This article describes a surface treatment process that can significantly improve the life of components that may fail by wear, fatigue or corrosion due to the existence of surface flaws.

This article examines the effects of reducing, neutral and oxidizing environments and their dew points on the debinding rate in powder injection molding (PIM) processes.

This article discusses several examples of applications of vacuum technology in the important field of inorganic coatings.

Read about a thermal oxidizing system that has been developed to significantly reduce the emission of waxy hydrocarbons generated from lubricants used in the powder metallurgy (pm) industry.

This article describes three unique transport/ transfer systems used in continuous industrial furnace systems. These charge transfer systems provide unique applicability for specific working conditions and products.

Review a software program that incorporates several diverse engineering disciplines into a complete combustion engineering package available for use by thermal processing engineers in the industrial heating industry.

The bar coding of finished products is an effective and widespread tool for managing inventory and distribution, expediting work-in-progress and simplifying warranty fulfillment. Read how the implementation of a bar coding systemis helping a major heavy equipment manufacturer trace critical parts through the production cycle.

This article, reprinted with permission from Foundry Practice Issue 230, published by Foseco inc., Cleveland, OH and Staffordshire, England, describes the use of computer simulation software to predict and enhance feeding system performance for casting.

The results from two case studies involving the application of a durable, two-part castable refractory system to aluminum melting furnaces are discussed in this article.

Oscillating combustion technology currently being evaluated in the steel industry as a method to cost-effectively reduce NOx emissions from and increase productivity in high temperature, natural gas-fired furnaces.