Tool Coating

HELUKABEL announced a new cable jacket coating to enhance the cable and wire surface cleaning process.

Solar Manufacturing announces the installation of a new and compact vacuum furnace design located at its Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania heat treating affiliate company facility in Hermitage, Pa.

Approximately one year ago, William R. Jones, CEO of the Solar Group of Companies, decided to donate a small horizontal vacuum furnace for use as a teaching tool in the ASM International training facility in Materials Park, Ohio. This furnace was given the name "The Mentor" as it would serve to teach and guide students seeking to advance in the metals processing world.

Finnish thin film coating specialist Picodeon Ltd. Oy has developed its ultra-short pulsed laser deposition (USPLD) surface coating technology to be able to create either porous or dense aluminium oxide coatings on heat-sensitive substrates for use in a wide range of industrial metallisation applications.

Designed like the Ott-Jakob type GD rotary union with permanently sealed surfaces, this newly developed rotary union from Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. also offers an integrated sensor that monitors leakage.

Walter USA LLC has unveiled the first indexable inserts with the new Tiger-tec Silver PVD aluminum oxide coating.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. announces the latest addition to its coated carbide grade lineup, insert grade AC420K.

Precision Brand Products introduces a safer, more economical alternative to the standard tool wrap rolls, 12" x 24" type 321 Heat Treating Sheets.