Valin Corp. partnered with Ametek’s O’Brien business, part of its Thermal Process Management business unit, to stock and offer its tubing bundle, enclosure and insulation product lines to Valin’s customer base.

In many industrial processes, bulk granular solids undergo thermal treatment to meet or provide final product specifications. For example, calcination is a high temperature process that removes oxygen and volatiles to produce high quality cement and other refractory materials.

Suitable for plastics resin manufacturers, compounders and processors, Model CHR safeguards oxygen-sensitive materials from burning, discoloration and degradation during polymerization and other chemical reactions.

Registration is now open for IHEA’s Fundamentals of Industrial Process Heating Online Learning Course, which begins October 7. Students will learn the basics of heat transfer, fuels and combustion, energy use, furnace design, refractories, automatic control and atmospheres as applied to industrial process heating. 

A six-week online course offers the opportunity to learn about industrial process heating in the comfort and convenience of an office or home environment. Hosted by the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) October 15 through November 25, it is designed to give flexibility to participants.