ClassOne Technology, Kalispell, Montana, has developed the CopperMax plating chamber, a design that is said to extend bath life by a factor greater than 20.
J.L. Becker IQ heat treating furnace line processes workloads up to 4000 pounds
J.L. Becker, a Gasbarre Furnace Group Company, Plymouth, Mich., recently manufactured, shipped, and commissioned a complete IQ furnace line at the East Carolina Metal Treating facility in Raleigh, N.C.
ALD SyncroTherm compact heat treating system supports manufacture of aerospace parts
ALD Vacuum Systems Inc., Wixom, Mich., has received a purchase order from a North American based aerospace manufacturer for a SyncroTherm brand, fully integrated vacuum heat treating system.
QuesTek CEO & ASM Fellow Aziz Asphahani elected to National Academy of Engineering
QuesTek Innovations LLC, Evanston, Ill., announces that Dr. Aziz Asphahani, Questek President & Chief Executive Officer and a Fellow of ASM International, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.
One Minute Mentor: Low-Temperature Surface Hardening of Stainless Steel
The graph shows a schematic time-temperature-transformation (TTT) diagram of austenite with a high nitrogen or carbon content. In order to prevent the development of chromium nitrides/carbides, a long-time low-temperature treatment could be applied.