U. S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, announces that it has closed on the purchase of Posco-California Corporation (POSCAL)’s 50% partnership interest in USS-POSCO Industries (UPI), effective February 29, 2020.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Types of Postforging Direct Heat Treatment Processes
In direct-forge quenching and tempering processes, the increase in hardenability results primarily from grain coarsening.
Continue readingInductoheat technological advances can improve induction forging throughput
Michael J. Zaharof of Inductoheat Inc. presented a discussion of the “Top 10 Advances in Induction Heating for Forging” at ASM International’s Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingIpsen customer service teams offer free check of all major vacuum furnace components
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., offers free evaluations of any brand of vacuum heat-treating system in the United States.
Continue readingSolar Manufacturing builds furnaces with all-metal hot zones for 3D printing and medical
Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., recently built and shipped two furnaces to Tennessee, for service to the medical and additive manufacturing industries.
Continue readingInstron 3400 and 6800 series universal testing systems introduce advanced features
Instron, Norwood, Mass., announces that the all-new 3400 and 6800 Series universal testing systems with advanced safety and operating features are available in single and dual column models, with capacities ranging from 500 N to 50 kN.
Continue readingHeat transfer model of water quenching process developed using quenchometer
Dr. James Jan, Ford Motor Company, and Dr. D. Scott MacKenzie, Quaker Houghton, reported on the development of a heat transfer model of the water quenching process of aluminum at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingAFC-Holcroft custom-designs pusher furnace systems through its modular building concepts
AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., manufactures pusher furnace systems that range from single-row to six-row designs that are said to provide exceptionally high degree of operating efficiency, coupled with precise control over the entire heat treat process.
Continue readingSurface Combustion’s Power Convection vacuum furnaces provide uniform band of heating
Surface Combustion Inc., Maumee, Ohio, has developed Power Convection vacuum furnaces, in which the cylindrical inner chamber includes graphite heating elements that uniformly radiate to each other, providing a wall of heat.
Continue readingNitrex Metal gas nitriding technologies enable control of surface nitrogen concentration
Nitrex Metal Inc., Quebec, offers Nitreg, a family of potential-controlled gas nitriding technologies that enable the creation of individually customized processes for different parts, applications, and materials, with optimal results.
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