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Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., announces that its technical director will present a discussion of triple chamber vacuum furnace systems at the Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit in October.

To overcome the limitations on product cross-sectional thickness and the risk of slack quenches, alloy modifications have been introduced over the years to the base 52100 chemical composition. The modifications constitute a group of high hardenability 52100 steels.

To overcome the limitations on product cross-sectional thickness and the risk of slack quenches, alloy modifications have been introduced over the years to the base 52100 chemical composition. The modifications constitute a group of high hardenability 52100 steels.

ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH, a division of AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., Germany, reports that its newly developed velocity gauge enables the gas flow in the batch chamber to be checked during gas quenching, helping to ensure the quality of gas-quenched components.

Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., in conjunction with the William and Myrtle Jones Foundation, has donated and installed a Mentor laboratory furnace for Lehigh University’s Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Shimadzu, Japan, has released the HMV-G30 / HMV-G31 series Vickers micro hardness testers, which are equipped with new functions to improve data reliability, to accommodate ISO standards, and to provide high expandability.