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FENNVILLE, Mich., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has created a new "High Vacuum News" to provide heat treat industry professionals with tips and hints to keep their vacuum pumps running strong. As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "This year marks 30 years for us as Metallurgical High Vacuum. Back in 1981, I saw the need for vacuum design and consulting and started the company. Within four years we added pump remanufacturing because we understood the...

Indoor Air Quality is a top priority for the Vision House 2011, a showcase of green building practices. BEAM Central Vacuum Systems improve air quality by removing more dirt and allergens from the living area without stirring up interior dust. Webster City, IA (PRWEB) April 6, 2011 When husband-wife builders John Plevich and Kim Foy set out to build one of central Florida's most sturdy and energy efficient homes, they were determined not to solve one issue by creating another. As a...

WEST CHESTER, Pa., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has upgraded its 7" Angle Grinder Surface Prep Kit to include the new W24-230 large angle grinder as well as the standard 7" dust control shroud and optional vacuum. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110329/PH73325 ) In addition to 17% more torque than...

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Air Products (NYSE: APD) has been selected by Solar Atmospheres, Inc., the largest commercial vacuum heat treating company in North America, to provide industrial gases for its newest plant in Fontana, Calif. Air Products will supply Solar Atmospheres with nitrogen, argon and helium for use in the vacuum processing of metals. With this latest contract, Air Products continues to supply all of Solar Atmosphere's nitrogen, argon and helium...

Ricor Cryogenic & Vacuum Systems LP of Israel, a world-wide leader in designing and manufacturing cryogenic coolers for the medical, defense, thermal imaging, telecommunications, superconductive and scientific markets announced the opening of RICOR USA, Inc., a wholly owned US Subsidiary of the company which will be headquartered in Nashua, NH. Nashua, NH (PRWEB) February 2, 2011 Ricor Cryogenic & Vacuum Systems LP of Israel, a world-wide leader in designing and manufacturing...

GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In "Tidal Forces: A Different Theory," as presented at Caltech to the American Physical Society on Oct. 30, 2010, Roy Masters revisits the theories describing the moon raising the tides by virtue of pull gravity combined with the moon's centripetal angular momentum. Masters shows that if gravity is considered the attractive interaction between individual bodies, then a working moon would have fallen to earth eons ago. Masters, founder of the...

HAMPTON, Va., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure Systems, manufacturer of precision level pressure instrumentation for environmental water usage and water resource applications, now offers the TruBlue 575 Baro transducer that measures and logs barometric pressure as well as temperature with extreme accuracy. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101123/PH06910) The new absolute, non-submersible 575 Baro has an internal memory of 8 MB and can store up to 550,000 data points. Its...

Solar Atmospheres and Solar Manufacturing Have Released A Procedure For Temperature Uniformity Surveying ( TUS ) of Vacuum Furnaces That Will Meet and Satisfy The Requirements of The AMS 2750D Specifications. The Procedure is Being Made Available to All Vacuum Furnace Users Who Have Had Challenges in the Past in Satisfying the Requirements of AMS 2750D. Souderton, PA (PRWEB) November 22, 2010 Solar Atmospheres and Solar Manufacturing have released a procedure for Temperature Uniformity...

Vapamore, a leading developer of unique steam cleaning products, releases their new wet/dry vacuum combo. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) November 19, 2010 Vapamore, a leading developer of unique steam cleaning products, has announced their creation of a new portable wet/dry vacuum and steam cleaner combo, the MR-50 Steam Vac. The companies new wet/dry vac is the only portable vacuum capable of three different operation modes: wet steam for deeper stains, dry steam for general purposes and a...

News from the 52nd annual meeting of the APS Division of Plasma PhysicsWhenever two pieces of metal at different voltages are brought near each other, as when an appliance is plugged into a live socket, there is a chance there will be an arc between them. Most of the arcs people see are a breakdown of the gas between the metal surfaces, but this type of breakdown can also occur in a vacuum. This vacuum breakdown, which until recently has not been well understood, has implications for...