Manufacturing Technical Content

Message from the Editor: Digitalization: An Ever-Expanding Frontier
Heat Treat Today publishes eight print magazines a year, and included in each is a letter from the editor, Bethany Leone. ...
Heat Treat Radio #108: Heat Treat NextGen Humberto Ramos Fernández
A leading heat treat and HIP processing director, Humberto Ramos Fernández has overcome business and technologic challenges to make HT-MX the successful commercial heat treat ...
The Melting Point: Lesson on Eutectic Reactions
What is the most common scenario for a eutectic reaction? And (for that matter) what constitutes a eutectic reaction? Contact us ...
CUI Considerations for the Heat Treating Industry
2024 is a big year for heat treaters who work for the DoD. As Joe Coleman, cybersecurity officer at Bluestreak Consulting, explains, ...
Sustainability Insights: How Can We Work To Get The Carbon Out Of Heating? Part 2
The search for sustainable solutions in the heat treat industry is at the forefront of research for industry experts. Michael Stowe, PE, ...
Heat Treat Radio #106: Heat Treat Legend Doug Peters
"Don't lose sight of who you are . . . ." In an industry where passion to create, help, and discover ...
Exo Gas Composition Changes, Part 2: Cool Down and Use in Heat Treat Furnaces
In Part 1, the author underscored the importance of understanding the changes in gas composition through three steps of its production: ...
Heat Treat Radio #105: Lunch and Learn: Batch IQ Vs. Continuous Pusher, Part 2
Have you decided to purchase batch or continuous furnace system equipment? Today's episode is part 2 of the Heat Treat Radio ...
Sustainability Insights: How Can We Work to Get the Carbon Out of Heating? Part 1
The search for sustainable solutions in the heat treat industry is at the forefront of research for industry experts. Michael Stowe, ...
Continuing the Dialogue: Michael Mouilleseaux on Batch/Continuous Furnace Maintenance
Our readers and Heat Treat Radiolisteners will remember a recent episode entitled "Heat Treat Radio #102: Lunch & Learn, Batch IQ ...
An Overview of Case Hardening: Which Is Best for Your Operations?
Source: Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Case hardening is an essential process for many heat treating operations, but knowing the different types ...
Trending Market Insights for Aluminum Thermal Processing
Are there rapid changes in the North American aluminum industry to accommodate trending technology, or does the aluminum market have a ...
3 Top Tips for Brinell and Rockwell Hardness Tests
Accurate hardness testing is a critical business for numerous industries, not least heat treatment. In this guide, we will offer our ...
It’s Time for Another Look at Vacuum Oil Quenching
Oil quenching can be a dirty phrase around the heat treat shop. But with vacuum, does it have to be? This ...
Listen To Vacuum Heat Treat on the Radio Waves
There's always more to learn, and at Heat Treat Today, we strive to help you be well informed. Thanks to our ...
Heat Treat Radio #103: US Army Veteran MG T.J. Wright — From Vietnam to Heat Treat
MG Timothy J. Wright (T.J. Wright) understands the heat from a heat treat furnace as well as the heat of engagement ...
Half-a-Dozen Vacuum Heat Treat Tips
Let's discover new tricks and old tips on how to best serve vacuum furnace systems. In this print edition, Heat Treat ...
The Canary in the Furnace: Ceramic Disks Give Early Alerts of Temperature Changes
The question in many heat treaters' minds is, "Why would I want more documentation on my furnaces?" TempTABs can act as ...
Sustainability Insights: Vacuum Heat Treating in a Carbon-Conscious Market
Reducing the industrial carbon footprint has been at the forefront of much discussion, heat treat industry-specific or otherwise. How can heat ...
“Quench” Your Thirst: 3 Technical Articles To Satisfy Your Needs
Thirsting for knowledge about quenching, but not sure where to start? Heat Treat Today has coalesced technical information across articles and ...
Sustainability Insights: Process Heating and the Energy-Carbon Connection
"Plan, do, check, act." When it comes to caring about carbon footprint, a path forward to may seem too out-of-reach. But ...
Optimize Working Life and Performance of Heat Treatment Alloy Castings
When it comes to optimizing the working life and overall performance of heat treatment alloy castings, proper alloy selection and design ...
Vacuum Furnaces: Origin, Theory, and Parts
Vacuum furnaces are widely used in the aerospace and automotive industries. These furnaces are used for multiple processes including brazing, aging, ...
Top 3 Heat Treat Grab and Go Visuals
We get it. You read all day: emails, memos, furnace monitoring screens. To give your eyes a break, Heat Treat Today wanted ...
Heat Treat Radio #64: Thermocouple 101 with John Niggle, Pelican Wire (Part 3 of 3)
Heat Treat Today publisher Doug Glenn wraps up this three-part series with Pelican Wire experts by talking with John Niggle from Pelican ...
Furnace Gas Composition Controlled with CO and CO2
  Source: AZO Sensors     Many heat treat processes require protective or process gases. These gases often require careful monitoring. ...
Heat Treat Tips: Atmosphere Control
During the day-to-day operation of heat treat departments, many habits are formed and procedures followed that sometimes are done simply because ...