Did Furnaces North America Just Dodge a Bullet? The largest heat treat exhibition in North America in 2020 is the MTI sponsored Furnaces North America show scheduled for September 30th to October 2 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. As most in the industry are aware this...
Custom Electric Manufacturing to merge into Kanthal as of January 1, 2021 “Custom Electric Manufacturing was acquired by Sweden-based Kanthal in 2018 and will now go to market under the Kanthal brand. The transition will be effective as of January 1, 2021 Custom...
Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System? Once upon a time in North America gas fired Endothermic Generators reigned supreme when it came to atmosphere heat treating. Unreliable and problem plagued they were an easy prey to Nitrogen/Methanol systems which...
Solar Manufacturing Provides Turnkey Furnace Solution Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a Mentor® vacuum furnace to a customer in the Southeast USA that services the defense industry. The Model HFL-2018-2IQ features a graphite-insulated hot zone, a load weight...
Expanite Surface Hardening Replaces Hard Chrome “Major automotive, pumps and food processing equipment makers can’t be wrong in choosing an alternative for hard chrome plating! With more than 20% of the turnover coming from hard chrome replacement projects,...