Industrial Heating articles from April 2006

Industrial Heating archives from April 2006

War then. War now.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... History is a wonderful thing and Industrial Heating has had the enormous blessing of chronicling much of the metals industry's history over the past 75 years. Whether you are a history buff or not, several hours spent leafing through Industrial...

Economic indicators.
April 1, 2006... Economic Indicators as compiled by Industrial Heating for the Thermal Processing Industry Values above 50 indicate growth or increase. Values below 50 indicate contraction or decrease. To participate in this survey, please contact Doug...

Preserving the sunrise.(FEDERAL TRIANGLE)
April 1, 2006... Publisher's Note: Mr. Ashby issues a call to action at the end of this column. It is the sincere desire of Industrial Heating that this piece of metal's-industry history be preserved. Your sincere attention to this column and any help is...

Secrets of effective hot oil quenching.(THE HEAT TREAT DOCTOR)
April 1, 2006... Martempering and marquenching are terms often associated with hot oil quenching. Formally, martempering (full martempering, true martempering) is a term applied when an austenitized work piece is quenched into a medium whose temperature is...

Making sense out of safety.(ENVIRONMENTAL & SAFETY ISSUES)(Survey)
April 1, 2006... What would you do with $574.8 billion? According to an annual study completed by the National Safety Council, 23.8 million Americans or about 1 out of 12 sought medical attention for an injury in 2004. About 2.8 million people were hospitalized...

Gibraltar Industries: a quiet force in the thermal processing industry.(MTI PROFILE)
April 1, 2006... Gibraltar Industries' Thermal Processing Group has defined itself as one of the largest suppliers of commercial heat-treating and brazing services in the United States, providing processes for the automotive and industrial markets for more than...

Honeywell Industrial Measurement & Control.(IHEA PROFILE)
April 1, 2006... Honeywell Industrial Measurement & Control provides a variety of products and solutions for industrial control applications. The product portfolio includes controllers, recorders, data acquisition, hybrid control systems, industrial actuators,...

IHEA 2006 Annual Meeting program set.(IHEA PROFILE)
April 1, 2006... The 77th IHEA Annual Meeting is scheduled for April 19-22, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point in Bonita Springs, Fla. For the first time, IHEA's Annual Meeting will be co-located with MTI's Spring General Meeting. IHEA and MTI will enjoy...

IHEA 2006 safety seminar returns to Chicago.(IHEA PROFILE)
April 1, 2006... The Chicago O'Hare area will once again play host to IHEA's annual Safety and Standards Seminar. Set for May 22 & 23, the seminar will be held at the Holiday Inn Select Hotel & Suites in Rosemont.

Membership information.(IHEA PROFILE)
April 1, 2006... For more Information on becoming a member of IHEA, contact Anne Goyer at 513-231-5613 or visit www.ihea.org.

Rare earth magnets: making the world a better, faster, safer place.(Heat Treat & Metals in Everyday Life)
April 1, 2006... In today's age of miniaturization, whenever energy and power are needed, rare earth magnets are called upon to play a vital role. Applications abound, from the family car that uses on average 30 such magnets to powerful levitation systems on...

Vacuum carburizing furnace.(Installations)
April 1, 2006... SECO/WARWICK Corp. (Meadville, Pa.) sold a 12-bar Universal HPQ[TM] (high pressure quench) vacuum furnace with low-pressure vacuum carburizing to IBC Coating Technologies Inc. for hardening and carburizing bearing steel and aerospace...

Heat-treating technology.(Installations)
April 1, 2006... Dana Corp. (Toledo, Ohio) signed a licensing and training agreement with the U.S. Army's National Automotive Center (NAC) for the use of Dana's AtmoPlas[TM] microwave atmospheric plasma technology in the Army's Mobile Parts Hospital (MPH). The...

Injection System.(Installations)
April 1, 2006... Core Furnace Systems Corp. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) commissioned a KT Injection System[R] for the electric arc furnace at Gerdau-Ameristeel's Sayreville, N.J. plant. The complete sidewall KT Injection System[R] for the Consteel[R] EAF consists of...

Cast aluminum component.(Installations)
April 1, 2006... Alcoa (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won a contract from Hyundai Motor Manufacturing America to supply a cast aluminum rear upper control arm for the Korean automaker's new 2007 Santa Fe crossover vehicle. It is the first Alcoa component to be used by...

Strip mill equipment.(Installations)
April 1, 2006... TechintTechnologies (Milan, Italy) received an order from Siemens-VAI within the package of the new hot strip mill for Mittal Steel Poland. The Techint supply is a new walking-beam furnace (450 tph capacity) and a complete Roll Shop including...

PLANSEE-Group invests in Austrian site.(Facilities)
April 1, 2006... The PLANSEE Group in Austria plans to invest 90 million euros in the fiscal year 2006/07 to secure the future development of its site at Breitenwang/Ruette. A major investment is a new hot rolling mill for sheets made of refractory metals. In...

AEA Investors to acquire Unifrax.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Affiliates of AEA Investors LLC, the New York and London-based private-equity investment firm, have signed an agreement to acquire, in partnership with management, ASP Unifrax Inc. and its operating company subsidiary, Unifrax Corp., from...

Ajax TOCCO completes acquisitions.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic (Warren, Ohio) completed two acquisitions and one merger within the thermal-processing industry. Effective December 23, 2005, Ajax TOCCO purchased the current assets of Lectrotherm in Canton, Ohio. Lectrotherm is known...

Linde AG makes cash offer for BOC.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Linde AG (Wiesbaden, Germany) has agreed to make a pre-conditional offer to acquire the entire share capital of The BOC Group plc, Windlesham, UK for 1,600 pence in cash per share. The board of directors for BOC intends to recommend BOC...

SMS Demag takes over Siemens shares in SMS Demag AG.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... SMS GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany) has taken over the 28% share in SMS Demag AG previously held by Mannesmann Demag Kraus GmbH, a subsidiary of Siemens AG. SMS GmbH now owns 100% of SMS Demag AG. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase...

VAS and Avion Europa announce joint venture.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Vacuum & Atmosphere Services Ltd. UK (West Bromwich, UK) and Avion Europa announced a Europe-wide joint venture aimed at the heat-treating industry. This co-operation agreement will utilize the engineering expertise of VAS, and the marketing...

Mittal Steel appoints Hatch for Jharkhand Steel Project report.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Mittal Steel (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) selected Hatch Group, a consulting engineering company, to provide consulting and engineering services for the preparation of a Project Concept Study in support of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the...

Zytron signs sales agreement with TOHO.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Zytron Control Products Inc. (Trenton, N.J.), a manufacturer of temperature and process control products, signed an agreement with TOHO Electronics Inc. (Kanagawa, Japan) for the exclusive sales and distribution of a new line of TOHO digital...

Ametek forms new Materials Analysis Division.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Ametek Inc. (Kleve, Germany) formed a new Materials Analysis Division, which brings together the recently acquired Spectro Analytical Instruments Division and EDAX, formerly a business unit of Ametek's Process and Analytical Instruments...

Keronite International achieves certification.(Business News)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Keronite International Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) achieved ISO 9001:2000 certification for the application of advanced surface treatments using the Keronite Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation process (PEO), as well as for the supply of processing plant,...

Iron metal-casting facility celebrates anniversary.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. celebrates the 150-year anniversary of the Phillipsburg, N.J. metal-casting facility. The milestone will be marked by the official launch of a new emissions control system that will enable Atlantic States to...

Nucor to purchase Connecticut Steel assets.(Business News)
April 1, 2006... Nucor Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.) entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Connecticut Steel Corp. for a cash purchase price of approximately $43 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. Finalization of the...

Big steel companies plan to rebuild gulf coast stronger.(Association News)
April 1, 2006... Twelve North American steel companies have joined to help rebuild the U.S. Gulf Coast in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Collectively, they have committed $1.1 million to support the Gulf Coast Steel Initiative through a business...

Aerospace orders, backlog, shipments hit unprecedented levels in 2005.(Association News)
April 1, 2006... According to a report issued by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) in Arlington, Va., a prolific flurry of orders in the final quarter sent aerospace industry statistics into record territory in 2005, shattering old marks for orders and...

New metal processing Center of Excellence established.(Association News)
April 1, 2006... A new metal processing Center of Excellence has been established at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Housed within the Materials Engineering Department, the Case Metal Processing Laboratory (CMPL) will focus on research,...

Aluminum surpasses iron as second most used automotive material.(Association News)
April 1, 2006... A study commissioned by the Auto & Light Truck Group (ALTG) of The Aluminum Association Inc. and conducted by Ducker Worldwide found that passenger vehicles in North American now contain an average of 319 pounds of aluminum, representing a 16%...

Commercial Heat Treater of the Year Award scholarship presented.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
April 1, 2006... American Heat Treating, (Monroe, Conn.) the recipient of the 2005 Commercial Heat Treater of the Year Award, has presented a $1,500 scholarship to Derek Pepicelli, a grad student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Mr. Pepicelli is...

MTI elects officers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Metal Treating Institute)(Mary Beth Springer appointed as president)(Rich Penrose appointed as international vice president)(Judith Rudy appointed as treasurer)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... Mary Beth Springer, vice president and general manager of Therm-Tech of Waukesha, Wis., has been elected the first female president of the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), Jacksonsville Beach, Fla. Ms. Springer previously served in the top...

Inductoheat[R]--bringing it full circle.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Editorial)
April 1, 2006... Editor's Note: Three years ago new President/CEO Gary Doyon was interviewed by this magazine after announcing sweeping changes to the structure and capabilities of Inductoheat, a leading manufacturer of induction heating equipment. This article...

Industry events.(Calendar)
April 1, 2006... APRIL 18-21: The 8th International Foundry, Metalforming & Industrial Furnaces Exhibition, China International Exhibition Center, Beijing, China; sponsored by CIEC Exhibition Co.; tel: 86-10-8460-0324; fax: 86-10-8460-0325; e-mail:...

Hall of innovators.(Procedyne Corp.,Solar Atmospheres Inc.,American Household Inc, sucessfully manage their standard of quality & show leadership)
April 1, 2006... Industrial Heating celebrates its 75th anniversary with a dedication to these innovators who have made significant contributions to the thermal-processing industry. They leave a legacy through their experience, enthusiasm, and unwavering...

Micro-porous castable refractory for molten aluminum--Part 2.(Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation)
April 1, 2006... The aluminum industry is a large consumer of energy on a per-weight basis. Improvements in refractory technology represent significant potential for energy savings. In this final of two parts, problems inherent in the molten aluminum/refractory...

Cost effective solutions from direct-fired self-recuperative burners.(Industrial Gases/Combustion)
April 1, 2006... Preheating combustion air increases burner efficiency, but the payback from the equipment cost had not been compelling for heat treating applications. However, recent increases in natural gas prices and introduction of new burner technologies...

Wireless technology guarantees successful heat treating.(Heat Treating)
April 1, 2006... Capital improvements and repairs at certain types of plants (power generation, offshore platforms, petroleum refineries, etc.) require on-site heat treatment for post-weld stress relief. New wireless communications technologies and the Internet...

The role of heat treating in lean manufacturing.(Heat Treating)(Company overview)
April 1, 2006... One runs the risk in the manufacture of heat-treating equipment to ignore the needs of lean manufacturing and lean heat treatment by failing to design equipment with adequate flexibility to meet the demands of modern manufacturing operations....

Practical considerations for successful hardness testing.(Materials Testing & Characterization)
April 1, 2006... Everyone knows how to perform a hardness test, or do they? Hardness testing is made more complex by such real world factors as a hard case over a soft core, hard particles, soft inclusions, and soft layers over hard cores to name a few. Part...

Anniversary logos.(Anniversary Logo's Past & Present)
April 1, 2006... In celebrating our 75th Anniversary, Industrial Heating would also like to commemorate the long history of the following companies. This sampling of historic and current logos by these participating companies shows the longevity of the thermal...

Industrial ceramic products: Engineered Ceramics.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Provides premium grade high alumina (Hycor[R]) and fused silica products for both component and powder producers. EC products include: pusher plates, flat plates for sintering P/M parts, crucibles, tundishes and many others. Our engineers are...

Bearings & bushings: Graphite Metallizing Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Applications primer on GRAPHALLOY[R], a graphite/metal alloy with unique self-lubricating properties offering superior performance in the toughest bearing applications. GRAPHALLOY components need no oil or grease, work well at temperatures from...

Molybdenum metal & alloy products: H.C. Starck, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Molybdenum products including TZM and Lathanum Doped Moly Alloys for vacuum furnace requirements of rod, sheet, plate and foil products manufactured to meet your needs and are used in high temperature vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnaces...

Product Data Brochure: Thermal Ceramics.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Thermal Ceramics, a global leader in heat containment, is pleased to introduce the new NAFTA 2006 Product Data Brochure. This comprehensive booklet gives technical information in cross-reference format of fiber materials by product category. To...

Insulation: Unifrax.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... New Foamfrax[TM] Insulation offers exceptional energy savings, installation speed and lining performance for upgrades of existing fiber linings, lining over refractory, and furnace lining patches or refits. It can be gunned directly onto metal,...

Refractory hardware parts: Jayne Industries Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Jayne Industries offers S.S. Refractory Anchors, Studs, C-Clips, Ceramic Fiber Studs, Washers, Cuplocks, S.S. Mesh & Wire, Hexmesh[TM] & Components, and Fibercon S.S. Fiber. Call 905-643-9200 or visit www.jayneindustries.com. [ILLUSTRATION...

Charging systems and heating elements: SGL CARBON GmbH.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... [R]SIGRABOND CC fixtures made by SGL H CARBON are custom tailored solutions to increase furnace throughput due to reduced cycle times and better hot zone utilization. Increasing strength, low density and shape retention of [R]SIGRABOND under...

Industrial ceramics: SMAHT Ceramics, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... SMAHT Ceramics specializes in very low CTE, exceptionally thermal shock resistant, machinable [NZP] ceramics. Besides manufacturing and custom-development of [NZP] products and coatings, we also custom-form Alumina, Mullite, and ZTA ceramics....

Thermal insulation: ZIRCAR Ceramics Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Contact ZIRCAR Ceramics Inc. for high temperature thermal insulation and high performance heating element products. Rigid and flexible forms of alumina, aluminasilica and NON RCF fiber insulation materials. Resistance wire and MOSI2 heating...

Protecting the environment through technology: Epcon Industrial Systems, LP.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Meeting worldwide heat processing needs with innovative custom industrial ovens and furnaces for such uses as burn off, drying, baking, curing, annealing, aging, calcining and brazing. Include gas-fired and electric conveyor and batch systems,...

Convection and combination ovens: Fostoria Industries.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Fostoria Industries designs and builds infrared, convection and combination ovens for many process heating applications, in temperature ranges from 100[degrees]F to 900[degrees]F. Systems integrate ovens (gas or electric), material handling and...

Heat treatment systems: Nabertherm.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Nabertherm announces a new catalog featuring Furnace Systems and Accessories for the Heat Treatment of Metals, Plastics and Surface Finishing. This catalog describes and illustrates equipment designed for Tempering, Annealing, Hardening,...

Industrial ovens: TPS, Blue M Division.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Brochure provides an overview of bench, conveyor, cabinet, laboratory, top-loading and truck ovens, each available in an array of standard sizes and custom configurations. Temperature uniformity, airflow and how to specify your new oven are...

Industrial heating equipment: Trent, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Custom-made, electrically heated equipment for commercial and industrial applications is summarized in Trent's product bulletin. Includes ovens, furnaces, Folded and Formed[R] Heating elements and racks, duct heaters, kettles, melters, jackets,...

Drop bottom solution treat equipment: Wisconsin Oven Systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Wisconsin Oven manufactures Drop Bottom Furnaces, Quench Tanks, Age Ovens & related equipment for solution treatment of aluminum extrusions, sheet metal, castings and other parts. We serve the automotive, aerospace and other industries. Our...

Heat processing equipment: Consolidated Engineering.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... For 41 years CEC has been building its reputation as an innovative leader in quality heat processing equipment. To substantiate this claim to our customers, suppliers, employees, and the general public, CEC's design, production and distribution...

Vacuum furnace selection guide: G-M Enterprises.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... An (8) eight page full color handout for prospective furnace buyers. The handout is a checklist of considerations when purchasing a new vacuum furnace. Please call for our "Guide to the Selection of Vacuum Furnaces", Phone: 951-340-4646. ...

Continuous rotary regenerator: Hauck Manufacturing Company.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Hauck has licensed a revolutionary technology for regenerative combustion systems. Ideally designed for the steel and aluminum industries, the EcoReg[R] Continuous Rotary Regenerator offers higher heat recovery than conventional regenerators....

Induction Heating Power Supply: Inductoheat[R], an Inductotherm Group Co.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Inductoheat proudly announces STATIPOWER-SP18 as its premier Transistorized Induction Heating Power Supply. SP18 water cooled, solid state power supplies are designed for case hardening, through hardening, annealing, mass heating and many other...

For FREE brochures from this month's advertisers, visit www.IHadinfo.cc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Literature Showcase listings are FREE to all advertisers in the issue that pertains to their products area. A four-color Literature Showcase can also be purchased for the production cost of $695. For more information, contact Susan Heinauer at...

Thermal processing technology: Ipsen International.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Issue No. 2.2005 of Ipsen-On-Top incorporates four papers on thermal processing technology and PVD coating equipment. Log onto www.ipsen-intl.com to read about (1) advances in thermo-chemical diffusion processes; (2) improving tool life with...

SiC heating elements: Kanthal Heating Systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... New GLOBAR SD performance includes high mechanical strength and a lower rate of reaction with process atmospheres--advantages for the ferrous, non-ferrous, glass and ceramics industries. GLOBAR SD can be supplied as straight rods or multi-leg...

Databook on CD: OMEGA Engineering.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Available only on CD-ROM, Browse like the web, free software, complete product specifications, manuals, thousands of pages of useful reference material. www.omega.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Info # 181 or www.IHadinfo.cc

Induction heating: Pillar Induction Company.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Our wide range of industry experience includes applications such as heat treating, melting, brazing, soldering, bonding, and many others. Worldwide sales and service offices. Pillar Induction Company, 21905 Gateway Road, Brookfield, WI 53045;...

Metal stress relieving/tempering: Pyromaitre.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Pyromaitre has developed a process and equipment to stress relieve spring wire at very high speed. It is approved for automotive valve springs in America. The Pyro process is designed to be fast, precise and reject-free. Also developed is the...

Radiant tubes: Schunk-Inex Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Schunk-Inex (formerly INEX Inc.) offers a line of silicon/silicon carbide radiant tubes capable of temperatures of 2450[degrees]F. These tubes have been in use in heat treat furnaces since 1988 and have proven that their superior performance...

Gas/Air Mix Monitors: Selas Heat Technology Co., LLC.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Selas Qual-O-Rimeter Gas/Air Mix Monitors correct variations in fuel gas heating quality before they disturb temperature sensitive processes. They sense all combustion variables including gas/air ratio, composition and BTU content of the gas,...

Aftermarket support/services: Surface Combustion, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... Offers a new two-page sell sheet describing our replacement parts support services. With one of the largest inventories in the industry and our on-line computer system, knowledgeable parts personnel can expedite your replacements quickly and in...

Vacuum furnaces: Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
April 1, 2006... New brochure describes the unique advantages of a firm dedicated exclusively to the science of vacuum furnace systems. VFS provides accurate quotes, delivers systems that meet expectations, and follows through with the best aftermarket service...

Products from the past.
April 1, 2006... IN CELEBRATING OUR ANNIVERSARY, the IH editorial staff visited past issues of Industrial Heating and Fuels and Furnaces to round up an assortment of thermal-processing product announcements from the past. This randomly selected collection...

75 years ago.(Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... The process of nitriding, which involves the addition of nitrogen to iron-base alloys by heating the metal in the presence of a nitrogenous material, while not particularly new or of recent invention, has received such impetus due to...

50 years ago.(Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)
April 1, 2006... The titanium industry is progressing rapidly in their aim for reduced cost of the ultimate mill product. During the past five months there have been several reductions in the cost of titanium sponge, the present price being $3.45 a pound. Costs...

25 years ago.(Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)(Brief article)
April 1, 2006... To maintain the world on an even keel and for the welfare of our grandchildren and children, it may become mandatory that the energy rich nations ensure adequate energy supply to those not as fortunate. We will have to share. From "Global...