Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania, Hermitage, announces that the construction project to house the largest commercial vacuum furnace in the world is progressing on time.
Continue readingCEC supplies chain conveyor solution furnace for heat treating aluminum die castings
Consolidated Engineering Co. (CEC), Kennesaw, Ga., announces that it has received a purchase order for a four-zone natural gas-fired chain conveyor solution furnace for the T4 treatment of aluminum high-pressure die castings.
Continue readingHarper to supply Australia with thermal processing system for nuclear waste
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y, has been awarded a contract to supply a hot cell Rotary thermal processing system to treat waste from nuclear medicine production at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Quenching of Hot-Work Tool Steels
Hot-work steels range from high to extremely high in hardenability, so it is possible for them to achieve full hardness by cooling in still air. However, this is not recommended, because intense embrittlement occurs after slow cooling from hardening temperature.
Continue readingHarper awarded contract for nuclear material processing equipment
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., was recently awarded a contract for a pusher furnace line with Kepco Nuclear Fuel, which is currently producing nuclear fuel for its pressurized heavy water reactors.
Continue readingC.I. Hayes installs conveyor belt atmosphere furnace
C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Cranston, R.I., reports the installation of a Model BAC-M Conveyor Belt Atmosphere Furnace designed for various processes such as brazing, hardening, and annealing of stainless steel materials.
Continue readingIpsen vacuum furnaces deployed for aerospace, automotive, and additive manufacturing
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that over the past month, the company has shipped four furnaces and one upgrade for a variety of applications and industries.
Continue readingTribogenics XRF analyzer is based on a cartridge system instead of glass X-ray tube
Tribogenics, Los Angeles, Calif., introduces the Watson XRF analyzer, in which the company says conventional glass X-ray tubes are replaced with an X-Change cartridge system that makes changing cartridges “as easy as changing the ink in an inkjet printer.”
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Secondary Hardening in Tool Steels
As shown schematically in the graph, high-temperature hardness is made possible only by a very important straightening mechanism: secondary hardening, promoted by the precipitation of fine alloy carbides.
Continue readingBruker introduces MultiMode 8-HR atomic force microscope for nanoscale research
Bruker Nano Surfaces, Santa Barbara, Calif., announces that it has significantly enhanced the capabilities of its MultiMode platform with the MultiMode 8-HR.
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