Industrial Heating articles from November 2002

Industrial Heating archives from November 2002

Commercial benefits from space. (Editorial).(Editorial)
November 1, 2002... Except for the occasional coverage of the launching and landing of the Space Shuttle, a lot of activities taking place in space today go by largely unnoticed. But a wide array of research and development has been conducted in space during the...

SNC headaches. (Federal Triangle).(Environmental Protection Agency regulation)(Column)
November 1, 2002... The term "adversarial relationship" cannot be better characterized than by the summary view of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contempt for the private sector. That is a major thesis of the new book Out of Bounds Out of Control by...

Net-shape parts and coatings via EB-PVD. (Trends).(Electron beam physical vapor deposition)
November 1, 2002... Electron beam physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) is one of the oldest technologies used in applying ceramic and metallic coatings in microelectronics, turbine and other industries, according to Dr. Jogender Singh, head of the Applied Research...

Managing risk. (Environmental & Safety Issues).(disaster management)
November 1, 2002... In today's world of accidents, terrorism and unpredictable incidents, the public is hypersensitive to perceived and actual risks in their community. Unfortunately, even if the measurable risk is extremely low, the public's response and actions...

P&L Heat Treating & Grinding Inc.: good work and excellent results. (MTI Profiles: Metal Treating Institute).
November 1, 2002... P&L Heat Treating & Grinding Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has been in business for 24 years. The company was incorporated in 1978 and started production in 1979. President William Pociask began the company with 2,500 [ft.sup.2] of space and a...

Custom Electric Mfg. Co.: replacement heating elements and radiant tubes for electric and gas furnaces and ovens. (IHEA Profiles: Industrial Heating Equipment Association).
November 1, 2002... Custom Electric Manufacturing Co., Wixom, Mich., manufactures original equipment and replacement heating elements for most makes and styles of electric furnaces and ovens. The company also manufactures a proprietary line of heating elements for...

Understanding Metal Prices. (Business Trends).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The cost of metal is a good indicator of the health of the economy. The four metals chosen in the "Metal Prices" section are directly related to the thermal processing industry. Nickel is used in a variety of different applications including...

Automated process control keeps plant running smoothly. (Problem Solver).(Alfe Systems)
November 1, 2002... Solution: Alfe wanted an integrated system that would be more automated and less human intensive, thus improving productivity, quality, labor costs, security and training. Alfe called on its sister company, Alfe Systems, and automation...

Seventh annual commercial heat treater of the year award presented. (Commercial Heat Treater of the Year).
November 1, 2002... Industrial Heating Magazine, in cooperation with the Metal Treating Institute (MTI), Jacksonville Beach, Fla., has awarded the seventh annual Master Craftsman Award to Aberfoyle Metal Treaters Ltd. in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Aberfoyle was...

$500,000 DOE grant awarded for coating process. (New Facilities and Technology).(Metlab)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Metlab, Philadelphia, Pa., has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to be used for a coating process designed to extend the life of machine tools by up to 10 times. The grant was awarded through the Office of...

$84 million aerospace contract awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Eaton Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, will receive $84 million in aerospace business as a result of the purchase of 60 C-17 cargo transport aircraft by the U.S. Air Force. The Boeing Co., which manufactures the C-17, said it will produce and deliver 15...

Steam furnace upgraded. (New Facilities and Technology).
November 1, 2002... Solar Atmospheres updated its steam-furnace operation that provides black oxide coating for ferrous parts at its new Keystone facility, which is adjacent to the Souderron, Pa., company headquarters. A steam furnace has been refurbished with a...

Combustion equipment and gases supplied in Poland. (New Facilities and Technology).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... BOC Gazy, Guildord, U.K., has been awarded a contract for the supply of industrial gases and combustion equipment to Baterpol's lead smelting and refining facility in Katowice, Poland. Under the contract, BOC will install its Low Emission Swirl...

WIP order received. (New Facilities and Technology).(government orders warm isostatic press from Engineered Pressure Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Engineered Pressure Systems Inc. (EPSI), Haverhill, Mass., has been awarded an order from a government-funded laboratory for a warm isostatic press (WIP) production unit. The press has a high-pressure vessel and pressurized fluid heating to...

Electric arc furnaces upgraded. (New Facilities and Technology).(Allegheny Technologies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Allegheny Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced a project designed to reduce operating costs and increase productivity at the Allegheny Ludlum melt shop in Brackenridge, Pa. The company plans to install two new high-power electric arc...

Control system upgraded. (New Facilities and Technology).(Thermal-Mechanical Simulation Laboratory of Tsinghua University)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Thermal-Mechanical Simulation Laboratory of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, of the Mechanical Engineering Department & the Material Science and Engineering Department, increased the capabilities of its Gleeble 1500 thermal-mechanical...

Alouette smelter expanded. (New Facilities and Technology).(Norsk Hydro aluminum plant)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Board of Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway, has decided to take part in expanding the Canadian primary aluminum plant, Alouette. The expansion of 307,000 tons will bring Alouette's capacity up to 550,000 tons per year. Hydro Aluminum holds a 20%...

Services expanded in North Carolina. (New Facilities and Technology).
November 1, 2002... USF Surface Preparation Group, Denver, Co., now offers subcontract shot peening and surface finishing services in its newest job shop location in Greenville, N.C. The Greenville shop provides shot peening and vibratory finishing services...

$30 million control project awarded. (New Facilities and Technology).(Yokogawa Electric Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Yokogawa Electric Corp., Tokyo, Japan, has been awarded a $30 million control system project to be installed in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The project includes Yokogawa's integrated control system CENTUM CS3000 R3 and field instruments including...

Oxynon furnace upgraded. (New Facilities and Technology).
November 1, 2002... The Center for Innovative Sintered Products (CISP) at Penn State, State College, Pa., successfully launched the Kanto Yakin Kogyo (KYK) Oxynon furnace in late August 2002. The 225-mm (9-in.) wide graphite belt furnace is capable of...

Ruhrgas Industries acquires ABB's electricity and water Metering business. (Organizational Developments).(Ruhrgas Industries GmbH)(ABB Handels- und Verwaltungs AG)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Ruhrgas Industries GmbH, Essen, Germany, acquired the electricity and water metering business of ABB Handels- und Verwaltungs-AG in Zurich in an acquisition of approximately US$244 million. ABB Metering operates in 28 countries and has a...

Goodrich completes acquisition of TRW Aeronautical Systems. (Organizational Developments).(Goodrich Corp.)(TRW Inc. Aeronautical Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Goodrich Corp., Charlotte, N.C., completed its acquisition of TRW Inc.'s Aeronautical Systems businesses for $1.5 billion in cash. The acquired businesses manufacture and design commercial and military aerospace systems and equipment with 6,200...

ZIRCAR Ceramics, Inc. forms strategic alliance. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... ZIRCAR Ceramics, Inc., Florida, N.Y., formed a strategic alliance with Kanthal, Bethel, Conn. One of the areas this alliance focuses on is the application of ZIRCAR Ceramics, Inc.'s ultra-high [A1.sub.2][O.sub.3] purity low-mass insulation Type...

Sun-Tec opens new facility. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Sun-Tec Corp. opened a new, larger facility in Novi, Mich. It includes separate offices, an accredited laboratory and a larger production area. Sun-Tec, which now includes Clark Instrument and Detroit Testing Machine Co., specializes in...

PAS enters agreement with Honeywell. (Organizational Developments).(Plant Automation Systems Inc)(Honeywell EMBA)(software documentation system agreement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Plant Automation Systems (PAS) Inc., Houston, Tex., entered an agreement with Honeywell EMBA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) to broaden the use of DOC3000[R] software documentation system to all regional projects. During the term of the...

Ajax Magnethermic Corp. assets sold. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The operating assets of Ajax Magnethermic Corp. were sold on September 10, 2002, to a subsidiary of Park-Ohio, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ajax Magnethermic assets are being combined with certain assets of TOCCO to form a new entity,...

CompAS collaborates with CSI. (Organizational Developments).(CompAS Controls Inc.)(Cornerstone Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... CompAS Controls, Indiana, Pa., is collaborating with Cornerstone Systems Inc. (CSI), Crystal Lake, Ill., to integrate CompAS' VISIchart intelligent monitoring and data acquisition system with CSI's Visual Shop software. The first system...

PATT Technologies launches two separate divisions. (Organizational Developments).(PATT Filtration and PATT Ionics)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... PHM Filtration Inc., the parent company of PATT Filtration, is restructuring. At the end of September 2002, the company began operations under a new name, PATT Technologies Inc., and now has two separate divisions, PATT Filtration and PATT...

AIA offers R&D initiatives to defense department. (Association News).(Aerospace Industries Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... The Aerospace Industries Association, Washington, D.C., is asking the Defense Department (DoD) to improve research and development (R&D) contract policies with high technology companies. The association said it is concerned that profits on...

Cantronic Systems awarded certification. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Cantronic Systems Inc., Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, has been granted ISO 9001 certification for adherence to standards of the International Organization for Standardization. To qualify for the certification, Cantronic Systems had to establish and...

Vitta Corp. receives recognition. (Organizational Developments).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Vitta Corp., Bethel, Conn., has registered to ISO 9002 and complied with AS9000. The registration covers the manufacture and distribution of brazing and coating alloys, solder glass material and other brazing and costing materials and products...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2002... Conferences and Expositions JANUARY 26-31 27th Annual Cocoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Cocoa Beach, Fla., sponsored by the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). For more information, contact ACerS by...

Understanding metal-failure dynamics. (Aerospace/Defense Focus: Materials Characterization and Testing).(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research)
November 1, 2002... Lab experiments point the way to a new generation of computer codes for predicting metal failure. The development of a robust, flexible model that can simulate different metals under a wide range of extreme pressures and strain rates will...

Nonrotating induction heat treating meets industry needs. (Induction Heat Treating).(camshafts and crankshafts)
November 1, 2002... Nonrotating induction heat treating meets the challenges of obtaining high product quality and low-cost manufacturing through greater machine uptime and improved tooling life. Heat treating camshafts and crankshafts, two common engine...

Carbon foam: a next-generation structural material. (Aerospace/Defense Focus: Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation).(Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd. develops CFOAM)
November 1, 2002... Coal was the fuel that helped build America. Now, coal is efficiently being turned into a versatile material that will help protect America. Researchers at Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd. struck a chord with the U.S. Dept. of Defense...

Process cooling systems. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... AEC/Application Engineering AEC/Application Engineering brings more than 40 years of cutting-edge production cooling innovation to industries across the globe. From state-of-the art systems development to turnkey installations, AEC...

Resistance heating elements. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... National Element, Inc. With over 43 years of experience and expertise in the fabrication of resistance hearing elements and the manufacture of all types of elements known and used in the Industrial Heating field, we maintain the most...

Quench Air oil coolers. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... 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 beat exchangers. QUENCH AIRS can help minimize maintenance costs, reduce...

Electrically heated equipment. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... TRENT 75 years of expertise in designing and mfg. custom, electrically heated industrial equipment for commercial and industrial applications is summarized in TRENT's[TM] product bulletin. Includes ovens, furnaces, heating elements and...

Vacuum Furnaces. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Vacuum Furnace Systems Corp. The HEQ horizontal-loading external quench vacuum furnace is the most versatile and cost-effective system on the market today. The HEQ is loaded with VFS innovation, making it a proven workhorse for high...

Burners and radiant tubes. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... WS Inc. 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...

Heat treating equipment. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Can-Eng Furnaces For neatly 40 years, Can-Eng has been designing and manufacturing heat treating equipment for industries including Aluminum, Automotive, Bar & Tube, Bearing, Commercial Heat Treat, Fastener, Forging, Foundry, Nonferrous,...

Induction power supplies. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Eldec Induction World leading manufacturer of solid state induction power supplies, including the revolutionary simultaneous dual frequency induction power supply. Eldec specializes in custom engineered systems for all induction heating...

Dual Frequency induction Hardening. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Electroheat Technologies The introduction of Simultaneous Dual Frequency Gear Hardening has brought to the gear manufacturing industry a totally new dimension to heat-treating. No expensive and time-consuming preheating or complex heating...

Induction-heating generators. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Huettinger Electronic Inc. Huettinger Electronic offers both solid-state and tube-type induction heating generators for a wide variety of applications including hardening, forging, epitaxy, crystal growing, and packaging. Outputs range...

Induction heating equipment. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Induction Technology Corporation Our specialty is supplying complete induction systems consisting of new or remanufactured power supplies, furnaces, new cooling and recirculating systems completely packaged to meet your requirements. We...

Induction Scanner. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Midwest Automation & Controls Co. REMTIN Induction Scanner is designed to interface with new and existing power supplies, coils, and quench recirculating systems. 36" part length cap., 32" scan length, 6" max part diameter, 5 in/sec max...

Field service and custom rebuilds. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Phoenix Induction Corporation Professional, qualified field service and custom rebuilds for Ajax, AIH, IEH, PPS, Bone Frontier power systems. Board repair and extensive inventory of new and reconditioned spare parts for OEM equipment....

Process & coil quality monitor. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... PowerTherm Corporation SignatureVIEW[TM] is a signature process and coil quality monitor with an energy monitor. Graphically displaying up to five waveforms such as volt, amp, kW, quench flow, temperature, part rotation, line speed, etc....

Vertical induction scanner. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Radyne Corp. Radyne Power Integrated Dual Spindle Vertical Scan Heat Treating System is computer controlled and can heat treat shafts from 3 to 60 inches long with a total weight of up to 500 lb. at speeds from 0 to 12 inches per second....

Induction heat-treating services. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Zion Industries, Inc. Is an ISO 9002/QS900 certified commercial induction heat treater with over 25 years of experience. Our employees provide hassle-free induction heat treating services from our plant in Valley City, OH, ph: 330-225-3246...

Pocket size hardness tester. (Literature Showcase).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2002... Agfa NDT Inc., Krautkramer Ultrasonic Systems New "DynaPOCKET" is a pocket size, compact, precision rebound hardness tester that conforms to ASTM Standard A956-00. Unit is only 1.5 x 6.7 in. (38 x 170 mm), weighs only 7 oz. (200g). Just two...

Custom furnaces. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Applied Test Systems, Inc. Custom designed furnaces to 1800[degrees]C. Since 1965, we have manufactured materials testing and process heating equipment. View ports, load train ports, mounting brackets, controls, ect. can be added to your...

Hardness testers. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Clemex Technologies Inc. The Clemex CMT (computerized micro-hardness testing) is a fully automated turnkey system for microhardness testing. ASTM E-384 compliant system, allows for precision and consistent repeatability. Feature rich, the...

Testing instruments. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Magnetic Analysis Corp. Magnetic Analysis Corp. has developed the world's most selective testing instruments to precisely differentiate between normal variations and unacceptable defects. Using eddy current, ultrasonic and flux leakage...

Portable Infrared Thermometers. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Mikron Infrared, Inc. Mikron M9OV and M90R Portable Infrared Thermometers are designed for high temperature applications such as metal production, foundries, annealing, glass making, forging, refractory and ceramic induction heating,...

Rebound Tester. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Sun-Tec Corporation The Clark Dynamic Rebound Tester Model CDR is so universal it can be used with heavy parts, machine parts, or on a production line. Easy to use, lightweight and versatile. Small, yet effective tool has a statistical...

Metallographic accessories. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... TBW Industries, Inc. To save time and money preparing optically flat samples for your metallography needs, try TBW's disks, FREE for 10 days! TBW's Grid--Abrade disks, along with our patented fast-x-change system, outperform competitive...

C-DIC contrasting technique. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Carl Zeiss Inc. Circular Differential Interference Contrast (C-DIC) uses circularly polarized light to allow you to see the most detail while observing your materials samples. Because C-DIC works independently of sample orientation, it can...

Vacuum-furnace insulation. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Fiber Materials Inc. FMI an industry leader producing high quality carbon and graphite insulation and carbon carbon products, for vacuum/inert furnaces for more than 30 years. FMI also offers reline services, quartz-based insulation and an...

Insulation materials. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Lydall Literature describes the range of ceramic and non-ceramic high temperature insulating materials for applications to 3000[degrees]F. Lytherm papers and boards are easy to cut, wrap, or form and have excellent temperature stability...

Furnaces/ovens/heating systems. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... 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 systems including mechanical...

Kiln support beams. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Corp. Literature details Hexoloy[R] Sa silicon carbide kiln support beams and tile, which offer true low mass design potential for high temperature furnace applications. Hexoloy SiC's excellent strength...

Insulation. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Unifrax New Foamfrax[TM] Insulation from Unifrax offers exceptional energy savings, installation speed and lining performance for upgrades of existing fiber linings, lining over refractory, and furnace lining patches or refits. It can be...

Thermal insulation. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... ZIRCAR Ceramics Inc. Contact ZIRCAR Ceramics Inc. for high temperature thermal insulation and high performance heating element products. Rigid and flexible forms of alumina, alumina-silica and NON RCF fiber insulation materials. Resistance...

Process control system. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Air Products and Chemicals Inc. The PURIFIRE[R] Data Acquisition Process Monitoring System is an easy-to-implement system for monitoring and controlling daily furnace operation. The new system includes flow meter and analyzer panels for...

Process controls. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... CAPP/USA CAPP/USA supplies process controls, flame safeguard controls and solenoid valves for all industrial applications. Significant in-house inventory for same day shipping. Call 800-356-8000. Info # 203 or www.IHadinfo.cc

HercuLine[TM] series actuators. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Honeywell Sensing and Control The Industrial Measurement and Control business of Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has introduced three new models to its HercuLine[TM] family of conventional and Smart actuators -- ranging in torques from 50 to 400...

HC900 Hybrid Controller. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Honeywell Sensing and Control The Industrial Measurement and Control business of Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has introduced the HC900 Hybrid Controller, an advanced process and logic controller with data acquisiton. Offers a modular, scalable design...

Ipsen mult-i-cell[TM] system. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Ipsen International, Inc Low pressure carburizing technology which uses intelligent linkage of well-proven modules for flexible applications. Ipsen[R] mult-i-cell[TM] system provides the opportunity to add-on chambers as incremental...

Variable frequency drives. (Literature Showcase).
November 1, 2002... Siemens Building Technologies The worldwide controls leader now introduces the SED2, a new line of variable torque drives for fan, blower, and pump applications. Call 847-941-5120 or visit ww.siemenscombustioncontrols.com Info # 210 or...

Bearing Steel Technology. (New Technical Literature).
November 1, 2002... Bearing Steel Technology, released by ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa., contains 34 peer-reviewed papers, which provide the latest global information on bearing steel technologies, including an up-to-date perspective on rolling...

Physical Metallurgy. (New Technical Literature).
November 1, 2002... Physical Metallurgy Handbook by Anil Kumar Sinha provides information on 19 topics of physical metallurgy from fundamentals to fine points of processing and materials selection. The handbook includes 1,600 illustrations and more than 3,800...

Vertical scanning system. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... IHS, an Inductotherm Group Co. The IHScanner vertical scanning system with solid-state power supply is complete with part quenching and recirculating components. It is a dual spindle heat-treating system with 17 in. (430 mm) vertical...

Portable hardness tester. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Phase II The Model No. PHT-2500 portable hardness tester can convert to popular hardness scales such as HRC, HRB, HB, and HS and HV. The menu-driven software is simple to navigate and offers the opportunity to store an extensive amount of...

Vacuum pump inlet trap. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... MV Products The 16 in. MV Multi-trap[R] three-stage vacuum pump inlet trap is suitable for applications such as heat treating, crystal growing, CVD processes and chemical drying. It has up to 99.99% efficiency, depending upon the filter...

Ceramic material. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) Luminex 993[TM] (magnesium oxide) combines physical land electrical properties that make it suitable for the manufacture of cartridge heaters, thermocouples and heating elements. It has high volume resistance...

Low-voltage ac Drives. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... ABB Inc The ACS 800 [Drive.sup.IT] low-voltage ac drive family is available in NEMA 1 or NEMA 12 enclosures. All units are designed in a bookshelf style, and units range from 6.5-in, (165 mm) wide low-hp designs up to freestanding 600-hp...

Nondestructive testing equipment. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Chemetall Oakite The ARDOX nondestructive testing (NDT) line of lamps, fixtures and radiometers are built to exact engineering standards and have super high ultraviolet intensity and performance. A crack-resistant filter minimizes visible...

Digital pressure transmitters. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Yokogawa Corp. of America The EJA Series of digital pressure transmitters, also known as the DPharp, handles a wide range of applications including liquid, gas, flow, gauge pressure, absolute pressure and liquid level. Installation...

SCR power controller. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... RKC Instrument THV compact, microprocessor based SCR power controllers feature programming keys and a digital display on the front, respond quickly to setting input changes in fast response applications and offer programmable phase control...

Air plasma cutting system. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Thermal Dynamics The CUTMASTER [TM] 38 air plasma cutting system with a new generation 1Torch [TM] delivers a combination of speed and power to machines for cutting light metal. It provides 30 A output for faster cutting capability and...

Oil skimmer. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... Abanaki Corp. The Mighty Disk [TM] disk skimmer is equipped with a new Boomerang Blades [TM] wiping system that removes 40% more oil than conventional wipers. It uses a pickup media similar to a 0.5-in. (13 mm) thick phonograph record to...

Crankshaft inspection system. (New Products).
November 1, 2002... American Stress Technologies Inc. The crankshaft inspection system is an off-line audit inspection system that monitors residual stress from manufacturing processes and detects grinding damage and some heat-treatment qualities. The unit...