How Tip-Ups Forever Transformed Brake Rotor Manufacturing
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Travel back in time to discover how ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) became the heat treatment of choice for automakers’ brake rotors and why the tip-up furnace forever altered the production process for this part.
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Horizontal Quench System for Automotive Industry
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An East Troy, WI, heat treat systems manufacturer announced the shipment of an electrically heated horizontal quench system to a manufacturer of products for the automotive industry, specifically for aluminum solution treatment.
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We’ve Changed the Heat Treatment Color to Green
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SECO/VACUUM provides green solutions that reduce production energy consumption, increase production efficiency, shorten the process and treatment time, and reduce the energy and process gases consumption. Click to learn more.
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Heat Treat Radio #93: Why Ion Nitride? An Exploration with Gary Sharp
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High wear resistance is a requirement for automotive parts. Can ion nitriding deliver on this requirement? Hear from Gary Sharp (Advanced Heat Treat Corp.) on the common applications, real-world benefits, and true limitations of ion nitriding.
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Improving Your Use of Radiant Tubes, Part 4
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John Clarke, technical director at Helios Electric Corporation, provides more answers to the question: what can manufacturers of new autos and auto parts do to keep prices low? Temperature control through the use of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) loop can help provide the savings needed.
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Know Any Leaders in Automotive?
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Nominate a Rising Young Leader!
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What does a young leader in the automotive industry look like? Humberto Torres Sánchez is a prime example: “Humberto Torres Sánchez's skill as a metallurgist is evident in his experience in the automotive industry, first at TREMEC, then at General Motors, and currently at ZF Group.”
If you want to recognize stellar heat treat clients and colleagues that are 40 years-of-age or younger in the automotive industry, Heat Treat Today's 40 Under 40 is the award that you are looking for. It only takes a few minutes: Nominate a North American rising young leader in the industry.
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Keep an Eye on your Furnace with PhoenixTM
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The PhoenixTM Optic system captures a video of what your product sees traveling through the furnace. Identify the true cause of heat treatment issues. Find, fix and forget those furnace problems. Learn more from PhoenixTM.
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