ECM USA, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., introduces the ICBP Nano, the latest product in its range of low-pressure carburizing and carbonitriding furnace systems that consist of one module with three stacked heating cells and gas-quenching cells.
Continue readingLindberg heat treating pit furnace produces corrosion-resistant oxide film on tool steels
Lindberg MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated, steam atmosphere, cylindrical pit furnace with a steam generator for steam treating tool steels.
Continue readingHand tool manufacturer boosts production with compact pit-type heat treating system
Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., has partnered with a tool manufacturer in North America to custom design a unique pit-type tempering furnace system to increase production capacity.
Continue readingNatural gas direct-fired batch oven renders products of combustion nonflammable
Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped a natural gas direct-fired batch oven with a separate cooling chamber to a manufacturer of automotive parts for curing rubber automotive hoses.
Continue readingNickel-titanium shape memory alloy spring tire designed for Mars rover
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, announces that its engineers have developed an airless compliant tire that consists of several hundred coiled wires of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy woven into a flexible mesh, giving the tires the ability to support high loads while also conforming to the terrain.
Continue readingConcentrations of rare earth elements >300 ppm found in American coal basins
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, reports that its engineers have found high rare earth element concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Maps of Wear Resistance
The images show wear maps for (a) treated and (b) nontreated 316 stainless steel. The T316 stainless steel was treated by low-temperature carburization.
Continue readingNew Technology Advancing Induction Heat Treatment Quality, Flexibility and Performance
Electromagnetic induction has provided reliable, predictable, and cost-effective heat treatment results for decades.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres thermally treats first FAA-certified titanium AM aviation structural parts
Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage, Pa., has successfully processed the first FAA-Certified structural additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V parts.
Continue readingIpsen granted U.S. patent for advanced loader design for heat treating systems
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., was recently awarded U.S. Patent No. 9,719,149 B2 for the development of a new load transport mechanism that can move a load within a multi-station heat-treating system.
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