The conference was well attended, with 171 heat treaters and 20 exhibitors from 20 countries and every continent, while the keynote speakers were industry leaders who covered topics of great importance to advancing heat treating technology and expanding applications.
Olympus videoscope provides resilient insertion tube and ultrabright illumination
Olympus Corp., Tokyo, has launched its new Iplex NX videoscope, featuring excellent image quality, maneuverability, and intuitive operation to streamline the location, identification, and measurement of previously undetectable flaws.
ASM forms strategic alliance with SVC
The new strategic alliance brings the complementary strengths of both organizations together to better serve their global members and the community at large.
Commercial Metals to build steel micromill in Oklahoma for long products
Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas, announces that it has begun construction of an electric-arc-furnace steel micromill in Durant, Okla., to produce long products by its continuous-continuous manufacturing process in which steel is melted, cast, and rolled from a single uninterrupted strand.
Ipsen Argos low-pressure carburizing plus 20-bar nitrogen quenching increases hardness
Ipsen, Cherry Valley, Ill., announces that its Global Development Team in Kleve, Germany, recently celebrated the first build and testing of the Argos heat treating system, in which low-pressure carburizing combined with 20-bar nitrogen quenching reportedly provides metallurgical properties never before seen in gas quenching systems.