In today’s heat-treatment industry, we are faced daily with the challenges of complying with the regulatory standards that are relevant to our specific markets and products.

Watlow, a designer and manufacturer of complete industrial thermal systems, signed an agreement to acquire Eurotherm from Schneider Electric. Eurotherm provides temperature, power and process control, measurement and data management equipment, systems, software and services for global industrial markets. The company’s headquarters are in Worthing, United Kingdom, with core manufacturing operations in Lędziny, Poland.

The flammability limits for numerous fuels, including those typically found in heat treating atmospheres, are very well understood and documented in the literature. Unfortunately, the data available almost always applies to ambient temperature and pressure conditions.

Brazing is a process of joining two or more metal parts by using a melted filler material commonly referred to as brazing alloy.

Three industrial temperature controllers work in applications including process heating, laboratory testing and research and development.

In the latter half of the 19th century, newly developed refrigeration and cryogenic processes allowed products to be cooled to levels far below traditional winter experiences regardless of the location or season.

Danieli Centro Combustion utilized application-tailored Datapaq Furnace Tracker systems from Fluke Process Instruments on its newly commissioned slab reheat furnace.

PhoenixTM supplied a hot-box system to a major U.S. and European manufacturer of aluminum extrusions for the aerospace industry.

PhoenixTM delivered a hot-box system to a steel coil manufacturer to monitor the temperature of steel wire coils through its annealing process.

PhoenixTM designed and commissioned a “hot box” system for an aluminum-log casting plant in Germany.