Abbott Furnace Installs & Commissions a Roller Hearth Tube Annealing Furnace St. Mary’s, PA: Abbott Furnace Company has recently installed and commissioned a roller hearth tube annealing furnace at an aerospace and defense products manufacturer that fabricates...
Elk County Heat Treat Fire-The Cause Generally when we hear about a fire in the heat treating industry we do not hear about the cause. In the case of the recent fire in St. Marys, PA we do know what the cause is and it is right in line with what we previously...
CFC fixtures –Quality Fixturing For Vacuum Heat Treating Written by Rolf Terjung. Furnace fixturing made of CFC (carbon fibre reinforced carbon) are the state-of-the-art standard in vacuum heat treating these days. A significant quality feature of the vacuum heat...
Solar Atmospheres Builds a Future for Vacuum Oil Quenching “The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted every industry and business across the globe. Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) is no exception. “We have had to think on our feet, find...
Bodycote Changes We understand there has been a change at the top level in Bodycote North America. Bill Sandstrom had been Vice President of Operations, AGI NAA until he recently parted ways with the company. Our understanding is the Mike Boyle will be taking over...
Tuesday Morning Briefing Today we start off in Vienna, Austria where we see that August 5th car manufacturer Opel will be auctioning off equipment related to gear box manufacturing. This includes a very large ECM Vacuum Carburizing System built in 1997. This is the...