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China Exclusion Request Granted

Posted July 13, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Recently, the United States imposed a 25% tariff on thousands of products from China, but permitted U.S. companies to request an exclusion from paying tariffs. In this article, Omar Nashashibi, [...]

The Heart of Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40

Posted July 10, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Heat Treat Today’s 40 Under 40 was created to bring recognition to young professionals in the industry, giving names, faces, and words to the rising generation of industry professionals. In [...]

Reader Feedback: Thermocouples 101

Posted July 9, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Here is what readers are saying about recent posts on Heat Treat Today. Submit your comments to editor@nullheattreattoday.com. On John Niggle and Ed Valykeo article, “Thermocouples 101” (click here to see original article) [...]

Enhancing Fatigue Strength and Saving Money

Posted July 8, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Source: Advanced Nitriding Solutions Blog While salt baths and gas nitriding are time-tested methods for hardening, what about the stringent body depth, surface hardness and composite layer thickness requirements for [...]

Demonstrating Oil Quenching Effectiveness

Posted July 7, 2020 Like Share Tweet

In this article by Lee Gearhart, Principal Engineer, Materials and Processes, Moog, Inc., and Chair, Aerospace Metals Engineering Committee, read about a “real time” heat treat inquiry regarding the interpretation [...]

IoT Technology Implemented for Enhanced Furnace Performance

Posted July 6, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced a new IoT (Internet of things) predictive maintenance technology available on their industrial ovens. The new system is capable of monitoring the performance and health of [...]

International Aerospace Manufacturer Buys 2 Vacuum Furnaces

Posted June 25, 2020 Like Share Tweet

An international aerospace manufacturer orders two furnaces for its factories in the USA and Singapore. While both are single-chamber vacuum furnaces, they will serve different functions. One will be used [...]

Helium to Nitrogen: A Cost-Efficient Change in Heat Treat Hardening

Posted June 24, 2020 Like Share Tweet

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA is currently installing a new rapid quenching vacuum furnace that will ultimately eliminate the need for costly helium while increasing production throughput. In helium’s place, [...]

Predicting the Effects of Composition Variation for Heat Treatment of Aerospace Alloys

Posted June 23, 2020 Like Share Tweet

In the following original content from Heat Treat Today, Thermo-Calc Software‘s Adam Hope, PhD, materials scientist, and Paul Mason, president, delve into how modeling and simulation tools can help heat [...]

Kuczma to Acquire Single-Chamber Vacuum Furnace

Posted June 22, 2020 Like Share Tweet

A family-run, commercial heat treating plant in Rzeszów, Poland, Kuczma Hardening Plant, will expand its heat treating capabilities with a new single-chamber vacuum furnace. A particular addition to this furnace [...]