Industrial Heating articles from August 2002

Industrial Heating archives from August 2002

E beams touch all phases of materials technology. (Editorial).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
August 1, 2002... The discovery of electrons happened more than a century ago. Research in the late 1800s by pioneering scientists/physicists showed that a cathode discharge (cathode rays) consists of streams of negatively electrified particles, now called...

Public choice. (Federal Triangle).(criticism of U.S.government and business excutives re accountability and greed)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Concepts of public choice are based on economic analysis of government behavior and of individual citizens with respect to government. It is evident that public choices are guided by different methods than in the private sector where...

Diode laser sets new standards in laser beam welding. (Trends).(Germany)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Applications technicians at Linde AG, Linde Gas Div., (Munich-Unterschleissheim, Germany) recently established new standards of welding capabilities using a diode laser. The success came from joint work of Dr. Wolfgang Danzer, head of laser...

Industry advocates vindicated on the effluent rules. (Environmental & Safety Issues).(metal products and machinery standards, U.S.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... In January 2001, EPA proposed a comprehensive water pollution point source category ruling covering 18 Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M) industrial sectors. The ruling was designed to establish pretreatment standards, new source performance...

Wall Colmonoy Corp., Dayton, Ohio: making metals work harder since 1938. (MTI Profiles).(company history, U.S.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Making metals do their jobs more efficiently has always been the primary objective of Wall Colmonoy Corp. The same is true of its operation in Dayton, Ohio. The Dayton team is specifically devoted to solving the toughest heat-treating, brazing,...

Despatch Industries: celebrates centennial anniversary. (IHEA Profiles).(company history, Minneapolis, Minnesota)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Despatch Industries, Minneapolis, Minn., truly started from the bottom up. From a humble beginning in 1902 installing heating coils beneath the seats of Minneapolis' new streetcars, Despatch has grown in size, status and sophistication within...

Integrated automation ensures continual glass production. (Problem Solver).(Saint-Gobain Glass modernizes glass plant, Germany)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Saint-Gobain Glass is a leading producer of glass in the world, specializing in the manufacture of flat glass, cast glass, hollow ware and glass wool. Among the products manufactured at its site in Mannheim, Germany, is cast glass. The company...

New gear-hardening concept launched. (New Facilities and Technology).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Working with a transmissiongear manufacturer, TOCCO, Boaz, Ala., launched a single frequency gear heat-treatment process, in which a precise single programmed frequency produces the required diametrical pitch gear tooth profile hardened...

Large ti-ingot vacuum heat treated. (New Facilities and Technology).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Solar Atmospheres Inc., Souderton, Pa., vacuum heat treated a 10-ft long, 10,000-lb (3-in, 4.5 metric ton) titanium ingot in a 2-bar quenching furnace from Vacuum Furnace Systems (VFS) Corp. The ingot was homogenized at a temperature of...

Furnace line installed. (New Facilities and Technology).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Surface Combustion Inc., Maumee, Ohio, received an order for a Super Allcase(r) batch integral quench line from Flame Metals Processing Corp. The furnace line consists of two Allcase furnaces having a work zone size of 36 in. wide x 48 in. long...

Driveshaft contract awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(to American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. (AAM), Detroit, Mich., has been awarded a contract to produce driveshafts for a future General Motors (GM) Corp. product program. Under the contract, AAM will produce one-piece aluminum, one-piece...

VIM furnace purchased. (New Facilities and Technology).(vacuum induction-melting)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... ALD Vacuum Technologies AG received a purchase order from Thyssen Krupp-VDM for a 30-ton vacuum induction-melting (VIM) furnace to be installed at VDM's Unna Works to produce ultraclean Ni-Co and Fe-Ni specialty alloys. Ingots for direct...

Heat-treating furnace conversion saves costs. (New Facilities and Technology).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Aluminum Precision Products (APP) Cleveland Div. converted a heat-treating furnace from electricity to natural gas, in a joint test conducted by Dominion East Ohio. Furnace Combustion & Controls Co., Sheffield, Ohio, completed the furnace...

De-coring furnace installed. (New Facilities and Technology).(at BMW Group)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... After completing successful trial tests of casting-core removal using a fluidized-bed furnace, BMW Group installed a deep fluidized bed (DFB) furnace from Consolidated Engineering Co., Kennesaw, Ga., in its foundry at Landshut, Germany. The...

Vacuum furnace ordered. (New Facilities and Technology).(from Vac Aero International)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Vac Aero International, Oakville, Ontario, received an order from an offshore customer for a bottom-loading furnace. The furnace will have a graphite felt lined work zone, molybdenum elements, Stokes and Varian pumps, Honeywell and Allen...

Tape-casting pilot plant added. (New Facilities and Technology).(at HED International service center)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... HED International, Ringoes, N.J., installed a PROCAST[R] Model TCM0121SM tape-casting machine and pilot plant at its New Jersey technical service center. The pilot can produce a precision tape-cast film as thin as 10 [micro]m continuously on...

Laboratory furnace shipped. (New Facilities and Technology).(from Centorr/Vacuum Industries)
August 1, 2002... Centorr/Vacuum Industries, Nashua, N.H., shipped a laboratory furnace designed for ultrahigh vacuum ([10.sup.-8] torr range) induction melting of special alloy materials to the NASA Langley Research Center facility in Virginia. The system can...

STC furnace contract awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(short time cycle)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Charter Steel awarded a contract to Techint Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pa., for a 31.5 tons per charge short time cycle (STC) furnace to add production capacity for annealing wire and rod coil at its plant in Rising Sun, Ohio. The added capacity...

United Solar, BOC Edwards sign contract. (New Facilities and Technology).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... BOC Edwards, Wilmington, Mass., signed a seven-year contract with United Solar Systems Corp. (USSC) to provide bulk atmospheric gas systems, gas cabinets, process gases and on-site service support for USSC's solar cell-manufacturing facility in...

Williams Industrial Service gets supplier award. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Williams Industrial Service, Bowling Green, Ohio, received the 2002 Supplier Recognition Award for outstanding performance as a supplier to American Axle & Manufacturing in Detroit, Mich. Williams Industrial Service supplies all American Axle...

Bethlehem Steel announces restructuring initiatives. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., is accelerating efforts toward restructuring operations to emerge from bankruptcy court protection and to ensure the longterm competitiveness of its steel mills as the company pursues partnerships with...

Northrop Grumman to acquire TRW. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Northrop Grumman Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., and TRW Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Northrop Grumman will acquire TRW for $60 per share in common stock in a transaction...

Paulo enters strategic alliance with Bohler-Uddeholm. (Organizational Developments).(Paulo Products)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Paulo Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., entered an alliance with Bohler-Uddeholm to serve as a heat-treating source for its hot-work steels, including Dievar, W402VMR, Orvar Supreme, W302 ISOBLOC and QRO 90. Paulo's facilities in St. Louis and...

Gibraltar acquires B&W Heat Treating. (Organizational Developments).(Gibraltar Metals)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Gibraltar, Buffalo, N.Y., acquired B&W Heat Treating, a Kitchener, Ohio-based commercial heat treater for cash and Gibraltar stock. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. It is the eighth acquisition Gibraltar has made in the commercial...

Ipsen receives certification. (Organizational Developments).(International Standards Organization 9001: 2000 standard)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Quality Registrar QMI certified that the quality management system of Ipsen International, Rockford, Ill., meets the new ISO 9001: 2000 standard. One of the requirements was to demonstrate continuous improvement in customer satisfaction, which...

Hotwork combustion activity acquired. (Organizational Developments).(becomes Hotwork Combustion Technology Ltd.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Due to a management buy-our, the Hotwork combustion activity of Dyson Hotwork Ltd. has been transferred in its entirety to a new company, Hotwork Combustion Technology Ltd. (HCT), West Yorkshire, England. The acquisition covers Hotwork...

Eurotherm consolidates activities. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... The management of Action Instruments, Barber-Colman, Eurotherm-Chessell and Eurotherm Controls has been centralized in Eurotherm 's Leesburg, Va., facility. The field sales for these four units also have been combined. Action Instruments will...

Warner Power acquires Daykin. (Organizational Developments).(Daykin Electric)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Warner Power LLC, Warner, N.H., acquired Daykin Electric Corp. based in Livonia, Mich. A nationwide network of distributors will continue to handle Daykin's sales and marketing, and manufacturing and associated activities will remain in...

Eclipse to be featured in TV series. (Organizational Developments).(Eclipse Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Eclipse Inc., Rockford, Ill., will be featured in a segment of an upcoming broadcast of the "Champions of Industry" television series. The program will be aired on The Discovery Channel in September 2002. Based on its company profile and...

L.E.N.A. Industrieofenbau acquired. (Organizational Developments).(by Linn High Therm)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Linn High Therm, Plant II, Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringiade, acquired L.E.N.A. Industrieofenbau GmbH in Hersbruck. Linn High Therm assumed all L.E.N.A. business responsibilities, including construction of industrial furnaces, all customer...

IHEA sponsors 33rd Annual Combustion Seminar. (Association News).
August 1, 2002... Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) will have its 2002 Combustion Seminar and Exposition with Table-Top Exhibition September 23-24 at the Chicago O'Hare Marriott, Chicago, Ill. The Seminar provides an opportunity to learn all facets...

Innovative P/M parts recognized. (Association News).(powder metallurgy, Metal Powder Industries Federation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Innovative powder metallurgy (P/M) parts were recognized in the 2002 International P/M Design Competition sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF). Ferrous grand prize was awarded to a six-level steel drive sprocket made by...

Calendar.
August 1, 2002... Conferences and Expositions SEPTEMBER 14-16 The Fifth National Congress of Foundry Directors, Beijing, China, sponsored by China Foundry Association. For more information, contact by phone: +86-10-6848-7214; by fax: +86-6845-8356;...

Electron-beam technology makes tough metal-processing jobs easy. (Melting/Forming/Joining).
August 1, 2002... The marriage of electron-beam heating and vacuum processing has made many previously impossible tasks an integral part of today's materials processing technology. Melting, refining and crystal growing The need to melt high...

Optimizing thermocouple performance. (Process Control & Instrumentation).
August 1, 2002... Ward (Bud) Kinney Proper selection and maintenance of a sensing device for capturing and continuously measuring a process variable is essential for successful process control. Thermocouples are simple in form and function, but you must...

Understanding Intensive Quenching. (Heat Treating).
August 1, 2002... Intensive quenching provides significant part life cycle improvement due to improved mechanical properties and the presence of beneficial compressive stresses on the surface of the parts. The lifetime of the intensively quenched parts made of...

Heat-resistant alloy service life extended through alloy development. (Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials/Composities).
August 1, 2002... Independent laboratory test results show that Advanced Alloys [TM] outperform standard heat-resistant alloys CHRAs) in service life by two to ten times under the same conditions of load, temperature and testing atmospheres. Field studies...

Box furnace. (New Products).(from L and L Special Furnace Company Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2002... L&L Special Furnace Co. Inc. The GS1714 bench-top box furnace is rated for 2350[degrees]F (1290[degrees]C) and is 17 in. wide x 12 in. high x 14 in. deep (430 x 305 x 355 mm). It features elements evenly spaced on the sides, top and...

Walk-in oven. (New Products).(from Grieve Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2002... The Grieve Corp. The No. 907 electrically heated inert atmosphere walk-in oven has a maximum operating temperature of 1000[degrees]F (540[degrees]C) and workspace dimensions of 48 in. wide x 84 in. deep x 72 in. high (1220 x 2130 x 1830...

Premix gas burner. (New Products).(from Wayne Combustion Systems)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 1, 2002... The compact, low-fire, premix gas burner has an efficiency of 20,000 to 70,000 Btu/hr and produces a short flame. The flame pattern is designed for small combustion chambers, such as those found in conveyor ovens and other commercial...

CIP production units. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Engineered Pressure Systems Inc. (EPSI) The Cold Isostatic Press (CIP) production unit is capable of operating at pressures up to 100,000 psi (690 MPa), with control of pressurization and decompression, which results in products of...

Dew point analyzer. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Super Systems Inc. The DP3000 portable dew point analyzer provides [degrees]F/[degrees]C measurement in the range of +20 to -148[degrees]F (-7 to -100[degrees]C). Power is universal 90 to 230 VAC with a battery life of 12 hours. Sample...

Recorder software. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Honeywell Industrial Measurement & Control The Extended Security System (ESS) software option is available on the company's Minitrend and Multitrend Plus paperless recorders. The software enables users to comply with requirements of...

IR thermometer. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... The Pyrometer Instrument Co. Inc. Pyrofiber[R] noncontact, automatic emissivity correcting IR thermometer features multiple sensor heads for uniform temperature measurement and the ability to obtain more than one temperature measurement on...

Cast electric heating elements. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Thermcraft Inc. The cast electric heating elements are designed for aluminum crucible furnaces and magnesium pot furnaces. The element is manufactured with high-temperature ceramic refractory and iron-chrome-aluminum coils. Nickel-chrome...

Refractory cylinders. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Zircar Refractory Composites Inc. Refractory Sheet Type RSLE-501 Cylinders is a low expansion, high-strength reinforced silica matrix composite in a cylindrical form for use in induction heating applications. It exhibits a low coefficient...

Insulating blanket. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Thermal Ceramics Cerablanket[R] AC2 ceramic fiber blanket has a temperature rating of 2400[degrees]F and a recommended continuous use limit of 2150[degrees]F (1315 and 1180[degrees]C). It is available in 3 and 4 pcf densities and in...

Mica slip plane material. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Cogebi Inc. Cogemicanite 504-48-34[R] is a mica slip plane material consisting mainly of Cogemica[R] PHLOGOPITE micapaper and a high temperature binder. The material provides support to reline maintenance crews that use fork type vibrating...

Heating modules. (New Products).(advertisement)
August 1, 2002... Kanthal Six products have been added to the Superthal range of heating modules. Superthal HT uses a new Kanthal Super element material to increase temperature capacity to 1725[degrees]C (3135[degrees]F). MiniSuperthal connects to a power...

Heatbath appoints managers. (Personnel Changes).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Kevin Sykes has been appointed technical sales representative for eastern and northern Michigan for Heatbarh/Park Metallurgical, Springfield, Mass. He is based in Detroit, Mich. In addition, Bill Fox has been appointed sales manager for New...

Praxair manager receives certification. (Personnel Changes).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Michael Wall, project manager for Praxair Surface Technologies' thermal spray equipment business, Concord, N.H., received Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. To Obtain the certification, Mr. Wall satisfied education and...

Quantik appoints manufacturing supervisor. (Personnel Changes).(Quantik Induction Corp., Robert Taylor)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Robert Taylor has been appointed manufacturing supervisor at Quantik Induction Corp., Portland, Ore. He is responsible for the manufacture and integration of VERTA-SCAN and SCAN-PLUS induction platform systems. Mr. Taylor has 15 years of...

Karl Dungs adds three positions. (Personnel Changes).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Karl Dungs Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., added three regional sales managers: Mark Hutchins, based in Detroit, Mich., handles the northeast; Richard Williams, based in Atlanta, Ga., handles the southeast; and Chad Sime, based in Minneapolis, covers...

TOCCO executive receives award. (Personnel Changes).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... George Pfaffmann, retired vice president of technology for TOCCO Inc., Madison Heights, Mich., has been selected by the ASM Heat Treating Society Board to receive the 2003 George H. Bodeen Heat Treating Achievement Award. Established in 1996,...

Thermal One names sales manager. (Personnel Changes).(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Eric Nordin joined Thermal One Inc. as its new sales manager. Thermal One has two facilities, one in Westland, Mich., and one in Warren, Mich., primarily serving the automotive market in Southeast Michigan. Mr. Nordin brings extensive technical...

Carolina Commercial Heat Treating names manager. (Personnel Changes).(Allen Hammond)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Allen Hammond has been hired as quality control manager for Carolina Commercial Heat Treating Inc., Conyers, Ga. He has extensive experience in SPS, TQM, lean manufacturing and is certified as a lead auditor for ISO 9000.

Hauck engineer retires. (Personnel Changes).(Ed Moore of Hauck Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Ed Moore, senior project engineer for Hauck Manufacturing Co., Lebanon, Pa., retired after 42 years of service. In his 12 years with Hauck, Mr. Moore also served as manager of research and development.

Danser appoints sales representative. (Personnel Changes).(SAcott Homschek)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Scott Homschek has been appointed sales representative for Danser Inc., Parkersburg, W. Va. He serves current and prospective clients in western Pennsylvania and surrounding territories. Prior to joining Danser, Mr. Homschek was a senior...

SPC names marketing director. (Personnel Changes).(Sorbent Products Co. appoints Jacquelyn Cho)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2002... Jacquelyn Cho has been named director of marketing for Sorbent Products Co. (SPC), Somerset, N.J. One of Ms. Cho's responsibilities is developing marketing strategies for several new lines of SPC products. She has experience in marketing,...