The 2016 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education is awarded to Worcester Polytechnic Institute educators Diran Apelian, FASM, (pictured), Arthur C. Heinricher, Richard F. Vaz, and Kristin K. Wobbe, “for a project-based engineering curriculum developing leadership, innovative problem-solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, and global competencies.”
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility offers a range of vacuum processing capabilities
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., reports that its newest facility now has a wide range of vacuum processing capacity available, from furnaces suited for small lots and development cycles, to a 24-foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 pounds at 2650°F.
Continue readingBodycote opens new plants in Georgia and South Carolina
Bodycote, U.K., announces two new heat treatment plants in the southeastern United States: Covington, Ga., and Greenville, S.C.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Relation Between Tempering Temperature and Hardness
The graphs show the relation between tempering temperature and hardness for D2 and D3 tool steels.
Continue readingSeco-Warwick retrofits mesh belt furnace to increase productivity by 40%
Seco-Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that a major U.S.-based manufacturer is improving efficiency by retrofitting its mesh belt furnace originally commissioned by Seco-Warwick nearly 20 years ago.
Continue readingReliance acquires Tubular Steel for its specialty steel products
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Tubular Steel Inc., which stocks over 60,000 tons and ships over two million custom-cut lengths of pipe, tubing, and bar products annually.
Continue readingNucor Steel Louisiana DRI Plant to resume operations
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that its direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana will resume operations by the end of January.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to marine supplier
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to a leading supplier in the marine industry.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Tool Steel Tempering Practices
Multiple tempering is effective in decreasing the amount of austenite retained in A and D steels and is a common practice in heat-treating them.
Continue readingIpsen AvaC two-chamber gas/oil furnace doubles carbon availability
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., recently shipped an AvaC (acetylene vacuum carburizing) two-chamber gas/oil quench vacuum furnace to a facility in Connecticut where it will be used to process sports equipment.
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