Coating & Surface Treatment Equipment

Solar Manufacturing shipped a Mentor vacuum furnace to Virginia, for a customer servicing the tool and die industry. The Model HFL-2018-2IQ features a graphite-insulated hot zone, a load weight capacity up to 250 lbs. and a maximum operating temperature of 2400° F.

No. 1049 is a 1050° F (566° C), cabinet oven with two drawers from Grieve, currently used for annealing or normalizing processes at the customer's facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 39" wide x 102" deep x 51" high, with two drawers rated 250 lbs. loading with 36" wide x 78" deep x 15" high loading area.

The new Tru Temp XT process forms a durable black oxide finish on difficult-to-blacken steel, iron and most stainless steel alloys. Long asked for by metal finishers, Tru Temp XT is a mid-temperature process that forms a satin black magnetite finish that protects critical surfaces in storage, shipment and startup while resisting galling and aiding break-in.

EXAIR's new 1/2 NPT No Drip Internal Mix Atomizing Spray Nozzles work in the same way the company's standard atomizing nozzles do, but have the added benefit of positively stopping liquid flow when compressed air is shut off.

No. 841 is a 650° F (343° C) universal oven from Grieve, currently used for a variety of heat treatments at the customer's facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 36" W x 36" D x 36" H. 9 KW are installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements, while a 600-cfm, 1/2-hp recirculating blower provides universal airflow to the workload.

No. 1044 is a 2,000° F (1,093° C), inert atmosphere bench furnace from Grieve, currently used for heat treating at the customer's facility. Workspace dimensions of this furnace measure 12" W x 18" D x 8" H. 6KW are installed in nickel chrome wire coils supported by ceramic plates.

No. 824 is a 500° F (260° C) modified universal oven from Grieve, currently used for housing a vertical conveyor system at the customer's facility. 9 KW installed in Nichrome wire heating elements, while a 600-cfm, 1/2-hp recirculating blower provides universal airflow to the workload.

No. 1047 is a 350° F (177° C) bench oven from Grieve, currently used for curing plugs on the ends of cords at the customer's facility. This bench oven has eight drawers with dimensions of 6" W x 13" D x 6" H with removable insert to close around cord.

Swedish researchers break down the causes of tool coating degradation.

Toolmaker launched its coatings division a year ago with a $2.2M investment.

Specialty coatings extend tool life when cutting nonferrous materials.

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently installed a new, 14-foot long car bottom air furnace. The furnace was surveyed in accordance with AMS2750 Rev E and is uniform within ±10°F (Class 2).