What’s new in heat treat? A LOT.
Over the past year, we’ve seen numerous new technologies in the way of research, new partnerships, and conversations throughout the industry. So in honor of today being #NationalTechnologyDay, we’re sharing an original content article about just several of these new technologies that are changing the work of heat treaters across North America.
Research
Using HIP to Advance Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Programming – “‘Today’s globally competitive manufacturing industry demands rapid innovations in advanced manufacturing technologies to produce complex, high-performance products at low cost,’ observes Dr. Mostafa Saber, associate professor of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oregon Tech.”
College Students Implement a NEW Heat Treat Solution with Induction? – “‘We were in shock,’ Dennis admitted, ‘because we didn’t expect it to [work].’ The expectation, Dennis continued, was that something would go wrong, like the lid would not be able to clamp down, or the container would leak.”
The Age of Robotics with Penna Flame Industries – “The computerized robotic surface hardening systems have revolutionized the surface hardening industry. These advanced robots, coupled with programmable index tables, provide an automation system that helps decrease production time while maintaining the highest quality in precision surface hardening.”
New Partnerships
Captive Extrusion Die Maker Levels Up With 11 New Furnaces – Heat treaters are leaning into the benefits of nitriding and vacuum technology.
Auto Partner Enters Agreement for New Nitriding Technology – As nitriding technology becomes more popular, heat treaters are brushing up on their understanding of case hardening processes across the board. (Read this article comparing 5 common case hardening processes.)
Vacuum Heat Treat Supplier Partners with Neota to Advance MIM Technology – Learn how this partnership produced solid and strong metallic parts with near 100% density.
Conversations in the Industry
Heat Treat Radio: Five experts (plus Doug Glenn) discuss hydrogen combustion in this episode. An easily digestible excerpt of the transcript circulated by Furnaces International here and is available to watch/listen/read in full for free here.
Heat Treat Radio: Get on-the-ground projections of what technologies Piotr Zawistowski believes will be bringing in the future. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: HIP. The Revolution of Manufacturing, that is, according to Cliff Orcutt. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: Will indentation plastometry find its way into North America? If you’ve been listening to James Dean, it seems like it already has. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: Fluxless inert atmosphere induction brazing. That’s a mouthful! But what is it? Watch/listen/read in full here
Learn More About New Tech!
Everything You Need to Know About HIPing eBook
Metal Hardening with Mark Hemsath Podcast
Stories About Heat Treaters Implementing New Hardening Methods Article
