This is the fourth and final podcast in a series on the benefits of vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. The concluding installment is a discussion about the importance of maintaining hot-zone power supplies.

This installment serves as the third part of our discussion on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Bill Jones advises listeners about how to properly maintain diffusion pumps.

 The Heat Treat Doctor, Dan Herring, and IH Editor Reed Miller sit down each month to discuss pertinent technical matters related to thermal processing. This month’s installment provides answers to common carburizing questions.

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October’s installment is a continuation of August’s podcast, which featured tips on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Listen to leaders in the thermal-processing industry share their experience about keeping your vacuum furnace in top condition.

The Heat Treat Doctor, Dan Herring, and IH Editor Reed Miller sit down each month to discuss pertinent technical matters related to thermal processing. In October’s podcast, they talk about interpreting carburized case depths. Sponsored by:

The Heat Treat Doctor, Dan Herring, and IH Editor Reed Miller get together each month to talk technical. September’s podcast features an in-depth discussion of normalizing. Sponsored by: 

August’s installment features tips on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Listen to leaders in the thermal-processing industry share their experience about keeping your vacuum furnace in top condition.

The Heat Treat Doctor, Dan Herring, and IH Editor Reed Miller get together each month to talk technical. August’s podcast features a discussion about backfill and partial-pressure gases. Sponsored by: 

The Heat Treat Doctor, Dan Herring, and IH Editor Reed Miller get together each month to talk technical. July’s podcast features a discussion about exothermic atmospheres. Sponsored by:

This follow-up to part 1 in April continues to explore why graphite has grown to be the material of choice for vacuum-furnace heating elements and insulation over the last 20-25 years. Choosing graphite materials for certain hot-zone components is so important two podcasts on the subject are needed.