May 7, 2026
If you order a vacuum furnace today, you may have a problem. This furnace can be made not in Europe, but in China. This is not
May 7, 2026
It is interesting to observe how everyone is rushing into military production. But I’m not sure if they have any idea what they’re getting into. When
February 7, 2026
V The Monty byla publikována zpráva o explozi HIP ve firmě Kittyhawk”. Zkuste se podívat na to video .. https://themonty.com/auto-draft-31/ https://www.kittyhawkinc.com/ A report was published in The
January 6, 2026
Probably the right question, but the answer will not be easy. If we use the PMI index, we have swung over 50 after a long time,
October 27, 2025
Once in the 1980s, I worked with ing. M. Čermák from SVÚM Prague and ing. Jirka Sikač from SVÚOM Prague on the development of thin films
August 25, 2025
Carebot is the first Czech AI-assisted image evaluation system. It can evaluate images from X-ray, CT, MMG, MRI. Since you probably understand it like I do,
August 20, 2025
The source of these numbers is only our Czech Commercial Register and the Slovak FINSTAT. What do they imply? Bodycote HT is still at the top, followed
August 10, 2025
Lecture given at the Holeček Conference 2025, Jiří Stanislav, Ing., CSc., JST Consultancy, Liberec, [email protected] Keywords: heat treatment, hardening, tempering, Nadca-207, Abstract: Recently, there has been
May 16, 2025
Yesterday I attended the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the company Metalco (www.metalco.cz). David Černický and his wife accomplished a great feat. Because the portfolio
May 4, 2025
This year’s Heat Treatment Forum in Wroclaw included a visit to the heat treatment plant https://www.ihi-vtn.com/en/wilthen/ in the program. The heat treatment plant is located just
March 12, 2025
So, the situation on the market is getting more complicated for us. Aichelin has delivered a new vacuum furnace for 10 bar, dimensions 600×900 mm, 1000
November 24, 2024
On Facebook profile, Galvamet presented a few photos with the new furnace, it’s a joy 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/WqWKYo1g3aiqtfwg/ and for those who don’t have Facebook, a few
October 24, 2024
If I look at it from a global perspective, it is good. A growth factor of CAGR of 6.2% gives a pleasant prospect for investors. To
October 14, 2024
In 2003 I visited the ECM in Grenoble for the first time. My interest was to purchase equipment with LPC for Bodycote CZ, and I was
August 29, 2024
When choosing a new furnace, we have to consider a number of criteria that I tried to describe in the previous chapters. In this last section,
August 25, 2024
In this section, we will focus on the energy consumption of annealing and tempering furnaces. There are a large number of different designs of tempering or
August 20, 2024
In the first part, we tried to define the furnace for annealing and tempering from the point of view of the surface condition of the processed
August 13, 2024
In my past career, I well remember our constant battle between what the management wanted and what we wanted. Our first vacuum tempering B64R furnace from
July 10, 2024
At the NCK general meeting, there was an interesting presentation by doc. Ing. Petr Blecha Ph. D from VUT in Brno regarding the new EU
June 3, 2024
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, Galvamet has updated their Nadcap certificate. Anyone who knows what this is about must laugh. And what is the result?
April 24, 2024
This is always a problem with vacuum systems. We can look for the biggest holes using alcohol. It quickly evaporates on the surface, and if the
March 14, 2024
Even in calm Czech waters it sometimes gets rough. Galvamet, a commercial heat treater in Vsetín, bought the former Narex Prague and thus created a new
January 27, 2024
https://youtu.be/PxuZ-omxuik I already thought that there is not much that can be invented in our field. Err, we’re still at the beginning. ECM and its robotics
January 3, 2024
Last June I published the first numbers of my statistics. I took into account all heat treatment operations known to me, including PVD and Laser, both
December 6, 2023
Well, another heat treatment plant visited again…. … and farewell Jiří Stanislav December 6, 2023
November 4, 2023
Vacuum furnace maintenance is an important part of vacuum processes. If everything is working, we tend to do nothing. However, as soon as a problem appears,
October 11, 2023
The announced acquisition of Lake City HT and Stack Metallurgical Group in the US is something to be expected. HIP technology is the limiting factor for
October 9, 2023
In the current energy crisis, everyone is looking for some way to survive. Ipsen came up with his idea of hybrid furnace, where when green electricity
September 23, 2023
I got an opportunity from Galvamet to participate, so I took it. When Harold Ipsen founded this company long ago, in 1948, he had no idea
July 2, 2023
Our real world is no longer enough for us, we have destroyed it quite significantly, so we are inventing a virtual world… in fact, we are
June 11, 2023
As I wrote in the last blog, periodically doing SAT and TUS is a obligation. But it costs money, and a lot of it, so we
June 4, 2023
At the Heat Treatment Forum in Wroclaw, Janusz Kowaleski from Ipsen had an interesting presentation on “Choosing the right vacuum furnace”. All aspects of the selection
April 13, 2023
Today, everyone started talking about EURO 7 and related developments in the automotive industry. What will be the effects on custom colorers? Let’s face it, minimal.
April 9, 2023
Interesting offer published at Global Heat Treatment Network 1.Hardening Press AH12002.Electrical heated chamber furnace with controlled atmosphere type CAE3.Manipulator for hardening press hardening-press-set https://global-heat-treatment-network.com/used-equipment/ Price
March 25, 2023
I received an invitation to the ECM Academy from March 18 to 22. What was it about? A meeting of ECM dealers and technicians from all
March 17, 2023
Although it is still not clear whether it works, it is only because no one has tried it in CZ yet. But nowadays, when we are
February 18, 2023
SOLD We offer second hand washer EMO: The following machine is placed in a heat treatment shop in the Netherlands and will be substituted. Price 115
November 9, 2022
I found an interesting presentation on the web presented by Ipsen and a comparison of the carbon footprint between classic multi-purpose carburizing furnaces, continuous furnaces, and
October 31, 2022
The ECM TECHNOLOGIES company from Grenoble is one of the largest manufacturers of low-pressure carburizing furnaces in the world. That is why I was surprised when
September 14, 2022
Although the dominance of vacuum furnaces from the Schmetz company still applies in the territory of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this does not mean that
September 6, 2022
April 19, 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 3, 2022
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 2, 2021
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
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
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
It is strange how limited one is by one’s view of the world of heat treaters. I went through many stages of this business myself, from