One 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.
Continue readingMagnetic Shields Ltd orders third Solar Manufacturing vacuum furnace
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Solar Manufacturing, Sellersville, Pa., has been selected to supply a Mentor Pro vacuum furnace to MSL Heat Treatment, a subsidiary of Magnetic Shields Limited (MSL), Kent, U.K.
Continue readingSeco/Vacuum ships Vector vacuum furnace for specialized nuclear operations
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Seco/Vacuum, Pa., has shipped a single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum furnace, the Vector, to be utilized for a variety of heat-treating processes, including hardening of tool steels as well as high vacuum sintering and annealing.
Continue readingLindberg ships exothermic gas atmosphere generator to the manufacturing industry
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Lindberg/MPH, MI, has announced the shipment of one gas-fired Exothermic atmosphere generator to the manufacturing industry.This exothermic generator features an energy efficient design that provides reliable and economic operation.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Preheating for Austenitizing
July 27, 2022 Source: ASM International
Preheating normally is employed as a safeguard against the cracking and extreme distortion resulting from the thermal shock undergone by a cold workpiece when it is exposed to the high temperature of the austenitizing furnace.
Continue readingSteel Dynamics announces new state-of-the-art low carbon aluminum flat rolled mill
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Steel Dynamics, Fort Wayne, Ind, announced that it will construct and operate a 650,000-tonne low-carbon, recycled aluminum flat rolled mill, with two supporting satellite recycled aluminum slab centers. The capital investment is estimated to be $2.2 billion for the three facilities, and commercial production is planned to begin in the first quarter 2025.
Continue readingConstellium achieves highest EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating
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Constellium, Paris, has received a Platinum rating from EcoVadis, a leading provider of business sustainability ratings, for a consecutive time. EcoVadis places the company in the top 1% of the 90,000 companies assessed worldwide.
Continue readingNitrex delivers vacuum furnace to international aircraft provider
Source: ASM International
Nitrex Vacuum, Quebec, recently shipped a new large vertical vacuum furnace to a major aircraft engine maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility in South America. The system was purchased to modernize the plant, meet quality standards and accreditations, and produce specially designed recipes.
Continue readingOne Minute Mentor: Austenitizing
July 12, 2022 Source: ASM International
Austenitizing is the most critical of all heating operations performed on tool steels. Along with quenching it will usually be referred to as the hardening step in tool steel heat treatment and, associated with tempering, will be responsible for the final properties.
Continue readingAddUp Partners with the ECM Group to Offer Post Additive Manufacturing Heat Treatment Solutions
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ECM Technologies, France, has signed a partnership to develop high value-added solutions for the thermal treatment of 3D printed metal parts with AddUp, a major player in the field of metal additive manufacturing.
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