discussion of a tower design that ignored dynamic stresses, leading to the collapse of a radio tower.
One Minute Mentor: Special Purpose Carburizing Grades
Several specialty carburizing steel grades have been developed for specific requirements involving high-temperature performance, fracture toughness, and/or resistance to oxidation and corrosion.
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems partners with heat treating company in Mexico
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, St. Marys, Pa., announces that it has formed a partnership with Humberto Bastidas from Thermal Technic Furnace Solutions in Mexico. Current and future customers can now experience the benefit of having a local Mexico resident who speaks Spanish and prides himself on providing the best possible customer service. Mr. Bastidas has many years of experience in the heat treating field and is well acquainted with the Mexican marketplace. In addition
Solar Manufacturing builds vacuum furnace for R&D laboratory to process AM products
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., has designed and built a vacuum furnace for processing additively manufactured parts for a large science and technology laboratory.
Lindberg MPH aluminum stack melting and holding furnace melts 4500 pounds per hour
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has built a gas-fired stack-type central melting furnace that will be utilized to produce aluminum ingot and sows.
Thermo-Calc Software develops CALPHAD-based steel property model for martensite and pearlite
Engineers from Thermo-Calc Software Inc. presented a discussion at Heat Treat 2019 about procedures for extending CALPHAD models to simulate solidification and heat treatment processes.