Bodycote, UK, has announced that their coating solutions have been approved by Cameron Schlumberger. The approval recognizes Bodycote’s Knowsley facility as a center of excellence for providing thermal coatings and K-Tech ceramic coating solutions to oil & gas and industrial gas turbines.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effect of nickel-copper content on powder metallurgy hardenability
Nickel increases tensile properties of as-sintered powder metallurgy steels approximately one-half as much as copper but provides significantly higher strength after heat treatment. This is because of the heterogeneous nature of nickel-alloy steels made of blended elemental powders.
Continue readingMercury Marine advances heat treating processes with ECM technologies
ECM technologies, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., will deliver a low-pressure carburization and high-pressure gas quench system to Mercury Marine of Fond du Lac, Wis. This is part of the latter’s plan to upgrade its heat-treating capabilities with a move to the low-pressure carburization and high-pressure gas quench system.
Continue readingCircular economy thinking in heat treatment of nonferrous metals
BlueTechnology takes into account the importance of sustainability for production lines and raises awareness of ethical and ecological metal production. Within the confines of thermodynamics, mass and heat transfer, as well as economics.
Continue readingAir Products selected to 100 best corporate citizens list for 10th consecutive year
Air Products, Allentown, Pa., has been named to the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for the tenth consecutive year. The list, published by 3BL Media, recognizes outstanding environmental, social and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1000 largest public companies in the United States.
Continue readingCentorr Vacuum announces order for six high-temp, high-vacuum furnaces
Centorr Vacuum, Nashua, N.H., has received orders for six furnaces in the Workhorse product line for various applications in the precision processing of metals in heat treating, brazing, and annealing applications.
Continue readingNew technology for evaporating metals at low temperatures
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, researchers have invented a cheaper, safer, and simpler technology that will allow a group of metals and metal oxides to evaporate at temperatures lower than 200 C, much lower than current working temperatures.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Effect of copper content on powder metallurgy hardenability
The most important function of alloying elements in heat treatable steels is to increase hardenability, whether for quench and tempering or sinter hardening. Adding copper increases both hardness and tensile strength in the sintered condition.
Continue readingSeco/Vacuum sells two Vector furnaces to Australian Defense
Seco/Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., has sold two new Vector single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum to the Australian defense industry through HTA. These will go to the Melbourne and Sydney commercial heat treatment facilities to provide expanded processing capabilities.
Continue readingExtremely high thermal conductivity interfacial material for large electronics packages
Amkor Technology, Incheon, Korea, has demonstrated three new types of thermal interfacial materials (TIM) with high thermal conductivity (> 20W/mK). Workability and reliability test results for metal sheet TIM (60W/mK), graphite sheet TIM (24W/mK), and silver (Ag) sintered TIM (50W/mK) have been presented in a new paper.
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