Under a licensing agreement with Sweden’s Nycast, Kanthal has the exclusive right to market the company’s technology for heating large amounts of process gas at high pressure up to 2012°F (1100°C).

Kanthal will sell its semiconductor capital equipment business to Yield Engineering Systems Inc. (YES) of Fremont, Calif. Kanthal will continue to produce its semiconductor and solar-related, resistance-based cassettes and heating elements.

Model DHI is designed to screw directly into the top of 55-gal drums. The drum immersion heaters are designed for maximum thermal efficiency. 

Specialized Bicycle Components of Morgan Hill, Calif., purchased a vacuum curing/debulking table for composite manufacture and repair.

The industrial process heating market is broad and touches almost everything around us. To illustrate, consider just a few of the areas of daily life made possible by process heating.

Building materials such as gypsum board, perlite panels and ceiling tiles require prolonged drying times to remove the water during the production process. 

Watlow upgraded its Fluent heater so that it has dual voltage capabilities. The lightweight solution can reduce overall system cost and complexity of heating in semiconductor, medical and analytical industries, says the equipment maker.

Aspeq Heating Group LLC, a provider of custom-configured electric heating and thermal management products, acquired certain business assets of Spectrum Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. The acquired business assets and product lines include electric track switch heaters, hot air blowers, thaw shed heaters and associated controls for the rail industry.  

Model DHI is designed to screw directly into the top of 55-gal drums.

Alloy Engineering, a fabricator specializing in high temperature and corrosion-resistant alloys based in Berea, Ohio, acquired Thermcraft Inc., a manufacturer of thermal processing equipment.