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August 25, 2026
Discussions about which is more advantageous, a round chamber or a square chamber, have been going on for ages. What is interesting is that even though
July 5, 2026
ECM has developed a new type of annealing furnace for ammunition manufacturers, designed primarily for brass cartridges. The ideal solution for small caliber sizes If you
June 22, 2026
It is still claimed that, unlike classical carburizing, where we control the carbon potential Cp with an oxygen probe, or using a dew point or via
June 19, 2026
There has been a boom in various infographics generated by artificial intelligence. But no AI is the same as AI. Some don’t speak Czech, some don’t
May 17, 2026
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jason-premo-aero_you-cannot-buy-a-new-gas-turbine-until-2030-share-7455578094926630912-G0t2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAwiV-YBIX5g8bPKcpmec63IDHkjRKgHkbw This beautiful post was published on LinkedIn. If we want energy for data centers, we need gas combustion turbines, and for this we also need
May 11, 2026
An interesting list of standards related to HIP and AM technologies is published on the Quintus website. (https://quintustechnologies.com/partnership/application-center/material-densification/hip-standards/). These are split into categories: PM-HIP MIM EQUIPMENT CAST
May 7, 2026
If we want to work for the aerospace industry, we have to accept that AMS 2750 for temperature control is a mandatory process. According to AMS 2750,
May 7, 2026
If you order a vacuum furnace today, you may have a problem. This furnace can be made not in Europe, but in China. This is not
February 28, 2026
When you think of 3D metal printing, everyone imagines a printer. This simplified thinking has become dominant. However, the reality in practice is different and is
February 23, 2026
In 2021, I prepared a study for Czechimplant on the application of 3D printing in implantology. I also gave a lecture on this topic at the
February 21, 2026
ON the website “The Monty.com” was published this aticle https://themonty.com/15-largest-captive-heat-treats-north-america-2/ In total, there are 193 carburizing cells from ECM in the TOP 15 hardening plants in
February 16, 2026
So I counted that we have 181 vacuum furnaces in Czechia and Slovakia. That’s my number, the reality will probably be slightly higher, because I can’t
February 15, 2026
February 7, 2026
V The Monty byla publikována zpráva o explozi HIP ve firmě Kittyhawk”. Zkuste se podívat na to video .. https://themonty.com/auto-draft-31/ https://www.kittyhawkinc.com/ A report was published in The
February 3, 2026
With the increasing demand for LPC, it is crucial for the choice of equipment whether to quench in a gas stream or into oil. And if
January 22, 2026
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/david-howard-350125201_i-am-personally-looking-forward-ugcPost-7419404009838641152-NNOC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAwiV-YBIX5g8bPKcpmec63IDHkjRKgHkbw An interesting news was published on Linkedin. Based on a license, Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems will produce Profitherm furnaces for the American market. Since this
January 14, 2026
A special category of vacuum heat treatment is high-speed steels, whether conventionally produced or from powder metallurgy (PM). Although these processes are seemingly simple, their complexity
December 20, 2025
This video is a great example of how things can be implemented in reality. It looks great and you can see that the owner of this
December 18, 2025
When I learned that we have another HIP from Quintus in the Czech Republic, I didn’t hesitate and went there. Just old curiosity. A big surprise
December 5, 2025
When I finished my career at Bodycote, I was wondering what to do next. Anyone who knows me knows that I am incapable of doing nothing.
December 5, 2025
There was a report in The Monty magazine that Bodycote had sold 10 plants in France. One of those plants was Lagny sur Marne. I imported
November 26, 2025
The ECM Flex system has so far enabled all types of processes, except nitriding and nitrcarburizing. But because the word FLEX offers flexibility, a new nitriding
November 20, 2025
“Hidden defects” is a term that expresses our uncertainty about the outcome. If we are not aware of their seriousness, sooner or later we will end
October 27, 2025
Once in the 1980s, I worked with ing. M. Čermák from SVÚM Prague and ing. Jirka Sikač from SVÚOM Prague on the development of thin films
October 21, 2025
Every technology always has its “waste”, which can surprisingly be used for something we never expected. The entire HIP technology is based on heating parts under
October 19, 2025
Annealing to remove internal stress is one of the completely banal operations. The extent to which this thermal operation is necessary is decided by the designer
October 11, 2025
At the Scientific Board, doc. Ing. Tomáš Čegan Ph.D. presented the results of research and development of Ti6Al4V 3D printing for applications in implantology within the
October 3, 2025
I keep asking myself how it is possible that I know that I know nothing. Even though I try to follow the events surrounding the heat
October 3, 2025
Thanks to David and Alena Černický, I took part in a cruise on the Vltava River to celebrate 10 years of Metalco’s existence. And because the
September 23, 2025
In April 2023, Petr Fiala’s government approved the new EU ETS 2 emissions allowance system as part of the Fit for 55 plan at the European
August 15, 2025
I still have an unsigned agency agreement with Nitrex on my computer. We encountered obstacles that were insurmountable for me. This week, news came that Aichelin
August 10, 2025
The summer season is in full swing; it seems that nothing is happening. But it is only an illusion. The Meduna vacuum heat treatment plant is
June 28, 2025
ECM published this video, it’s just beautiful….. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ecm-usa-inc_heattreatment-metallurgy-vacuumfurnace-activity-7344431483220041728-yndu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAwiV-YBIX5g8bPKcpmec63IDHkjRKgHkbw June 28, 2025 Jiří Stanislav
May 16, 2025
Yesterday I attended the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the company Metalco (www.metalco.cz). David Černický and his wife accomplished a great feat. Because the portfolio
May 1, 2025
https://www.heattreattoday.com/vacuum-furnace-system-for-increasing-in-house-heat-treat-demands/?oly_enc_id=1572G8141245G2V Další úspěšný prodej systému NANO. Tak si to tady dávám jako dárek pod rozkvetlou třešni k 1. máji. Jiří Stanislav May 1, 2025
April 27, 2025
The effort to improve the surface properties of low-alloy or pure carbon steels is quite evident. They are cheap, and nitriding or nitrocarburizing processes can improve
April 7, 2025
ECM is expanding into Mexico… well, I guess that makes sense… https://www.promexicoindustry.com/en/article/automotive-boom-in-mexico-production-soars-in-2024 Jiří Stanislav April 7, 2025
March 24, 2025
There are still many doubts about hardening materials in vacuum after low-pressure carburizing. So what is it? Some time ago, ALD published this feasibility matrix. If
March 12, 2025
So, the situation on the market is getting more complicated for us. Aichelin has delivered a new vacuum furnace for 10 bar, dimensions 600×900 mm, 1000
March 2, 2025
The NANO system from ECM Technologies is a unique device for LPC with quenching in oil or in a gas stream up to 20 bar. And
February 21, 2025
ZEZ Praha, when I look back, was a very successful company. Not only did it know how to make any furnace, but it also significantly contributed
January 18, 2025
Nitrocarburizing of steels belongs to a group of progressive technologies that enable surface improvement of low-alloy steels. The advantage of this process is that it is
January 8, 2025
Isothermal annealing is a process that usually requires 2 temperatures. The first is the austenitization temperature, where we must be sure that the material has fully
November 24, 2024
On Facebook profile, Galvamet presented a few photos with the new furnace, it’s a joy 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/WqWKYo1g3aiqtfwg/ and for those who don’t have Facebook, a few
October 31, 2024
Sometimes it seems unbelievable to me how little we know about the world of large-scale heat treatment. An article was published in The Monty about the
October 27, 2024
Perfect Ferrari or Lamborghini cars are inherently part of Italian culture And what about Italian vacuum ovens? Vacuum furnace for tempering and annealing – Ferrari type
October 24, 2024
If I look at it from a global perspective, it is good. A growth factor of CAGR of 6.2% gives a pleasant prospect for investors. To
September 15, 2024
Even though the floods are raging outside, the heat treatment market is in a calm mood. It looks like nothing is happening, but it isn’t. An
September 11, 2024
Yesterday I went to Germany with Viktor Novák. We wanted to see an ECM line with a robotic loader. What if in the future we had
September 6, 2024
I already wrote on my blog about the innovative LPC solution from ECM. ECM Nano I am very pleased that this is already a practically applied
August 29, 2024
When choosing a new furnace, we have to consider a number of criteria that I tried to describe in the previous chapters. In this last section,
August 25, 2024
In this section, we will focus on the energy consumption of annealing and tempering furnaces. There are a large number of different designs of tempering or
August 20, 2024
In the first part, we tried to define the furnace for annealing and tempering from the point of view of the surface condition of the processed
August 13, 2024
In my past career, I well remember our constant battle between what the management wanted and what we wanted. Our first vacuum tempering B64R furnace from
July 29, 2024
On my blog already in 2021, I published the theoretical course of the production process of the die-casting dies. https://intelligent-kalam.80-240-27-133.plesk.page/jak-na-zihaci-procesy-u-form-na-tlakove-liti/. Since time has advanced, I am
July 10, 2024
At the NCK general meeting, there was an interesting presentation by doc. Ing. Petr Blecha Ph. D from VUT in Brno regarding the new EU
June 26, 2024
On Friday I had a video conference with GENCOA regarding the OPTIX device. I am very happy that my expectations were met. Perhaps since sometime in
June 11, 2024
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7206218656098230272/ Le four ECO 966 d’ECM Technologies – Industrial Furnaces remporte le prix « Équipement de traitement thermique vert ». 🏆 Lors du salon des équipements et technologies
June 9, 2024
On Thursday, June 6, an event called XperienceDayTooling organized by EOS and Innomia took place in Jaroměř. Two basic applications of 3D printing were presented, namely
May 13, 2024
Questions are starting to multiply, where is the furnace that can quench the inserts for GIGA dies. So this is the beauty: And what are its
April 24, 2024
This is always a problem with vacuum systems. We can look for the biggest holes using alcohol. It quickly evaporates on the surface, and if the
April 22, 2024
After presenting a lecture on this topic in Wroclaw, I was approached by several people asking if I was serious. Yes, I mean it, and I’m
April 14, 2024
So, I made myself happy. I bought the iconic book Carbonitriding written by Bohumil Přenosil in 1964 year. Back then it cost 22.50 CZK, now I
March 8, 2024
There are not too many new innovative solutions in heat processing. Nevertheless, they exist. An example is the NANO system from ECM Technologies from Grenoble. Fig.
February 12, 2024
I represent two large companies engaged in the production of vacuum furnaces. TAV Vacuum Furnaces and ECM Technologies. In terms of after-sales services, TAV has a
February 5, 2024
From the previous blog, it is clear that even if the pioneer of the new concept of car production is Tesla and Elon Musk, in terms
January 27, 2024
https://youtu.be/PxuZ-omxuik I already thought that there is not much that can be invented in our field. Err, we’re still at the beginning. ECM and its robotics
January 25, 2024
An interesting article on the production of cemented carbides was published on the TAV Vacuum Furnaces blog. Here is a link to it. Link to TAV
January 14, 2024
SOLD Do you want to solve energy problems and at the same time reduce the emission footprint of your distillery? Then this is a completely extraordinary
December 23, 2023
An interesting article on the production of cemented carbides was published on the TAV Vacuum Furnaces blog. Here is a link to it. Link to the
December 17, 2023
As a philosopher would say, everything good is bad for something… Carburizing under reduced pressure, or vacuum carburizing or low presssure carburizing has the advantage of
December 10, 2023
I ran into a problem. A reputable supplier of low-pressure carburizing furnaces has supplied a brand-new vacuum furnace for this technology, but without the default TUS.
December 6, 2023
Well, another heat treatment plant visited again…. … and farewell Jiří Stanislav December 6, 2023
November 26, 2023
So the conference is over and we can recap. It will probably not be received well, but the professional side of the conference, like last year,
November 4, 2023
Vacuum furnace maintenance is an important part of vacuum processes. If everything is working, we tend to do nothing. However, as soon as a problem appears,
October 23, 2023
It was an attempt to be there, and at the same time not be there unnecessarily. And it worked. Everyone who was interested in learning more
October 9, 2023
In the current energy crisis, everyone is looking for some way to survive. Ipsen came up with his idea of hybrid furnace, where when green electricity
September 23, 2023
I got an opportunity from Galvamet to participate, so I took it. When Harold Ipsen founded this company long ago, in 1948, he had no idea
June 19, 2023
His size exceeded all expectations 2,202 exhibitors 42 countries of the world The largest number of exhibitors is China, 27% There were 40 exhibitors from the
June 11, 2023
As I wrote in the last blog, periodically doing SAT and TUS is a obligation. But it costs money, and a lot of it, so we
May 20, 2023
As I have long recommended this technology for testing thermal fatigue stress relaxation for die casting dies, I was a bit unhappy as I could not
April 29, 2023
On behalf of ECM Technologies, let me invite you to Thermprocess 2023, Dusseldorf (https://www.thermprocess-online.com/). The exhibition takes place from 12 to 16 June 2023. You can
April 26, 2023
Since I have worked mainly with vacuum all my life (plasma nitriding, vacuum furnaces, LPC, PVD), multi-purpose heat treatment was on the edge of my interest.
April 9, 2023
Interesting offer published at Global Heat Treatment Network 1.Hardening Press AH12002.Electrical heated chamber furnace with controlled atmosphere type CAE3.Manipulator for hardening press hardening-press-set https://global-heat-treatment-network.com/used-equipment/ Price
March 17, 2023
Although it is still not clear whether it works, it is only because no one has tried it in CZ yet. But nowadays, when we are
February 18, 2023
SOLD We offer second hand washer EMO: The following machine is placed in a heat treatment shop in the Netherlands and will be substituted. Price 115
January 17, 2023
So my dream came true, I finally saw our one and only HIP for science and research. It is located at the workplace of the Faculty
December 17, 2022
If we want to produce really high-quality metal parts for the aerospace industry, for medical purposes or, as I am constantly proclaiming, parts for die casting
November 9, 2022
I found an interesting presentation on the web presented by Ipsen and a comparison of the carbon footprint between classic multi-purpose carburizing furnaces, continuous furnaces, and
November 4, 2022
ICBP® – Installation cémentation basse pression/Low pressure carburizing/Nízkotlaká cementace TH – Trempe huile/Oil quenching/Kalení do oleje TG – Trempe gas/Gas quenching/kalení v plynu ECM ICBP®DUO –
November 4, 2022
Horizontal vacuum furnaces: Vacuum furnaces for annealing and tempering: Vacuum furnaces for sintering: Vacuum furnaces for debinding: Vacuum furnaces with cart bottom door: Vacuum furnaces vertical:
October 7, 2022
Back in the days of Bodycote, I lectured on an alternative method for releasing internal stresses on die casting dies. At first glance, this method is
September 6, 2022
August 30, 2022
Today’s news from the web The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, including high-precision metallographic saws (Brillant 220, Qcut 350A), complete metallographic sample preparation equipment (Qpress
June 14, 2022
TAV was not personally present at Euroguss. After all, it was not even a trade fair for the presentation of heat treatment equipment. Even so,