The as-quenched properties of powder metallurgy steels depend on the cooling medium and the steel’s hardenability. Quenching in water, salt, brine, and water-based polymer solutions improves the rate of heat transfer, leading to a faster quench. However, in many cases, it accelerates corrosion due to the residual quenchant trapped in surface pores.
Continue readingLucifer Furnaces designs new pot furnaces for aerospace applications
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has designed a multi-unit modular pot furnace system for a major aerospace manufacturer in the U.S., who will use these furnaces to increase heat treat capacity.
Continue readingSteel Dynamics named one of the 100 best ESG companies by Investor’s Business Daily
Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named one of the 100 Best ESG Companies of 2021 by Investor’s Business Daily. Steel Dynamics was the only U.S. steel producer receiving this designation, and one of only three steel producers globally.
Continue readingHarper expands product offering with new lab-scale rotary furnace
Harper International, Buffalo, N.Y., has launched a lab-scale rotary furnace. The furnace allows producers of advanced materials to optimize their process parameters on a small scale to ensure capability and quality requirements are achieved prior to investment in production-scale thermal process equipment.
Continue readingIpsen supports heat treating industry educational foundation
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., has presented donations to support the MTI Educational Foundation, which provides scholarships for the next generation of heat treating industry professionals during the Metal Treating Institute’s Fall Meeting, along with several other vested organizations.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Conditions of hardenability
With the variety of local chemical compositions present after sintering, different microstructures form on cooling unless completely pre-alloyed powders are used. The degree of local composition variation can be significant, so it is better to look at the concept of critical cooling speed in terms of these local variations.
Continue readingSolar Atmospheres Southeast receives Nadcap 24-month merit status
Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, S.C., has announced that its Greenville, S.C. facility has been awarded Nadcap 24-month merit status for heat treating, brazing, and carburizing. All Solar Atmospheres facilities have now earned Nadcap 24-month merit status demonstrating Solar’s corporate commitment to quality.
Continue readingGasbarre commissions a high temperature box furnace.
Gasbarre, DuBois, Pa., has manufactured and commissioned a high-temperature box furnace. The system is custom-designed to meet the customer’s strict process requirements, manufacturing methods and eliminates the need for a quench pit.
Continue readingAir Products signs $12 billion joint venture in Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Air Products, Allentown, Pa., has signed and finalized definitive agreements for the asset acquisition and project financing of the $12 billion air separation unit (ASU)/gasification/power joint venture (JV) with Aramco and ACWA Power in Jazan Economic City.
Continue readingConstellium to supply aluminum structural components for the new all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning
Constellium, Paris, will supply aluminum structural components for the recently introduced all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning that is expected to be available Spring 2022.
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