Industrial Heating articles from March 2002

Industrial Heating archives from March 2002

Ubiquitous modeling. (Editorial).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Ed Kubel The days of material, product and process development using trial-and-error experimentation are waning rapidly. Empirically based trial-and-error development cycles typically require a long time to complete, and the complexity and...

A healthy core. (Federal Triangle).(industrial research and development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Two months ago, this column addressed shifts in value and valuation of industrial intellectual property (IP). This month, we examine research and development structures, the birthplace of IP, and look at trends in an increasingly...

Advancing technology through international research. (Trends).
March 1, 2002... U.S.-EC Nanotech Collaboration Scientific cooperation between the United States and the European Commission (EC) is expected to boost nanoscale materials research through an expanded National Science Foundation (NSF) and EC program of...

Market-based pollution-reduction incentives: Are they a bull market? (Environmental Analysis).
March 1, 2002... Market-based incentives to reduce air pollution have gained considerable interest and support over the past ten years. The concept encompasses the ideology of using the behaviors inherent to the free market as a tool to promote pollution...

Kowalski Heat Treating Co.: A family business from the past and for the future. (Metal Treating Institute).
March 1, 2002... Kowalski Heat Treating (KHT) Co., Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Robert S. Kowalski in 1975 as a small commercial salt-bath heat-treating company and celebrates its 27th anniversary in 2002. It still has its salt bath division, which has been...

Rolled Alloys: Secure and efficient worldwide service. (Industrial Heating Equipment Association).
March 1, 2002... Roiled Alloys, Temperance, Mich., was founded in 1953 by Paul Goetcheus, a metallurgist and entrepreneur known for his introduction of wrought RA330 alloy as a replacement for cast HT alloy in the commercial heat-treating industry. Since then,...

Computer simulation optimizes design. (Problem Solver).
March 1, 2002... Situation: LSR Technologies Inc. (Acton, Mass.) produces an electrostatically enhanced centrifugal particulate emission-control device that can allow companies to meet federal and local emissions requirements without the cost and problems...

FNA a winner in Las Vegas. (Furnaces North America 2002).(Furnaces North America 2002)
March 1, 2002... Furnaces North America 2002 3-4 April Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Metal Treating Institute (MTI) will present its 5th Furnaces North America (FNA) Heat Treating Conference and Exposition 3-4 April at the Mandalay Bay Resort and...

Vacuum furnace built. (New Facilities and Technology).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... C.I. Hayes Inc., Cranston, R.I., built a continuous oil quench vacuum furnace, which includes a preheat burnout and automated PLC controls. It will be commissioned and installed at McGard-McCauley Inc., a manufacturer of lock nuts for the...

Vacuum furnace delivered. (New Facilities and Technology).(Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp., Vac-Met Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Vacuum Furnace Systems (VFS) Corp., Souderton, Pa., delivered a Model HEQ 84120 vacuum furnace to Vac-Met Inc. for its new 12,000 [ft.sup.2] (1,115 [m.sup.2]) facility in Frasser, Mich. The two-bar, external quench, horizontal, front-loading,...

Quench furnace line installed. (New Facilities and Technology).(Surface Combustion Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Surface Combustion Inc., Maumee, Ohio, installed a Super Allcase[R] batch integral quench furnace line and companion equipment for a truck component manufacturer at a new plant in Mexico. The Allcase[R] batch-type atmosphere furnace is equipped...

STC furnace ordered. (New Facilities and Technology).(short time cycle furnace, Industria Trafilati Speciali, S.p.A., Techint Technologies)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Techint Technologies, Genoa, Italy, received an order from Industria Trafilati Speciali, S.p.A., Como, Italy, for a 28 metric ton (61,600 lb) per charge short time cycle (STC) furnace for annealing wire and rod coil. Techint also will supply a...

Quench & Temper line contract awarded. (New Facilities and Technologies).(Flinn and Dreffein Engineering Co., Lorain Tubular Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Flinn & Dreffein Engineering Co., Northbrook, Ill., has been awarded a contract by Lorain Tubular Co., LLC, a -subsidiary of United States Steel LLC, to design, manufacture, and install a new tubular quench and temper line at Lorain Tubular's...

Solution heat-treating furnace purchased. (New Facilities and Technology).(VAW/Castech, Consolidated Engineering Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... VAW/Castech, Saltillo, Mexico, purchased a T4 Sand Lion [R] solution heat-treating line from Consolidated Engineering Co. (CEC), Kennesaw, Ga., for operation in Mexico. The capacity is 72 cast aluminum V6 engine blocks per hour with CEC's...

Pulsed plasma/ion nitriding facility opened. (New Facilities and Technology).(Kowalski Heat Treating Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Kowalski Heat Treating Co., Cleveland, Ohio, opened a K-Glow [TM] pulsed plasma ion-nitriding facility. Along with housing its new corporate headquarters, the 10,000 [ft.sup.2] (930 [m.sup.2]) manufacturing facility includes furnaces with...

Tilting rotary furnace contract awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(ALTEK International receives order from Idalsa)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Idalsa, an aluminum dross recycler based in Zaragoza, Spain, placed an order with ALTEK International, Exton, Pa., for a Model TRF 437 titling rotary furnace. Using the titling rotary principal and low-salt technology, the furnace is capable of...

Gas-Carburizing furnace contracts awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(LOI Thermprocess GmbH receives contract from Volkswagen AG)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Volkswagen AG awarded LOI Thermprocess GmbH, Essen, Germany, a contract for two rotary-hearth gas carburizing furnaces with zone separation for its Salzgitter plant for use in gas carburizing 430-mm (17 in.) long intake and exhaust camshafts at...

Infrared oven constructed. (New Facilities and Technology).(Infrared Technologies builds oven for brake parts supplier)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Infrared Technologies, Oak Ridge, Tenn., constructed a large conveyorized infrared oven for an automotive brake parts supplier. The oven measures 30 ft long x 8 ft wide (9 x 2.4 m) and is rated at approximately 200 kW It is designed to heat...

Eclipse and Red-Ray create alliance. (Organizational Developments).(Red-Ray Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Eclipse Inc., Rockford, Ill., and RedRay Mfg. Co., Cliffside Park, N.J. entered into a marketing and distribution agreement to promote industrial infrared process heating. As part of the agreement, Red-Ray has acquired the Eclipse Infra-Red...

SMS Mevac enters license agreement. (Organizational Developments).(signs deal with ALD Vacuum Technologies AG)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... SMS Mevac GmbH, Essen, Germany, a subsidiary of SMS Demag AG, entered into a license agreement with ALD Vacuum Technologies AG, Hanau, Germany, for mechanical pump stands. Within the scope of the agreement, ALD will withdraw from the vacuum...

Thermal Ceramics forms engineering team. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Thermal Ceramics, Augusta, Ga., formed a new engineering application team of engineers to offer technical support in the selection and use of the company's products. In addition, a group of CAD trained drafts persons can detail drawings and...

BOC Edwards acquires Hydromatix. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... BOC Edwards, Wilmington, Mass., acquired Hydromarix Inc., a manufacturer of process-critical liquid purification systems based in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Hydromatix technology will be integrated into the Chemical Management Division of BOC...

Norsk Hydro establishes aluminum business unit. (Organizational Developments).(new unit established in Baltimore, MD)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway, established a North American aluminum business unit to build market share in the U.S. and improve its competitive positioning. Hydro Aluminum North America, headquartered in Baltimore, Md., comprises three core...

Marathon achieves certification. (Organizational Developments).(ISO 9001:2000 certification)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Marathon Sensors Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification for its worldwide operations. The certification encompasses eight criteria, including a focus on customer needs, industry leadership, involvement, process, a...

Solar receives certification. (Organizational Developments).(Solar Atmospheres)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., achieved ISO 9002:1994 registration and certified conformance to AS9000: 1998 at its Souderton and Hatfield facilities through Steel Related Industries (SRI) Quality System Registrar Inc. The scope of the...

TAFA earns ISO-9001. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The TAFA Inc. thermal spray equipment facility in Concord, N.H., a Praxair Inc. company, has achieved ISO 9001:1994 status, and its quality management system has been registered and is in compliance with ISO standards under QMI's Registration...

LVR purchases refractory construction division. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... LVR Inc. and O'Brien & Gere Inc. entered into an agreement whereby LVR will purchase the assets of O'Brien & Gere's Refractory Construction Division in Syracuse, N.Y. Under the terms of the agreement, LVR will maintain the current operational...

ASTM establishes business development unit. (Association News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... New organizations and business entities can more easily achieve their objectives through a New Business Development Unit in ASTM International. Through outsourcing and partnership agreements, New Business Development clients can leverage ASTM's...

IHEA holds 12th Safety Standards Seminar. (Association News).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA), Arlington, Va., will hold its twelfth Safety Standards Seminar 6-7 May 2002 at the Chicago O'Hare Marriott in Chicago, Ill. The seminar offers attendees an opportunity to better understand...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2002... In the February 2002 article "Combustion Safety for Furnace Operation," it is incorrectly stated in Table 1 (p 36) and on page 38 that "Two main safety shutoff valves are required over 400,000 Btu/hr heat input". There are no exceptions for...

Conferences and expositions. (Calendar).
March 1, 2002... APRIL 2-5 6th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers, Portugal. For more information contact INFUB by phone: 351.22.973.46.24; by fax: 351.22.973.07.46; email: conference@infub.pt; or on the web: www.infub.pt. 3-4...

Seminars, meetings and training. (Calendar).
March 1, 2002... APRIL 14-15 Pressure Sensitive Adhesives (PSA) Short Course, Los Angeles, Calif., sponsored by the Adhesive and Sealant Council Inc. (ASC). For more information contact ASC by phone: 301.986.9700; e-mail: wendy.yanis@ascouncil.org; or on...

Cost model for a steel-reheating operation. (Heat Treating).
March 1, 2002... Cost modeling provides a holistic way to analyze and optimize industrial operations. A unified model relating controllable process parameters in a steel-reheating operation is used to estimate the overall process cost for different values of...

Ceramic radiant tubes extend performance limits. (Heat Treating).
March 1, 2002... At current energy prices, the higher cost of ceramic radiant-tube systems can be recovered in a few years. Benefits such as less downtime, better temperature uniformity, flame safety and better tube life can reduce the payback period even more....

High-Intensity lamp opening new surface-treating vistas. (Vacuum/Surface Treatments).
March 1, 2002... A patented plasma lamp process at Oak Ridge National Laboratory offers the possibility of achieving breakthrough surface-modification processing on a wide variety of materials. Researchers may have only scratched the surface of potential...

Cost-Effective solution to power-factor problem. (Process Control & Instrumentation).
March 1, 2002... Operating cost, reliability and capital cost of different power-supply designs should be carefully evaluated when assessing power supply design options for use in industrial heating applications. A more expensive power supply can pay for itself...

A study in sintering-furnace performance improvements. (Sintering/Powder Metallurgy).
March 1, 2002... Sintering furnace improvements based on user feedback led to more reliable furnace operation, less maintenance and lower energy costs. Furnace manufacturers are continually challenged to meet user demands for lower maintenance requirements...

Techint technologies: Heat-Treating equipment. (Literature Feature).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Techint Technologies, headquartered in Milano, Italy, specializes in equipment that helps achieve a high-quality heat-treated product. This brochure features photos and 19 data sheets containing color photos, process information and main...

Bench furnace. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Grieve Corp. No. 886 dual-chamber, electric bench furnace includes an upper and lowering chamber having operating temperatures to 2200 and 1250[degrees]F (1205 and 680[degrees]C, respectively). Workspace dimensions measure 12 in. wide...

Curing/Baking ovens. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... ACE Equipment Co. The curing/baking ovens are built to the same standards as the ACE burnout ovens. This line of batch-type curing ovens offers a choice of air flow patterns, many sizes and configurations, heavy-duty construction, a choice...

Laboratory furnace products. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... National Element Inc. Type FD muffle furnaces operate on ac or dc at the usual line voltages up to 250 V. Temperature is controlled by a precision microprocessor control system, which automatically compensates for variations in heat load,...

Atmosphere analyzers. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Nova Analytical Systems Inc. Nova Model 7900 series heat-treating atmosphere analyzers are designed for continuous, long-term analysis of exothermic and endothermic gas in any combination of CO, [CO.sub.2], [H.sub.2], [CH.sub.4], [O.sub.2]...

Gas burners. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Wayne Combustion Systems The T800 series power gas burners are designed for performance and reliability in a wide range of applications such as boilers, commercial ovens, incinerators, paint booths and heat-treating equipment. They offer...

Combustion control transmitters. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Marathon Sensors Inc. Oxymit[TM] DIN-rail transmitters are designed for use in combustion trim control applications such as fossil fuel-fired environments, including steel reheating, glassmaking, power generation, petroleum and...

Vacuum-pumping systems. (New Products).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... BOC Edwards CENTRASTAR[TM] vacuum-pumping systems allow configurations of a central vacuum facility having mix-and-match modularity. Core modules include a pump with flame arrestors, temperature controls and nitrogen seal purge, which can...

Seco/Warwick names engineer. (Personal Changes).(Craig Klinger, Seco Warwick Corp.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Craig Klingler has been named analytical engineer for Seco/Warwick Corp., Meadville, Pa. Mr. Klingler was a research assistant at the Penn State University PM Lab and worked as a lead mechanical systems engineer for General Electric at its...

Watlow appoints vice president. (Personal Changes).(Dean Hoffmann, Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Dean Hoffmann has been appointed vice president of business operations for Watlow, St. Louis, Mo. He is responsible for planning, directing and controlling all plant operations, customer service functions and the procurement and logistic...

Allied Mineral names vice president. (Personal Changes).(Anthony DiSaia, Allied Mineral Products Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Anthony DiSaia has been promoted to vice president of business development for Allied Mineral Products Inc., Columbus, Ohio. In this new position, Mr. DiSaia manages the development of nontraditional opportunities. He will continue to manage...

Quin-T names vice president. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... R. William Simpson Jr. has been promoted to vice president of marketing services for Quin-T Group, Tilton, N.H. Mr. Simpson joined the company in 1988 and served as product manager for 11 years and was promoted to director of marketing services...

BOC Edwards appoints Temescal president. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Jim Golden has been appointed president of the Temescal line for BOC Coating Technology, a part of BOC Edwards, in Wilmington, Mass. He is responsible for the Temescal line of coating systems and the recently acquired Intellemetrics deposition...

Drever appoints managers. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Gray Safford has been appointed manager of technology for The Drever Co., Huntingdon Valley, Pa. He is responsible for coordinating technology for the U.S. office. Mr. Safford has 25 years experience with Drever and most recently worked as...

Aeronex appoints marketing executive. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Xiaosong Jiang has been selected to head the marketing department of Aeronex, San Diego, Calif. The department focuses on identifying new and developing semiconductor processes that are sensitive to molecular contaminants. Mr. Jiang spent more...

BOC names development manager. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Karla J. Friesen has joined BOC, Murray Hill, N.J., as nonferrous technical and business development manager in the metals market sector. Ms. Friesen is a metallurgical engineer with experience in the secondary aluminum melting segment of the...

Lydall promotes manager. (Personal Changes).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Reid Anthony has been promoted to marketing and sales manager of the Green Island, N.Y. and Rochester, N.H. operations of Lydall Industrial Thermal Solutions. Mr. Anthony leads customer service, sales, marketing and business development...