Now that winter is here, you should be thinking about covering the top of your exposed bath area with an insulated cover, when not in production.

CIC Pittsburgh has developed a chart which visually depicts the ideal operating temperature for the zinc bath. It also shows the danger zone for the kettle wall temperatures. Operation managers can use this to visualize the effects for the bath temperature.

Heat Treat Department Captures Critical Controller Data When locating replacement parts for Barber-Colman furnace controllers became a problem eight to ten years ago, an East Coast mill roll manufacturing shop began switching to controllers manufactured by Eurotherm USA. Currently, Eurotherm controllers operate approximately 65% of their ovens and furnaces. Their newest furnaces are all equipped [...]

10/1/2011 CIC Launches it’s new web site! 10/17/11  Our thanks to everyone who visited our CIC table at the 2011 AGA Tech Forum in Columbus, OH. Now that you are back from the Forum, doing what you do best, don’t forget to review all the great information presented by the AGA to help make your [...]

The New Year is upon us! It’s time to think about maintenance to keep your furnace running efficiently. Here are a few preventative maintenance suggestions from CIC to keep things running smooth in 2012.