Atmosphere/Air Furnaces Technical Content
Tempering Steel Under a Nitrogen Atmosphere
For gun barrels, tempering is essential to bring steel to the necessary hardness. But what equipment is needed, and how is ...
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 ...
Keep Your Roller Hearth Rolling at Peak Production
Now that a new year is in full swing, it may be time to consider that all of the heat treating ...
5 Experts on Advantages and Applications of Roller Hearth Systems
Roller hearth furnaces are known as the work horses of the heat treating industry. Though they may be common, these furnaces ...
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 ...
Exo Gas Composition Changes, Part 2: Cool Down and Use in Heat Treat Furnaces
In Part 1, the author underscored the importance of understanding the changes in gas composition through three steps of its production: ...
Heat Treat Radio #105: Lunch and Learn: Batch IQ Vs. Continuous Pusher, Part 2
Have you decided to purchase batch or continuous furnace system equipment? Today's episode is part 2 of the Heat Treat Radio ...
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 ...
Atmosphere/Air Furnaces News
Aerospace Industry Acquires Box Furnace for Heat Treating Parts
An aerospace company has purchased a rod overbend box furnace to heat treat parts under an inert atmosphere. The heat treating ...
EBNER Group Extends Heat Treatment Reach with Stake in Furnace Manufacturer
EBNER Group, a global provider of heat treatment solutions, melting, and casting for the aluminum industry has increased its stake in ...
Advantages of Laser Heat Treatment, Part 2: Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, and Precision
A discussion of laser heat treating begun in Heat Treat Today’s Air & Atmosphere 2024 print edition would not be complete ...
Doncaster’s Atmosphere Furnace Purchase To Bolster In-House Heat Treatment Capabilities
An aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and automotive market leader has expanded its heat treatment operations with a recently purchased air atmosphere ...
Alumni Spotlight: 40 Under 40 Stars Still Bringing the Heat
Each year, the 40 Under 40 initiative at Heat Treat Today recognizes 40 rising young leaders (ages 40 and younger) in ...
Heat Treat Radio #110: Isolated Heat, the Future of Vacuum Furnaces
Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, and guest Bryan Stern from Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems discuss the shift from single chamber ...
Aerospace Heat Treating Upgrades Capacity with Drop Bottom Furnace
An electrically heated drop bottom furnace with a traveling quench tank and a maintenance platform has been shipped to an aerospace ...
U.S. DOE Strategy: Ramifications for Heat Treaters
As heat treaters strive for a sustainable future, pressure mounts to make the right choices while running commercially viable operations. In ...
News from Abroad: Furnace Efficiency and Climate Neutrality
Today’s News from Abroad installment brings us news of a climate-neutral metallurgical thermal process center in Germany, a twin-ladle furnace station ...
Refractory Manufacturer’s $23.5M Expansion To Create Jobs in Alabama
Thirteen new manufacturing jobs will open up with the $23.5 million expansion of an Alabama heat containment refractory production facility. The ...
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 ...
Heat Treat Operations Modernize with 9 Hardening Furnaces
Nine heat treat furnaces are set to modernize the operations of a manufacturer's heat treat facilities. This move is intended to ...
Streamline Essential Nadcap Certifications
Nadcap certifications are integral to aerospace heat treating. Maintaining compliance, however, can be a headache. Learn how a new technology is ...
Heat Treat Economic Indicators: June 2024 Results
The four heat treat industry-specific economic indicators have been gathered by Heat Treat Today each month since June 2023. Thus far ...
Fringe Friday: From Mars to Venus with GaN
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday covering news about the promise gallium nitride ...
Fact Sheet: Responding to DOE Regulations on the Heat Treating Industry
"The effort to stem global warming/climate change must be tempered by open discourse on the efficacy of proposed regulations. Until we ...