Controls Technical Content

Understanding Inductance in a Furnace Heating System
In this installment of the Controls Corner, we are addressing inductance in a furnace heating system, and the critical role it ...
IIoT Connectivity — The Future of Technology Is Here Today
Maintaining clear communication for high precision processing, critical with medical component heat treating, requires sophisticated operations. In today's Technical Tuesday, Mike ...
Choosing Power Controls for Load Configurations
In this installment of the Controls Corner, we are addressing load configurations in a furnace. An industrial furnace is made up ...
Controlled Power Distribution Systems
Like most power systems, power control dates back to vacuum tube technology. Like radios, amplifiers, and other industrial equipment, the furnace ...
A New Era: Tracking Quality Digitally
What are advanced management systems and how does deep integrative system management software help automotive heat treaters improve processes while saving ...
Basic Definitions: Power Pathways in Vacuum Furnaces
Ever wish you had a map to follow when navigating your power source? In the following Technical Tuesday article, Brian Turner, ...
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Thermal Loop Solutions, Part 2: A Path to a Sustainable Future in Heat Treatment
What is the path forward for thermal loop systems, and how is “sustainability” at the forefront of this technology? The following ...
Digital Technology Powers Green Heat Treat
"Communication is key." As heat treating equipment and processes evolve, it becomes critical that the accompanying control systems also develop to ...

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AUTOMOTIVE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Automotive Component Manufacturer Bolsters Heat Treat Operations
An automotive component supplier has digitized its heat treatment operations with the implementation of a digitalization platform, an upgrade intended to ...
CARBURIZING NEWS
Heat Treater Overhauls Aging System To Upgrade Carburizing Processes
An Italian heat treater enhanced its operations with the installation of control cabinets, allowing for real-time data analysis and more efficient management ...
BRAZING NEWS
MIT-Backed Startup Tackles Heat Treaters’ High Electricity Bills
A group of graduates from MIT and Duke University identified manufacturing as an industry overburdened by rapidly growing energy costs and ...
CONTROLS NEWS
FPM Heat Treating Expecting New Vacuum Furnace
FPM Heat Treating has placed an order for a vacuum furnace. The HFL-7472-2IQ vacuum furnace features a graphite insulated hot zone ...
ATMOSPHERE AIR FURNACES NEWS
Advancement in Automotive Industry with EV Contract
A component supplier in the automotive industry has secured a multimillion-dollar contract to receive a turnkey automated nitrocarburizing furnace system for ...
ATMOSPHERE AIR FURNACES NEWS
Nitriding Solution Accommodates Faster Heat Treat and Wider Parts
Full-service commercial heat treating solutions provider Akademi Metalurji incorporated a turnkey nitriding installation to save on process gases and production time, ...
CONTROLS NEWS
Agreement Reached for Eurotherm To Join Watlow in Deal with Schneider Electric SE
Rob Gilmore CEO Watlow Electric Manufacturing Companybizjournals.com Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, a North American manufacturer of thermal systems, will purchase Eurotherm, ...
CONTROLS NEWS
IoT Technology Implemented for Enhanced Furnace Performance
Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced a new IoT (Internet of things) predictive maintenance technology available on their industrial ovens. The new system ...
CONTROLS NEWS
Liberty Wire Johnstown Upgrades Controls for Continuous Furnace Lines
A Pennsylvania producer and provider of steel wire and rod products, Liberty Wire in Johnstown, PA, underwent an intensive nitrogen-methanol controls ...
ATMOSPHERE GENERATORS NEWS
Controls Upgrade for Heat Treater to Medical, Auto, Defense Industries
Two projects involving controls upgrades were recently completed at a Dayton, Ohio-based, heat treating company that serves the medical supplies industry, as ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT
3D TUS Software Released to Heat Treat Market
Photography by Quang Nguyen Long-time heat treating expert, Peter Huskek of Phoenix Heat Treating, a fourth generation commercial heat treating institution, ...
CONTROLS NEWS
Industry 4.0 + IIoT = Smart Industrial Ovens & Furnaces
  Source:  Eurotherm by Schneider Electric "Effective process control and automation technologies link thermal processing equipment such as ovens and furnaces ...