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 ...
All About the Quench and Keeping Cool: Thru-process Temp Monitoring and Gas Carburizing
The future of heat treating requires new manufacturing solutions like robotics that can work with modular design. Yet so also does ...
Thermal Loop Solutions, Part 1: A Path to Improved Performance and Compliance in Heat Treatment
How often do you think about the intelligent designs controlling the thermal loop system behind your heat treat operations? With ever-advancing ...
Continuing the Dialogue: Michael Mouilleseaux on Batch/Continuous Furnace Maintenance
Our readers and Heat Treat Radiolisteners will remember a recent episode entitled "Heat Treat Radio #102: Lunch & Learn, Batch IQ ...
Heat Treat Radio #104: How To Bring the Brains to Thermal Loop? A Discussion with CEO Rob Gilmore
Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete industrial thermal systems, has recently completed its acquisition of Eurotherm®, a provider of controls, ...
Traveling through Heat Treat: Best Practices for Aero and Auto
Thinking about travel plans for the upcoming holiday season? You may know what means of transportation you will be using, but ...
Heat Treat Radio #91: Understanding the ±0.1°F Requirement in AMS2750, with Andrew Bassett
Where did the ±0.1°F AMS2750 requirement come from and how should heat treaters approach this specification, an important change that entails ...
Heat Treat Simulation Imaging Through Time: 2019–2021
Heat treat induction coils, forgings, AM parts, and gears. What do they all have in common? R&D specialists have been creating ...
4 Heat Treat Radio Episodes To Boost Your Confidence in Compliance
Twice a month, Heat Treat Today publishes an episode of Heat Treat Radio, a unique-to-the-industry podcast. Whether it's AMS2750 or CQI-9, ...
Heat Treat Radio #75: Reimagining Furnace Compliance with C3 Data’s Matt Wright
Heat Treat Radio host and Heat Treat Today publisher, Doug Glenn, talks with Matt Wright, the chief marketing officer at C3 ...
Microprocessor-Based SCR Power Controllers: Making Your Life Easier
Precise temperature regulation is undoubtedly the top variable in the industrial process that influences the quality of the final product. Using ...
A Guide to Selecting Heat Treating Equipment
Do you always feel confident when selecting heat treating equipment? ¿Se siente siempre seguro cuando selecciona equipos de tratamiento térmico? There ...
Guía para la Selección de Equipos para Tratamiento Térmico
¿Se siente siempre seguro cuando selecciona equipos de tratamiento térmico? Do you always feel confident when selecting heat treating equipment? There ...
Controls and Simulation: Heat Treat on Demand
Source: Super Systems Carburizing. It must happen sometimes, and if your heat treat division truly understands the impact of the atmosphere, ...
5 Avoidable Quality Control Issues in Heat Treating
No matter what causes poor quality and adds to your waste, scrap, and rework, the result is the same: it ties ...
Furnace Diagnostics for Validation, Preventative Maintenance, and R&M
One of the most important advances in batch integral quench (BIQ) furnace systems has been the development of innovative control systems. ...
State of Industry 4.0 in the North American Heat Treat Market
State of Industry 4.0 in the North American Heat Treat Market: What’s Being Done and Who’s Using It? What is “Industry ...
Making Heat Treating Ready for the Future
Source: Ipsen Are you prepared to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in your heat treat facility? Do you care to ...
Three Hot Tips You Don’t Want to Miss
One of the great benefits of a community of heat treaters is the opportunity to challenge old habits and look at ...
AMS2750F: Expert Analysis
AMS2750F, a rewrite of the specification that covers pyrometric requirements for equipment used for the thermal processing of metallic materials, was ...
Pros and Cons Of Remote Monitoring In Heat Treatment
Gerry McWeenyPresidentHeat Treatment Solutions Is new technology always an advantage? Do companies need to update everything or a few things? The ...
Temperature Control System Improves Precision, Efficiency on Heat Treat Equipment: A Case Study
A century-old producer of die forgings recently needed to improve the process controls on its heat treating furnaces. With process controls ...
Heat Treat Control Panel: Best Practices in Digital Data Collection, Storage, Validation
When processing critical components, heat treaters value and demand precision in every step of the process — from the recipe to ...
Heat Treat Radio #15: Jim Oakes
Welcome to another episode of Heat Treat Radio, a periodic podcast where Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, discusses cutting-edge topics ...
Applying PID to Temperature Variances in Vacuum Furnaces
  Source: Solar Manufacturing   Controlling process temperature with accuracy and without extensive operator involvement is a crucial task in the ...
Jason Schulze on Understanding AMS 2750E — Standard SAT Description
Jason Schulze, Conrad Kacsik Instruments, Inc. This is the second in a series of articles by AMS 2750 expert, Jason Schulze. ...
Should You Replace Your Aging Heat Treat Technology?
Consideration #1:  Sometimes, Hardware and Technology Forces You to Change Your Software. Nothing is more frustrating than having to change your ...