WCA September 2010

Furnaces and heat treatments The application of heat for industrial purposes requires highly developed judgement. The importance of this faculty in the heat treatment of wire – thin, frangible, a handling challenge from intake to shipment – is obvious. Even with their highly specialised knowledge of furnaces, ovens, kilns and quench tanks, the suppliers of the products and services reviewed here do not lay claim to judgement beyond the very high industry average. But they cannot prevent others from claiming it for them. The ability to craft hardening, annealing, brazing, sintering, and stress relief – in air and atmosphere – into customised wire heat treating solutions is highly respected even in an industry in which experience and discernment have always been at a premium.

Background credit: bigstockphoto.com • Jordano 2000 (Leonid Anfimo) • Machine photo credit: Linn High Therm GmbH

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Wire & Cable ASIA – September/October 2010