Akebono Brake Corporation, Glasgow, Kentucky, USA, Fire Akebono Brake Corporation, North American subsidiary of Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., of Japan suffered a fire in their heat treatment department at their Glasgow, Kentucky, USA facility yesterday, January...
Kalyani Technoforge Ltd., Installs Furnaces From India we have this photo of a new furnace installation at captive heat treater at Kalyani Technoforge Ltd., in Pune. What you are looking at are two double chamber sealed quench furnaces (batch IQ furnaces for our North...
Solar Atmospheres Southeast Hires Tom Gundic as Plant Manager Solar Atmospheres proudly announces the addition of Tom Gundic to our Greenville, South Carolina facility. Gundic has accepted the position of Plant Manager, bringing with him over 14 years of vacuum heat...
Sandvik Acquires Thermaltek In the world of metallic heating elements the name Kanthal is one which everybody recognizes and this press release emphasizes that. This acquisition shows that the company is very serious about growing their presence in North America and...
Monday Morning Briefing To start off our Monday Morning Briefing for January 6 we have these really interesting photos from Geoff Mowry of Graphite Furnace Systems of Gardner, Massachusetts, USA. Shortly before Christmas, Geoff finished one of four 2350C high...
Beechcraft Explosion, Wichita, Kansas, USA Several readers asked us if the recent explosion at aircraft manufacturer Beechcraft in Wichita, Kansas was related to the heat treating department because the cause appears to have been a nitrogen line exploding (details...
