High-temperature sintering has been proven to provide achievable increases in material properties when applied to conventional powder-metallurgy (PM) applications. As material properties and strength requirements increase, some thermal processors are transitioning from traditional sintering furnaces to high-temperature models. However, not all high-temperature sintering furnaces are created equal.

Wisconsin Oven offers high-quality heat-treat ovens and furnaces, with standard temperature ratings of 500°F, 650°F, 800°F, 1000°F, 1250°F and 1400°F. They can be heated by gas (direct or indirect), electric and steam. Typical applications include aging, tempering, annealing, stress relieving and solution heat treating.

For over 30 years, Heat Treat Furnaces has been designing, fabricating and installing custom industrial heat-treat furnaces for our clients. HTF’s experienced engineers and support staff are focused on your project.

Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems designs, manufactures and services a full line of thermal-processing equipment for virtually any process. Gasbarre’s offering includes: continuous and batch atmosphere equipment that serve customers in the automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, energy and commercial heat-treating industries; and continuous and batch vacuum furnace systems that serve a wide range of thermal-processing applications and can be adapted to nearly any production process.

Established in 1964, CAN-ENG has grown to become a leading global designer and manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment for ferrous and nonferrous metals. For almost 60 years, CAN-ENG’s furnace designs have served commercial and captive heat treaters.

At the time that I started working on the background for this article, I thought, “I wonder what Wikipedia says about steam?” According to Wikipedia, steam is water in the gas phase commonly formed by boiling or evaporating water. Steam and the steam engine played a central role in the Industrial Revolution, with the modern steam engines generating more than 80% of the world’s electricity.