Industrial Heating articles from June 2006

Industrial Heating archives from June 2006

Looking forward by understanding our past.(heat treatment)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006... Inspired by our 75th anniversary and Doug Glenn's April editorial, a tour of the archives was in order. Let's take a look at how far we have come in the past 75 years and consider what's in store for the next 75. As a metallurgist or...

Economic indicators.
June 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...

A difficult road.(FEDERAL TRIANGLE)
June 1, 2006... What you read here may not seem relevant for this journal, but when you reach the end, you will understand that the problems we observe in other nations regarding immigration policies and absorbing non-indigenous peoples are very much our own....

Stainless steels Part two: heat treatment techniques.(annealing)
June 1, 2006... Heat treating of stainless steels depends to a great extent on the type (wrought or cast) and grade of stainless steel, as well as the reason for the treatment, most often to ensure that the properties altered during fabrication are restored...

Sewing needles.(using procedures)
June 1, 2006... Did you know that a sewing needle should be threaded from only one direction? That's because the punched eyelet has a small burr on one side. Whether sewing by hand or by machine, whether stitching together pieces of cloth fabric for a quilt,...

Got used oil?(ENVIRONMENTAL & SAFETY ISSUES)
June 1, 2006... Does your business generate used oil and if so, do you really know the process that is occurring? U.S. EPA defines used oil as "any oil that has been refined from crude oil or any synthetic oil that has been used and as a result is contaminated...

WS Thermal Process Technology, Inc.(IHEA PROFILE)
June 1, 2006... WS Thermal Process Technology, Inc., Elyria, Ohio, manufacturers industrial combustion equipment. WS GmbH was founded during the energy crisis of the early 1980's with the goal to provide the most energy efficient combustion systems possible....

IHEA launches web-based learning course.(IHEA PROFILE)
June 1, 2006... IHEA, in conjunction with Electrotechnologies Application Center (ETAC) of Northampton Community College, launched its first online distance-learning course, Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating, on June 5, 2006. A second course, Advanced...

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: beyond gas production and delivery.(MTI PROFILE)
June 1, 2006... With more than four decades of experience in the metals treatment industry, Air Products has helped thousands of customers uncover ways to reduce costs, increase productivity, enhance quality, and improve consistency. The company's engineers...

Government affairs: with MTI you have government at your finger tips.(Metal Treating Institute launches websites)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... It was once said, "Bad things happen because good people do NOTHING." The time has come in the heat treating industry for Good Things to Happen Because Good People Did SOMETHING... And Did It With PASSION! Between energy and healthcare,...

Heat treat management: are you working "in" or "on" your business.
June 1, 2006... The biggest assumption for business owners and division managers in heat treating is that because they understand how to heat treat, that they also understand how to run or manage a heat treating business. This couldn't be farther from the...

Energy update: oil prices drive energy costs even higher.
June 1, 2006... Energy costs are front-page news. Recent weeks have brought oil prices to record highs with blame being placed on issues in Iraq, Iran, and Nigeria. May's MSN Money headlines alert, "it's only April--and hurricane season is still six weeks...

Sentry know your risk: do you know your risks? Surviving business income loss.
June 1, 2006... Physical property losses can have both direct and indirect effects. Your property insurance helps you recover the financial loss you suffer as a result of direct damage to your physical property. However, the indirect cost of the...

Reducing headaches and increasing profit for manufacturers.(Metal Treating Institute launches its website)
June 1, 2006... Everyday in America's competitive business environment, someone in manufacturing faces the dilemma of How will I accomplish this work in the least time with the least investment to get the best return? A highly specialized job might require new...

Technical hot hints: practical hints--hardness testing.
June 1, 2006... Hardness testing is one of the principle methods of determining the success (or failure) of the heat treatment process. It will further indicate both the mechanical and metallurgical properties of the metal that has been heat-treated. ...

Training: heat treat training was never so valuable & affordable.
June 1, 2006... Industrial Heating Magazine's Publisher, Doug Glenn could not have said it any better in March when he stated, "The MTI Online Academy for Heat Treaters is simply the best training I've seen due to its quality content, easy access, and...

Vacuum furnace.(Installations)
June 1, 2006... Vacuum Furnace Systems (VFS) Corp. (Souderton, Pa.) sold a high-pressure quench vacuum furnace to a major commercial heat-treating customer. The QuenchPro furnace will be used for a variety of heat-treating applications. The chamber size is 36...

Mesh belt furnace line.(Installations)
June 1, 2006... Can-Eng Furnaces (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) sold its sixth mesh belt furnace line for processing fasteners to Chem-Plate Industries (Elk Grove, Ill.). The new line, rated at 7,500 lb/hr., will expand Chem-Plate's capacity to over 50,000 lb/hr. The...

Roller-hearth furnace.(Installations)
June 1, 2006... Consolidated Engineered Co. (Kennesaw, Ga.) signed a contract with PAT Dalian, a subsidiary of PBR International, to install a three-position continuous roller-hearth furnace in its Dalian, China aluminum-casting production facility. The...

Heat-treating line.(Installations)
June 1, 2006... OTTO JUNKER GmbH (Simmerath, Germany) received a contract from Kamensk Uralski Metallurgical Works (Russia), a member of the Sual Group, for a heat-treating line for aluminum strip coils and aluminum sheet stacks. The system includes two batch...

ECKA Granules establishes U.S. production facilities.(NEW FACILITIES)
June 1, 2006... ECKA Granules (headquartered in Furth, Germany) established U.S.-based production facilities in Orangeburg, S.C. for the production of nonferrous metal powder and particulates, as well as specialty products for powder metallurgy and other...

Alfe-North Carolina to open new facility soon.(NEW FACILITIES)
June 1, 2006... Alfe-North Carolina, a division of Alfe Heat Treating (headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind.), is nearing completion of opening a new facility in North Carolina that will offer a wide variety of heat-treating services using continuous and...

AEA Investors completes acquisition of Unifrax.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Affiliates of AEA Investors LLC, a private-equity investment firm, completed the acquisition of ASP Unifrax, Inc., along with its operating company subsidiary, Unifrax Corp., from American Securities Capital Partners L.P., a private-equity firm...

Eclipse acquires Laidlaw Drew assets.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Eclipse Inc. (Rockford, Ill.) has acquired the intellectual assets and brand name of Laidlaw Drew Ltd. (headquartered in Livingston, Scotland), a supplier of burners and combustion systems to the glass, metallurgical, and process-heating...

Danaher Industrial acquires PMA.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Danaher Industrial Controls Group (Chicago, Ill.) has acquired PMA GmbH (Kassel, Germany) from Geveke Industrial Group, headquartered in The Netherlands. For more than 75 years, PMA has manufactured controllers, sensors, transmitters, and...

Advanced Combustion acquires Canefco.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Advanced Combustion Inc. (ACI), Concord, Ontario, Canada, completed the purchase of the intellectual property, brand name, and assets of Canefco Ltd. (Markham, Ontario, Canada). The new company, ACI-CANEFCO, combines over 80 years of experience...

GE provides $80 million credit facility to steel company.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... GE Commercial Finance--Corporate Lending (Norwalk, Conn.) provided an $80-million credit facility to refinance debt to Winner Steel Inc., a galvanized steel coil supplier located in Sharon, Pa. The financing is part of a total credit facility...

Boeing to acquire Aviall.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... The Boeing Co. (Chicago, Ill.) announced its plan to acquire Aviall Inc. (Dallas, Tex.), a provider of new aviation parts and services for the aerospace industry, in an $1.7-billion all-cash merger for $48 per share. Boeing will also assume...

Gerdau Ameristeel to acquire Sheffield Steel.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. (Tampa, Fla.) announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Sheffield Steel Corp., Sand Springs, Okla. Sheffield operates a...

Gibraltar reports first-quarter sales and earnings.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Gibraltar Industries Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.) reported strong first-quarter sales, net income, and earnings-per-share for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Sales from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2006 were $360 million, an increase...

North American Tungsten Corp. enters joint venture agreement.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... North American Tungsten Corp. (headquartered in Vancouver, B.C., Canada) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tundra Composites Inc. (White Bear Lake, Minn.) to create a 50/50 joint venture for the processing and production of...

CarTech reports record quarterly results.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Carpenter Technology Corp. (Wyomissing, Pa.) reported record quarterly sales and net income. Net sales for the first quarter 2006 were $426.0 million, compared with $342.1 million for the same quarter of 2005 (a 25% increase). Net income in the...

Alcoa signs MOU for refinery joint venture.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... Alcoa (headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced that its Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals affiliate has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnam National Coal-Minerals Industries Group (Vinacomin) to explore the feasibility...

MTI launches Government Affairs website.(BUSINESS NEWS)
June 1, 2006... The Metal Treating Institute (MTI), in cooperation with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), has launched the MTI Government Affairs website (http://www.metaltreat.com/government.php). Members are able to look up local, state, and...

PowderMet 2006: 2006 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials.(TRADE SHOW PREVIEW)
June 1, 2006... June 18-21, 2006 Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, Calif. Exhibit Schedule: Monday, June 19:10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 20:9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PowderMet...

Industry events.(Calendar)
June 1, 2006... JUNE 11-15 Honeywell 2006 Users Group Symposium, J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Ariz., sponsored by Honeywell; tel: 877-466-3993; fax: 602-313-6665; e-mail: usersgroup@honeywell.com. 12-15 Microwave Materials and...

Infrared heats up.(infrared heating)
June 1, 2006... The following technology focus explains why infrared heating is not just for low temperature applications anymore. It can and has been used for such applications as heating forgings, tempering tool steels, annealing, joining, and stress...

Pusher reheat furnace collaboration: a success story.(Industrial Gases/Combustion)
June 1, 2006... Conflicting goats of minimum energy consumption and pollutant discharge challenge steelmakers and their equipment suppliers to use every available technology to design energy efficient, environmentally compliant combustion systems. Armed with a...

Technology: 21st century American manufacturing weapon.(Sintering/Powder Metallurgy)
June 1, 2006... Applying new technologies and high temperature sintering techniques allows powder metallurgy to improve the performance of products, opens new market opportunities, and is a valuable addition to the manufacturing arsenal. ********** ...

Design of quench systems for aluminum heat treating Part I--quenchant selection.
June 1, 2006... Successful aluminum heat treatment is dependent on understanding a number of important factors principal of which are proper quenchant selection, agitation, and quench tank design. Part one of this two-part article explains the fundamentals of...

Thin-slab reheating with tunnel furnaces.(Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation)
June 1, 2006... Near-net-shape steel casting, including thin-slab casting, is some of the freshest production technology in the steel industry. In less than twenty years, this technology has become a standard in many mini-mill operations. The tunnel furnace,...

Process heating equipment: Eclipse Combustion.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Comprehensive brochure presents the entire line of process heating equipment and systems from the Eclipse family of brands. Our global powerhouse of industry-leading products includes combustion burners, packaged burners, integrated combustion...

Continuous Rotary Regenerator: Hauck Manufacturing Company.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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....

Burner controls: Kromschroder Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... The BCU 465 burner control unit simplifies installation and incorporates diagnostics, flame signal monitoring, burner adjustments, and troubleshooting efforts packaged in a NEMA 3 metal housing. Includes the ignition transformer, air valve...

Combustion systems: Maxon Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... 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 equipment, shut-off and vent valves and...

Airtorch[TM] system: MHI Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... The comprehensive Airtorch[TM] Handbook offers detailed information regarding MHI's vast line of process air/gas tools. The Airtorch[TM] line offers the highest exit temperatures up to 1500[degrees]C. All models are energy efficient &...

Gas/Air Mix Monitors: Selas Heat Technology Co., LLC.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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,...

Combustion information CD: Siemens Building Technologies.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Siemens' new CD contains technical data sheets, AutoCAD drawings, and brochures on Siemens combustion control products approved for use worldwide. Content includes gas safety shut-off valves, control motors, flame safeguard controls, pressure...

Burners and radiant tubes: WS Thermal Process Technology, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Specializes in industrial burners with integrated heat exchangers (recuperative or regenerative) and radiant tubes. Burners and radiant tubes are available in alloy material and SiC-ceramic. Great efforts are made to provide the highest...

Hydrogen atmosphere batch furnaces: CM Furnaces Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Brochure details a new line of economical high temperature batch furnaces ideal for applications where vacuum is not absolutely necessary. Two temperature ranges are offered: up to 1450[degrees]C (2640[degrees]F) and up to 1700[degrees]C...

Laminar gas flow: PVA MIMtech LLC, Elnik Systems Div.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Furnaces with laminar gas flow from turbulent to laminar. Process any metal with any binder. Process in [H.sub.2], [N.sub.2], Ar or vacuum. Uses less process gas, electricity, handling time and floor space. Produce MIM parts at the lowest cost...

Castings and fabrications: Great Lakes Industrial Solutions, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... GLIS has quickly become one of the Best Quality Partners to the steel mills and heat treat industries for heat and corrosion-resistant castings and fabrications. GLIS is the newest single-source manufacturer of centrifugal castings, static...

RX[R] Gas Generators: Surface Combustion.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Surface[R] Combustion offers a 4-page brochure featuring our modular design RX[R] Gas Generators which provides efficient, low cost, and consistent analysis of an endothermic gas suitable for a wide variety of heat treat processes. Standard...

PURIFIRE[R] process mgt. system: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... The PURIFIRE[R] system can track and record data from numerous points throughout an operation. Data can be used to help reduce production costs and improve product consistency and quality. The system allows access to real-time process data,...

PID controller: Eurotherm.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Eurotherm's latest Din-Rail Mount system is called the Mini8[TM]. This 8 loop PID controller can serve as a 32 input Data Acquisition system. The Mini8 integrates seamlessly with PLCs, intelligent displays and supervisory software to create...

Process instrumentation & plant automation solutions: Process Electronic.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Full range of sensors and controllers for carburizing, nitriding, and nitrocarburizing processes. Also the Protherm 9800, for plant supervision and automation: production planning, material flow, process control, process simulation to quality...

Heat Treating Data Book: SECO/WARWICK Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... SECO/WARWICK has published the 9th edition of its famous Heat Treating Data Book complete with updated tables and a new format. Customers may receive one copy free, two or more copies for $2.00 each. Visit www.secowarwick.com and click on "Heat...

Heat processing systems: Wellman Furnaces Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Wellman Furnace has over 100 years of experience in designing, manufacturing and the installation of heat processing systems worldwide, specializing in continuous or batch process, small or large load, long or short cycle, fixed or variable...

Alloy castings and fabrications: Alcon Industries, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Alcon's mission is to deliver the lowest overall cost option that meets your alloy needs by using experts not restricted to only cast or only fabricated parts. Your single source for ALLOY castings, fabrications and combinations. Phone: (216)...

Batch/continuous retorts: Alloy Engineering.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Literature describes flexibility and cost-effectiveness of fabricated replacement batch and continuous retorts. Fabricated batch-type retorts, for carburizing or hardening in AGF rotary furnaces, have reduced cast-retort operating costs by over...

Heating elements: Duralite.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Designer and manufacturer of OEM and replacement heating elements and assemblies for industrial, commercial and laboratory applications. Engineering design services, furnace and heater retrofits and rebuilds, prototypes to volume production...

Molybdenum metal & alloy products: H.C. Starck, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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...

SiC heating elements: Kanthal Heating Systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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...

Heat resistant alloys: Rolled Alloys.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... New brochure features alloy performance guides and inventory data for 14 heat resistant alloys including RA 602 CA[TM], RA 353 MA[R], RA 253 MA[R], RA800H/AT, RA330[R], RA309 and RA310. Highlighted are composition, mechanical and physical...

Replacement hot zones: Schwarzkopf Technologies Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... 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 assemblies and other refractory metal furnace...

AES Alloy Tube Assemblies: SteelTech Ltd.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... 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 temperature (and maintain it) using half the...

High-performance protection tubes: Thermalloys.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Thermalloys is a manufacturer of tubes in high-performance FeCrAl alloys with higher oxidation resistance than any other commercial iron or nickel base alloy. Major applications are protection tubes, tubes for hot gas analysis, tubes for hot...

Induction heating systems: Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation is a world leader in the induction heating, melting and forging industries. Our proven applications include brazing, annealing, hardening, tempering, seam annealing, shrink fitting, curing, forging and...

Temperature measurement: Athena Controls.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... In addition to a complete line of Athena-Tudor brand temperature sensors, we build more "specials" and service a greater variety of industries than most any thermocouple manufacturer. What sets us apart is our enthusiasm about solving problems...

Heat processing equipment: BeaverMatic.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Brochure illustrates BeaverMatic's capabilities in the design and manufacture of advanced heat processing equipment--from internal quench, tip-up and atmosphere box furnaces to specialized vacuum units. Recent state-of-the-art installations...

Vacuum furnaces: BMI Fours Industriels.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... BMI designs and manufactures vacuum furnaces for heat treatment and thermo-chemical processes. BMI supplies standard and customized vacuum furnaces for gas and oil quenching, tempering, annealing, brazing, sintering, metal injection molding,...

Walking Beam Furnace: Can-Eng.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Can-Eng's Walking Beam Furnace lines heat treat up to 20,000 lbs per hour of both symmetrical and non-symmetrical parts. Whether you are heat treating leaf springs, snowplow blades, lift truck forks or custom profiles, CAN-ENG will help you get...

Ceramics tubing: Ceramic Solutions, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Ceramic Solutions is a quick turnaround distributor with a large inventory one-end and open-end tubing in high purity alumina, mullite and various grades carbide, single and multibore insulators, ceramic rollers, recrystallized silicon plates,...

Heat treating furnaces: Core Furnace Systems Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... A new general capabilities brochure contains specific information describing a wide range of heat treating furnaces including batch and continuous roller hearth, batch and continuous vacuum, tip up, rotary hearth, motor core, and brazing and...

Process cooling systems: Dry Coolers Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Informative six page brochure describes closed loop water systems including air-cooled heat exchangers, evaporative cooling towers and mechanical refrigeration chillers. Contains information on complete systems with pumping stations, electrical...

Protecting the environment through technology: Epcon Industrial Systems, LP.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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,...

Infrared Thermocouples: Exergen Industrial Division.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... When SIZE MATTERS, look at the Exergen micro IRt/cs. These self-powered Infrared Thermocouples will match K t/cs at specific ranges, or add to amplifiers, t/c transmitters, or Smart transmitters for full linear plug and play capability with the...

Vacuum furnace selection guide: G-M Enterprises.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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. ...

InductoScan: Inductoheat[R], an Inductotherm Group Co.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... This machine uses a standardized modular design providing flexibility in control, operation and maintenance. This innovative modular approach uses individual power modules that can be added or subtracted based on the application. InductoScan is...

Thermal processing technology: Ipsen International.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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...

Heat treating equipment: Nitrex Metal Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Nitrex has released a pocket-size literature CD providing industry professionals with a comprehensive overview of Nitrex's range of heat treating products and services. Users will also find a simulation of our newly launched N2K software...

Furnaces, ovens, lab equipment: Park Thermal International (1996) Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... Quality thermal processing equipment for the heat treating industry powered by oil, gas, propane or electric and with or without atmosphere capability. Our "One Stop Heat Treat Supply House" concept offers our customers a choice of various heat...

Radiant tubes: Schunk-Inex Corp.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 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...

Vacuum pumps: United Vacuum, Inc.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE)
June 1, 2006... United Vacuum offers quick turn-time and in-house block boring and a large inventory of reconditioned piston pumps and blowers. Need a rebuild in-house? Call United Vacuum for piston slides, eccentrics, hinge bars and shafts. The company also...