Heat Treating for Teeth: Applying AM and Heat Treat to Dentistry

Heat Treat Today is featuring a Best of the Web that highlights cutting edge applications of additive manufacturing (AM). For many in the world of heat treat, AM and 3D are things of the future, oftentimes foreign to the heat treaters' processes. What this article reveals is that AM can be utilized in essential and beneficial ways within heat treating.
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U.S. Aerospace and Medical Manufacturer Purchases 5 Vacuum Furnaces

An aerospace and medical parts manufacturer in Southeast USA recently purchased 5 vacuum furnaces. They will be used primarily to sinter and stress relieve stainless steel components.
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Heat Treat Radio: Rethinking Heat Treating for the 21st Century with Joe Powell (Part 1 of 4)

In the first of this 4-part series, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, talks with Joe Powell of Integrated Heat Treating Solutions about bringing heat treating into the 21st century. According to Joe, the real focus should be on the quenching portion of the process where distortion often happens. In many instances, distortion is able to be eliminated. Find out how in this episode.
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Additive Production Center for Medical Devices

An additive manufacturing solutions provider continued its global expansion, having initially invested in an AM facility at their Memphis, Tennessee plant to now completing development of an Additive Production Center for medical devices in Trento, Italy.
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Heat Treater vs. Water: Best Practices to Avoid Water Contamination

Heat Treat Today is pleased to present this original content article for today's Technical Tuesday. Greg Steiger, Sr. Key Account Manager of Idemitsu Lubricants America, and Michelle Bennett, Quality Assurance Sr. Coordinator at Idemitsu Lubricants America, describe contamination of water in the quench oil, the effects of this contamination, and how to test and safely remove the water from the quench oil.
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Heat Treat Tips: Atmospheres, Gas Chambers, and Thermocouples

Vacuum gauges all measure the pressure readings in the range from atmospheric pressure down to some lower pressure approaching absolute zero pressure, which is not attainable. Some gauges read the complete range and others can only read a portion of the range, usually used for very low pressures.

In this Heat Treat Today Best of the Web feature, read how different vacuum measurement units are being used around the world today.
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Heat Treat Radio: A Discussion with Harb Nayar, Sintering Guru

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Mr. Harb Nayar, president and founder of TAT Technologies LLC. Harb is both an inquisitive learner and dynamic entrepreneur who will share his current interests in the powder metal industry, and what he anticipates for the future of the industry, especially where it bisects with heat treating.
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