INDUCTION HEATING EQUIPMENT NEWS

Heat Treater Expands Nitriding, Induction Hardening Capacity

A heat treat and metallurgical services company recently unveiled plans to expand two of their four facilities this summer to better process applications in the aerospace, gears, and firearms industries, among others.

AHT Burton
AHT Burton

Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) announced building expansions for their Monroe, Michigan, and Waterloo, Iowa locations. Michigan AHT plans to increase the size of their pit to accommodate two larger nitriding units, while AHT Burton intends to add square footage for new equipment and related services, such as two recently acquired induction units.

AHT has not expanded the Michigan and Burton facilities since 2006 and 2007, respectively, and hopes to complete the projects by mid-summer. The company also recently increased the shop floor at a third facility which serves as company headquarters in Waterloo, Iowa.

Mike Woods, President, AHT
Mike Woods, President, AHT

“We’re very excited about the growth AHT has seen

AHT Michigan
AHT Michigan

over the past few years,” said AHT President Mike Woods. “Because of this, we felt it was necessary to expand our facilities and invest in additional equipment to better serve our customers and capture more of the market.”

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Heat Treat Induction Systems Go Online at Energy Group

A notable provider of vacuum melting systems recently supplied two vacuum induction melting systems to the power and gas division of a power company.

Retech Systems LLC, a subsidiary of SECO/WARWICK Group, provided two vacuum induction melting (VIM) systems for Siemens Power and Gas division.

Retech’s technologies have been applied to melting, refining, casting and atomizing reactive and refractory metals, such as Titanium and its alloys, super alloys, and rare earth metals. Retech VIM furnace systems are used for applications including automotive, consumer, aerospace, and energy utilizing equiax, directionally solidified, or single-crystal investment castings.

Retech Vacuum Induction DS Furnace
Retech Vacuum Induction DS Furnace

One vacuum induction melting directional solidification/single crystal/equiax pitless (VIM DS/SC/EQ) combo casting furnace and one vacuum induction melting directional solidification/single crystal (DS/SC) solidification casting furnace system were installed in Siemens’ new plant. In addition to the two VIM furnace systems already supplied, two more pitless DS/SC VIMs will be supplied later this year.

Retech designs pitless DS/SC Furnaces in hopes of reducing or eliminating costs, time, disruptions to facility production, and confined space entry to pits required with the installation of the new pitless VIM furnaces at the facility.

Earl Good, VP – Global Vacuum Melting, Managing Director Retech Systems LLC
Earl Good, VP – Global Vacuum Melting, Managing Director Retech Systems LLC

“The melting systems that Retech is delivering to Siemens, incorporate industry leading special design features such as: a reliable and maintenance friendly design ideal for faster and more flexible operation, superb process control for repeatability and high yields, as well as Retech’s new pitless mold elevator that can be utilized on Directional Solidification/Single Crystal furnaces,” said Earl Good, VP – Global Vacuum Melting, Managing Director Retech Systems LLC.

 

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