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Harper Awarded Contract for Complete State-of-the-Art Carbon Fiber Processing Line at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Buffalo, NY - Harper International, leader in the design of thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has finalized a contract with the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for a full pilot scale carbon fiber process line valued at greater than US$12M. The line is a custom designed conversion process to support ORNL's Low Cost Carbon Fiber...

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Thermal & Heating Equipment

Custom Oxidation Ovens are intended for carbon fiber processing.

With tow band widths from 300 mm to over 4,000 mm, custom Oxidation Ovens employ atmospheric seals that help reduce fugitive emissions, increase active volume, and reduce energy consumption. Modular construction minimizes labor required for erecting full line pilot system, and other features promote oxidation, velocity uniformity and range, ensure temperature uniformity, and control of reaction...

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Harper International Completes Testing of Battery Materials in a Rotary Furnace

Buffalo, NY – Harper International, world leader in custom-engineered thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, is proud to announce the completion of trials for cobalt-pyrite concentrate using a rotary furnace. Harper, through its Ignite Program, which is used for pilot testing and scale-up trials related to continuous thermal processing, partnered with Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited...

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Harper Awarded Multiple Projects Valued at ~$90M for Advanced Carbon Fiber Production Systems

Buffalo, NY – Harper International, a global leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, announces its selection by prominent international firms for major contracts to supply production scale Carbon Fiber processing plants. The multiple contracts include the industry’s most productive and efficient Oxidation Ovens, LT & HT carbonization furnaces, seamlessly integrated...

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Harper to Present at ICACC 2017 on Microwave Processing Technology

Harper International will be attending ICACC in Daytona Beach, Florida this January 22-27, 2017 at booth 317. Dr. Prasad Apte will be presenting on Microwave Technology for Commercial Scale Processing of Materials on January 25th at 3:20pm during the Novel Ceramic Processing III session. Learn more about the show here: http://ceramics.org/icacc2017 Harper International 4455 Genesee Street Suite...

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Harper Teams with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Carbon Fiber Project

Buffalo, NYÂ- - Harper International, world leader in custom thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, announced that in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) they have been awarded funding for a project through the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office’s HPC4Mfg Program. The Program was designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers...

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Harper to Host Exclusive Microline(TM) Tour during GOCarbonFibre Conference in July

Harper is excited to announce a partnership with GOCarbonFibre for the 2015 North America Conference! We are honored to be hosting a pre-conference site visit to our facility in Buffalo, NY, including a tour of our cutting-edge research and development Microline™ on Monday July 20th. Our PhD and technical experts will lead insightful tours of our innovative RD line for carbon fiber, culminating...

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Hot Update from Harper International

Don't miss your chance to meet with the expert in hot topics... Harper invites you to learn more about the most innovative advancements in technology for Carbon Fiber processing at these upcoming conferences: JEC Europe Paris, France March 10-12, 2015 Booth P51 Join us on Thursday, March 12th at 1:30pm for Harper's presentation on Maximizing the Competitive Benefits of Low Cost Natural Gas in the...

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Harper Partners with University of Colorado Boulder to Engineer Cutting-Edge R&D System for Advanced Magnesium Processing

Harper Partners with University of Colorado Boulder to Engineer Cutting-Edge RD System for Advanced Magnesium Processing Buffalo, New YorkÂ- – Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has finalized a contract for a research scale high-temperature reactor to support University of Colorado Boulders development of magnesium for lightweight...

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Harper Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Contract for Microline(TM) Carbon Fiber Research System

Buffalo, NY – Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has been selected by a Carbon Fiber company in Asia for a multi-million dollar contract for their state-of-the-art MicrolineTM system. The complete process line incorporates thermal systems including oxidation ovens, carbonization furnaces and a UHT (Ultra High Temperature) furnace system,...

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Harper Releases New 3D Video Featuring Scale Up of Carbon Fiber Lines

Check out Harper's latest video that brings to life the critical Carbon Fiber scale up path from small scientific research lines to full scale production in full 3D animation. Harper's expertise and passion is in helping customers meet their key business and technical objectives, no matter what scale of operation, and assisting in the successful scale up to the next level of production. In this...

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Harper Announces the Addition of New Speakers to Carbon Fiber R&D Workshop

Harper has secured several new speakers to add to the agenda for the 2013 Carbon Fiber RD Workshop to be held July 25-26th in Buffalo, NY. Industry experts from Ford Europe, University of Washington, Clemson University, University of British Columbia, and India Institute of Technology have been added to the program to present their latest findings and perspectives in the area of carbon fiber...

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