75th HeatTreatmentCongress 22 – 24 October 2019, Cologne, Germany

75th HeatTreatmentCongress 22 – 24 October 2019, Cologne, Germany

HK 2019•  500 congress visitors•  3000 fair visitors•  180 exhibitors•  13000 m2 exhibition space•  Event website: www.hk-awt.deThe event is the largest annual European forum on topics relating to heat treatment and materials technology. Each year, around 3000...
Has Anybody Seen This Furnace?

Has Anybody Seen This Furnace?

We have now run across this furnace several times. It is a big Abar Ipsen horizontal vacuum furnace 66/72 built in 2000 and used in an aerospace facility in the Carolinas in the US. We have nothing to do with the selling of this furnace but it is certainly becoming...
Hydro Plant In Poland Installs Nitrex System

Hydro Plant In Poland Installs Nitrex System

We found the last sentence of this news item quite interesting; “Today, the company operates over twenty Nitrex nitriding systems in seventeen countries including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal,...
Ipsen Fills Workforce Gap to Increase Field Service Presence

Ipsen Fills Workforce Gap to Increase Field Service Presence

“Ipsen USA announces its next Corporate Academy class for training Field Service Engineers, part of a fast-track development strategy to continue increasing technical service capacity in the field. “We realize the importance of supporting our customers for...
Wisconsin Oven Press Release

Wisconsin Oven Press Release

“Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of one natural gas fired conveyor oven to the automation industry and will be used to cure a resin formed mat. This conveyor oven has sufficient capacity to handle up to a 104” wide x 32” long mat weighing up to...
25 Most Influential People In The North American Heat Treating Industry

25 Most Influential People In The North American Heat Treating Industry

Yesterday we had a news item entitled “25 Most Influential People in The North American Heat Treating Industry – Looking Back”. It would appear that we were not as clear on this list as we should have been and this caused some real confusion. The list we posted...