HEAT TREAT NEWS

Universal High Pressure Quench Delivers Wide Range of Process Capabilities to Slovenia Commercial Heat Treater, MIHEU

Slovenia commercial heat treater, MIHEU, is expanding their production capacity with the addition of a new Vector™ High Pressure Gas Quench vacuum furnace. Delivered in February 2016, the new installation will enable MIHEU to increase production capacity and expand their markets by offering a wide variety of processes with the installation of a single system.

According to Aleš Prikeržnik, Managing Director, „ We wanted to partner with a company with expertise in both emerging technologies as well as reliable standard solutions to expand our market base and continue to deliver a high quality product to our customers into the future. The SECO/WARWICK team provides more than good equipment, they have the technical and service support that we demand to keep our operation running smoothly.” Family owned for three generations, learn more about MIHEU at www.miheu.si/en/abous-us.html

Maciej Korecki, SECO/WARWICK Vacuum VP commented, „The VECTOR Universal High Pressure Quench is our signature technology in use by commercial heat treaters worldwide for over 20 years. We are pleased to work with MIHEU as a supplier-partner to provide them with the world’s best technology and technical services. ”

VECTOR™ Universal High Pressure Quench Vacuum Furnaces

The standard Universal VECTOR vacuum furnace is used for wide range of industrial heat treatment applications including gas quench hardening & tempering, degassing, annealing, solution heat treatment and brazing. Equipped with Data Portal™, the control system can connect to a configurable website that gives the user access to archive data using a web browser. This application can use an internal data recorder or it can work with other software. Recorded data is displayed in the form of web pages. Access, depending on the customer’s choice, can be through a local area network or via the Internet from anywhere.

The MIHEU Furnace main parameters include:

Useful dimensions: 600 x 600 x 900 mm (24” X 24” X 36”)

Maximum load gross weight: 600kgs (1,300 lbs.)

temperature: 1300°C (2400°F)

Quenching pressure: up to 10,0 bar abs.

The system was delivered complete with a water cooling system, load fixture, DataPortal™ software package, installation, start up and training.

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Aluminum Immersion Holding Furnace to Large Automotive Die Caster

Aluminum Immersion Holding Furnace to Large Automotive Die Caster

Lindberg/MPH announced the shipment of an electric immersion aluminum holding furnace to a large automotive die caster. The equipment provided includes three electric immersion aluminum holding furnaces used to keep aluminum at die casting temperature.

These aluminum holding furnaces utilize Lindberg/MPH patented board lining and high efficiency immersion tubes/heaters. A manually operated winch crane operates the center cover for cleaning.

Repeat business based on past performance is a testament to the quality and durability of Lindberg/MPH equipment. We work closely with our customers to provide the best possible solution to their application needs and are pleased to be their chosen vendor.”  Andrew Paul, Sales Engineer

Unique features of these aluminum holding furnaces includes:
• Efficient electric immersion heating.
• Excellent temperature control and fast recovery.
• Lindberg/MPH patented board lining.
• Longer lining life.
• Manually operated winch crane cover lift

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3 Charter Members Join IHEA’s New Induction Heat Treating Division

Ajax TOCCO Magnathermic, Ambrell and SMS Elotherm have all joined the Industrial Heating Equipment Association’s (IHEA) newest membership division — the Induction Division which focuses on keeping the industry up-to-date on the latest heat treat innovations, best practices and safety standards associated with induction heating. Several national utilities are also involved: Duke Energy, Georgia Power, Alabama Power, and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). At least one other induction company is scheduled to join later this year.

The new division members are in the process of developing content for a 2016 Induction Seminar which will take place later this fall.

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Magnesium and silicon carbide recipe results in lightweight metal with record strength

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Magnesium has a number of potential advantages when it comes to engineering. It is considered the lightest of structural metals (those capable of bearing loads in buildings and cars) and it is the eighth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. On the flipside, however, it is not as strong and durable as some of its counterparts. Scientists are now reporting to have overcome its main limitations by infusing it with silicon carbide nanoparticles to form a new type of super-strong composite material, which they claim may lead to lighter and more efficient airplanes, spacecraft and cars.

Read more about how silicon carbide nanparticles increase strength and stiffness-to-weight ratios.

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Revolutionary steel treatment paves the way for radically lighter, stronger, cheaper cars

featured flash-bainite-automotive-hyundai-11[Best of the Web] Source: GizMag

Back in 2011, we wrote about a fascinating new way to heat-treat regular, cheap steel to endow it with an almost miraculous blend of characteristics. Radically cheaper, quicker and less energy-intensive to produce, Flash Bainite is stronger than titanium by weight, and ductile enough to be pressed into shape while cold without thinning or cracking. It’s now being tested by three of the world’s five largest car manufacturers, who are finding they can produce thinner structural car components that are between 30-50 percent lighter and cheaper than the steel they’ve been using, while maintaining the same performance is crash tests. Those are revolutionary numbers in the auto space.

Darren Quick did a good job explaining exactly how Flash Bainite is produced in our original story, but in basic terms, you take regular, off-the-shelf AISI1020 carbon steel, and instead of heat treating it for 10 minutes like costly alloyed steel, you put it through a roller-driven system that induction-heats and liquid-cools the steel in a matter of 10 seconds or so.

 

Read more about Flash Banite and its potential and growing use in the automotive industry.

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Gears Look to the Future for Material

Wear vs. Hardness of Gear Materials
Wear vs. Hardness of Gear Materials

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Gears are a common component of modern machinery, found in gearheads, watches, motors, furnaces, and automation equipment. Due to the ease of manufacturing and the variety of alloys available, metal alloys are the most common material used for gears. However, alternatives are available: ceramic and metal injection molding offer higher strengths and other properties that make them desirable.

Read more about the advantages of various metal gears, ceramic gears, and the growing use of possible use of metallic glass as a future replacement material.

 

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Need the Latest AMS 2750 Pyrometry Standards for Heat Treating?

AMS Pyrometry Heat Treat Standards from SAE
AMS Pyrometry Heat Treat Standards from SAE

Finding Aerospace Materials Standards (AMS) can be a bit daunting if you haven’t done it frequently. AMS Standards are maintained by SAE International and some of the most common heat treat standards, those dealing with pyrometry (AMS 2750) can be found at this link.

http://standards.sae.org/ams2750e/

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