The University of Pittsburgh and General Carbide Corp., Greensburg, Pa., report that recent awards from the state of Pennsylvania will enable research into improving tungsten carbide powders and developing 3D printing methods for more effective and economical additive manufacturing.
Continue readingIpsen Titan vacuum furnace to heat treat cutter blades for Vietnam division of U.S. company
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., reports that Zenith Cutter, an Illinois manufacturing company, has purchased a Titan H6 vacuum furnace with two-bar gas quenching for its sister company Metkraft in Vietnam to process its industrial knives, cutter blades, and related accessories.
Continue readingSilverchair to provide hosting for ASM’s online materials information resources
Silverchair Information Systems, Charlottesville, Va., announces a partnership with ASM International, Cleveland, to develop a unified hosting solution for ASM’s authoritative materials information resources.
Continue readingResidual Stress Workshop at Thermal Processing in Motion Conference
This Workshop will collect information on current gaps relative to designing products and establishing product definitions that include Bulk Residual Stress as a component attribute. Concepts for possible Industry Standards will be proposed to support enhanced product capabilities.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces builds dual chamber heat treating furnace for punch and die maker
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has delivered a dual chamber fiber-lined furnace to a leading manufacturer of punches and dies in North America.
Continue readingPrecision-controlled pit furnace tempers hardened steel dies
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that Dorssers Inc. has purchased two of its pit style air temper furnaces to process pellet dies.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces dual-chamber furnace heat treats CPM high speed steel
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., reports that it has delivered a dual chamber high-temperature furnace to Compacting Tooling Inc. (CTI), McKeesport, Pa., to heat treat Crucible particle metallurgy (CPM) high speed steel.
Continue readingSingle-chamber box furnace heat treats mold tooling for die maker
Lucifer Furnaces Inc., Warrington, Pa., announces that Century Die Co. LLC, Fremont, Ohio, has purchased a Lucifer Red Devil single-chamber box furnace for heat treating mold tooling.
Continue readingIntegral quench furnace system provides solution for die forging heat treatment
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a Pacemaker integral quench furnace with an endothermic gas generator to a company in the die forging industry.
Continue readingAdvanced Heat Treat completes Phase I of plasma nitriding evaluation
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), Waterloo, Iowa, announces that it has completed Phase I of a grant to evaluate plasma nitriding for improved life of forging dies by generating a hard case on tribological surfaces.
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