Quintus Technologies rolls out HPP model with industry’s largest vessel diameter
October 3, 2022 Source: ASM International
Quintus Technologies, Västerås, Sweden, has introduced the newest generation high pressure processing (HPP) system to meet the productivity needs of medium to large food and beverage processors.
Continue readingConstellium celebrates expansion of its operations in Decin, Czech Republic
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Constellium, Decin, Czech Republic, is celebrating the expansion of its facility, including a new casthouse and extrusion press to serve the growing market for automotive aluminum.
Continue readingSeco/Warwick signs deal with GreenIron for fossil free metal production
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Seco/Warwick, Poland, has an agreement with the Swedish company GreenIron H2 AB for the delivery of a series of furnaces for fossil-free metal production from ore, residuals, and waste recycling.
Continue readingThe largest Seco/Vacuum retort furnace to be delivered to Spain
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Seco/Vacuum, Meadville, PA, announced that their furnaces have once again been selected by the international Aalberts Surface Technologies Group.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor:Salt bath hardening line for high-speed steels
September 4, 2022 Source: ASM International
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.
Continue readingMetal reformation at nanometer scales
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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.
Continue readingCan-Eng to deliver a second mesh belt heat treatment furnace line in the Midwest U.S.
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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.
Continue readingMore robust and user-friendly deck straightening tool
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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.
Continue readingTwo more Nitrex furnaces for the Capi Group
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Nitrex Vacuum, Quebec, has delivered two large-capacity nitriding systems to the Italian gear manufacturer, Capi Group. Capi has been using Nitrex systems since 2018 and the new systems are expected to boost their nitriding/nitrocarburizing capacity.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Salt Bath Furnaces
August 12, 2022 Source: ASM International
Molten salts of various compositions are well adapted to all operations in the heat treatment of tool steels. For tools that cannot be ground after hardening or for tools that require an excellent surface condition and the maintenance of sharp edges, salt bath heating provides excellent results.
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