Industrial Heating articles from June 2001

Industrial Heating archives from June 2001

Clean At Any Cost?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... There was a time in the not too distant past that the so-called "smokestack industries" belched pollutants into the air without much regard to the harmful effects on humans and the environment. Even so, jobs were plentiful, and people learned...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Wire-Belt Analysis Questioned Your October 2000 article "Finite Element Analysis--Mesh Type Furnace Belts" uses AISI Type 314 stainless steel mechanical property data at 2000[degrees]F for AISI Type 310 stainless in the analysis, which are...

American Dreams.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... When friends come to Washington, I give them a tour of the city, reminding them there are three pursuits here: tourism, government, and government watching. A 1998 poll by The Washington Post revealed that 33% of all Americans do not trust...

Corrosion Hide and Seek.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Corrosion occurs not only on parts and systems where it is easily detected and can be remedied, but also on hidden surfaces where it is extremely difficult to detect and study. The U.S. Air Force is especially concerned about hidden corrosion...

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Industrial Miracle to Environmental Concern In 1968, more than a thousand people in Yusho, Japan became sick after eating food cooked in PCB contaminated oil. This was the first time in nearly 40 years that PCBs were even considered to have...

Grains That Grow, and Secondary Recrystallization.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Grain growth is a vague term used in the context of recrystallization, "normal" grain growth and secondary recrystallization. In each case, a difference in chemical free energy produces the diffusion of atoms into the growing grain. The...

Aberfoyle Metal Treaters Ltd.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Let them take the stress out of your job In 1989, Aberfoyle Metal Treaters broke ground on 3 acres (12,000 [m.sup.2]) of property and began production with one large car bottom furnace and one 30-ton (27t) overhead crane. Since then, the...

Bloom Engineering Co.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Uncompromised Performance, Unsurpassed Customer Service Over 40 years ago, Bloom developed the unique baffle burner concept, which still is applied to its large (and many small) direct-fired burners. Bloom's modern recuperative radiant tube...

Delphi, DOE, and ORNL Implement Furnace Technology.(Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.; Oak Ridge National Laboratory ()(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Delphi Automotive Systems, Troy, Mich., and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) implemented nickel-aluminide heat treat fixtures jointly developed under a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA). Researchers at the DOE's Oak...

Vacuum Furnace Shipped to Japan.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Vacuum Furnace Systems (VFS) Corp., Souderton, Pa., built and tested a horizontal internal quench vacuum heat treating furnace for installation at a company in Japan. The furnace was shipped to VFS' Japanese licensee, where they added a...

Pratt & Whitney to Develop Rocket Engine.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Space Propulsion operations, West Palm Beach, Fla., plans to develop a full-scale engine demonstrator for a next generation, high-performance liquid hydrogen-fueled 60,000 lb-thrust-class rocker engine. The FL60 engine is...

Accurate Brazing Opens South Carolina Division.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Accurate Brazing Corp., Goffstown, N.H., has opened its second division in Greenville, S.C. The new facility began operation in April 2001 with two Abar-Ipsen[R] MetalMasters[R] and two more scheduled for future production. The division has...

Grant Received for Battery Electrode Development.(Powdermet Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Powdermet Inc., Sun Valley, Calif., has been awarded a grant from the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) to develop fabrication methods for lithium-ion battery electrodes. Powdermet will team with Eagle-Picher Technologies to develop...

Laser Cutting Services Offered.(Rolled Alloys Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Rolled Alloys, Temperance, Mich., has added laser cutting as part of their processing capabilities by installing a Bystronic BYSTAR 4020-2 laser cutting machine. Rated at 4 kW, the machine is capable of cutting stainless steels and nickel...

Prototype Products Developed.(by Graftech Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Graftech Inc., Nashville, Tenn., a subsidiary of UCAR International, developed heat sink, heat spreader, heat pipe and thermal tape prototype products to manage heat in various computer and communications applications. The prototypes are...

Walking Beam Furnace Installed.(Techint Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Techint Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pa., has installed a walking beam reheat furnace for a Steckel rolling mill producing discrete and coiled hot rolled plate at IPSCO Steel in Alabama. The turnkey order included engineering, fabrication and...

Furnace Controls Upgraded.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Kuhlman Electric Corp. and SECO/WARWICK Corp., Meadville, Pa., partnered to upgrade the existing furnace controls on a lamination annealing roller-hearth furnace system. The controls have been in place since Kuhlman installed the SECO/WARWICK...

Gantry Saw Installed.(at Scot Forge)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Scot Forge, Spring Grove, Ill., now offers greater cutting flexibility on ferrous and nonferrous metals due to the installation of a Danobat gantry saw. The saw has the ability to make two cuts at once due to its two separate mobile saw heads....

Slot Forge Furnaces Delivered.(to)(Channellock Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Pyrotech Services, Townville, Pa., delivered three slot forge furnaces to Channellock Inc., Meadville, Pa. Each furnace is rated at 2000 lb/h (910 kg/h) for steel round bars up to 1-1/4 in. (32 mm) diameter. Maximum heated length of the bar is...

Isostatic Press Installed.(at Whitehall Casting Division)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Flow Pressure Systems, Vasteras AB, Sweden, has installed a Quintus(r) hot isostatic pressing (HIP) system at Howmet's production facility in Whitehall, Mich. Designated as HIP 9, the unit features a large 43.75 in. diameter x 65 in. high (1 x...

Air Heating Cassettes Installed on Pusher Furnace.(at Norsk Hydro aluminum rolled products plant)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Preheating aluminum slabs prior to hot rolling at Norsk Hydro's hydro aluminum rolled products plant in Norway is done in an electrically heated pusher-type connector furnace equipped with air heating cassettes supplied by Kanthal AB. Built in...

Waukee and Furnace Control Combine.(Waukee Engineering Co.,)(Furnace Control Corp)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Waukee Engineering Co., Milwaukee, Ill, has acquired Furnace Control Corp., a developer and manufacturer of carbon/oxygen probes and atmosphere-control systems. The two companies will continue to operate as independent entities, cooperating...

GM Honors Combustion Safety.(General Motors Worldwide Facilities Group )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... General Motors Worldwide Facilities Group (WFG) has honored Combustion Safety Inc., a division of CEC Consultants, Cleveland, Ohio, for its work in promoting fuel-fired equipment safety with the presentation of a 2000 WFG Recognition Award....

Lydall and BGF Industries Create Alliance.(Lydall Thermal/Acoustical Group)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Lydall Thermal/Acoustical Group, Manchester, Conn., has signed a representation and distribution agreement with BGF Industries Inc. to exclusively represent BGF products for use in thermal applications in the appliance market. Under terms of...

Macsteel Honored as Top Supplier.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Macsteel, Jackson, Mich., has been named the number one supplier for 2000 by Dana Corp.'s Spicer Light Axle Group. Macsteel was the highest rated supplier out of hundreds of qualified suppliers receiving the highest rating ever recorded in the...

BNZ Partners with TaTa Refractories.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... BNZ Materials, Zelienople, Pa., has partnered with TaTa Refractories Ltd (TRL), a refractory manufacturer in India. TaTa is known for its line of silica refractories servicing coke-making operations in the steel industry and glass furnace...

Hi TecMetal Wins Communications Award.(Hi TecMetal Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hi TecMetal Group (HTG), Cleveland, Ohio, has been honored with an award of distinction from The Communicator Awards. The awards program was founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communications field. HTG's...

Association News.(Industrial Heating Equipment Association partners with Department of Energy)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... DOE and IHEA Enter Partnership Agreement Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Industrial Technologies, to become partner during IHEA's annual meeting...

Preventive Maintenance Keeps Induction Systems In Peak Condition: Part 1.
June 1, 2001... Many factors can affect performance of an induction system. Simple, common-sense equipment maintenance can help reduce unexpected down time, but ignoring required maintenance can affect the long-term reliability of the machine and the...

Simultaneous Dual-Frequency Gear Hardening.
June 1, 2001... A new approach to induction hardening of automobile transmission gears simultaneously uses medium and high frequencies to achieve the required case characteristics. The process offers many variations of single and combined frequencies to...

Nonrotational Induction Crankshaft Hardening Capabilities Extended.
June 1, 2001... Since its introduction to the auto industry in 2000, advanced nonrotational induction crankshaft hardening has demonstrated advantages over conventional crankshaft hardening of V-6 crankshafts. Those same advantages now are realized in...

Induction Heating Offers Many Processing Opportunities.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2001... While induction heating largely is associated with heat treating and heating for forming and metal melting, many less well-known processes take advantage of the economical benefits of induction heating. Industrial applications of induction...

Image Analysis for Materials Testing.
June 1, 2001... The ability of automated digital image analysis to improve the quality of many laboratory procedures and tests is leading to increased applications in materials testing and characterization. The automated analysis of geometrical and structural...

Videographic Control System Manages Complex Furnace Operation.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Process equipment such as heat treating Furnaces, boilers, glass-melting furnaces and batch processing equipment have many parameters that require close control and monitoring to optimize performance. Hybrid control systems, such as the Visual...

Flux-Free Brazing Offers Advantages.
June 1, 2001... Inert-gas brazing using localized heating is an effective joining process. In contrast to well-known protective-gas furnace brazing and flame brazing using flux, it offers lower energy costs, the ability to maintain exact tolerances and...

Advanced Induction Technology for Aluminum Melting.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Inductotherm induction furnaces and VIP [R] power supplies for aluminum melting offer three quality advantages: * Induction heats aluminum without creating combustion byproducts. Induction heats the metal itself, not the air of the furnace....

Plasma Equipment.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Praxair Surface Technologies Inc., Danbury, Conn. and TAFA Inc., Concord, N.H., have released a 12-p, color brochure on plasma equipment solutions for high quality thermal spray coatings. Three standard types of plasma controllers offered are...

Acetylene Vacuum Carburizing.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A color flyer from Ipsen International Inc., Rockford, Ill., explains how the Avac [TM] technology solves maintenance and uniformity problems of vacuum carburizing. By using acetylene under low pressure, Avac eliminates sooting while providing...

Quench-Oil Reclaimer.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Hilco[R] quench-oil reclaimer is featured in a product information sheet from Hilliard Corp., Elmira, N.Y. This filtration system, which features flow rates of 4 to 8 gal/h (15 to 30 gal/h), removes moisture, dissolved gases and...

Die Casting Environmental Issues.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) released Die Casting Environmental Issues, aimed at environmental managers, plant managers and operating personnel. Topics include wastewater management, air emissions, and oil and...

Measurement and Control.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hastings Instruments, a business unit of Teledyne Electronic Technologies, Hampton, Va., offers product manuals covering its complete line of instruments for measurement and control of vacuum pressures and gas flows. The manuals, available by...

Bearing Pillow Blacks.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Thomson Industries, Port Washington, N.Y., released a technical bulletin on pillow block configurations for its Super Smart Ball Bushings [TM] bearings. The bulletin contains benefits and overall dimensions, diagrams and specifications for both...

Measuring Machines.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Mitutoyo America Corp., Aurora, Ill., released an 8-p, color brochure detailing its Bright Apex Series 191 GNC coordinate measuring machines. The brochure describes the machine's technological innovations in structural design, speed and...

Transducer Readouts.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... HPS[R] Products, MKS Inc., Boulder, Cola., published a brochure on the HPS[R] PDR9000, a device that provides power and readout for convection and cold-cathode transducers. The unit can analyze pressure discrepancies and detect medium to fine...

Speed Drives and Motors.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Rockwell Automation, Greenville, S.C., released the 2001-2002 Reliance[R] electric drives catalog. The 432-p catalog includes both ac and dc drives and motors, options and accessories, the Custom Classics product line and a complete listing of...

Electrical Enclosures.(brochure by AD Products Co.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... AD Products Co., Cleveland, Ohio, published a 68-p catalog featuring over 300 industrial and OEM electrical enclosures. The catalog includes electrical enclosures made of AISI Type 304 stainless steel, 5052-H32 aluminum alloy,...

Front-Loading Kiln.(Dragon furnace by Paragon Industries)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Paragon Industries The Dragon front-loading industrial heat treating and ceramic furnace has inside dimensions of 24 in. wide x 24 in. deep x 27 in. tall (610 x 610 x 685 mm). The furnace has a maximum operating temperature of...

Dry Technology Vacuum Pumps.(new products by BOC Edwards)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... BOC Edwards Two models have been added to the GV Drystar range of industrial dry vacuum pumps. The GV260M and GV41OM offer nominal peak pump capacities of 150 and 240 cfm respectively. The GV600M, launched earlier this year, is the largest...

Gas Leak Control.(LDU11 valve by Siemens)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Siemens The LDU gas valve leak test control has UL, GSA and FM approval. The LDU11 unit checks for gas leakage through the shutoff valves prior to burner starr-up and immediately after burner shutdown. In addition, the unit does not have...

Temperature Controllers.(Series 58 by Kidde-Fenwal)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Kidde-Fenwal Inc. The Series 58 temperature controllers have two control modes (on/off fixed differential and adjustable time proportioning); two voltages (120/208/240 VAC and 24 VDC); and eight overlapping temperature ranges from 0 to...

Cam Followers.(Graphalloy)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Graphite Metallizing Corp. Cam followers having a self-lubricating Graphalloy(R) bushing are alternatives to grease-lubricated cam followers at temperatures to 750[degrees]F (400[degrees]C), in hostile environments and in submerged...

UHP Moisture Analyzer.(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Delta F Corp. Moisture measurement technology of a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) analyzer is governed by Beer's Law. Therefore, by measuring the intensity of the laser before and after absorption, the number of...

Control System Upgrades.(Ipsen International Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Ipsen International Inc. By upgrading Level 1 equipment with a touch-screen interface and analog inputs from 12 work T/Cs and vacuum sensors, a Level II system displays precise data directly in the user interface. Level II controls ensure...

Universal Testing Machines.(products by Shimadzu)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Shimadzu UH series universal testing machines, which offer PC control capability and built-in automation, include automatic control programs such as calibration, range, switching, ram return and break detection. After a specimen has been...

Combustion Analyzer.(GasPro+ monitors by Land Instruments)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Land Instruments GasPro+ monitors CO, [O.sub.2], hydrocarbons and [NO.sub.x] on small and medium gas-fired boilers. Key features of the stand-alone unit include simple single-flange installation, fully integrated keypad and display and the...

RTD Temperature Sensor.(product by Durex Industries)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Durex Industries The RTD temperature sensor is designed to monitor air and various gas temperatures. A specially machined tip designed to maximize airflow over a miniature platinum film element provides rapid response to incremental...

Friction and Wear Testing Machines.(Tribomaterials Investigative Systems LLC)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tribomaterials Investigative Systems LLC BR-100 and PD-100 friction- and wear-testing machines offer two wear-testing geometries: block-on-ring and pin-on-disk, respectively. Ruggedly constructed from corrosion-resistant materials, their...

Laser-Scanning Technology.(Metron Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Metron Systems Inc. The G2X noncontact, optical laser scanner is a portable device that makes rapid measurements of turbine blades, airfoils and other free-form aerospace and automobile products. The scanner uses a flying-spot laser...

SCR Power Controller.(853 digital SCR power controller )(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Spang Power Electronics The 853 digital SCR power controller is designed for use in furnaces, ovens, dryer kilns and other types of electric resistance heated industrial equipment. The controller operates in three firing modes:...

Filter Media.(product by Sorbent Products Co. Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sorbent Products Co. Inc. Sorbent Spaghetti is produced from 100% melt-blown polypropylene microfibers and can absorb up to 15 times its own weight in oils while being hydrophobic. For optimum filtering, it is best used in situations where...

Laser Shaft Alignment System.(by Computational Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Computational Systems Inc. Shaft alignment using the UltraSpec[R] Pro laser shaft alignment system is straightforward due to built-in radio frequency communications and requires no user configuration. High-speed inclinometers instantly...

Electric Evaporators.(products by TurnKey Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... TurnKey Solutions Inc. A 7 gal/hr (26 liter/hr) electric evaporator has been added to company's line of electric and gas evaporators. The new evaporator, together with the existing 5 gal/hr (19 liter/hr unit, can boil wastewater down to...

Water Sorption Analzyer.(Hydrosorb 1000)(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Quantachrome Instruments Hydrosorb 1000 offers automated, rapid measurement of absorption and desorption water isotherms including surface area calculations. Sample temperature is thermostatted in the range of 53 to 116[degrees]F (12 to...

Thermal Seals and Gaskets.(by Jones Stroud Insulations)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Jones Stroud Insulations (JSI) and JSI-Marflex JSI has expanded its product line to include wire reinforcements, specialized coatings and adhesive backings. Standard seals can handle temperatures up to 1020[degrees]F (550[degrees]C) with...

Oxygen Analyzer.(CGA351 )(Evaluation)
June 1, 2001... Panametrics Inc. The CGA351 oxygen analyzer uses an advanced zirconium oxide sensor in combination with a new manifold assembly to ensure leak-free integrity and accurate measurement of oxygen content from percent levels down to less than...

Rod Weighing Scales.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Alliance Scale Inc. Rod weighing scales store, weigh and transport up to 12,000 lb (5455 kg) of rod, bar and tube stock up to 25 ft (7.5 m) long and eliminates frequent loading and unloading. Featuring a built-in full-function scale having...

Off-Line Inspection System.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... American Stress Technologies Inc. The CrankScan 600 off-line audit inspection system monitors residual stress from manufacturing processes and detects grinding damage and some heat treating qualities. The unit requires manual loading and...

PERSONNEL CHANGES.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Robotron-Elotherm Names President Andreas J. Seitzer has been named president of Robotron-Elotherm. Southfield, Mich. Before assuming his new position, Dr. Seitzer had been general manager of standardization at the company's parent company,...