Industrial Heating articles from December 2008

Industrial Heating archives from December 2008

Get involved and make a difference.(EDITORIAL)
December 1, 2008... As I write this month's editorial, snow is gently falling for the first time this season. It is a reminder that the holidays are approaching, and a new year is just around the corner. How was 2008 for you, and what will you do with 2009? A...

Illegal immigration--a national challenge.(FEDERAL TRIANGLE)
December 1, 2008... During the recent Presidential campaign, a major source of public frustration was avoided as carefully as possible. That was the subject of the illegal-immigrant population that created an outburst of ire directed at Congress early this year...

The molecule counters: Part Two: More About Vacuum Gauges.(THE HEAT TREAT DOCTOR)
December 1, 2008... Four, five, six... Counting molecules is a job for vacuum gauges, and it's now time to understand the differences between these devices and when to use them. Let's learn more. Recall first that the vacuum level in a vessel is...

Aluminum makes one sweet guitar.(NOW YOU KNOW: Thermal Processing & Metals in Everyday Life)
December 1, 2008... In recent days, aluminum seems to be getting a lot of play. Aluminum is attractive and lightweight, and as nature's most abundant metal, it is plentiful, easy to work with and readily recyclable. These features make aluminum attractive for a...

Rapid hot-zone rebuild provides cost- and time-efficient solution.(PROBLEM SOLVER: Engineering Solutions to Everyday Industrial Problems)
December 1, 2008... SITUATION: A predominant player in the manufacture of thermal-transfer components for the automotive industry needed a rebuild of an aging VFS model HL-50x120 hot zone in order to put their vacuum furnace back into service quickly. The hot...

Mercer Technologies/ Midwest Vacuum Pumps.(MTI PROFILE)
December 1, 2008... ourteen years ago, Mike Mercer Sr. started a small business with the simple goal of offering comprehensive sales and service support to the thermal-processing industry. Today, after a relocation and an expansion, Mercer Sr.'s venture has...

WS Thermal Process Technology Inc.: fuel savings and energy efficiency.(IHEA PROFILE)
December 1, 2008... Fuel savings" and "energy efficiency" are not new slogans at WS Inc.--it's just business as usual. For over 25 years, WS has been providing industrial combustion equipment specializing in fuel economy. This Ohio-based IHEA member is known...

Vacuum furnace.(Equipment News)
December 1, 2008... Blanchard Metals Processing Co. has ordered a Model H2424 6-bar TinyTurbo vacuum furnace from Ipsen, Inc. of Rockford, Ill. The unit will be used for heat treating aerospace components at Blanchard's Salt Lake City, Utah, facility. Blanchard,...

Induction hardening machines.(Equipment News)
December 1, 2008... Inductoheat has shipped two CrankPro systems to a leading supplier of automobile-engine crankshafts. The CrankPro induction hardening and tempering system utilizes advanced SHarP-C technology, which eliminates the rotation of the crankshaft and...

Bell brazing furnace.(Equipment NEWS)
December 1, 2008... Pal-Con has signed an agreement with Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC) for a bell brazing furnace. This furnace will be used to braze together the stainless steel of Pal-Con's regenerative heat exchangers in a proprietary process that...

Control system.(Equipment NEWS)
December 1, 2008... Super Systems Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is providing Metals Technology Corp. with a control system for gas nitriding. Metals Technology, based in Carol Stream, Ill., is upgrading the controls on a gas-nitriding pit furnace to provide automated...

Reheating furnaces.(Equipment NEWS)
December 1, 2008... Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do Brasil awarded a contract to Tenova Italimpianti Deutschland for the engineering, fabrication and commissioning relevant to four reheating furnaces to be installed in the company's new pipe mill. The order covers...

High-temp zone refiner.(Equipment NEWS)
December 1, 2008... Thermal Technology (Santa Rosa, Calif.) has delivered and installed a high-temperature zone refiner. The system is capable of refining alumina at a temperature of 2200[degrees]C (3992[degrees]F). In order to reach these temperatures and not...

ATW chooses South Carolina for titanium facility.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... American Titanium Works (ATW) announced that it will build a world-class titanium mini-mill facility in Laurens County, S.C. The new plant will include plasma-arc melting and vacuum-arc melting furnaces along with raw-material preparation and...

SSAB selects Mobile for heat-treat facility.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... SSAB has selected Mobile, Ala., as the site for a new state-of-the-art heat-treating facility. The investment, part of a program the company announced in August, will increase the existing facility's annual quenched and tempered steel capacity...

Micro-mill to be built in Mississippi.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... Steel Development Co. (SDCO) will build a $200 million rebar micro-mill in Amory, Miss. Company and local officials broke ground last week on the 80,000-square-foot plant, which will employ 200. It is scheduled to begin production in the spring...

Commercial Heat Treater of the Year awarded.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2008... Industrial Heating, in cooperation with the Metal Treating Institute, awarded the 14th annual Master Craftsman/Commercial Heat Treater of the Year Award to Therm-Tech of Waukesha. Therm-Tech, established in 1982 by Charles Wiberg, is an...

Wisconsin oven announces partnership.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... Wisconsin Oven (East Troy, Wis.) announced a partnership with France's Elmetherm, which specializes in the design and manufacture of mechanical, thermal and automated systems. Both companies supply equipment to the automotive, aerospace and...

Timken breaks ground on wind-energy plant.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... The Timken Co.'s new joint venture, Timken XEMC Bearings Co., broke ground on a new wind-energy plant that it will build in China. The new company will produce ultra-large-bore bearings for large-scale wind turbines using advanced technology to...

Severstal receives more financing for expansion.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... Severstal has received an additional $100 million in secured financing from GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending for its flat-rolling steel mill in Columbus, Miss. The loan will be used to expand the mill, doubling its production capacity to...

Air Products announces investments.(Business News)
December 1, 2008... Air Products has signed a contract with Alcoa in Russia to supply nitrogen to Alcoa's aluminum plant in Samara. As part of the agreement, Air Products will install two high-purity nitrogen generators and will take over the existing generator at...

Steel associations urge market-driven solutions.(Association News)
December 1, 2008... Representatives of five major NAFTA steel associations met with representatives of the Latin American Iron and Steel Association (ILAFA) to discuss trade and other policy issues of concern. The participating steel organizations agreed that...

AFC-Holcroft.
December 1, 2008... AFC-Holcroft (Wixom, Mich.) has named Northern Refractory its authorized refractory contractor.

Alfe Heat Treating.
December 1, 2008... Alfe Heat Treating announced that its Wadsworth, Ohio, facility is certified to heat treat Honeywell's aerospace products. Alfe is approved for Honeywell specifications AMS-2770, AMS-2771 and AMS-H-6088.

Anguil Environmental Systems.
December 1, 2008... Anguil Environmental Systems (Milwaukee, Wis.) celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Solar Atmospheres.
December 1, 2008... Solar Atmospheres has established an office location for start-up activities for its newest division in California. The Murrieta, Calif., site will serve as a temporary communication point for coordinating planning and sales activities.

Tenaxol Technologies (Elkhorn, Wis.) and Park Thermal International (Buffalo, N.Y.) announced a joint-venture.
December 1, 2008... Tenaxol Technologies (Elkhorn, Wis.) and Park Thermal International (Buffalo, N.Y.) announced a joint-venture agreement.

Events.(Conference news)(Calendar)
December 1, 2008... FEBRUARY 2009 15-19 TMS 2009 Annual Meeting & Exhibition; San Francisco, Calif. www.tms.org MARCH 3-4 PIM 2009--International Conference on Powder Injection Molding; Orlando, Fla. www.mpif.org APRIL 7-10 113th...

Taking the crank out of crankshaft hardening: induction heat treatment is traditionally a popular choice for hardening and tempering of quality crankshafts. This article will explain how continuous process improvement makes a good process even better.(Induction Heat Treating)
December 1, 2008... Crankshafts are widely used in internal combustion engines, pumps, compressors, etc. and belong to the group of the most critical auto components typically weighing between 30-85 pounds depending upon the engine. At the same time, the weight of...

Controlling properties of sintered-steel P/M components using atmosphere: the composition of the sintering atmosphere is often overlooked as a variable that can optimize the sintered-steel properties of iron-carbon P/M components. This article will examine the effects of CO-containing atmospheres versus non-CO atmospheres in terms of hardness, carbon control and dimensional changes.(Sintering/Powder Metallurgy)
December 1, 2008... Since the late 1970s, the use of nitrogen/hydrogen systems has been the atmosphere of choice for sintering iron and steel powder metallurgy (P/M) parts. Prior to that, a conventional natural-gas-based endothermic atmosphere was common, but the...

Atmospheric furnaces--product temperature is critical: as in most occupations, having the right tools can assure that the job gets done right. In heat treating, having the right temperature-measurement tool can be the difference between success and failure. This article helps you to identify the best tool for the application.(Process Control & Instrumentation)
December 1, 2008... Heat treating of metal parts in an atmospheric furnace is a very common practice. One such furnace is called a mesh-belt furnace, in which the parts are heated in an atmosphere and then eventually quenched. The type of parts heat treated...

Advances in martensitic stainless processing.(Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials/Composites)
December 1, 2008... New developments in welding and thermal processing are enabling the costeffective use of martensitic stainless steels in exciting new applications. These advancements, coupled with an increased demand for high-strength, lightweight structures,...

Burners/combustion accessories.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hauck Manufacturing Company This new catalog features the full range of Hauck products including burners, blowers, controls and combustion accessories. In addition, the catalog highlights Hauck's capabilities in...

Radiant tubes.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] INEX Incorporated INEX Incorporated 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...

Combustion systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maxon Corp This four-page brochure gives an overview of Maxon Corp. complete product line including: gas equipment for heating, high temperature burners, nozzle mixing burners, nozzles for Air/Gas, premixing...

Combustion control systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Siemens Building Technologies Combustion control gas valves, control motors, flame safeguards, electronic burner management systems, and temperature and leak test controls approved for use worldwide. Siemens...

Thermal processing ovens.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Precision Quincy Corp. Literature features gas and electric walk-in batch ovens with work areas 96 to 360 cu. ft. and maximum temperatures of 1000[degrees]F (538[degrees]C) and 1250[degrees]F (676[degrees]C)....

Drop Bottom solution treat equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wisconsin Oven Systems 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...

Induction heating/melting equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ABP Induction ABP Induction is a leading global supplier of induction heating and melting equipment. Reflecting the proud heritage of our predecessor companies, ASEA, Brown Boveri and Pillar, our personnel and...

Heat processing equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BeaverMatic BeaverMatic's new corporate brochure provides an in depth timeline of the company's past and current accomplishments and events, along with detailed descriptions of numerous product installations...

Furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Can-Eng Furnaces Since 1964, Can-Eng has been designing and manufacturing industrial heat-treating equipment for commercial and captive heat treaters, stamping and fastener companies, automotive component...

Vacuum furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Burners & Combustion Equipment : Ovens & Kilns : Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Centorr Vacuum Industries Furnace expansion for the Metal Injection Molding market with the introduction of new MIM-Vac 'M' line of custom metal hot zone furnaces. The MIM-Vac M has a number of improvements...

Heating elements.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Custom Electric Mfg. Co. For more than 30 years, Custom Electric has offered affordable, high-quality elements for all styles of furnaces and ovens. Our elements are used worldwide by leading manufacturers...

Thermocouples/temperature sensors.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Furnace Parts LLC For 35 years, Furnace Parts LLC has excelled in the field of temperature measurement. Our corporate-capabilities brochure highlights our expertise in noble and base metal, MgO and RTD...

Vacuum furnace selection guide.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] G-M Enterprises 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...

Vacuum furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Graphite Furnace Systems Graphite Furnace Systems manufactures high-temperature and heat-treating vacuum furnaces. The high-temperature equipment is manufactured for processes such as sintering and purification...

Leading the world in induction heating technologies.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Inductoheat, an Inductotherm Group Co. Inductoheat's new 12-page brochure discusses how they ignited the innovation of induction power supply design more than 40 years ago and how this was the foundation for the...

High-performance vacuum furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ipsen, Inc. Ipsen provides design, manufacture and turnkey installation and repair of customengineered and standard vacuum heattreating equipment, process and controls, and aftermarket sales support. This...

Heating elements.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kanthal Heating Systems New GLOBAR SD performance includes high mechanical strength and a lower rate of reaction with process atmospheres--advantages for the ferrous, nonferrous, glass and ceramic industries....

Heat treating systems for aircraft MRO facilities.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. designs, manufactures and services a wide variety of heat-treat equipment. We have several lines that are specific to the aircraft and aerospace...

Laminar gas flow.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elnik Systems--Division of PVA MIMTech Furnaces with laminar gas flow from turbulent to laminar. Process any metal with any binder. Process in H2, N2, Ar or vacuum. Uses less process gas, electricity, handling...

Induction heating system.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Radyne A division of the internationally based Inductotherm Group of companies--and as global specialists in the design, development, manufacture and installation of superior induction heating technology--Radyne has...

Charging systems and heating elements.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories: Miscellaneous)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SGL Group--The Carbon Company 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...

Thermal processing systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories: Miscellaneous)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Surface Combustion, Inc. Brochure introduces our company, as well as our overall capabilities in providing one of the most diverse product offerings in the thermal processing industry. Our capabilities also include a...

Induction heating equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories: Miscellaneous)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tech Induction Tech Induction is the leader in Engineered Induction Tooling. Whether your needs are for Consultation, CAD Design, Coil Manufacturing, Machining, Fabrication, or Electrical Field Services, Coil...

Replacement hot zones.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories: Miscellaneous)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PLANSEE USA LLC Offers the world's most technically advanced replacement hot zones (pure molybdenum, ML molybdenum, TZM molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and PM 2000 superalloy), replacement heating elements, hearth...

AES Alloy Tube Assemblies.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Treating Furnaces & Accessories/Miscellaneous)
December 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Steeltech Ltd. Our latest technology, Alternature Energy Saving (AES) Alloy Tube Assemblies, can reduce your energy usage up to 50%! This technology enables your radiant tube assemblies to operate at the same...

Induction heating: ABP Induction.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... ABP Induction is a market leader in the design and manufacture of induction heating systems for the forging, tube and pipe, and heat-treating industries. ABP offers turnkey solutions with worldwide support from our offices in the U.S., Germany,...

Blowers: AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... AMETEK offers a growing line of variable-speed, brushless, combustion/ pre-mix blowers that represent the next generation in performance. With AMETEK's "IntelliGen" electronic control drive and factory-programmed digital signal processor (DSP),...

Pit washer and temper furnace: BeaverMatic Inc.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... A 28-inch (diameter) x 78-inch-deep washer chamber is rated for 1,500 pounds at temperatures up to 200[degrees]F with air bubbler agitation. The 36 inch x 48 inch x 48 inch gas-heated temper furnace is rated for 2,000 pounds at...

Orbital Cutter: Buehler Ltd.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Abrasive sectioning is the first step in material preparation, and orbital cutting style produce near perfect cuts quickly and consistently. Orbital action oscillates the wheel in an elliptical pattern to minimize the contact arc area during...

Mesh-belt furnace systems: Can-Eng Furnaces.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... As a leading global producer of continuous mesh-belt furnace systems, CanEng can design and manufacture any or all of the components of a fully integrated and automated system including furnaces, ovens, quenches, washing systems, atmosphere...

Heat-resistant castings: Castalloy.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Castalloy--with facilities in Waukesha, Wis., and Walterboro, S.C.--is a leader in the production of heat-resistant standard product trays, furnace maintenance alloy (rollers, rails, etc.), design engineering for specialty fixtures/trays, cast...

MIM-Vac M furnaces: Centorr Vacuum Industries.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Centorr Vacuum Industries is now offering its new MIM-Vac 'M' line of custom metal hot-zone furnaces. The MIM-Vac M includes a modular design for easy setup, access and installation. It operates in argon, nitrogen and hydrogen gases from 10-750...

Integral quench furnaces: Consolidated Engineering Co.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Consolidated Engineering Company's integral quench furnaces incorporate state-of-the-art technology that delivers the highest production possible while providing consistent, high-quality results. These IQ furnaces are designed to allow...

TM series cooling towers: Delta Cooling Towers.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... This engineered-plastic tower provides: longer life than traditional metal towers, unit capacity from 250 to 2,000 cooling tons, low maintenance, unitarily molded leak-proof sump with I-beam pockets, non-clog large orifice spray nozzles,...

Sintering equipment: Elnik Systems, Division of PVA MIMtech, LLC.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Elnik Systems provides complete and innovative debinding and sintering equipment for the MIM (powder metal injection molding) industry. * AccuTemp--temperature control to within [+ or -]1[degrees]C * 99.8% density--sintering at...

Infrared thermocouples: Exergen Corp.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Patented, self-powered infrared thermocouples, which are the most reliable in the world (MTBF > 1,000 years) and intrinsically safe, are used in applications such as agriculture, graphics, packaging, medical, electrical power, asphalt, textiles...

Pyrometry: FAR Associates.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... The FAR SpectroPyrometer performs noncontact temperature measurement and provides true temperatures as well as calculated accuracy of each measurement in real time. Inexhaustible, automatically logs all data and automatically corrects for...

Lamination replacement materials: Fluxtrol.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Fluxtrol LRM has been developed for use as a direct replacement for costly, time-consuming steel laminations. With the addition of Fluxtrol LRM to our family of lamination replacement materials, Fluxtrol is building upon the success it has in...

Thermocouple wire: GeoCorp, Inc.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Thermocouple wire made by GeoCorp meets the requirements of today's latest specifications. Whether you are AMS 2750D, BAC5621 or CQI-9 compliant, GeoCorp has the wire you need. All temperature calibrations are backed by our ISO/IEC 17025:2005...

Vacuum furnaces: G-M Enterprises.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... G-M presents our unique vacuum-furnace technologies designed for low maintenance and high performance. Patented 2-point element support, high-velocity venturi gas-cooling nozzles, true convection heating and cooling with gas exchange in/out of...

Heat-treating furnaces: Graphite Furnace Systems.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... New heat-treating furnaces are available in sizes ranging from 16" x 16" x 24" deep to 36" x 36" x 48" deep. The systems are complete with 2-bar quenching and include variable speed drives or soft starters for the cooling fans. Convection...

Radiant-tube gas burner: Hauck Manufacturing Co.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Designed for use with Hauck's RADimax recuperator for maximum fuel efficiency and energy savings, the RFG burner provides reliable ignition, flame stability and uniform heat distribution. The burner is available with flue-gas inspiration for...

Induction hardening system: Inductoheat.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... The CrankPro[R] induction hardening and tempering system utilizes advanced SHarP-C[TM] technology, which eliminates the rotation of the crankshaft and movement of the inductor during heating and quenching cycles This equipment provides several...

Internally finned tubes: INEX Inc.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Get "twisted" and stir up the heat with INEX internally finned tubes. The fins cause turbulence, which eliminates laminar gas flow and enhances heat transfer. INEX also offers the original straight open-ended tubes, SER (closed-ended and...

Ecothal[R] SER burner systems: Kanthal.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... Ecothal has high, proven efficiency of 80%, 10-20% higher than conventional SER systems. Reduced NO and CO emissions make Ecothal one of the cleanest recuperative radiant heaters on the market. Low energy costs conserve fuel and money. Savings...

Sintering pusher furnaces: Kleenair Products Co. Inc..(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... The high-temperature hydrogen-atmosphere pusher sintering furnaces are custom designed to meet customer requirements. They can be manually operated or designed to be fully automated with computer controls and data-acquisition systems. The...

Heat-treating furnaces: L&L Special Furnace Co.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... L&L Special Furnace Co. builds some of the finest precision heat-treating furnaces in the world. The most demanding customers use our custom, high-uniformity furnaces for critical processing of aircraft parts, superconductors, satellite parts,...

Flow meter: Maxon Corp.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... The new SMARTLINK[R] Meter is one of the only self-checking flow meters in its class. Offering precise, mass flow measurement for fuel, air and combustion streams, SMARTLINK[R] Meter displays accurate flow measurement, over a wide turndown...

Miniature thermocouple: Nanmac Corp.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... The B9 series miniature thermocouple has been designed for use on moving, vibrating and rotating objects that can be mounted in a small threaded hole. It uses a fine yet robust ribbon element to provide millisecond response to temperature...

Hardness testing systems: NewAge Testing Instruments Inc.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... New portable Brinell scanner and two automatic traverse microhardness testing systems are available: the MT90 (which performs a traverse in two minutes) and C.A.M.S.[R] (Computer Assisted Measurement System), which can upgrade any standard...

Heat-resistant furnace parts: North American Cronite.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... North American Cronite, a division of AFE Technologies is a manufacturer and designer of cast and fabricated heat-resistant alloy furnace parts. The company specializes in handling fixtures, cast base trays and baskets, radiant tubes, rolls and...

Hot zones: PLANSEE USA.(2008 PRODUCT ROUNDUP: This Year's Product Highlights)
December 1, 2008... PLANSEE's exclusive high-performance HYBRID hot-zone design is gaining market share in the world of graphite hot zones. With an ever-increasing need for a longer-lasting (2x-3x its full-graphite predecessor) hot zone that is energy efficient...