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June 9, 2022

Heat treatment after 3D printing and HIP

An interesting seminar of the Czech Association for Heat Treatment of Metals … June 9, 2022 Jiří Stanislav  
June 5, 2022

SHM Šumperk

Sometimes you come into the company and you know right away that you don’t belong there. The exact opposite was the meeting in SHM Šumperk. Although
April 19, 2022

New heat treatment capacities 2021/2022

Although the time is not favorable for investments, it is surprising how many heat treatment equipment is newly installed not only in existing custom tempering plants,
February 27, 2022

Furnaces for heat treatment of titanium alloys after 3D printing

Last week I attended a webinar on 3D printing for medical applications. Among other things, Mr. Dalibor Vojtěch from the Institute of VŠCHT in Prague gave
February 3, 2022

Parts cleaning for Heat Treatment

The basic and always valid principle of industrial cleaning is only one: „the like dissolves and removes the like”, i.e. Non-polar (organic) contamination such as oils
October 29, 2021

How to perform annealing for die casting dies

An integral part of die casting dies manufacturing process is annealing. Its purpose is to relax stresses, caused both by different types of machining and by
October 10, 2021

HIP and investment casting

October 2, 2021

Requirements for vacuum furnaces operating in Nadca 207 mode for die casting dies

Manufacturers of die casting dies should follow certain procedures under Nadca 207 to provide certain guarantees for their service life. In addition, they need a heat
May 3, 2021

What is the optimal ratio between hardening and tempering furnaces?

Almost every day I learn from various sources that someone is selling to someone or someone is buying a new vacuum hardening furnace somewhere. However, information
April 16, 2021

Temper furnace selection and carbon footprint

What should such a tempering furnace look like? There are two basic solutions. Retort furnace and non-retort furnace with direct batch heating. Those who want to
April 10, 2021

TAV Vacuum Furnaces SPA

For this year, I acquired a non-exclusive representation of the Italian manufacturer of vacuum furnaces TAV Vacuum Furnaces, based in Caravaggio near Milan. The company concentrates