Seco/Warwick, Poland, will deliver an innovative AFT process line to Aalberts Surface. The delivery to the Dzierżoniów hardening plant includes a third main furnace, tempering furnace, and an endothermic atmosphere generator as well as loading and unloading devices along with the auxiliary infrastructure.
Continue readingNitrex to deliver an automatic nitriding cell to Chinese automobile manufacturer
Nitrex, Canada, has secured additional business with one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in China. For this latest order, six continuous flow-through nitriding systems, furnace model NXHL-910512, were ordered to create the fully automated cell. Delivery is planned for August 2022, and the cell should start operating in autumn.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Steam treatment of powder metallurgy parts
The steam treatment of powder metallurgy parts help to both seal surface porosity and to increase surface hardness, which improves corrosion resistance, pressure tightness, and wear resistance. Unfortunately, it also reduces tensile strength and ductility from 10 to 20%, depending on conditions and the steel.
Continue readingGarlington facility Nadcap accredited
Accurate Brazing, SC, has received Nadcap accreditation for its Garlington Road facility in Greenville facility for Heat Treating. The accreditation is for demonstrating ongoing commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications.
Continue readingConstellium ranked on Forbes’ list of world’s top female-friendly companies
Constellium, Paris, has been ranked on Forbes’ inaugural list of the world’s top female-friendly companies.
Continue readingOerlikon’s new state-of-the-art laser cladding center is operational
Oerlikon Metco Coating Services, NC, has announced that the company’s new laser cladding service center is fully operational in Huntersville, NC, a suburb of Charlotte NC.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres adds furnace to reclaim titanium and tantalum
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., has commissioned a new high-production vacuum furnace thereby doubling hydriding and de-hydriding capacity in the reclamation process of high-value titanium and tantalum materials.
Continue readingNanoAL receives stage 1 CABLE prize from U.S. Department of Energy
NanoAL LLC, Ashland, Mass., has announced that it has been awarded a 2021 Stage 1 Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the “Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric applications” (CABLE) program.
Continue readingSECO/WARWICK to deliver furnace for hardening aviation steel
SECO/WARWICK , Meadville, Pa., will deliver a Vector vacuum furnace to one of the largest European machinery groups. The device will be used for hardening and tempering processes, and its design has been customized in order to meet the needs of a special and demanding process which is the hardening of aviation steel.
Continue readingHigh temp high-vacuum brazing furnaces for precision heat treating
Centorr Vacuum industries, Nashua, NH, has announced that they are building six high-temperature high-vacuum furnaces for precision heat treating, brazing, and annealing applications. The furnaces are from their Workhorse product line.
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