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Midwest Thermal-Vac Orders Vacuum Furnace

Ipsen sold a vacuum furnace with 12-bar gas quenching to commercial heat treater Midwest Thermal-Vac (MTV) of Kenosha, Wis. The furnace i...

Century Aluminum Investing in Kentucky Smelter, Creating Jobs

Century Aluminum Co., a global producer of primary aluminum, will invest approximately $116.5 million for improvements at its operation i...

IHEA Fall Seminars to be Held in Conjunction with FNA

This fall IHEA will offer three concurrent technical seminars in conjunction with MTI’s Furnaces North America (FNA) in Indianapoli...

HWI Earns ISO 9001:2005 Certification

HarbisonWalker International (HWI) announced that its Thomasville, Ga., monolithic/precast facility became the first of HWI's North A...

India-Based Manufacturer Orders Heat-Treat System for U.S. Expansion

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. was awarded a contract from an India-based conglomerate to design, manufacture, install and commissio...

Wall Colmonoy Celebrates 80th Anniversary

Wall Colmonoy of Madison Heights, Mich., is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2018. Established in 1938 in Detroit by Albert F. Wall, t...

Metal Stampings Manufacturer Orders Box Furnace

Lucifer Furnaces delivered a general-purpose box furnace to a manufacturer of precision metal stampings based in the Midwest. The furnace...

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Melting/Forming/Joining

Playing with Fire: Blacksmithing a Hot Topic

Almost weekly, we run across another interesting blacksmithing story about someone who seems an unlikely blacksmith or who is making wonderful creations from lumps of metal or common items. …

Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation

Reader-Favorite Ceramics, Refractories and Insulation Articles

Reed Miller

Based on page views on our website, we are sharing the eight ceramics and refractories/insulation articles most loved by readers. …

Heat Treating

Innovative Heat Treatment for Weight Reduction of Heavy Components

James Lowrie Gracious Ngaile

This article focuses on another method to provide lightweight components, namely innovative heat-treatment schemes. …

Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials

Corrosion-Resistant Plastic Cooling Towers Cut Costs

John Flaherty

For operations using extreme heat, engineered plastic cooling towers provide cooling and can outlast traditional alternatives. …

Melting/Forming/Joining

Process Thermal Imaging in the Modern Hot-Rolling Mill

Richard Gagg

Single-point radiation thermometers, also referred to as infrared pyrometers, have been widely used in steel hot-rolling mills for more than 60 years. They offer many advantages compared to contact sensors …

Heat Treating

Why Nitriding Steel is Growing in Popularity

Rob Simons

A case-hardening technique in use since the early 20th century, nitriding has been an effective lower-temperature heat treatment for steel workpieces since even before engineers and metallurgists fully understood it. …

Ice Hockey’s Elite Steel Edge

Kathryn Good

Brynäs IF is one of Sweden’s best ice hockey teams. This article discusses how combining the latest knife blade steel and the best boot innovations keep them ahead of the …

Partners

Prevention through Design for Refractory Installation

Tripp Farrell

The costs of adhering to new and changing safety regulations, maintaining up-to-date protective equipment and covering employee injuries are increasingly burdensome for many companies, including those in the refractory installation business. This isn’t to say that injury prevention is not extremely important, but instead that many businesses are taking the wrong, and often more expensive, approach.

Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing

Guide to 3D Printing on the Production Line

This white paper provides structure and clarity to that task by demonstrating strategies and applications for integrating high-strength AM opportunities on the manufacturing floor.

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Blogs

Patent Infringement Insurance

By Thomas Joseph

Many companies worry about infringing patents when they introduce new products due to the costs associated with patent litigation. Even a small patent case can cost a company over a million dollars in attorney’s fees if the parties engage in significant discovery.

Facts about the Elements: Tantalum

By Daniel H. Herring

Facts about the Elements: Cerium

By Daniel H. Herring

Federal Triangle

The Real Threat to U.S. Metals Industries

Barry Ashby

In June 2017 this column addressed problems with trade barriers, especially tariffs that are "manipulated favoritism" and result in forms of protectionism, often with unintended consequences.

Damascus Timepiece

We have seen knives made from Damascus steel, but now you can buy a watch utilizing the same type of craftsmanship. Each watch is forged and quenched before polishing.

Steel had a Good 2017

Steel shipments rose 5% last year. As an example, Nucor had its most-profitable year in nearly a decade.

Tariffs and More

Check out Bloomberg’s interview with Nucor’s CEO about tariffs. A U.S. News and World Reports editorial supported the need for the tariffs implemented this month, while an article by the CATO Institute in January urged that America’s greatest achievement was/is freedom, not protectionism.

Industrial Heating

2018 March

The March 2018 issue of Industrial Heating includes an editorial piece on industry-university collaborations. Other features include the growth in popularity of nitriding, process thermal imaging in the modern hot-rolling mill, and much more.

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