Medical implants manufacturer Orchid Memphis has modernized three Ipsen VFS vacuum furnaces in Memphis, TN, USA with process control upgrades from United Process Controls (UPC). Orchid Memphis was contending with underperforming controls that were compromising furnace efficacy, productivity and uptime. Additionally, insufficient automation made it harder to push towards a paperless approach to reporting, traceability,

Nitrex Metal and United Process Controls are organizing the third edition of NOVATHERM – Innovative Solutions in Heat Treating Seminar. This European event provides delegates with a meeting point for discussing the latest theories, developments, practices and experiences in heat treating with industry peers, technical experts, and academics. Novatherm will take place in Poland on

NOVATHERM 3 – PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE Organisers Nitrex Metal and United Process Controls are pleased to announce that the Novatherm 3 programme is now available online. Below are just some of the hottest and most relevant topics in today’s field of heat treating to be presented: Innovative atmosphere control & monitoring system for annealing and

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) and UPC-Marathon (United Process Controls Inc.), a provider of industrial furnace controls and process automation solutions, announced a new collaboration that combines the core competencies of each company into a comprehensive offering for heat-treatment customers. Customers will have access to Praxair’s gases, application technologies, and supply systems, along with UPC-Marathon’s portfolio

Chinese compressor vane producer Ningbo Yongwei Group Co. Ltd placed an order with Nitrex Metal for the supply of an NX-1635 turnkey nitriding system to replace an aging nitrider that failed to produce expected results. With production volume slated to reach 50 million parts annually during the first phase of expansion, Ningbo Yongwei is spurring

United Process Controls (UPC) delivered an Atmosphere Engineering™ EndoFlex™ endothermic gas generator to Jomarca, one of the biggest fastener manufacturers in South America serving the furniture, tooling, construction, and do-it-yourself markets. The new generator is intended for carburizing operations at the company’s Brazilian plant. In 2016, Jomarca nearly doubled its carburizing operations and increased its

NOVATHERM 3- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, EARLY REGISTRATION United Process Controls and Nitrex Metal are organizing the third edition of NOVATHERM – Innovative Solutions in Heat Treating Seminar. This European event provides delegates with a meeting point for discussing the latest theories, developments, practices and experiences in heat treating with industry peers, technical experts, and academics.

United Process Controls is pleased to announce that its calibration and testing laboratory in West Chester, Ohio has received accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to ISO/IEC 17025:2005, the most popular standard for the competence of calibration and testing laboratories in the world. “The importance of going above and beyond and providing