IntroductionGears have nitrided for many years, yet the subject of nitriding of gears is still very controversial, and continues to be so. The process of nitriding is in reality, process technology. Meaning that it is becoming very a favored thermal process technique...
With the recent acquisition of Applied Process by Aalberts Industries of the Netherlands it became necessary to update our list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America. While were at it we took the opportunity to add one new entry to our list and also...
As we all know the main factor when it comes to alloy costs is nickel, which means when nickel goes up the cost of baskets, base trays, radiant tubes and everything else goes up. While it hasn’t gone through the roof you can see in this graph that nickel is edging up...
Located in Canada commercial heat treater Exactatherm was one of the first in North America to achieve Nadcap accreditation;”Exactatherm, Mississauga, Ontario, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for heat treatment, which means that, instead...
Typically most heat treatment exhibitions are held in the fall and 2019 is no exception with 3 major shows worth mentioning. Chronologically the first is “13th Heat Treatment – 2019” an annual event being held in Moscow Russia September 17-19. The event bills itself...
