Manufacturing Technical Content
Manufacturing Technical Content
Why Heat Matters and the Need for Speed
In this installment of Technical Tuesday, Jim Roberts of U.S. Ignition engages readers in a Combustion Corner editorial about the role ...
Answers in the Atmosphere: Hydrogen Part 2 — Costs and Gas Blend Generation
In this installment of Answers in the Atmosphere, David (Dave) Wolff, an independent expert focusing on industrial atmospheres for heat treat ...
Heat Treat Radio #134: Optimizing Power Delivery in Thermal Processing
In this episode of Heat Treat Radio, host Heather Falcone sits down with Casey O'Neill, vice president of Sales and Marketing at ...
Heat Treat 2025 Set To Bring Industry Leaders to Detroit
Heat Treat 2025, the 33rd Heat Treating Society Conference and Exhibition, will take place October 21–23, 2025, in Detroit, Michigan, bringing ...
Sustainability Insights: Data-Driven Process Heat — Why Control Heat When You Can Optimize it?
Smart controls, connected systems, and hybrid energy strategies are reshaping what American manufacturers expect from their process heat equipment. In this ...
Emissions Tool Tuned for Heat Treat Furnaces
A carbon emissions estimation tool specifically for heat treat furnaces combined physics-based furnace modeling with life cycle assessment. By revealing where ...
Heat Treat Radio #133: Process Qualification & Recipe Development in Vacuum Carburizing
Heat Treat Radio host Heather Falcone and guest Vincent Lelong, Senior Synergy Center Manager and Metallurgist at ECM USA, explore the realities ...
Utilization: The Hidden Sustainability Metric in Heat Treatment
As manufacturers push toward ambitious sustainability targets, heat treatment remains both essential and energy intensive, making efficiency gains critical. In this ...
Manufacturing Industry News
Manufacturing Industry News
Vacuum Degassing Plant to Boost Steel Quality
A new vacuum degassing plant is expected to increase meltshop performance and capacity while enabling the production of a larger volume ...
Vacuum Heat Treat Capacity Grows for Metal AM
AGF DEFCOM, a metal additive manufacturing company, has expanded its vacuum heat treating capacity with the addition of a second furnace, ...
New Vacuum Furnace Serves Turbine Production
A commercial heat treater is expanding its vacuum heat treating capabilities for gas turbine components with the addition of a high-performance ...
Electric Arc Furnace Upgrade Advances Steel Production
A Pennsylvania steel mill will undergo an electric arc furnace (EAF) modernization project designed to improve productivity, operational reliability, and process ...
Fringe Friday: New Program Supports Specialty Alloy Development Initiatives
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday installment: a new specialty alloy development ...
Intalus Enhances Metal AM Capacity with New Machine Order
Intalus, a U.S.-based manufacturer, is expanding its metal additive manufacturing capabilities through the acquisition of two electron beam powder bed fusion ...
Arkansas DRI Plant Bolsters Steel Supply Chain
A new direct reduced iron (DRI) facility planned for U.S. Steel's Arkansas-based steelmaking facility, Big River Steel Works, in Osceola, Arkansas, ...
Debinding, Sintering Operations Consolidated in North Carolina
DSH Technologies, a provider of debinding and sintering services for metal injection molding (MIM) and additive manufacturing (AM) applications, has relocated ...
Controls Upgrade Modernizes Steel Mill Operations
Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) is modernizing automation systems at its Butler, Indiana, hot strip mill through a controls upgrade that supports ...
AP60 Upgrade Increases Aluminum Smelting Capacity
Rio Tinto has begun commissioning a major expansion of its AP60 aluminum smelter technology in Quebec, increasing primary aluminum production capacity ...
12-Foot Vacuum Furnace Expands Titanium Processing Capacity
Solar Atmospheres, a North American commercial heat treating company, has expanded its vacuum heat treating and titanium processing capabilities with the ...
Strip Casting Systems Support Magnet Production
New strip casting systems for rare-earth magnet manufacturing are expected to support thermal processing operations tied to neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnet production ...
Mega-HIP Expands Precious Metals Capacity
ITP Co. Ltd. has installed a new hot isostatic pressing (HIP) system to strengthen production capabilities for precious metal equipment used ...
Vacuum Furnace Builder Goes from Kitchen Startup to Employee Ownership
Signature Vacuum Systems, a small manufacturer of vacuum furnace equipment, recently implemented an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), placing partial ownership of ...
Andis Vacuum Furnace Controls Get An Upgrade
Andis Company, a U.S.-based manufacturer of grooming tools, has completed a controls upgrade on a vacuum heat treat furnace used for ...
Fringe Friday: US Lab Selects PGA Platform for New Materials Initiative
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday installment: a plasma gas atomization (PGA) platform selected by ...
Vacuum Furnace Boosts Tool Steel Processing
Treatnorte, a commercial heat treatment company, will add a new vacuum furnace to support vacuum heat treatment of tool steel, improving ...
Groundbreaking Marks Heat Treat Furnace Expansion In Iowa
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a global provider of commercial heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, is expanding its Waterloo, Iowa, ...
