Fluxtrol Inc., Auburn Hills, Mich., presented the Prof. Valentin S. Nemkov Academic Research Award and the Fluxtrol Student Research Awards during the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingSeco Vacuum advances nitriding equipment and processes to improve repeatability
Engineers from Seco Vacuum Technologies and the Herring Group reviewed and compared nitriding methods, their history and processing options, at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingRolled Alloys develops best practices for welding heat-resistant stainless steel/nickel alloys
Marc Glasser of Rolled Alloys, Temperance, Mich., presented a discussion of techniques for welding stainless steels and nickel-base alloys at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit.
Continue readingWisconsin Oven designs gas-fired conveyor oven for stress relieving automotive parts
Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, announces the shipment of a natural-gas direct-fired continuous duty conveyor oven to an American manufacturer for stress relieving steel snap rings used in automotive parts.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships electrically heated homocarb pit furnace to power industry
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces that it has shipped an electrically heated homocarb pit furnace designed to work with a protective carbonaceous atmosphere to a manufacturer in the power industry.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Transformation rates in quenching
Transformation rates in quenching are of general importance to heat treating, and continuous cooling diagrams are valuable guides.
Continue readingKymera to acquire Reading Alloys for its aerospace, defense, and medical materials
Kymera International, a specialty materials company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has entered into a definitive agreement with Ametek Inc., Berwyn, Pennsylvania, to acquire its Reading Alloys business.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Surface Induction Hardening
Induction heating is used for through hardening, for secondary hardening of carburized parts, for tempering, for preparation of surface material to modify outcomes of subsequent heat treatment, and for other purposes.
Continue readingGrupo Mess becomes exclusive Buehler distributor for metallographic and hardness equipment in Mexico
Buehler, an ITW Company, Lake Bluff, Ill., announces a partnership with Grupo Mess, Queretaro City, Mexico, a leading Mexico supplier of scientific equipment and services specializing in metrology. The partnership provides local support to Buehler customers and other manufacturers for all their metallographic product and service needs.
Continue readingWomen In Engineering Profile: Janet Gbur
This profile series introduces leading materials scientists from around the world who happen to be females. Here we speak with Janet Gbur, research associate at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, investigator at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, and adjunct faculty at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.
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