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Solar Atmospheres heat treatment furnace hot zone cuts energy losses by 50 procent

2012-02-03

Solar Atmospheres has designed a novel hot zone that minimizes energy losses from the vacuum furnace by 50%.

AFC-Holcroft Receives Order for 2 Row Pusher

2012-02-02

AFC-Hocroft has received an order from a commercial heat treater for 2-row Pusher Carburizing Line, and is delivering the equipment on a piece-by-piece basis directly on the customer's plant floor in order to improve delivery schedule.

Dr. Hermann Vetters

2012-02-01

PHD (Nuclear Physics,Metallurgy) Univ. Vienna

Ipsen sells Titan H6 furnace for manufacturing of rare earth materials

2012-01-24

Ipsen, Japan has sold a Titan H6 vacuum furnace to Nagoya Netsuren Industry Co. in Japan.

AFC-Holcroft delivers UBQ Furnace to Commercial HEAT TREATER

2012-01-17

A commercial heat treating operation located in the South of the United States has taken delivery of a new AFC-Holcroft UBQ Universal Batch Quench furnace, size 36-72-44.

Dipl.-Ing. Sjaak Wammes

2012-01-16

- our Expert in the Netherlands

Dipl.-Ing. Miguel Garagorri

2012-01-02

our Expert for Spain

Boeing Approval For Solar Atmospheres Of Califonia

2011-12-28

Solar Atmospheres of California has earned approval by Boeing to perform heat treating services.

Härterei-Kolloquium 2012

2011-12-22

Härterei-Kolloquium 2012 with the following programme

High Vacuum Newsletter features tips and hints to keep vacuum pumps running

2011-11-18

Metallurgical High Vacuum, Fennville, Mich. has issued a new "High Vacuum Newsletter"

Ipsen features new process gas recycling technology

2011-11-15

Ipsen Inc., Cherry Valley, Ill. has presented its new greener process-gas system at the ASM Heat Treating Show.

World's Largest Integral Quench Atmosphere Batch Furnace with Salt Quench

2011-11-09

Applied Process Inc., Oshkosh, Wis., has collaborated with AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich., to produce a Monster Parts Furnace for a new plant that Applied Process is establishing in Oshkosh.

A fourth continuous furnace of Solo delivered to Nanjing Mint

2011-10-10

The chinese coins manufacturer Nanjing Mint has now in two halls 4 continuous furnaces for the heat treatment of of coins.

Carburizing Controls Upgrade for United Gear & Assembly

2011-10-03

United Process Controls (UPC, www.group-upc.com) recently upgraded the system controls of two Surface Combustion batch IQ furnaces used by precision gear manufacturer United Gear & Assembly.

Bending Tools Producer Installs Nitrex Nitriding System

2011-09-29

Nitrex Metal (www.nitrex.com) shipped a compact nitriding system to the European subsidiary of US tube bending tools manufacturer OMNI-X.

Nitrogen-methanol process is said to be an alternative to gas carburizing

2011-09-05

The Institute for Materials Engineering ( IWT ) in Bremen, Germany, is engaged with the hardening of steel by nitrogen-menthanol process as an alternative to gas carburizing with endogas.

Solar adds 20 bar furnace to Hermitage Facility

2011-08-08

Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania will soon install a custom-built horizontal 20 bar vacuum furnace to its Hermitage facility.

AFC-Holcroft named new Managing Director for its Asian Operations

2011-08-03

AFC-Holcroft, Wixom, Mich. has opened a new regional office in Asia and has named Janusz Kowalewski as the Managing Director of Asian Operations.

Aircraft MRO Provider Orders Nitriding System

2011-07-01

Nitrex Metal will supply a NX-811 Nitreg -S type system to Wuhan Hangda, a leading MRO service provider for aircraft components in China.

Seco Warwick to open a new subsidiary in Germany

2011-06-30

Seco Warwick - a leading polish furnace manufacturer - has announced to open a subsidiary in Germany.

Bodycote to open heat-treat facility in Mexico

2011-06-28

Bodycote announced the opening of a new vacuum heat-treatment facility in northwest Mexico.

Thermprocess Symposium 2011

2011-06-17

During the Thermprocess Aichelin will focus in a Seminar from 29th of June till 01st of July on the following presentations:

25 years Hanomag Commercial Heat Treater

2011-06-10

Founded on the 2nd May 1986 Hanomag - commercial heat treater - will celebrate his 25th anniversary on 17th June in Hannover.

Gerneral Dynamics European Land Systems upgrades Carburizing/Nitriding Systems

2011-06-02

Process-Electronic, a member of United Process Controls, completed phase two of a furnace controls and automation upgrade for General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag, a manufacturer of light tactical vehicles in Kreutzlingen, Switzerland.

Timken accelerates Capacity Expansion

2011-05-05

The Timken Company is accelerating capacity expansions in Asia, including its Chennai,India, plant and its plants in Wuxi and Xiangtan, China.

International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) and its Global 21 Project

2011-04-05

The concept behind the IFHTSE iniative Global 21 is

Bodycote Upgrades Furnace Control

2011-04-01

Super Systems Inc. ( SSI ) supplied Bodycote North America with a automated nitriding control system at its Highland Heights facility outside of Cleveland, Ohio.

Vacuum brazing - a high-quality joining process (Part 3) Brazing apllications

2011-04-01

Stainless steel

Typical applications for the vacuum brazing of stainless steel products are;

Expension Program of Chinese Gear Maker

2011-03-29

Nitrex Metal completed Phase 2 of a four-phase nitrocarburizing project for Chinese Industrial gear maker Nanjing High Speed & Accurate Gear Co ( NGC ).

Higher Performance and Reliability for High Performance Components

2011-02-28

High Performance Components - innovative concepts for increasing the performance and reliability

Daimler to develop and build BharatBenz trucks at Oragadam facility

2011-02-23

Daimler has launched an exclusive new brand of trucks for the Indian market - BharatBenz.

VCST Industrial Products

2011-02-14

VCST Industrial Products with headquarter in Belgium has purchased a further AFC - Holcroft atmosphere batch furnace

Heat Treat Outlook Predicts Another Year of Growth for the U.S.

2011-02-04

The overall U.S. economy, with the exception of housing and construction, finished 2010 better than 2009.

New Batch Atmosphere Line installed at Bodycote

2011-01-21

Bodycote has installed at its works in Highland Heights, Ohio a new batch atmosphere line in order to increase the capacity for carburizing, carbonitriding and nitrocarburizing of components for off-highway-, agriculture- and automotive-industries.

Dana Corporation setting up Technical Center in Pune (India)

2011-01-18

Dana, a manufacturer of driveline products (axles and driveshafts) and power technologies has started to build atechnical center in Pune recently.

ALD Vacuum Technologies Chosen by Skoda ( Volkswagen Group)

2011-01-13

Volkswagen Group has chosen from ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH for a new manual transmission in its Skoda plant in the Czech Republic the latest generation of ModulTherm furnace system.

LPC Processing from Bodycote

2011-01-10

Bodycote has recently added acetylene gas as an alternative to propane for low pressure carburizing at its plant in Livonia, Michigan.

Solar Atmospheres of California Complete

2010-12-01

Solar Atmospheres of California has completed construction of a new 22,000-square-foot facility situated in Fontana, Calif.

New furnace orders for Seco/ Warwick

2010-11-29

Seco/Warwick will supply a new vacuum furnace for the Institute of Aviation in Poland.

P. Schobesberger succeeds H. Novak as Managing Director of Aichelin Holding GmbH

2010-11-17

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Schobesberger will take over the management responsibility of Aichelin Holding GmbH effective 1th of January 2011.

ZF extends its Manufacturing Plant for Gear-Boxes

2010-11-12

0Due to the increasing demand for 8-shift automatic gear-boxes ZF will extend its manufacturing plant in Saarbrücken with an additional manufacturing hall of 8000 square meters.

ZF extends its business activities in Asia

2010-10-28

ZF extends its presence in India and opens an assembly-plant for heavy truck-gearboxes in Pune.

AFC-Holcroft Installs Furnaces in China

2010-10-25

AFC-Holcroft and partner company Shanghai Powermax announced the commissioning of several large orders in China.

Microwave Furnace Marketing Agreement

2010-10-19

Spheric Technologies, Inc. and Victec Europe Limited have signed an international cooperative marketing agreement to develop microwave technology, equipment, and applications.

Lindberg and SOLO Swiss Group Sign Agreement

2010-10-14

Lindberg and SOLO Swiss Group announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning a mutual marketing,sales and service agreement.

Solar Manufacturing shipped largest vacuum furnace

2010-10-10

Solar Manufacturing announced the shipment of the largest car bottom furnace ever manufactured to Baoji Titanium Industry Co. Ltd. in China.

ASTM International announces a new bearing publication

2010-10-08

The new publication of ASTM "Bearing Steel Technologies" reports about the latest information on bearing steel technologies.

Improvement of the installation-efficiency by Aichelin-Forum in Ludwigsburg

2010-10-05

The maintenance of heat treatment installations have been improved essentially in the last 10 years.

AFC-Holcroft Receives NEW Furnace Order

2010-09-28

AFC-Holcroft has received a new furnace order for a sealed quench furnace line that will be used to process specialized components for the wind energy market.

Operating Microwave Furnace

2010-09-23

The first high-temperature (1500°C) continuous-production microwave furnace is now fully functional at the NanoMaterials Innovation Center.

ALD Vacuum Technologies Acquires Stake in Dynatech Furnaces

2010-09-21

ALD Germany has taken a 30% stake in India's Dynatech Furnace PVT.LTD., which has more than 20 years of experience in the manufacturing of heat-treatment furnaces, mainly vacuum-based technology.

A second VW-factory is planned in Russia

2010-09-17

In Kaluga - 200 km away from Moskow - a second VW - factory in planned.

SKF announces two new factories in Asia

2010-09-13

Due to growing demand in China and Asia SKF will invest in a new manufacturing plant for medium size bearings.

PSA is planning an assembling plant in China

2010-09-08

The French automobil company PSA wiil construct its third automotive plant in China and has already signed a contract with its chinese partner Dongfeng.

Vacuum brazing - a high-quality joining process (Part 2) Quality aspects

2010-09-06

Quality aspects

Vacuum brazing is a reproducible and controllable process.
The quality assurance can be divided into the following steps:

BorgWarner sees 40 percent annual growth in the next 5 years in China

2010-08-31

BorgWarner Inc. - a major producer of turbochargers, as well as all-wheel-drive systems and other driveline components - expects annual sales growth of 40 % there over the next five years.

Tohken Thermo consolidates Heat-Treatment Plants

2010-08-27

Tohken Thermo of Tokyo, Japan, is finalizing land purchases in Hashimoto and will design and construct a complet new heat treatment facility.

ZF Friedrichshafen expands its operations in South Carolina USA

2010-08-02

ZF Friedrichshafen has announced to expand its operations in South Carolina.

Test-Center for electro-cars has been opened

2010-07-29

Frauenhofer-Institute for Integrated Systems and Components (IISB) has opened an outstanding test-center for electro-cars in Erlangen.

The Future of Brazing - Conference "LÖT 2010" shows actual Trends in this Branch

2010-07-22

In the conference "LÖT 2010" in Aachen experts have presented more than 50 papers about the development in high temperature brazing.

Geely to build Volvo R&D Center in Shanghai

2010-07-19

Zheijiang Geely Holding Group Co. will construct a research and development center for its newly acquired Swedish car brand Volvo in the suburb of Shanghai.

IHEA ELECTS Eclipse's Lach Perks as President

2010-07-06

Lachlan Perks, president, Eclipse Inc., was elected as president of the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA).

Chrysler to Build a New 8-Speed Auto Transmission

2010-06-29

American car manufacturer Chrysler has annonced it will invest USD 300 million to upgrade the Kokomo, Indiana facility and make it ready to begin production of a new eight-speed automatic transmission.

GKN sees growth in offshore wind and high-speed rail

2010-06-24

British airplane parts maker GKN is to tap into the fast growing high-speed rail and wind power markets with its reorganised LAND SYSTEMS division, where it aims to double revenues over the next five years.

Outokumpu to Increase Capacity in Sweden

2010-06-21

Outokumpu will make an investment to increase capability and capacity of stainless steel production at its facility in Degerfors, Sweden.

Wales to get € 2bn offshore wind farm

2010-06-17

RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München und Siemens have entered in a joint venture to build the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm 18 km off the North Wales coast.

10th International Trade Fair and Symposium for Thermo Process Technology

2010-06-07

The start for the international exposition "Thermprocess" in june 2011 in Düsseldorf has been given.

Centorr Vacuum Industries Improves its High Pressure Sintering Furnace Line

2010-05-31

Centorr Vacuum Industries announced it has thoroughly reengineered its Sinterbar line of production high pressure sintering furnaces.

Hauzer reports excellent Results with HIPIMS+ Technology

2010-05-26

Hauzer has further developed its High Power Magnetron Sputtering Plus (HIPIMS+) Technology.

New TRENDS for GEARS in the AUTOMOTIVE-INDUSTRIES

2010-05-13

New gear developments for the electric-mobilty are presented at the international VDI- congress on 22. and 23. of june 2010 in Friedrichshafen.

Bodycote sees year at upper end of view

2010-05-10

Britain's Bodycote said full-year profit would be at the upper end of expectations if recent improvement in demand continued, although cautioned that the second half was still uncertain.

Vacuum brazing– a high-quality joining process (Part 1)

2010-05-06

More than 40 years ago the first industrial vacuum furnaces for the production of hot gas engines after the Stirling principle was purchased by Werkspoor in Amsterdam.

Bajaj Auto Ltd invests in KTM

2010-05-05

Bajaj Auto Ltd has increased its share-holding in KTM Power Sports AG, Europe's second largest motorcycle manufacturer and World's No. 1 Off-Road Bike maker from 31.92% to 35.67%.

SKF Opens Two Factories in India

2010-04-23

SKF opened two new bearing facilities in India to support the nation's growing demand and strengthen its manufacturing presence in Asian markets.

Tenova established New Company

2010-04-12

Tenova Re Energy GmbH is the latest addition to Tenova.

GE invests in Wind-Turbine Development

2010-04-06

GE has announced plans to invest € 110 mio to develop offshore wind-turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.

TRW forms 6th joint venture in China

2010-03-30

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has formed its 6th joint venture in China, to produce airbag inflators and seat belt parts.

Aerobraze Europe Invests in Furnace Control Systems

2010-03-22

Aerobraze Europe, a division of Wall Colmonoy Corp., invested in the-state-of-the art control systems for its six vacuum furnaces.

Heat-Treat Problems with Wind Turbines

2010-03-18

New Zealand based NZ Windfarms is in dispute with wind turbine maker Windflow Technology over an International Electrotechnical Commision certification standard.

Speciality Heat Treating to Expand Indiana Operations

2010-03-10

Speciality Heat Treating Inc. announced it will expand its heat-treating facility in Elkhart County, Ind..

ZF has opened a new plant in India

2010-03-08

ZF - a manufacturer of automobile components - intends to participate more at the groving market for small cars in India.

VDMA expects a slow Industrial Recovery

2010-02-23

For German plant and machinary manufacturers was 2009 the worst year for decades.

Magna shows interest at Getrag

2010-02-19

The automotive supplier Magna has started talks with Getrag.

Vacuum-furnaces – design and control – an actual overview

2010-02-18

The heat treatment in a vacuum-furnace is depending from the design, temperaturecontrol as well as from the achieved vacuum-level during heat treatment applications.

Dry-Compressing Vacuum-Pumps increase Productivity and Save Costs

2010-02-04

Modern dry-compressing, screw-type vacuum pumps are clearly a step ahead in demanding heat-treatment applications.

Fiat takes over Zastava

2010-01-19

Fiat buys 67% of shares of the serbian automobile manufacturer.

SKF builds NEW HEAT-TREAT Facility

2010-01-14

SKF Aeroengine announced the construction of a new heat-treat and research facility adjacent to its Falconer, N.Y. , plant.

Alstom and Bharat Forge JV are setting up manufacturing plant in Mundra

2009-12-21

The foundation stone for the new power equipment manufacturing plant has been laid in December at Mundra in Coastal Gujarat.

ALD to shut down South Carolina Plant

2009-12-17

ALD Thermal Treatment is planning to close its Blythewood, S.C., heat treating facility.

GKN Opens a New Plant in Wuhan

2009-12-15

GKN has opened its 11th plant in China. The new driveshaft facility is wholly-owned by Shanghai GKN Drive Shaft, a joint venture between GKN and Shanghai Industry Corporation (SAIC).

Great Wall - Chinese Automobile Manufacturer - will start Production in East-Europe

2009-12-10

The chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall will start production in eastern Europe.

Russian Railcar Manufacturer Orders Two Rotary-Hearth Furnaces

2009-12-08

Can-Eng. Furnaces International Ltd. will supply two 10 tons/hour rotary-hearth normalizing furnaces with quench and temper capability.

New Heat Treating Installation for Volkswagen-Skoda

2009-12-04

Volkswagen-Skoda has ordered from ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH a new Modultherm- installation for a new manual transmission in its Skoda plant in the Czech Republic.

Gas-analysis-device for measuring of carburizing-atmospheres

2009-12-02

The new developed portable device is used to measure and record the atmospherevalues of carburizing installations.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Zoch becomes Chairman of AiF

2009-11-30

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Zoch - an expert for metallic materials - becomes in 2010 Chairman of the scientific council of AiF.

ZF has been elected as Automobile-Supplier of the Year

2009-11-27

ZF, a supplier for the automotive industries, has been elected as Supplier of the year 2009.

ZF is putting the Focus on Wind-Power

2009-11-25

In order to be more independent from the declining business development in the automotive industries, ZF Services will expand its wind power department.

Market-place for Heat Treating Industries

2009-11-21

Due to the globalization companies have to look for international customers.

Tool Room Vacuum Furnace for universal applications

2009-11-19

Tool room vacuum furnaces are the high temperature, technically advanced vacuum furnaces to satisfy all your needs for heat treatment.

Centorr Vacuum Industries launches new Furnace-Line of Ultra High Temperature

2009-11-16

Centorr Vacuum Industries announced having received an order for its high-temperature 2900 °C Graphite Heat Treat furnace for a company involved in advanced materials.

New possibilities for surface hardening of stainless steels

2009-11-16

How to improve wear and seizure resistance of stainless steels while keeping their corrosion resistance?

VW has started Full-Production in Russia

2009-11-12

Europe's largest car manufacturer has now started its Full-Production in its works in Kaluga.

Small Hardening Furnace for Toolmakers

2009-11-10

Mainly toolmakers, who use for hardening jobs commercial heat treaters, have an essential advantage of this development.

GKN Aerospace Purchases Microwave Oven

2009-11-05

GKN Aerospace purchased its first industrial standard microwave oven for use by engineers in Munich, Germany, to progress research work into use of microwaves in the production of composite structures.

DIN-Director Dr.T. Bahke and Wei Chuanzhong, Vice-Administrator of AQSIQ, have started the web-side for Standards

2009-11-03

The new german-chinese information-web-side has been started officially on 12th of October in Berlin.

Goodrich signs lean-burn agreement

2009-10-29

Goodrich Corporation has signed a research agreement with Rolls-Royce to develop the next generation of fuel nozzles for lean-burn combustion technology systems, which would be used on future gas-turbine aircraft engines.

GE Helps Europe's Largest Onshore Wind Project Move into Phase Two

2009-10-22

GE Energy has signed an agreement to supply up to 101 of its 2.5 xl wind turbines to CEZ Romania for Cogealac, the second phase of the Fantanele wind project.

Geißinger is the new President of the World Association of the Bearing Industry

2009-10-20

The World Bearing Association (WBA) has elected in Tokio on 11th of September Dr. Jürgen Geißinger, president of Schaeffler Group, to its new president.

Subcontractors of the Automotive Industry are more confident

2009-10-16

The business outlook of the subcontractors in the automotive industry has essentially improved since may 2009.

SECO/WARWICK Introduces 25-Bar Furnace

2009-10-07

SECO/WARWICK has recently introduced a 25-bar Single Chamber Furnace as a process alternative to vacuum furnaces using an oil quench.

AFC-Holcroft Names Partner in Russia

2009-10-05

AFC-Holcroft signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Russia's JSC NAKAL, which is located in Solnechnogorsk, Moscow region.

65th Härtereikolloquium in Wiebaden

2009-10-05

The 65th Härtereikolloquium will take place from 7. to 9. October in the Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiebaden (Germany).

Large Vacuum-Furnace-Installation delivered

2009-09-22

Schmetz has delivered one of the largest vacuum-furnace ever built in Europe.

Jiangsu TWB Bearings Co., Ltd inaugurate New Plant

2009-09-18

Recently Jiangsu TWB Bearing Co., Ltd, wholly owned by Timken Company, inaugurated its new plant in Xishan Economic Zone.

Low Pressure Carburizing - an efficient, flexible and environmental-friendly heat treatment process

2009-09-16

In the last years, low pressure carburizing (LPC) has been established in industrially applications and developed further. The work pieces placed in a vacuum furnace will be carburized by carburizing and diffusion cycles with gaseous hydrocarbons with subsequent quenching in high pressure gas or oil.

ROLLS - ROYCE to begin construction on Virginia aerospace facility

2009-09-08

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, is ready to begin construction at Crosspointe, its new aerospace facility in Prince George County, Virginia.

Winergy opens wind turbine gear drives plant in Illinois.

2009-09-04

Winergy Drive Systems Cooperation and Siemens Drive Technologies officially opened a second plant in Elgin, Ill on August28.

Gear Up for the Heat Treating Conference and Exibition and get the Power of TWO

2009-09-02

Gear Up for the Heat Treating Conference and Exibition and get the Power of TWO.

Bodycote Completes Renovations for Aerospace Industry

2009-08-25

Bodycote completed significant renovations to its 38,000-square-foot facility in Berlin,Conn. in order to meet growing aerospace industry demands.

Mailand becomes Showcase for Technology

2009-08-14

From 5th till 10th of October EMO is coming back to Mailand. A large number of exhibitors from all over the world - 34 countries - support the international character of this show.

Bosch Rexroth opens Wind Turbine Gearbox Plant

2009-07-23

Bosch Rexroth opens wind turbine gearborx plant in Nuremberg.

A new High Temperature Chain and Bearing Lubricant has been developed

2009-07-21

A new High Temperature Chain and Bearing Lubricant has been developed Mc Gee Industries, PA.

Bodycote opens Heat Treatment Center in Finland

2009-07-16

Bodycote Finland opened a new heat-treatment center in Tampere.

Process Optimization through Temporary Corrosion Protection

2009-07-14

Corrosion doesn't just become a problem when parts are used, but rather already during manufacturing, heat treatment, storage and transport.

First Mediterranean Conference in Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering will be held

2009-07-10

First Mediterranean Conference in Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering will be held in the city of Sharm-El-Sheikh,Egypt from December 1-3, 2009.

Furnaces and Atmospheres for Today's Technology Event of Seco Warwick has been scheduled

2009-07-09

Furnaces and Atmospheres for Today's Technology Event of Seco Warwick has been scheduled for Oct. 26-28 at Holiday Inn Express in Meadville, PA.

Pratt & Whitney Power Systems signs agreement for the take over of Turboden

2009-07-07

Pratt & Whitney Power Systems signs agreement for the take over of Turboden S.l.r., an italian manufacturer of high efficient turbo-generators.

BorgWarner opens new factory for turbo-chargers in Polen

2009-07-02

The US-supplier BorgWarner will produce in polish Rzeszow 500.000 turbo-chargers per year.

Bodycote appoints President for Aerospace, Defense and Energy Division

2009-06-30

Bodycote appoints Mr. Tracy Glende as president of its newly formed Aerospace, Defense and Energy Division in Dallas.

EADS Astrium received order for about 500 mio. Euro

2009-06-26

The aerospace company Astrium in Bremen has received an order for the manufacturing of 35 sections of the Ariane-5-rocket.

SKF India Starts Construction on Haridwar Project

2009-06-22

SKF India annouced the beginning of the work for the new maunfacturing site in Haridwar, Uttarkhand.

SEW Eurodrive Orders Chamber-Furnace Plant

2009-06-17

Aichelin received an order for a fully automatic double chamber-furnace line from SEW Eurodrive,
a market leader for drive technology.

Latest developments in heat-treatments applied to cast iron

2009-06-16

All usual heat-treatments applied to eutectoid or hyper- eutectoid alloyed steels (low, medium or high alloyed) can be transferred to cast irons in which alloying elements (types and contents) are equivalent.

Power Systems Mfg. Opens Gas Turbine Component Repair Facility

2009-06-12

Power Systems Mfg. (PSM), an Alstom Group company, opened a 76000 square-foot gas-turbine component repair and reconditioning facility in Jupiter, Fla.

DANA and SSI Complete Controls - Software Upgrades

2009-06-09

Dana Corp. and Super Systems Inc. (SSI) completed a controls and Software upgrade to deliver more efficiencies through technology enhancements at Dana's heat-treating operation in Lima.

ALD and Buderus Edelstahl two strong Partners

2009-05-25

6th International Gear-Steel-Symposium in Hanau

Eltherma S.A.

2009-05-19

Eltherma S.A. completed commissioning of two furnaces

Solar Atmosphere receives Patent

2009-05-15

Solar Atmosphere of Souderton received U.S. Patent No. 7,514,035 B2 for a "Versatile High Velocity Integral Vacuum Furnace".

Essential decline in steel production forcasted for 2009

2009-05-12

The World Steel Association forecasts that worldwide apparent steel use is expected to decline by 14.9% to 1,018.6 million metric tons (mmt) in 2009 after a decline 0f 1.4% in 2008.

CORE Furnace combines business with LOI Inc.

2009-05-08

Core Furnace Systems,a multi business unit company of Tenova Group and LOI Inc., the US unit of Tenova LOI Italimpianti, have combined their business operation.

Alstom Orders Pit-Type Furnaces from Loi Thermprocess

2009-04-28

Loi Thermprocess, a Tenova Loi Italimpianti company, will supply a large pit-type furnace for the stress relieving of turbine shafts for installation at Alstom's plant Birr, Switzerland.

2009 Technology R&D Competition to address Manufacturing

2009-04-23

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST/Gaithersburg USA) announced a 2009 competition for multiyear research funding in two major areas of national interest, civil infrastructure and manufacturing under its Technology Innovation Program(TIP).

Boeing Opens India Reseach and Technology Center

2009-04-21

Boeing has announced the opening of its Boeing Research & Technology-India Centre in Bangalore, which will help sustain the company's competitive technological edge while enhancing India's aerospace capabilities.

Shortened bainitic treatments of steel showing increased properties

2009-04-20

By recent research projects of IWT Bremen it was demonstrated experimentally that either specified combined bainitic–martensitic, or two-step bainitic treatment cycles (Tab. 1, Fig. 1: B1M* and BB), lead to a significant shortening of the heat treatment time, whilst maintaining hardening for steels and avoiding distortions.

Mahindra Yueda Yancheng Tractor Company inaugurated in China

2009-04-17

The new company, Mahindra Yueda Yancheng Tractor Company (MYYTCL), has been formed between Mahindra's Farm Equipment Sector,one of the world's top tractor brands and the market leader in India and Jiangsu Yueda Yancheng Tractor Manufacturing Co.Ltd., a leading Chinese tractor manufacturer.

Aircraft-Component Manufacturer orders R&D Vacuum Furnace

2009-04-09

A top-loading R&D furnace for the process development of low pressure carburizing (LPC) has been order from Solar Manufacturing (USA).

Hanomag Commercial Heat Treating Group presented in Berlin

2009-04-07

The workshop "industrial surface technology" has organized an information evening in Berlin in order to present the potentials of the plasma-technology.

Timken bearing assemblies

2009-04-03

Timken bearing assemblies to be used for Dehli Metro Rail's coaches.

ModulTherm

2009-03-31

Vacuum-Heat-Treatment-System for Large Components.

GEAR MANFACTURING - LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

2009-03-30

The manufacturing of high-quality gears is normaly done through a chain of processes, which starts with soft-machining followed by heat treatment and ends with hard-grinding.

TURBOMECA Upgrades Heat-Treating Facility

2009-03-30

Turbomeca, a member of Safran Group, manufactures in Bordes, France, gas turbines for helicopters.

Metall Technologie Holding

2009-03-24

Metall Technologie Holding acquires share in Shanghai Huisen-MTH Industrial Furnaces Co. Ltd.
Joint opening up of new international markets with complementary products as objective.

China Plants Helicopter Factory

2009-03-23

Aviation Industry Corp. (AVIC), Beijing, China's main government aircraft company,

The efficiency of gases concerning high pressure gas cooling and quenching in heat treatment

2009-03-20

On HEATREAT.DE in December, 2008, the column of Jean-Paul Lebrun predicted a strong development of plasma heat treatment processes and Franz Bless described in February, 2009, how vacuum heat treatment is gaining market.

Solution Treatment of Aluminium Alloys

2009-03-19

Solution Treatment of Aluminium Alloys in Aerodynamic Heating Furnaces.

Large Plasma-Installation for South-Korea

2009-03-16

Large Plasma-Installation for South-Korea

Coating centre of Oerlikon Balzers

2009-03-06

7th coating centre in China started production.

China Gear-Industry

2009-03-02

China Gear-Industry impact the world.

New Vacuum-Furnace for Listemann AG

2009-02-26

New Vacuum-Furnace for Listemann AG in Winterthur put in operation.

Innovation-Center CRITT

2009-02-17

The Innovation-Center CRITT at University Nancy has celebrated its twentiest anniversary.

The importance of vacuum-technology today in heat treatment - possibilities and limits.

2009-02-16

Industry furnaces and installations, that are evacuated with help of corresponding vacuum pumps and that perform subsequent thermal cycle with vacuum pressures of 1 mbar until 10-6 mbar, are used for heat treatment applications.

The first industrial utilization of vacuum furnaces to the thermal treatment of aircraft engine components reaches back more than 50 years.

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH and Metaldyne Corporation

2009-02-13

KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH and Metaldyne Corporation sign global strategic alliance.

Timken Joint Venture

2009-02-11

Timken Joint Venture breaks ground on wind energy plant.

AVL and GIF conclude Cooperation Agreement

2009-02-09

AVL and GIF conclude Cooperation Agreement on powertrain and transmission development for passenger cars and light trucks.

Advances in heat treating

2009-01-30

Advances in heat treating of aluminium, titanium and next-generation composites.

VAC AERO

2009-01-22

Several new furnace orders for VAC AERO

New production-hall at Hanomag

2009-01-20

New production-hall at Hanomag Lohnhärterei GmbH inaugurated.

Fracture toughness as a second parameter for optimization of vacuum heat treatment of tool and high-speed steels.

2009-01-15

Ductility and toughness are the most relevant properties in terms of resistance to total failure of tools and dies as a result of mechanical or thermal overloading.

Carbone Lorraine announced the acquisition of Calcarb

2009-01-14

Carbone Lorraine, a manufacturer of graphite materials and solutions, has acquired Calcarb.

Further developments in thermal processing . . .

2009-01-13

Further developments in thermal processing and welding allow to use cost-effective martensitic stainless steels in new structural applications.

Bodycote - Appointment of Chief Executive

2009-01-07

On the 12th of january 2009 Stephen Harris will become Chief Executive of Bodycote plc.

Call for paper - HEAT TREATMENT FOR THE FUTURE Bodycote/AGA-Linde Seminar

2008-12-18

As a continuation of the successful Bodycote/AGA-Linde seminars in 2005 and 2007 a further two-days seminar is scheduled for the 27-28 May 2009 in Gothenburg.

Low Pressure Carbonitriding . . .

2008-12-17

Low Pressure Carbonitriding with Gas Quench offers higher fatigue strength.

EFD (Fritz Düsseldorf) offers in Freiburg ...

2008-12-15

EFD (Fritz Düsseldorf) offers in Freiburg for the first time in Europe backlashfree induction hardening.

Plasma Nitriding - The today importance for heat treatment

2008-12-15

Plasma nitriding techniques are known for a long time and have been developed industrially for about 40 years, to say since the 70ies. But in numerous countries this development remained rather poor due to some major difficulties inherent to the process of this innovative technology.

Outlook darkens for GKN plc

2008-12-11

Outlook darkens for GKN plc

Martensitic stainless steel enables . . .

2008-12-09

Martensitic stainless steel enables lightweight high-strength automotive bumper beams.

Fiat starts production of Linea . . .

2008-12-08

Fiat starts production of Linea at its Ranjangaon Plant in India.

Growth forecasted for world industrial furnaces and ovens market

2008-12-04

Growth forecasted for world industrial furnaces and ovens market.

Sandvik cuts thousand of jobs . . .

2008-12-01

Sandvik cuts thousand of jobs due to weak market conditions.

GETRAG files for . . .

2008-12-01

GETRAG files for Chapter 11 for its Tipton facility.

Sumitomo starts up SMI Crankshaft

2008-11-24

Sumitomo Metals Industries and Sumitomo Corp. have started up operation of SMI Crankshaft after the completion of the acquisition of Norton Manufacturing Co..

GEAREXPO

2008-11-20

The worldwide Gear Industry Event 2009.

ECM is looking for new investors

2008-11-18

ECM in Grenoble(France), a manufacturer of vacuum heat treatment installations is looking for new investors.

Rolls-Royce announced orders . . .

2008-11-12

Rolls-Royce announced orders worth more than USD 400 million from customers in China, BOC Aviation and Sichuan Airlines.

NEW COMPREHENSION OF QUENCHING TECHNOLOGY

2008-11-12

Very long history of quenching as a specific skill, based exclusively on personal experience has prompted many people to believe that quenching is the least controllable operation in the manufacturing process.

Problemsolutions: Quenching

2008-10-31

Beside the structure and the surface-quality also the appearence of the surface of heat treated components is an important feature for outstanding product-quality.

Solar Atmospheres and Metalex

2008-10-23

Solar Atmospheres and Metalex Manufacturing have teamed up to thermally process landing gear for military version of the Boeing 737.

ALD-Holcroft of Wixom

2008-10-22

ALD-Holcroft of Wixom, Mich, has been awarded a contract to provide a ModulTherm system to a Midwest based manufacturer of component.

Leadership position

2008-10-22

Leadership position in commercial heat treating industry.

Enlarging heat treating performances

2008-10-08

The commercial Heat Treater Hanomag in Hannover is enlarging heat treating installations and performances

Bodycote announces new chief executive

2008-10-07

Bodycote PLC, the specialist thermal processing company, has announced the appointment of Stephen Harris as Chief Executive. He will initially join the Board as Chief Executive Designate on November 1st 2008 and take over from John Hubbard in the first quarter of 2009.

Bodycote Appoints Global Director of R&D

2008-09-22

Bodycote's Senior Operating Board created a corporate level position of Global Director of Research and Development to be filled by Dr. Stephen J. Mashl. Mashl joined Bodycote in 1998 and currently serves as Director of Engineering and Technology for Bodycote's North American HIP Operations.

Alfing Kessler expands production

2008-09-18

Maschinenfabrik Alfing Kessler has invested more than 80 mio Euro for the extension of the Manufacturing of large crankshafts.

Federal Mogul opens powertrain components plant in Brazil

2008-09-16

Federal-Mogul Corp., Southfield, Mich., recently began producing pistons from a state-of-the-art manufacturing line at its new Powertrain Energy business segment's 110,000 sq. ft. plant in Araras, Brazil.

Can-Eng Furnaces supplies Integral Quench Furnace System

2008-09-12

Can-Eng Furnaces, Global Furnace Systems Group (USA), supplies atmosphere furnace-system.

Tips For Machining Super Alloys

2008-09-10

Since their introduction many years ago, heat resistant super alloys (HRSA), which are mainly used for aircraft turbines, have been difficult to machine.

Mixed rare earth replace neodynium in high-heat magnets

2008-09-05

In order to guarantee the specific properties of magnets also at higher temperatures, a new high performance alloy has been developed by replacing neodymium by mixed rare earths.

Furnace hot zones for Metal Injection Molding (MIM)

2008-09-03

The fast growing MIM-industry produces diverse parts for a wide variety of industries.

Thermocouples reduce manufacturing costs

2008-09-01

Better temperature measurement and control in the plant and during the process can be an inexpensive and quick way to improve product quality, lower downtime, reduce scrap and save energy.

Technical studies pay back

2008-08-28

An analysis of the German government has shown that students who have finished technical studies like engineering, material- or computer science are very successful in finding a job easily in the corresponding industries and are able to develop a fast career in their particular fields.

Risk management and insurance

2008-08-26

In order to run and develop a business in the contract heat treatment industry successfully, it is import to implement procedures to identify and categorise exposure to risk.A relatively simple process will then find out risks being sustained by the business and those to be transferred
to the insurance companies.

Steel-Iron-List (register of European steels)

2008-08-26

The institute of steel VDEh is the European steel-registrar.

United Process Controls (Process-Electronic) upgrades Bodycote nitriding operations

2008-08-26

Bodycote Thermal Processing (Huntington Park, CA) has acquired three gas nitriding installations based on the UPC Protherm 500 programmable controller and the H2 Smart hydrogen analyzer from United Process Controls.

Fake Diamonds help jet engines take the heat

2008-08-06

Engines of aircrafts and power turbines often operate under unfavourable environment conditions e.g. sand or dust.

The first global internet-based heat treatment platform - why?

2008-07-18

At HEATREAT.DE you will find the answers for heat treatment concerning:

Beefing up magnets for electric-drive cars

2008-07-14

As there is an obvious trend towards electric driven vehicles, the corresponding technology has to be developed.

The Electro-Car - vehicle of the future?

2008-07-10

The change to alternative car-concepts is necessary because the production of oil has most likely reached its maximum capacity already in middle of 2006. The balance between consumption and supply rate is only guaranteed through increasing oil prices.

Project solutions: Low Pressure Carburizing

2008-07-08

Low pressure carburizing (vacuum-carburizing) is gaining more and more importance in the markets due to the specific advantages of this process. A case study as follows shows this:

Aqua-Quench 4000 introduced

2008-07-04

The new Aqua-Quench 4000 Series quenchants give manufactures greater flexibility for heat treating steel products...

Microwave assisted technology shortens furnace cycles

2008-07-02

Microwave assisted technology is a heating technology that allows manufacturers to double production capacity while decreasing energy and manufacturing costs...

Distortion Engineering

2008-06-30

The DFG special research division 570 "Distortion Engineering" does basic examinations about the formation of distortions and how to avoid these within the field of metal working.

European conference for heat treatment

2008-06-20

Once annually in the spring finds ASMET in cooperation with the European associations A3TS, AIM, SVW/ASTT of und VWT a convention for heat treatment takes place.

SAE Automotive Engineering Exhibition 2008

2008-06-02

Japan Society of Automotive Engineers’ Exhibition and Congress 2008 (JSAE) 21 May 2008 - 23 May 2008.

Automotive Gears worldwide

2008-05-22

Automotive Gears world-wide - which concept for which country?
The mobility will grow dramatically world-wide. At present approximately 800 million cars are world-wide on the market.