Seco/Vacuum, Poland, has supplied a fifth vacuum furnace for a customer, operating multiple facilities in the USA and Asia. The furnace is designed to operate up to 1380°F (750°C), with work zone dimensions of 24” x 24” x 36” and a load capacity of 1750 lb.

EFD Induction, Skien, Norway, used remote commissioning for a new Compact Weldac tube welder ordered by a major steel products manufacturer in the Middle East. The move allowed both parties to complete the purchase without delay caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Molybdenum is a more effective alloying element than nickel for enhancing hardenability. The addition of molybdenum promotes response to heat treatment and increases hardness, wear resistance, and strength to the required level in applications with highly loaded PM parts such as helical gears.

Surface Combustion, Maumee, OH, is celebrating 70 years of successful heat treating. In this time, over 3000 furnaces were installed and 496,040 tons of steel were processed.

Seco/Vacuum, Meadville, Pa., has sold a vacuum aluminum brazing furnace to an international aircraft component supplier. The new furnace joins other Seco/Warwick Group vacuum furnaces installed at this location.

Bodycote, UK, has announced that their coating solutions have been approved by Cameron Schlumberger. The approval recognizes Bodycote’s Knowsley facility as a center of excellence for providing thermal coatings and K-Tech ceramic coating solutions to oil & gas and industrial gas turbines.

Nickel increases tensile properties of as-sintered powder metallurgy steels approximately one-half as much as copper but provides significantly higher strength after heat treatment. This is because of the heterogeneous nature of nickel-alloy steels made of blended elemental powders.

ECM technologies, Pleasant Prairie, Wis., will deliver a low-pressure carburization and high-pressure gas quench system to Mercury Marine of Fond du Lac, Wis. This is part of the latter’s plan to upgrade its heat-treating capabilities with a move to the low-pressure carburization and high-pressure gas quench system.