Solar Atmospheres Inc. announces the acquisition of Vac-Met Inc., increasing its total commercial vacuum heat treating and brazing facilities to five plants across the U.S.
One Minute Mentor:Salt bath hardening line for high-speed steels
Tools that are heat treated in molten salt baths are heated up much more rapidly than by convection or radiation, thereby heat treating times are significantly shortened. The molten salt provides a ready source of heat and maintains the rate of heating necessary to reach equilibrium with the rate of heat absorption.
Metal reformation at nanometer scales
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published a new study that shows what happens when crystalline grains in metals reform at nanometer scales, improving metal properties. This includes recrystallization, in which the metal is deformed and heated.
Can-Eng to deliver a second mesh belt heat treatment furnace line in the Midwest U.S.
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd, Canada, has been awarded a contract to deliver a high-capacity mesh belt heat treatment furnace line to a commercial heat treater in the Midwest U.S.
More robust and user-friendly deck straightening tool
EFD Induction, Skien, Norway, has upgraded the Terac system, which uses induction heating for deck straightening with a new professional look and improved handling properties.