PVT Incorporated has been manufacturing vacuum heating and induction melting systems for nearly 50 years. PVT specializes in systems for fluxless aluminum, stainless steel and superalloy brazing with controls designed to facilitate customers' accreditation to AMS2750F and Nadcap standards.

Pillar Induction is an international supplier of induction heat-treat equipment, with headquarters in Brookfield, Wis., and additional support facilities located around the world.

Jackson Transformer Co. is a leading designer and manufacturer of transformers, reactors, chokes and other magnetic products. We have been developing, designing and manufacturing magnetic products since 1955.

The year-over-year U.S. inflation rate through February 2022 hit a 40-year high of 7.9%, eroding purchasing power especially for gas, food and rent.

CEIA is a leading manufacturer and designer of medium- to high-frequency induction heating units that feature high energy efficiency with minimum operating costs.

Ajax TOCCO, headquartered in Warren, Ohio, is a global supplier of custom induction heating systems. Ajax specializes in providing solutions for a variety of industries using various processes, including hardening, tempering, annealing, stress relieving, curing, brazing, soldering, melting and forging.

Alcoa Corp. announced a $51 million project to increase the production capacity at its Mosjøen smelter in Norway by 14,000 metric tons per year (mtpy). Alcoa’s Mosjøen location currently has a nameplate capacity of 200,000 mtpy, and the investment is expected to increase that capacity to 214,000 mtpy by the end of 2026. Amperage to the site’s two potlines will be increased via improved electrical infrastructure, including the installation of new high-voltage cabling and switching equipment. The planned investment will also improve the site’s existing anode production processes. Alcoa also recently announced that its Mosjøen facility is operating an induction furnace that uses renewable energy to melt and recycle scrap aluminum.

Cook Induction partnered with Super Systems Inc. to implement a fully electronic SCADA package at its Nadcap-approved facility in Maywood, Calif., which offers heat-treating and brazing (induction, torch and furnace) services. “Having the ability to track and recall furnace data from our desks has made life so much easier,” said Troy Doolittle, Cook Induction’s quality manager. “The new system has improved our ability to stay on top of scheduling and production.”

Here is a complete list of all the feature articles – by topic – that appeared in Industrial Heating in 2021. The month each article appeared in is included. All articles are hyperlinked for your convenience.

If you’re at all like me, you wonder which articles get the most attention on our website. Every year we publish over 40 feature articles, and at the end of the year we gather statistics to see which ones get the most page views. So, without further ado, here are the five most-viewed articles on www.industrialheating.com based on page views in 2021. This ranking applies only to articles published in 2021.