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Sintering Furnace
TevTech LLC delivered a laboratory sintering furnace to
Youngstown State University’s Center for Innovation in Additive
Manufacturing (CIAM). The furnace features an 8-inch-diameter
x 12-inch-high hot zone with temperature capability up to 2600°C
(4712°F). It includes a PLC control system and touch-screen
HMI. The sintering system will be used by Youngstown State
University in conjunction with 3D printers in its CIAM, which
enables research for undergraduate and graduate-
level students, as well
university’s PhD prog
science and engineeri g
This equipment will
enable sintering of
high-temperature
metals and
advanced ceramics
fabricated with
ExOne M-Flex
and X1-Lab binder
jetting 3D printers.
http://www.tevtechllc.comMeltshop
Primetals Technologies received the final acceptance certificate for
a new mini-mill meltshop from Tyasa, a Mexican steel producer. The
plant was constructed on the Ixtaczoquitlan site and has an annual
capacity of 1.2 million metric tons of steel. Primetals Technologies
supplied a Quantum electric-arc furnace, which has a tapping
weight of 100 metric tons and cuts the specific conversion costs of
electric steel production by around 20%. The project also covered the
secondary metallurgical facilities, which include a 100-metric-ton
double ladle furnace and a 100-metric-ton double vacuum-degassing
plant with mechanical pumps.
http://www.primetals.comDrop-Bottom Furnace
SECO/WARWICK registered its drop-bottom furnaces under
the name VertiQuench®. The name describes the process of very
fast vertical quenching. The heat-treated material is dropped into
the quenching tank placed directly under the furnace. This furnace
provides AMS 2750-compliant quench transfer times; tight
temperature uniformity; low energy consumption; compact design,
which enables line expansion; and fast and full load immersion up
to five seconds.
http://www.secowarwick.comTUS System
PhoenixTM completed the commissioning of a hot-box system
at a major U.S. bearing manufacturer. It will be used for CQI-9
certification of the company’s multi-chamber continuous heat-
treatment furnace. The hot-box thermal barrier and data logger are
set up in a nine-point TUS (temperature uniformity survey) frame
outside the furnace, and the whole test system is then charged as a
new load. The system is designed to withstand temperatures up to
1832°F (1000°C).
http://www.phoenixtm.comBell-Type Furnaces
Tenova Core has been contracted by Bilstein Cold Rolled Steel LP
for the design and supply of HPH (high-performance hydrogen)
bell-type furnaces for installation at its facility in Bowling Green,
Ky. The furnaces will be used to anneal steel strip coils in a 100%
hydrogen atmosphere. The project scope includes: HPH heating
hoods, annealing bases and JET cooling hoods as well as associated
equipment and process-control systems. The annealing-base design
is optimized for obtaining the lowest dew point possible and can be
used for annealing almost any grade of steel strip coil.
http://www.tenovacore.comFNC Furnace
Aichelin USA received an order from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
(FCA) for a ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) furnace. The furnace
will be added to an existing cell – it is the tenth FNC furnace – at
FCA’s transmission plant in Kokomo, Ind. The system includes:
Aichelin’s Flexiclean washer system, pre-oxidizing furnaces, cooling
stations, endothermic gas generators, and one dual-directional
loading cart with automated loading and unloading stations.
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