Heat Treat Radio: Heat Treating and Coal with Brian Joseph, CEO Touchstone Research

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Brian Joseph, the founder, CEO, and president of Touchstone Research Laboratories, about the emerging part that coal is playing in the heat treat world. Listen to find out more about the surprising uses of coal in heat treating, the development of the world's strongest aluminum, and some tips for how to make your organization run at its best.
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Precision Parts Heat Treater Expands Operations

A 40-year-old heat treating company that specializes in a variety of high tech heat treating processes for various industries, including the energy sector, moved its headquarters into a newly expanded Meadville, Pennsylvania facility located in the western part of the state.
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Expanding to Include Vacuum Oil Quench

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) will expand their material hardening repertoire by adding vacuum oil quench (VOQ) capabilities. The decision to go with a vacuum oil quench was influenced by serious concerns for environmental and furnace operator safety.
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Kamyanka Machine Building Purchases 3-in-1 Furnace

The parent company of a North American furnace manufacturer provided a furnace to Kamyanka Machine Building, an international leader in the production of pumps for manufacturing thread and chemical fibers, metallurgy and oil. Find out how they will be able to perform three heat treatment processes in a single furnace instead of in separate operations.
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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 Contour 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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