As each day goes by, the older generation of heat treater’s becomes another day older, and closer to the day when they will want to retire and live comfortably. Our age is not a thing that we can hide from. So the question is asked, will the input (or volume) of...
Furnace builder/rebuilder Jeff McLaughlin of McLaughlin Services in Avilla, Indiana, USA just completed installation of a large batch IQ line in Viet Nam. The line consists of 2 Ipsen “Atlas” batch IQ furnaces 36″ X 48″ X 36″, 4 tempers, charge car and all necessary...
Super Systems, Inc. recently completed two upgrade projects at American Heat Treating in Dayton, OH. Controls were upgraded on a Beavermatic integral quench furnace that included a Series 9205 with a 12.1” HMI for atmosphere and temperature control and datalogging, a...
Machining company Blue Chips Manufacturing in Caseville, Michigan, USA who does a small amount of heat treating in house managed to set one of their ovens on fire not once but twice last week resulting in the local fire department making two visits to the company....
Now here is some useless trivia for you. The first vacuum carburizing load was run almost exactly 50 years ago at John Deere in Iowa, USA. The year was 1969 and the load was processed in a 10 bar furnace and methane was the carburizing medium. Vacuum carburizing has...
