Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T7 Heat Treatment System for the processing of high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings for a company in the European Union.
Continue readingRolls Royce approves Wallwork Group for vacuum brazing of aerospace structures
Wallwork Group, U.K., announces that the scope of Rolls Royce approvals for the Bury (Manchester) site of metal thermal processing specialists Wallwork Group, has been extended to include the company’s new vacuum brazing facility.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships atmosphere box heat treating furnace for R&D
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of an atmosphere box furnace with a wide temperature range of 1400 to 2012°F for research and development purposes.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Removing the Passive Layer in Low-Temperature Gas Nitriding
The recent advent of low-temperature gas nitriding (for the production of the S-phase in stainless steel) as opposed to regular high-temperature (above 550 °C) gas nitriding (of regular steel) had to find a way to remove the passive layer in this low-temperature condition.
Continue readingAirbus awards Ducommun multiyear contract to produce titanium structures
Ducommun Inc., Carson, Calif., has received a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract from Airbus to produce additional titanium structures for engine support and engine frames on the A320neo (new engine option) aircraft.
Continue readingForgings supplier buys AFC Holcroft heat treatment furnace line
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that a European-based multi-national supplier of forgings for the automotive industry has brought their heat treatment process in-house by investing in an AFC-Holcroft automated non-atmosphere batch heat treatment line to be delivered to an American facility located in the Midwest.
Continue readingSeco Warwick introduces Seco Vacuum Technologies to North America
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces the creation of Seco Vacuum Technologies, a new company designed to provide standard and custom vacuum furnaces and related professional services to the North America market.
Continue readingIpsen concludes record year by shipping 25 furnaces in fourth quarter
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that it wrapped up a record year by shipping 25 furnaces during the last three months of 2016.
Continue readingSturbridge Metallurgical wins Sikorsky approval for materials testing
Sturbridge Metallurgical Services Inc., Sturbridge, Mass., announces that it has been approved as a Materials Testing Lab for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. (a Lockheed Martin Corp.) and its manufacturing supplier base.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Plasma-Immersion Ion Implantation
The fundamental difference between plasma nitriding (glow discharge) and plasma-immersion ion implantation (PIII) is that the latter relies on high-energy pulses (up to 45 kV) that promote a low-energy ion implantation in the target, but that is still less than the energy used in conventional ion implantation (>100 kV). A combination of target temperature and pulse voltage achieve the desired implantation profile.
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