Oxford Instruments Asylum Research, Goleta, Calif., announces the new Cypher VRS Video-Rate AFM, said to be the first and only full-featured video-rate atomic force microscope.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven ships batch oven to Flame Treating to temper steel parts
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural gas-fired draw batch oven to Flame Treating Systems Inc. in Durham, N.C., for tempering various steel parts.
Continue readingWisonsin Oven’s heat treating batch oven tempers steel parts for Flame Treating
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, Wis., has shipped a natural gas-fired draw batch oven to Flame Treating Systems Inc. in Durham, N.C., for tempering various steel parts.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres invests with confidence in America
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., announces that it placed an order on Jan. 20 for a large horizontal-loading ten-bar vacuum furnace with advanced cooling technology, built by its sister company, Solar Manufacturing Inc.
Continue readingCan-Eng to build continuous T-7 heat treatment system for aluminum castings
Can-Eng Furnaces Intl. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has been contracted to design, manufacture, and commission an automated T7 Heat Treatment System for the processing of high-integrity aluminum automotive structural castings for a company in the European Union.
Continue readingRolls Royce approves Wallwork Group for vacuum brazing of aerospace structures
Wallwork Group, U.K., announces that the scope of Rolls Royce approvals for the Bury (Manchester) site of metal thermal processing specialists Wallwork Group, has been extended to include the company’s new vacuum brazing facility.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships atmosphere box heat treating furnace for R&D
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of an atmosphere box furnace with a wide temperature range of 1400 to 2012°F for research and development purposes.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Removing the Passive Layer in Low-Temperature Gas Nitriding
The recent advent of low-temperature gas nitriding (for the production of the S-phase in stainless steel) as opposed to regular high-temperature (above 550 °C) gas nitriding (of regular steel) had to find a way to remove the passive layer in this low-temperature condition.
Continue readingAirbus awards Ducommun multiyear contract to produce titanium structures
Ducommun Inc., Carson, Calif., has received a multiyear, multimillion dollar contract from Airbus to produce additional titanium structures for engine support and engine frames on the A320neo (new engine option) aircraft.
Continue readingForgings supplier buys AFC Holcroft heat treatment furnace line
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., reports that a European-based multi-national supplier of forgings for the automotive industry has brought their heat treatment process in-house by investing in an AFC-Holcroft automated non-atmosphere batch heat treatment line to be delivered to an American facility located in the Midwest.
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