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Kennametal Launches 3D-Printing Business Unit

Kennametal Inc. formed a 3D-printing materials and production business unit, Kennametal Additive Manufacturing, as part of its Infrastruc...

Pyrotek Builds Aluminum Manufacturing Plant in Dubai

Pyrotek Inc. is scheduled to complete construction of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in...

Solar Manufacturing Moves to New Facility

Solar Manufacturing Inc. relocated Souderton, Pa., to Sellersville, Pa. Situated on a combined 8.5 acres just 3 miles from the previous l...

Heat Treat 2019 Kicks Off

Heat Treat 2019, the biennial show from the ASM Heat Treating Society, begins today in Detroit. The three-day event will feature an ...

Siemens, Material Solutions Open Metal AM Center

Siemens and Materials Solutions opened a highly advanced metal AM innovation center in Orlando, Fla. The 17,000-square-foot facility offe...

European Extruder Orders Melting Furnace

Hertwich Engineering received an order from Exlabesa, an independent extruder based in Europe, for a multi-chamber melting furnace that w...

Oregon Products Orders Mesh-Belt Austemper System

Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. received an order from Oregon Products to design and commission a continuous mesh-belt austemper heat...

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Process Control & Instrumentation

Optimizing Case-Depth Uniformity

The use of vacuum technology for carburizing has always shown the most potential for improving the manufacturing process by reducing both processing time and the number of manufacturing steps required …

Process Control & Instrumentation

Segal’s Law of Atmosphere Heat Treatment

Steven Christopher

Many in the thermal-processing industry can recite dew-point conversion tables with closed eyes. …

Industrial Gases & Atmospheres

Direct-Fired Gas Burners for High Temperature Applications

Steven Mickey Martin Schoenfelder Joachim G. Wuenning

This article discusses different types of direct-fired gas burners that can be used for high-temperature applications. …

Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation

How to Tell if You Really Have an Abrasion Problem

Norm Phelps

Refractory material is designed to be very durable, withstand extreme service conditions and defy mechanical abuse in many different types of thermal-processing operations. …

Ceramics & Refractories/Insulation

High-Temperature Refractory Maintenance

Heather Harding

From brick tear-out to installation, there are a lot of opportunities for safety, efficiency and cost savings to fall through the cracks during kiln maintenance. …

Materials Characterization & Testing

Vacuum Furnace Leaks and Detection Techniques

Reàl J. Fradette William R. Jones

Many papers have been written on the subject of vacuum furnace leaks, how to detect them and how to find them. …

Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials

How to Weld Heat-Resistant Alloys

Marc Glasser

As a metallurgist, I am frequently asked for assistance on metallurgical issues relating to alloy products and selection. Here are the most frequently asked questions and a guide to answering …

Australian Concrete Made of Steel Waste

Sydney, Australia, is building a “green” road using geopolymer concrete. The environmentally friendly material is comprised of industrial waste from steel manufacturing and coal-fired power stations, specifically blast furnace slag and fly ash.

Swords Made From Meteors

Did you know that, in just a few rare cases, fallen meteors would be used to forge weapons? There are some meteorites that are made of a combination of iron and nickel. In fact, meteoric iron has a high nickel content and is very malleable. As such, past civilizations found them very useful.

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Review of Surface Modification Techniques for H13 Extrusion, Forging Dies

By David Pye

Emerging technologies are focusing on the deposition methods of coating the steel surface with a hard metal (or combinations of metals).

The Intersection of the First Amendment and Trademark Law (Revisited)

By Thomas Joseph

Facts about the Elements: Xenon

By Daniel H. Herring

Severstal Program to Fund Start-ups

Severstal, Russia’s fourth-largest steel company in 2017 annual production of 11.7 million metric tons, launched SteelTech Accelerator, a program to fund metallurgical start-ups offering new technologies to solve challenges in the steel sector.

Laser Welding Process for Shipbuilding

German research institute Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), in a joint research project with nine partners, developed a laser welding process with integrated welding depth control for thick mixed joints in shipbuilding.

Electrical Steel Plant to Close in Wales

Tata Steel’s Orb Electrical Steels plant in Newport, Wales, is set to close. The company says up to 380 jobs could be lost. The facility, which was put up for sale in May 2018, makes electrical steel used in generators, transformers and motors for the auto industry.

Increased Usage of U.S. Steel, Iron Required

Back in July, President Trump signed an executive order that required the bulk of steel and iron used in federal contracts to be sourced from U.S. companies. According to the order, 95% of the ferrous materials used for government projects must be provided by American businesses.

Industrial Heating

2019 October

Check out the October 2019 issue of Industrial Heating, featuring the "High-Temperature Refractory Maintenance", "How to Tell if You Really Have an Abrasion Problem", "Direct-Fired Gas Burners for High-Temperature Applications", and much more.

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