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The Evolution of Heat Treatment Processes: When Youth Collides with Wisdom
In today’s marketplace, from the start of a college education to the day we retire, change is inevitable. The science of heat treat has been around for over 100 years.…
Technology: Friend or Foe?
In a time of ever-improving technology, the use of email, cellphones and computers are all designed to make us more efficient and productive. However, there is one factor that still…
Saving Stacks with Stackable Hot Stamp Furnaces
Hot stamping is a manufacturing process that involves forming complex automobile parts in a single-step pattern. It creates lighter and stronger components which improve overall safety in modern vehicles. The…
How Heat Treat Furnaces Play a Role in the Firearms Market
The defense industry uses a variety of equipment that requires heat treatment during the manufacturing process. Firearms used by the military are manufactured under stringent standards to ensure quality and…
Steam Treating Everyday Objects
This oxide layer formed by the water vapor increases the corrosion resistance, hardness, and density in in several materials like stainless steel, copper, and zinc. Steam treating can also seal…
The Use of Case Hardening to Improve Wear Resistance in Metal Components
Case hardening is a heat-treating process that optimizes wear resistance of a manufactured part or component while minimizing the piece’s fragility and failure. Manufacturers in a range of industries such…
Over 100 Years of History and Counting
An article in Harvard Business Review analyzed “How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years.” Among the details of the authors’ study, the writers asserted that “centennials” stay ahead by being “radically…
Tempering Steel in the Manufacturing Process – Part 2
As a continuation of last month’s blog on the tempering process, this month we will delve further into the process and its use in the aerospace industry. The required operating…
Tempering Steel in the Manufacturing Process – Part 1
Steel is used in products from almost every industry and goes through a variety of heat treat processes prior to reaching the end product manufacturing stage. Tempering is a heat…
The Use of Lab Furnaces for Testing Products and Processes
Many of the products or components within the products we use during our day have been tested under heat prior to reaching the marketplace. New products and materials go through…