Industrial Heating articles from March 2008

Industrial Heating archives from March 2008

Industrial Heating's Web Search Power Page.(Company overview)
March 1, 2008... ALLOYS Alcon Industries, Inc.: Alloys, Fixtures and Furnace Parts, Heat Resistant Nickel alloy castings and fabrications, alloy purchase, furnace parts, trays, fixtures, etc. Contact: Kurt Shubert, (216) 961-1100 ...

Economy 2008--the "R" word?(EDITORIAL)
March 1, 2008... Did you notice Industrial Heating's monthly economic indicators for January? Similar to the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI), these indicators reflect growth in our industry if they are over 50. January's numbers, which reflect changes from...

Hope on the Energy Horizon.(FEDERAL TRIANGLE)
March 1, 2008... In August 2004, this column discussed issues of whether petroleum is a renewable resource. The article cited a projection that crude-oil production rates would peak in 2037. It went on to describe the pros and cons of a hypothesis called...

The flame curtain--function, adjustment and more.(THE HEAT TREAT DOCTOR)
March 1, 2008... The Doctor has been making house calls and has found a disturbing trend--far too many heat treaters do not understand the function, design, adjustment or safe operating requirements for their flame curtains. It's time to review a subject too...

100 years of advancement.(ENVIRONMENTAL & SAFETY ISSUES)
March 1, 2008... The Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. Originally called the International Association for the Prevention of Smoke, the group held its first meeting in Milwaukee in 1907 and became a leading...

The Flame Treating & Engineering Co. All about localized heat treating.(MTI PROFILE)
March 1, 2008... Two men and a barn--incredibly, that is just how The Flame Treating & Engineering Co. (FTECO) got started. Leo Benoit and Tom Pitt founded the business in 1940 in Hartford, Conn. The company's first building was an old horse barn. In the...

Siemens Building Technologies: global leader in combustion controls.(IHEA PROFILE)
March 1, 2008... Siemens Building Technologies takes combustion control very seriously. It is, after all, their business. This Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based company has developed a complete family of combustion-control products from gas valves and control...

Welding with a bang: thermal processing & metals in everyday life.(NOW YOU KNOW)
March 1, 2008... There are a number of ways to join two metals together. Most of these involve some form of welding or brazing with many variations in these techniques. One of the welding categories is solid-state welding, and one of the eight solid-state...

Vacuum furnace.(Equipment News)
March 1, 2008... G-M Enterprises of Corona, Calif., announced the successful installation and start up of a G-M Model VVF 602-SFQ 6-bar vertical bottom-loading vacuum furnace. The furnace, which was delivered to a customer in the northwest United States, has an...

Vacuum annealing furnace.(Equipment News)
March 1, 2008... Westinghouse Specialty Metals Plant in Blairsville, Pa., has purchased a high-vacuum retort annealing furnace from SECO/ WARWICK. The furnace, which is rated for 1200[degrees]F, will be used to process zirconium tubes. Westinghouse is...

Pusher-type furnace.(Equipment News)
March 1, 2008... Techint Italimpianti Deutschland GmbH, a company of Tenova LOI Italimpianti, has been awarded a contract by GTS Industries France for the engineering, supply, erection and commissioning of a pusher-type furnace. The furnace, which will be...

Roller-hearth furnace.(Equipment News)
March 1, 2008... HALCOR S.A. (Athens, Greece) has placed an order with OTTO JUNKER for an indirect-gas-fired roller-hearth furnace for bright annealing of level-wound coil DHP copper tube. The furnace will be designed for the purpose of bright annealing copper...

Nitriding system.(Equipment News)
March 1, 2008... Accurate Steel Treating of South Gate, Calif., has implemented a multi-furnace nitriding system from Super Systems Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio. The system includes all the controls and safeties to provide a fully automated nitriding process. The...

Latrobe Specialty Steel to expand.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Latrobe Specialty Steel has announced a major expansion of its Latrobe, Pa.-based vacuum remelting facility for the production of high-alloy specialty steels. The expansion begins with the construction of a 60,000-square-foot facility near the...

Consarc establishes division for photovoltaic industry.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Consarc Corporation, an Inductotherm Group (IG) company, announced the formation of a new division dedicated to the photovoltaic (PV) industry. Consarc, coordinated with the efforts of other IG companies, will apply its experience in advanced...

Solar atmospheres heat treats 11,000-pound weldments.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Solar Atmospheres of Souderton, Pa., recently heat treated two 4140 (chromium molybdenum) steel weldments--each weighing 11,000 pounds. Using a 12-foot-long horizontal-loading Solar Manufacturing furnace with a 50,000-pound capacity, Solar...

Overton Gear expands heat-treating facility.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Overton Gear Corp. of Addison, Ill., has completed a 10,000-square-foot expansion of its heat-treating facility. The company has added two state-of-the-art carburizing furnaces and an 84-inch quench press. The new vertical pit furnaces accept...

Gerdau Ameristeel to expand rolling capacity.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Gerdau Ameristeel has begun the planning process for a capital project to expand its Jacksonville Steel Mill in Baldwin, Fla. The expansion is expected to add approximately 400,000 tons of annual capacity to the company's Jacksonville rolling...

Braddock metallurgical acquires Suncoast Heat Treat.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Braddock Metallurgical, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has completed the purchase of certain assets of Suncoast Heat Treat Inc. of Boynton Beach, Fla. Among the assets purchased are Suncoast's Boynton Beach Aerospace Division and the Daytona Beach...

Nucor breaks strip-casting record.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Nucor Corp. has set a new record for sequence casting--24 ladles of steel, cast continuously, over a 38-hour period--at the world's first commercial strip-casting facility for plain-carbon steel sheet. Total throughput was 2,467 tons cast,...

ThyssenKrupp, JFE develop ultrahigh-strength steel.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... ThyssenKrupp Steel and JFE Steel Corp. have jointly developed a new multiphase steel for automotive applications. Although the new alloy's 780-MPa minimum strength is similar to that of previous advanced ultra-high-strength steels from...

G-M granted trademark.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
March 1, 2008... G-M Enterprises of Corona, Calif. has been granted a trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for QuantumQuench[TM]. G-M developed the multi-directional quench-gas flow system for its vacuum furnaces to meet critical cooling rates...

Inductotherm India wins award.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... Inductotherm India, an Inductotherm Group company, was presented with the "Best Technology" award at India's World Foundry Congress held in Chennai, India, Feb. 7-10. Inductotherm India displayed such technologies as: a 2-ton unheated tundish...

American Titanium Works to build new facility.(Business News)
March 1, 2008... American Titanium Works LLC (ATW) of Chicago, Ill., is planning on building a new, integrated, world-class titanium manufacturing facility in the United States. The new facility will include plasma arc melting and vacuum arc melting furnaces...

ABP Induction and Pillar Induction Company, both producers of induction melting and heating systems, have combined their operations into ABP Induction, LLC.
March 1, 2008... ABP Induction and Pillar Induction Company, both producers of induction melting and heating systems, have combined their operations into ABP Induction, LLC. Pillar and ABP have been working closely together for the past two years since ABP...

Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC announced an agreement with Heat Equipment and Technology, Inc. (H.E.A.T.) to represent Selas in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and West Virginia.
March 1, 2008... Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC announced an agreement with Heat Equipment and Technology, Inc. (H.E.A.T.) to represent Selas in the states of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and West Virginia. In addition to product sales, H.E.A.T. will also...

VAC AERO.
March 1, 2008... VAC AERO's Boucherville, Quebec, facility has received AS9100B standard certification. The facility offers thermal spray coatings (plasma and HVOF), grinding and inorganic coating services.

Instron.
March 1, 2008... Instron now offers calibration products that comply to ASTM E 18-07 for Rockwell testing and E 10-07 for Brinell testing.

ALD-Holcroft.
March 1, 2008... ALD-Holcroft has launched an independent website (www.ald-holcroft.com) dedicated to vacuum-based heat-treating technology.

SECO/WARWICK (Tianjin) Industrial Furnace Co., LTD.
March 1, 2008... SECO/WARWICK (Tianjin) Industrial Furnace Co., LTD has earned ISO 9001: 2000 certification.

Laboratory Testing Inc.
March 1, 2008... Laboratory Testing Inc. has been re-accredited for nondestructive testing by PRI/Nadcap. The scope of the approval includes liquid penetrant, magnetic particle and ultrasonic inspection.

Combustion Depot.(Website overview)
March 1, 2008... Combustion Depot has developed a new website that features combustion equipment, instrumentation and controls for industry. The new website (www.CombustionDepot.com) is an online industrial heat-processing-equipment superstore.

Ordan Thermal Products Ltd.
March 1, 2008... Ordan Thermal Products Ltd. has been appointed sales representative for Ensign Ribbon Burners LLC.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation.
March 1, 2008... Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the establishment of a new Industrial Automation Global Marketing Center in Dallas, Texas.

AFC-Holcroft.
March 1, 2008... AFC-Holcroft announced the opening of a branch office in Boncourt, Switzerland. The office will support sales and replacement-parts activity for the European region, including Russia.

Action Instruments.
March 1, 2008... Action Instruments' newest products are now compliant with European Union Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS).

Industry events.(Conference news)(Calendar)
March 1, 2008... MARCH 9-13 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting & Exhibition: Linking Science and Technology for Global Solutions; New Orleans, La. www.tms.org/meetings 10-11 SBB Steel Markets North America 2008; Chicago, Ill....

Modern gas-quenching chambers supported by SimVaCPlus[TM] hardness application.(Heat Treating)
March 1, 2008... Vacuum-carburizing field experience has demonstrated the need for a more precise control system that controls case depth and automatically adjusts the furnace cooling rate to achieve a predetermined Vickers hardness. The Institute of Materials...

Plasma nitriding of stainless steels.(Vacuum/Surface Treating)
March 1, 2008... Stainless steels are widely used in the chemical, petrochemical and food-processing industries due to their favorable corrosion properties. The industrial world would not exist without this class of material.[1] They exhibit generally poor...

Challenges and benefits of using RF telemetry in industrial heat-treatment processes.(Process Control & Instrumentation)
March 1, 2008... This article discusses some of the challenges presented when designing low-power radio equipment for use in very high-temperature industrial processes. It also shows some of the benefits that can be obtained in deploying radio frequency (RF)...

Furnace hot zones and charging equipment for metal injection molding (MIM) process.(Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials/Composites)
March 1, 2008... The fast-growing metal injection molding (MIM) industry produces diverse parts for a wide variety of industries. The ability to create intricate detail on very small parts is one of the reasons for the popularity of the process. Heat &...

Wireless temperature measurement.(Process Control & Instrumentation)
March 1, 2008... Wireless technology holds promise for temperature measurement, but it has made little progress in the past several years. This article discusses the recent technological developments and those that are still needed to make wireless temperature...

Commercial heat treats directory.(Directory)
March 1, 2008... Welcome to Industrial Heating's 2008 Commercial Heat Treaters Directory! Here you will find a comprehensive alphabetical listing of commercial heat treaters--complete with each company's contact information. It reads just like a phone book. If...

Industrial Heating's 2008 Commercial Heat-Treating Capabilities Directory.(Directory)
March 1, 2008... Industrial Heating's 2008 Commercial Heat-Treating Capabilities Directory Annealing State/ Member ...

Global manufacturing sites for heat-treating furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AFC-Holcroft With manufacturing facilities in 11 countries, AFC-Holcroft can manufacture and support heat-treating equipment anywhere in the world. AFC-Holcroft heat-treating furnaces are described in a new...

Induction heating systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic Corporation is a world leader in the induction heating, melting and forging industries. Our proven applications include brazing, annealing, hardening,...

Heat treatment technology.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AMP Ltd. AMP offers: vertical and horizontal furnaces, vacuum furnaces, atmosphere furnaces, ammonia dissociators, furnace maintenance, and molybdenum and graphite parts. AMP also rebuilds heat-treatment units...

Heat processing equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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...

Vacuum Furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] B.M.I.--Vacuum Furnaces B.M.I. designs and manufactures vacuum furnaces for heat treatment and thermochemical processes. B.M.I. supplies standard and customized vacuum furnaces for gas and oil quenching,...

Furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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...

Heat processing equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Consolidated Engineering For 41 years CEC has been building its reputation as an innovative leader in quality heat processing equipment. To substantiate this claim to our customers, suppliers, employees, and the...

Vacuum furnace selection guide G-M enterprises.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 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...

Leading the world in induction heating technologies.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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...

Heat treating systems for aircraft MRO facilities.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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 industry....

Heat Treatment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nabertherm Nabertherm's 40-page "Heat Treatment I" catalog has more than 190 standard kilns, furnaces and ovens. Systems in the catalog range in capacity from 7 to 28,800 liters (0.2 to 1,000 cu. feet) and...

Furnaces, ovens, lab equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Park Thermal International (1996) Corp. 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...

Induction scanning.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Radyne Corp. Radyne's Power Integrated ScanMaster (dual-spindle, vertical-scan heat-treating system) is computer controlled and can heat treat shafts from 3-60 inches long with a total weight of up to 500 pounds...

Thermal process furnaces and systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SECO/WARWICK SECO/WARWICK's Thermal Process Group builds heat-treating equipment using protective atmospheres in a wide range of configurations for most processes, including annealing, austempering, brazing,...

Heat treating furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] S.M. Engineering Co. From economical 6' tabletop models, to customized 80' units, we offer an extensive line of atmosphere conserving brazing and heat treating furnaces with quality components and digital...

Vacuum furnaces.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Solar Manufacturing Solar Manufacturing has over 100 combined years of experience in vacuum furnace design. Featured are improved graphite insulation materials, curved graphite heating elements, tapered gas...

Thermal processing systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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...

Furnaces/ovens/heating systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thermcraft Inc. Thermcraft Incorporated offers a wide range of standard products that includes: ceramic refractory or vacuum formed ceramic fiber heaters, control systems, as well as industrial oven and furnace...

Industrial heating equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Trent, Inc. Custom-made, electrically heated equipment for commercial and industrial applications is summarized in Trent's product bulletin. Includes ovens, furnaces, Folded and Formed[R] Heating elements and...

Drop bottom solution treat equipment.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Furnace & Heat Treating Systems)
March 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...

UCON[TM] ULTRAQUENCH[TM] RL Plus quenchant.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Dow Chemical Company UCON[TM] ULTRAQUENCH[TM] RL Plus is the first offering in the new ULTRAQUENCH[TM] series of quenchants from Dow. Features and benefits, typical properties and corrosion study results are...

Process cooling systems.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dry Coolers Inc. Informative six page brochure describes closed loop water systems including aircooled heat exchangers, evaporative cooling towers and mechanical refrigeration chillers. Contains information on...

Polymer quenchant.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Heatbath Corp./Park Metallurgical Polyquench 15XN is the first non-sticky polymer quenchant. Engineered for induction and direct hardening applications; suitable for immersion or spray application. Brochure...

Endothermic gas coolers.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SBS Corporation End-O-Therm Atmosphere Generator Coolers use air instead of water to cool endothermic atmospheres. As the gas exits the retort it is passed through a series of stainless steel finned tubes. A...

Quench air oil coolers.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SBS Corporation QUENCH AIR OIL COOLERS use air to cool quench oil instead of water, so operators never have to worry about dangerous, undetected water leaks in their heat exchangers. QUENCH AIRS can help minimize...

Heat treating, brazing, metal finishing.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paulo Products Paulo provides complete heat-treating, brazing and metal finishing services to meet both production and overflow needs. Capabilities include continuous, batch, induction, vacuum, austemper, gas...

Job management software.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cornerstone Systems Inc. Visual Shop is the Gold Standard of job shop management software for the Heat Treating, Finishing, Painting, Galvanizing, and Coating industries with over 280 installations around the...

Specialty alloys.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rolled Alloys Rolled Alloys, the global leader in specialty alloys and headquartered in Temperance, Mich., offers heat- and corrosion-resistant, aerospace and titanium alloys with state-of-theart processing....

Oil filtration.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SBS Corporation Smart Filters with Aqua-Sense offer continuous oil filtration while reporting critical oil moisture levels important to metallurgical consistency while also serving as a first line of defense...

Charging systems and heating elements.(LITERATURE SHOWCASE: Heat Exchangers & Quenching Systems/Commercial Heat Treating/Miscellaneous)
March 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SGL Group--The Carbon Company [R]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...

Processor.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... Eurotherm The T2550 PAC is a high-performance, affordable control unit that maximizes ROI by offering automatic dual redundancy options to guarantee process efficiencies and protect against controller or communications failures. This...

Metal-coated ceramic microspheres.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... Accumet Materials, Co. A new line of standard and custom-produced metal-coated ceramic microspheres is now available. Accumet's coated microspheres are hollow ceramic spheres ranging in particle size and type of coating. These unique...

Castable.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... Thermal Ceramics The Kaolite 2000-LI castable meets both the strength and properties needed for high-performance linings. The strength-to-density ratio of the Kaolite 2000-LI is in the range of 11-12 psi/pcf, which is 10 times higher than...

Temperature Measurement.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... Data Translation The DT9872 is the RTD version of the TEMPpoint Temperature Measurement Instrument product line. The DT9872 TEMPpoint is a PCbased instrument designed for high accuracy and industrial robustness. The DT9872, which features...

Electric inert atmosphere oven.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... Grieve No. 964 is an electrically heated, 1000[degrees]F inert atmosphere oven used for bluing steel. Workspace dimensions measure 24 inches wide x 24 inches deep x 36 inches high. A 750 CFM, 3/4-HP recirculating blower motor provides...

Multi-gas monitor.(PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2008... CEA Instruments Tetra monitors from one to four gases with a single button that controls all functions. A backlit at-a-glance display provides simultaneous viewing of all gas readings, alarm conditions and battery life. Tetra units are...

Who is M. Lance Miller?(PUBLISHER'S PAGE: People, Places, Products and Processes of Import)
March 1, 2008... What you're about to read is a thrilling story of a West Virginia boy done good--a story about one of the industry's more colorful personalities who has played a significant role in making the industry better. Within this month's...

Over 75 years ago.(PERSPECTIVES: Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)
March 1, 2008... A combination electric furnace for medium and high temperature operation and which can be used for hardening high speed tools as well as for salt and cyanide baths has been developed by the Bellevue Industrial Furnace Company. The furnace...

50 years ago.(PERSPECTIVES: Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)
March 1, 2008... Iron and steel companies plan to spend about one billion dollars during 1958 for additions to and replacement of their facilities, according to American Iron and Steel Institute. Last year, about $1.75 billion was spent for expansion and...

25 years ago.(PERSPECTIVES: Industry Retrospective from the Historic Pages of Industrial Heating)
March 1, 2008... This is the season to look at the federal budget--and cry out in horror that the nation has another liberal spendthrift at the helm of the ship of state. To be sure it is not the President that is responsible for spending, but Mr. Reagan is...