Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Service Heat Treating Inc. serves as a kind of dry cleaner to ...

AtmoPlas technology, developed by Dana Corp., generates plasma at atmospheric pressure, without vacuum equipment, to harness microwave energy for joining metal components. Two heating-treating-system ...

Aluvation’s heat-treatment systems are designed to replicate shipping containers, and can be delivered to a metalcasting location and ready to operate in one to five days. Being an automotive supplier ...

A lot of colloquial words that we might use when describing something’s durability take on extremely specific meanings when a materials scientist or blacksmith uses them. Things like “strength”, ...

It wasn’t long after humans discovered metals that they also discovered ways to apply heat to them to change their properties, such as making the metal stronger or more flexible. Here are some concise ...

Air is the perfect mix of moisture, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and other gases in small quantities, which helps keep all living things alive. However, it is not very good for the metals found in ...

Heat treatment furnaces provide a controlled environment to perform specific heat treatment processes precisely and consistently. They enable uniform heating, precise temperature control, and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — Cast iron, that ancient metal, is making a comeback in cookware. And a local heat-treating company is providing a cure for its main fault: rust. Cast iron cookware sales have been ...

Indianapolis-based Contour Hardening Inc., a small manufacturer in the niche metal heat-treating industry, has a new CEO, a new outlook and big plans to more than triple annual revenue in five years.