May - The Monty Heat Treat News
May - The Monty Heat Treat News
May - The Monty Heat Treat News
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SECO/WARWICK Press Release. "Meadville, Pennsylvania–SECO/WARWICK<br />
Corp. has received an order for an advanced new furnace that will provide improved<br />
durability for stainless steel heat treating."This vacuum furnace will come with a<br />
15-bar gas quenching system. <strong>The</strong> Super Expanite process improves the hardness<br />
and corrosion resistance for stainless steel. It is not a coating, but rather a new<br />
treatment process. SECO/WARWICK officials said they expect to have the<br />
equipment in place by early summer of this year. April 10/2013<br />
About SECO/WARWICK CO. <strong>The</strong> Vacuum Team offers vacuum heat treating<br />
furnaces for hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing,<br />
sintering, carburizing, carbonitriding, high vacuum, CVD–graphitizing and<br />
degassing. SECO/WARWICK has built some of the largest and technically advanced<br />
vacuum furnaces in operation today, developing advanced technologies like<br />
Universal HPQ (High Pressure Quench), PreNit® & FineCarb® LPC vacuum<br />
carburizing, fully automated control systems and modeling software. Vacuum<br />
furnace configurations are available for vertical, horizontal and elevator style<br />
furnaces. Both cylindrical and rectangular hot zones with metallic or graphite<br />
heating elements are available for both new and used equipment. Retech LLC<br />
provides vacuum melting equipment. Visit http://www.secowarwick.com/<br />
Gas vs.; Electricity. <strong>The</strong> decision as to whether to use natural gas as opposed to<br />
electricity to heat furnaces comes down to two issues, availability and pricing.<br />
Obviously if natural gas is not available there is no decision to be made which<br />
means generally the decision comes down to relative cost. Certainly in most areas<br />
of North America this is a "no brainer" natural gas is far cheaper than electricity and<br />
the long term forecast is that the spread will only widen. One of the charts below<br />
shows natural gas pricing over the years, the second electricity. We wouldn't have<br />
to debate a second about which energy source to use. And while we are looking at<br />
charts the furthest chart down shows nickel pricing and all we can say is all is quiet<br />
on the nickel front. April 9/2013<br />
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