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Inductotherm heavy steel shell furnaces are more efficient than frame-based designs

Inductotherm Corp., Rancocas, N.J., offers heavy steel shell furnaces, which combine the exceptional strength of a rugged steel shell with easy accessibility, making them ideal for melting a wide range of metals.

Oxford Instruments Xplore EDS detector offers rapid data collection for live EDS analysis

Oxford Instruments, England, introduces the Xplore EDS detector, available with a 30 mm2 sensor area and designed for a wide range of applications.

Gasbarre gas nitriding/ferritic nitrocarburizing furnace processes 7000-pound loads

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, Dubois, Pa., recently commissioned a precision gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing furnace for a prominent commercial heat treating company located in the Midwestern United States.

Nitrex designs nitriding cycle for piston rod that improves hardness and wear resistance

Nitrex Metal, St. Laurent, Quebec, announces that FA Krosno S.A. has completed the installation of a Nitrex nitriding system at the manufacturing facility in its namesake city in southeastern Poland.

Retech Systems EB melting and vacuum arc remelting furnaces installed at titanium supplier

Retech Systems LLC, a Seco Warwick company, Ukiah, Calif., announces that its titanium melting equipment has been installed at the Pennsylvania facility of the Perryman Company, a leading global supplier of titanium to the aerospace, medical, consumer, and other industries.

One Minute Mentor: Microstructure Control Technologies for Microalloyed DHT Steels

During direct heat treatment (DHT) processes, hot-forged blanks or components are directly cooled by various controlled cooling methods to achieve specified hardness, microstructure, strength, and durability.

Buehler designates Virginia CCAM as Partner Center and donates analysis equipment

Buehler, Lake Bluff, Ill., has upgraded its support of advanced manufacturing research at the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) in Prince George County, Virginia.

Wall Colmonoy offers spring session of Modern Furnace Brazing School in May

Wall Colmonoy, Madison Heights, Mich., announces that it will offer a spring session of Modern Furnace Brazing School on May 12-14, at Wall Colmonoy’s Aerobraze Brazing Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.

IR heat treatment improves ductility and bond strength of cold-spray aluminum coatings

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin reported on the results of mechanical testing of Al 6061 cold spray coatings before and after a rapid heat treatment with a novel focused IR device at the ITSC 2019 conference sponsored by the Thermal Spray Society of ASM International.

Particle Testing Authority launches testing service for additive manufacturing powders

Particle Testing Authority (PTA), a division of Micromeritics Instrument Corp., Norcross, Georgia, announces that it has created a comprehensive particle characterization service for the additive manufacturing industry.