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October/November/December 2024
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We know it takes energy to heat treat
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Considering factors including fuel sources, your use profile, and your gas source, we are your source in helping you understand your current carbon footprint. With 110 years of engineering leadership, combined with our manufacturing expertise, we ensure you have everything you need to make decisions that meet future sustainability goals and maintain operational excellence.
For more information visit www.surfacecombustion.com.
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Green Cooling Solutions, Heat Treat Energy Saving
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Aqua-Vent AVI Series air-cooled heat exchangers are a reliable, low-cost, low-maintenance cooling solution. No water or chemical treatment is required! These energy-efficient air coolers come in two, three, or four fan configurations and can be arranged side-by-side or stacked on top of each other. Adiabatic cooling is also available.
For more information contact Dry Coolers at sales@drycoolers.com or call 248-969-3400.
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Sustainability Insights: How Can We Work To Get the Carbon Out of Heating? Part 2
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Green Technical Content
The search for sustainable solutions in the heat treat industry is at the forefront of research for industry experts. Michael Stowe, PR, senior energy engineer at Advanced Energy, one such expert, offers some fuel for thought on the subject of how heat treaters can reduce their carbon emissions.
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Inductoheat Induction Heating Technology: Repeatable Quality and Eco-Friendly
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Induction heating technology offers unparalleled quality and consistency. This precise process eliminates the variability associated with traditional batch heating methods, ensuring each component meets performance requirements by exacting standards, due to its single-piece process flow. Beyond its technical merits, induction heating stands out as an eco-friendly technology requiring less energy, with no direct emissions and aligning with modern sustainability goals. Our rapid-heating technology not only enhances product quality, but also significantly reduces the carbon footprint of the heat-treating process.
For more information contact sales@inductoheat.com or call 248-585-9393.
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The Cleaner, Greener Future of Carburizing Is Here!
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Looking for a Safe, Clean, Efficient alternative to atmosphere gas carburizing? Upgrade to a Low-Pressure Carburizing (LPC) vacuum furnace from SECO/VACUUM.
LPC Models include Single-Chamber, Multi-Chamber, Single-Piece Flow, and Pit.
Each Model Offers:
- Environmentally friendly operation without CO2 emissions
- High quality parts without intergranular oxidation (IGO)
- Economical on/off processing
- Capability for high- or low-temperature processes
For more information contact the SECO/VISORY team at
info@SecoVacUSA.com or call 814-332-8520.
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Leaders in Electrification of Heating Processes
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As one of the heating industry’s leading suppliers of heating element solutions, I Squared R is on the burning edge of sustainability. Over the past 59 years, through our experiences in sales and research, we have made a steady, but moderate growth to become the largest U.S. manufacturer of silicon carbide and molybdenum disilicide heating elements, and one of the world’s largest manufacturers thereof. When it comes to sustainable technologies, I Squared R’s capabilities include: energy conversions of furnaces from gas to electricity, photovoltaic material production, Thermal Energy Storage Systems (TESS), and much more!
For more information contact Christina Clowes at christina.clowes@isquaredrelement.com or call 716-542-5511.
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Decarbonize Your Manufacturing Process with Green Hydrogen
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Nel, a global hydrogen company, provides solutions that help meet decarbonizing requirements for thermal processing applications including powder metallurgy, MIM and heat treating. The PEM water electrolysers provide 99.999+% purity, -65°C dewpoint, 200+ PSIG hydrogen on demand, enabling reducing, non-carburizing atmospheres without hydrogen or ammonia inventory. Improve facility safety and process results.
For more information visit Nel Hydrogen at www.nelhydrogen.com.
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Batch Furnaces: Precision Heat Treating Solutions
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A batch furnace, like Car-Bottom, Box, Pit, or Bell types, offers flexibility, production rate, and cost efficiency. It processes one workload at a time, integrates with material handling, and can be gas-fired or electric. HTF's expertise ensures tailored solutions, meeting specifications, deadlines, and profitability for diverse heat-treating needs.
For more information contact Heat Treat Furnaces headquarters at sales@heattreatfurnaces.com or call 920-743-6569.
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Where Sustainability Meets Innovation: Super Systems Inc.
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At SSi, we provide customers with tools that enhance sustainability and minimize environmental impact. E-trim is an air/fuel ratio monitoring system for furnaces heating using radiant tubes. Sensors are used to measure oxygen, reducing harmful NOx and CO by optimizing fuel efficiency, E-trim supports efforts to reduce carbon footprints.
For more information contact info@supersystems.com.
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Bring LIFE to Your Carburizing Operation with ECM
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ECM brings LIFE to your carburizing operation with Low Impact Furnace Equipment that easily integrates into new or existing batch lines. Replace aging BIQ and SQF systems to increase production efficiency, improve repeatability, and meet your green initiatives (minimize energy consumption, eliminate CO2 furnace emissions, secure operator safety/comfort …). ECM vacuum furnaces use cold-wall technology enabling higher temperature treatments while improving metallurgical properties and preventing intergranular oxidation (thanks to the absence of oxygen).
For more information contact Dennis Beauchesne at dennisbeauchesne@ecm-usa.com or call 336-210-5316.
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Reducing Emissions and Energy Consumption
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AFC-Holcroft’s one-stop solutions include efficiency enhancements, process
improvements, heating system optimization, and controls-related advancements.
For more information contact Don Longenette at service@afc-holcroft.com or call 330-313-6993.
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TAV DUAL CHAMBER: The Green Alternative to Oil Quenching
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Boost your production with TAV DUAL CHAMBER. This is the state-of-the-art vacuum furnace that combines low pressure carburizing and gas quenching, offering ultimate cooling performances and repeatability. A smart solution and advanced system that enhances mechanical properties of treated materials, and reduces cycle times, energy and resources consumption: up to 40% compared to a single chamber vacuum furnace.
TAV DUAL CHAMBER is designed to meet higher demands for quality, productivity, sustainability, and safety.
For more information contact TAV Vacuum Furnaces at info@tav-vacuumfurnaces.com or info@furna.care or call +1-864-790-4622.
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Industrial Furnaces for a Greener Future
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CAN-ENG continues to support Eco-Green Thermal Processing initiatives through our steadfast commitment to integrate industrial furnaces and heating systems that promote CO2 and NO2 emission reductions using enhanced combustion and electrical heating technologies.
It is through this commitment that CAN-ENG can contribute towards current and future sustainable and renewable energy initiatives and directives required in our industry.
These technologies are being used today by component manufactures that supply directly to electric vehicle (EV) production facilities globally.
Manufactures include makers of Light Weighting Structural and Suspension Components, Drive and Propulsion Components, Battery Storage Components and LiB Battery Materials.
For more information contact Tim Donofrio at tdonofrio@can-eng.com or call 905-356-1327.
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What If We’re Wrong About CO2 & Global Warming?
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Green Technical Content
Conversations on carbon emissions are abuzz these days. In this column, Doug Glenn, publisher at Heat Treat Today, offers a different perspective to broaden the conversation.
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