Lindberg/MPH, has announced the shipment of an electrically heated, steam atmosphere pit furnace for steam treating parts. Manufacturers use the steam treating process to create a uniform blue-black finish on the surface of parts which improves wear and corrosion resistance.
One Minute Mentor: Fluidized-bed heat treating furnace
The indirectly heated fluidized-bed furnace is heated electrically though a fluidized-bed furnace may also be gas heated. Fluidized beds have been designed to perform a wide variety of heat treating tasks including stress relieving, preheating, hardening, quenching, annealing, and tempering, as well as a variety of surface treatments such as carburizing, nitriding, and steam tempering.
Nitrex supplies new vacuum furnace to the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS)
Nitrex Vacuum, Quebec, Canada, has supplied a new vacuum furnace to the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) to enhance its vacuum heat-treating capabilities. The investment in the new furnace aims to support KIMS’ wide range of technological R&D activities.
Solar Atmospheres obtains Boeing approval for vacuum oil quenching
Solar Atmospheres, Hermitage PA, has announced the approval of a critical Boeing specification for the oil quenching of alloy steels in accordance with Boeing’s specification BAC 5617.
A quasiparticle that can transfer heat under electrical control
Scientists have found the secret behind a property of solid materials known as ferroelectrics, showing that quasiparticles moving in wave-like patterns among vibrating atoms carry enough heat to turn the material into a thermal switch when an electrical field is applied externally. A key finding of the study is that this control of thermal conductivity […]