Thermocouples 101

This is one of the best thermocouple basics articles you’ll read this year. It covers the different types of thermocouple, questions to consider when deciding which type of thermocouple to use, as well as a fascinating discussion on thermocouple wire and wire insulations.

Learn about thermocouples and their place in your heat treat department in this original Heat Treat Today article by John Niggle, Business Development Manager, and Ed Valykeo, Thermocouple Specialist, at Pelican Wire.
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Mexican Auto Supplier Upgrades 4 Zone Brazing Furnace

An automotive parts supplier in Mexico will receive a rebuilt 24 inch, four zone continuous mesh belt brazing furnace.
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Share Your Knowledge on 101 Heat Treat Tips!
The best way to make well-informed decisions is by continually considering essential knowledge. This is precisely what Heat Treat Today's 101 Heat Treat Tips do when they are released in the fall to in-house heat treaters and more. Last year, suppliers all over North America shared their tip(s) in Heat Treat Today's trade show edition, allowing manufacturers on the ground to benefit from their insight into best practices.

If you or your company have a tip (or two, or three, or...) simply use this form. Alternatively, feel free to email Heat Treat Today editor Karen Gantzer at karen@heattreattoday.com, or anyone else from the team, to submit your heat treat tip!
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Youngstown Tool & Die Purchases Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace

Youngstown Tool & Die (YTD), an Ohio manufacturer of aluminum extrusion dies, upgrades its in-house atmosphere heat treatment capabilities with the purchase of two high-pressure gas quench (HPGQ) furnaces. The decision to buy stems from the manufacturer's plans to expand within their community.
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High-Temperature Bearing Failures- Engineering a Solution

In this original Heat Treat Today feature article, an automotive manufacturing plant is able to successfully solve high-temperature bearing failures by upgrading to bearings that use a self-lubricating material that can operate in extreme temperatures. The author, Eric Ford, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Graphite Metallizing Corp., shares about how these materials decreased the need for unplanned and costly maintenance of parts in the case study that follows.
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Heat Treat Tips: SCR Environmental Conditions and Furnace Downtime

One of the great benefits of a community of heat treaters is the opportunity to challenge old habits and look at new ways of doing things. Heat Treat Today's 101 Heat Treat Tips is another opportunity to learn the tips, tricks, and hacks shared by some of the industry’s foremost experts.

Today’s tips come to us from Control Concepts, covering SCR Environmental Conditions. Another contributor, Messer, also shares a tip on “Preventing Furnace Downtime.” These are great tips to make those fixes that can fly under the radar.
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Heat Treat Radio: A Discussion with Jean-François Cloutier, Nitrex CEO

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