As heat treaters, we must be aware of what tramp elements are and how they can affect our heat-treatment operations. 

SMS Siemag received an order from China’s Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. for the supply of a continuous hot-dip galvanizing line.

VMK, VMK-S and VMK-Vac laboratory furnaces are designed for annealing, brazing, sintering and tempering applications. 

Kobe Steel Ltd. and China’s Angang Steel Co. Ltd. will establish a joint venture in China to produce and sell advanced cold-rolled high-strength steel sheet for automobiles.

SECO/WARWICK received an order for an aluminum annealing furnace that features a simple, compact design and an innovative loading system that does not require power.

Premier Furnace Specialists received an order for a gas-fired box-type normalizing and annealing furnace from a manufacturer based in Illinois.

Alhern-Martin Industrial Furnace Co. announced the recent installation of a continuous-belt, copper brazing and bright-annealing furnace line for a global automotive supplier in central Mexico.

PRO-TEC Coating Co. started hot commissioning of the continuous annealing line supplied by SMS Siemag and installed at its facility in Leipsic, Ohio.

Tenova LOI Thermprocess has been awarded a contract to install a heat-treatment line for aluminum strip coils at the Ma’aden and Alcoa facility in Saudi Arabia.

Alhern-Martin Industrial Furnace Co. announced the recent installation of a continuous-belt, copper brazing andbright annealing furnace line for a multinationalautomotive supplier in Alabama.