Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage PA, has announced the approval of a critical Boeing specification for the oil quenching of alloy steels in accordance with Boeing’s specification BAC 5617.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Fluidized-Bed Furnace
A fluid bed results when a gas is passed upward through a bed of small solid particles at a rate fast enough to lift these particles and to create turbulence. This motion of particles, which are usually made of aluminum oxide or silica oxide, is similar to that of a fluid.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships gas fired cyclone box furnace to the manufacturing industry
Lindberg/MPH is pleased to announce the shipment of a gas fired cyclone box furnace to the manufacturing industry. This heat treat furnace has a maximum temperature rating of 1250°F and a load capacity of 6000 lbs.
Continue readingBodycote to offer new services in the Middle East
Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, is expanding its thermal spray coatings capability in the Middle East. Bodycote has entered into a partnership with Mathevon Group to develop the market in the region and, in particular, Saudi Arabia
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres vacuum heat treats titanium manifold for Artemis 1 mission
Solar Atmospheres of Wstern Pennsylvania, Hermitage, has had a hand in heat treating several critical parts for NASA’s unmanned Orion spacecraft that launched successfully from Cape Canaveral for a six-week test flight around the moon and back.
Continue readingC3 software now includes thermocouple data for faster compliance
C3 Data, Indianapolis, has announced that their real-time pyrometry compliance software will enable digital uploading of certificate data of all TT Electronics thermocouples.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Controlled Atmosphere Furnace Equipment
Heat treatment of tool steels usually requires high flexibility combined with small lots of parts. Seal quench furnaces, executed with a single heating chamber, meet this demand.
Continue readingAutomatic disconnect switch added to car bottom vacuum furnace
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., has designed and installed an automatic disconnect switch into a production car bottom vacuum furnace at Solar Atmospheres in Souderton, Pa.
Continue readingNitrex delivers a unique customized nitriding system
Nitrex Vacuum, Quebec, has sold a turnkey nitriding system to a manufacturing plant in Elblag, Poland.
Continue readingEnhanced high temperature heavy duty gas hot air convection walk-in batch oven
David Weisman LLC, Stamford, Conn., has introduced its latest enhanced high temperature heavy duty gas fired or electrically heated batch oven systems designed for customers to heat, dry, and/or cure liquid and powder coatings on small, medium, and large three-dimensional products.
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