Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, Wis., has announced the shipment of one natural gas fired conveyor oven to the transportation industry. Designed to cure contoured plastic parts, this oven has a maximum temperature of 500°F and its normal operating temperature is 350°F.
Continue readingConstellium restarts upgraded cold mill at Ravenswood Facility
Constellium, Paris, restarted its upgraded 144-inch cold rolling mill at its facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia in the presence of senator Shelley Moore Capito and the deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial policy, Jesse Salazar.
Continue readingLindberg/MPH ships two electrically heated nitrogen pit furnaces to the manufacturing industry
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announced the shipment of two electrically heated nitrogen pit furnaces to the manufacturing industry. These furnaces are configured for process applications requiring a maximum furnace temperature of 1250°F in a nitrogen atmosphere.
Continue readingIpsen expands services with vacuum chamber wall thickness testing
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has expanded its field service capabilities to include ultrasonic wall thickness testing for vacuum furnaces. The test helps customers verify the integrity of their chamber and determine its remaining lifespan.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Case Hardening
Powder metallurgy parts are case hardened to obtain higher hardness, wear, fatigue, and impact properties. The primary purpose of case hardening low-carbon steels is to provide a hard, wear-resistant surface while maintaining a soft ductile core. This combination imparts optimum wear resistance and toughness properties to these material
Continue readingGasbarre Thermal Processing Systems ships batch sintering furnace
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, Dubois, PA, announced the shipment of a 60” wide x 90” deep x 30” tall atmosphere box sintering furnace to be installed at Mueller Brass Co., a major supplier of brass rod and forgings in the United States.
Continue readingHarper receives order for pitch carbon fiber oxidation oven system
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has been awarded a contract to engineer and manufacture a Pitch Carbon Fiber Stabilization Mesh Belt Oven system to be installed at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER), located in Lexington.
Continue readingSECO/WARWICK to deliver innovative AFT process line to Aalberts Surface Technologies
Seco/Warwick, Poland, will deliver an innovative AFT process line to Aalberts Surface. The delivery to the Dzierżoniów hardening plant includes a third main furnace, tempering furnace, and an endothermic atmosphere generator as well as loading and unloading devices along with the auxiliary infrastructure.
Continue readingNitrex to deliver an automatic nitriding cell to Chinese automobile manufacturer
Nitrex, Canada, has secured additional business with one of the biggest automotive manufacturers in China. For this latest order, six continuous flow-through nitriding systems, furnace model NXHL-910512, were ordered to create the fully automated cell. Delivery is planned for August 2022, and the cell should start operating in autumn.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Steam treatment of powder metallurgy parts
The steam treatment of powder metallurgy parts help to both seal surface porosity and to increase surface hardness, which improves corrosion resistance, pressure tightness, and wear resistance. Unfortunately, it also reduces tensile strength and ductility from 10 to 20%, depending on conditions and the steel.
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