Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Modern Industries/Erie, PA, USA

Liquid Nitrogen Leak at Modern Industries/Erie, PA, USA

Now this is a rather eerie picture (pun intended). In Erie PA, Modern Industries is both a manufacturer and a commercial heat treater, as a matter of fact probably the largest commercial heat treater in the area. Recently they had a small nitrogen leak which produced...
Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2019

Heat Treatment Congress (HK) 2019

October 22-24/2019 will see the 75th Heat Treatment Congress (HK) in Cologne, Germany. Organized by AWT this is in our opinion the best European heat treat trade show there is and well worth attending. “This year the AWT (Working Group for Heat Treatment and Materials...
Metex Heat Treat/Brampton, Canada Adding Mesh Belt Capacity

Metex Heat Treat/Brampton, Canada Adding Mesh Belt Capacity

As part of the “Monday Morning Briefing” yesterday we mentioned in passing that Metex in Brampton, Canada had recently added another mesh belt furnace line, today we can give you a few more details. After installing a 3000 lbs/hr continuous mesh belt line in 2018,...
Mercedes Benz Flood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mercedes Benz Flood, Sao Paulo, Brazil

A few weeks back we had some shocking footage of the very large, in house heat treating department of Mercedes in Sao Paulo, Brazil being flooded. What we see is a rather typical heat treating department of a transmission components manufacturing facility with a...
Monday Morning Briefing

Monday Morning Briefing

Now this Monday Morning Briefing should appeal to everybody in the heat treating industry around the world whether you are a furnace manufacturer in Europe or Japan, an Aerospace company in North America or a commercial heat treater in the US Midwest.In Green Bay,...