Kolene Corp., a Detroit-based provider of molten salt-bath equipment and specialty chemical formulations, acquired Upton Industries of Roseville, Mich. Upton Industries designs and manufactures thermal-processing systems for the heat-treating industry, including box-type, car-bottom and specialty furnaces utilizing electric or gas heating. Kolene will maintain both the Detroit headquarters location and the Roseville location, which will be home to all Kolene’s manufacturing and fabrication. By bringing the two companies together, the new Kolene will house nearly 50,000 square feet of manufacturing, fabrication and commercial processing capabilities.

Ajax Electric Co. installed a furnace system for a company in the medical industry.

We continue our discussion from last week's part 3.

Nitrate salts are generally very easy to handle with an approximate working temperature range from 350-1000°F.

The safety aspect of using heat-treatment salts cannot be overemphasized.