Attendees at the Heat Treat 2019 exhibitor welcome reception at the TCF Center in Detroit on Tuesday, October 15, all looked up and stood breathless as Blake Wallenda, a seventh generation member of the famous Wallenda family, walked fearlessly back and forth on a steel wire high above the show floor.
Continue readingMesser Group acquires several businesses from Linde, launches Messer Americas
Messer Group and CVC Capital Partners Fund VII, recently announced the completion of the planned acquisition of certain businesses in North and South America from Linde plc.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing moves to larger building in Sellersville to consolidate operations
Solar Manufacturing Inc., Sellersville, Pa., announces that it has relocated from Souderton to Sellersville in a new building that enables all of its operations to be located in one place.
Continue readingCan-Eng awarded contract for high-capacity mesh belt austemper heat treatment system
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, announces that it has been awarded a contract from Oregon Products for a continuous high-capacity mesh belt austemper heat treatment system for its saw chains and other forestry cutting products.
Continue readingSeco Warwick 4D Quench system features gas cooling nozzles and spinning parts
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., introduces 4D Quench, a continuous, single-piece flow vacuum heat treatment system for quenching and distortion control. It is said to be a cost-effective alternative that cools as rapidly as oil but without the issues associated with oil.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Duplex hardening of bearing steels
Duplex hardening of M-50 and M50NiL provides a hard, wear-resistant surface that exhibits high damage tolerance and damage resistance to hard-particle contamination.
Continue readingInteger announces acquisition of US BioDesign assets for its biomedical structures
Integer Holdings Corp., Plano, Texas, announces that it has purchased certain assets of US BioDesign, a manufacturer of complex braided biomedical structures for disposable and implantable medical devices headquartered in Quakertown, Pa.
Continue readingFort Wayne engineers evaluate NiTi matrix composite with tantalum fiber reinforcement
Engineers from Fort Wayne Metals, Indiana, reported in a presentation during SMST 2019 that they recently evaluated a composite comprised of a nickel-titanium matrix and varying amounts of tantalum fibers.
Continue readingAdmedes scientists investigate influence of heat treating on fatigue behavior of Nitinol
Researchers from Admedes GmbH, Germany, discussed how heat treating during shape setting influences fatigue behavior of the part at SMST 2019 in May.
Continue readingASM International’s Heat Treat 2019 will turn up the Heat on Networking and Entertainment
Register today for the can’t-miss event for heating treating professionals in North America.
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