Spheric Technologies' High-Temperature Continuous Production Microwave Furnace Now Operating at Alfred University NanoMaterials Innovation Center; First in Western Hemisphere
Phoenix, AZ - The Western Hemisphere's first high-temperature (1500° C) continuous production microwave furnace is now fully functional at New York's NanoMaterials Innovation Center (NMIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alfred Technology Resources, Inc. (ATRI), near the campus of Alfred University. The announcement came from Spheric Technologies, Inc., the Arizona company that sold the...
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EU PVSEC 2010 in Valencia - Rehm Thermal Systems Shows Solar Equipment for Metallization Lines
Rehm Thermal Systems presents an advanced new series of drying systems and firing systems for solar cell metallization at EU PVSEC in Valencia, September 6-9, 2010. These Systems offer a range of advanced process features and thermal control that enable PV manufacturers to move their processes to an entirely new level of efficiency and yield. Solardryer RDS 2100 and RDS 3000 The drying process...
Read More »AFC-Holcroft Supplies Equipment to Process Wind Energy Gearboxes for Wind Energy
AFC-Holcroft is pleased to announce the receipt of a new furnace order for a sealed quench furnace line that will be used to process specialized components utilized in the wind energy market. The furnace line is based on AFC-Holcroft's standard, modular UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) family of products, but was modified to optimize its efficiency for the mix of products required by this customer....
Read More »Solar Manufacturing Receives Order for New Large Horizontal Vacuum Furnace
SOUDERTON, Pa--Solar Manufacturing announces it has received an order for a large horizontal vacuum furnace from a major high purity metals and alloy producer serving the aerospace, aircraft and medical industries. Primary application for the furnace will be a dehydriding process. The furnace is a Solar Manufacturing Model HFL-6660-EQ horizontal, front loading design with a work zone that...
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The Economic and Strategic Benefits of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) vs. on-premise systems and proprietary software, which one should you choose? Check out this report, and find out which solution is best for your IT needs.
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Thermal Technology Receives Order for Spark Plasma Sintering System
SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 20, 2010 - Thermal Technology recently received an order from a European customer for a large, laboratory scale Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) system with 25 tons of force and a 10,000 amp power supply. Thermal Technology's SPS systems are designed with highly rigid four post press frames, an extra large working chamber and large access doors. The flexible footprint...
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Vertical Top-Loading Vacuum Furnace is suited for R/D work.
Featuring 7.5 in. dia x 14 in. high Hot Zone and max operating temperature is 3,000°F, Model VTL-714 is suited for homogenizing and heat treating refractory alloys, performing diffusion couple experiments, and other proprietary heat treat work. Furnace employs graphite heating elements; 35 cfm, 2-stage vacuum pumping system; graphite felt and FlexShield hot face insulation; and partial gas...
Read More »Inductoheat Inc Ships Induction Billet Heating System to Supplier of Hand Tools
Inductoheat, Inc., has designed, manufactured and shipped a Uniforge® Induction Billet Heating System to a leading manufacturer of hand tools (hammers, wrenches and fubars...etc.). This machine was designed specifically for heating carbon steel billets for a #8 die forger. This system is designed to heat 0.50 to 0.875" diameter x 13" long billets to 2250°F at a nominal rate of 250...
Read More »Harper International Awarded Advanced Thermal Processing System Contract for Sintering Nuclear Fuel Pellets
Buffalo, NY − Harper International has been awarded a contract to supply an advanced thermal processing system for the sintering of nuclear fuel pellets. Harper International has a global reputation for custom designed and highly engineered thermal processing systems for critical and precisely controlled applications in the advanced materials Industry. Sintering is the crucial final step in the...
Read More »ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH in Cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Will Be Exhibiting at Intersolar North America 2010
SAN FRANCISCO - ALD's SCU400plus is one of the most widely-spread and reliable production systems for Directional Solidification of multi-crystalline solar Silicon ingots (DSS) with leading wafer producers as customers all over the world. ALD has been a pioneer in the development of DSS furnaces. First installations of ALD's DSS furnaces date back as early as 1996. ALD's more than twelve years of...
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Gas-Heated Furnace provides temperatures to 2,000°F.
Providing workspace dimensions of 36 x 48 x 36 in., No. 862 features 750,000 BTU/hr elements installed in 4 modulating natural gas burners with floor-mounted combustion air blower. Unit has 7 in. thick insulated walls, comprising 5 in. of 2,300°F ceramic fiber and 2 in. of block insulation, and 7 in. floor insulation containing 4Â-½ in. of 2,300°F firebrick and 2½ in. of...
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Solder Redefined
Indium Corporation has developed a new twist on traditional solder by developing a composite with a reinforced matrix internal structure. The result is a solder with increased strength and reliability. Check out this video to learn more about the mechanics behind the groundbreaking technology.
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