Desire for electric cars is quickly gaining consumer momentum, and automakers are rapidly shifting focus to developing affordable, efficient electric vehicles (EVs) for the mass market. This is where aluminum structural components will further serve the automotive industry.

Effective brazing requires heat, cleanliness of the parts being joined and, in the case of torch brazing by hand, special operator skills are needed.

Understanding the true rate-limiting factors when configuring and sizing a metals-recovery system is critical to realizing the full potential of the system. Additionally, managing energy within the system will have a large impact on the operating costs and uptime/maintainability of the system.

Indalco Alloys is a division of Lincoln Electric Company that produces aluminum weld wire and redraw rod. The company operates a melting furnace and two holding furnaces that feed a continuous-casting machine through a trough system.

Vacuum heat treating encompasses a wide variety of processes. Case hardening is just one of them.

This article provides actual data for testing performed to compare argon and nitrogen as cooling media in vacuum furnaces. The data includes five different highly alloyed materials.

Today, we can inform you of a major development in base-metal thermocouple technology that will further enhance and strengthen the position of type K and N thermocouples in industry while also increasing the possible temperature range of reliable operation for these industrial sensors.

Eddy current technology is one of the primary methods used for continuous in-line heat-treatment validation.

Many factors should be considered when choosing a system for cooling an induction process, including cost, space availability, existing utilities, energy and water usage, equipment location, potential freezing, reliability, and maintenance. 

Software is an integral part of temperature-profiling technology, covering all process aspects from sensor connection, calibration, data analysis and report generation. Because profiling software is essential to effective profiling performance, software selection is important. This article will outline key considerations during the selection process.