BollardsUSA • 2nd November 2022

Success story: Bollards offer crucial pedestrian protection in lane reduction projects

From the middle of the 20th century onward, new development in American cities and towns emphasized ease of use for drivers.

It came at the cost of increased suburban sprawl and a web of arterial roads with high speed limits and a frightening lack of consideration for anyone on foot or riding a bike.

Davron Technologies • 14th October 2022

How to improve foam manufacturing throughput

Manufacturers always search for an edge. Innovative products, new equipment or even slick marketing campaigns get all the glory, but just as often, the biggest victories are won by engineers and operators fine-tuning a process that gets more product to market than competitors.

The Korte Company - • 17th February 2022

Design-Build problem solving at the Scott Club

Motorists turning off Illinois Route 158 toward the main entrance at Scott Air Force Base wouldn’t see the Scott Club right away. It’s past base housing, past a couple small shopping plazas and past the visitor center with its view of a half-dozen retired aircraft parked for good on big circular pads. Then, off to your right, its striking facade comes into view.

Davron Technologies • 5th January 2022

Heating and airflow principles for foam crosslinking and expansion ovens

Successful production of extruded web-type foam depends on two key processing stages: crosslinking and expansion. But polymer chemistry borders on sorcery. Even the most minor tweaks in recipes form the basis of products as diverse as garage door insulation, mattresses, football helmets and pool floats.

The Korte Company - • 9th June 2021

Stephen Tucker, a helping hand

As COVID-19 rages, Army National Guard soldiers have been standing in for Houston-area food bank volunteers ordered to shelter in place. One of those soldiers is our own Stephen Tucker.

Atmos Technologies • 23rd March 2021

New Jersey gas plant's dangerous legacy buried for good

For 61 years, one of New Jersey’s public utilities operated a manufactured gas plant (MGP) on the right bank of the Passaic River, a stone’s throw from central Newark. Squeezing gas out of coal had been the best way to heat homes and cook meals until natural gas emerged as the superior fuel in the mid-20th century.

The Korte Company - • 27th May 2020

Dan Scott, conductor of the orchestra - The Korte Company

Dan Scott is the sort of retiree whose resting state might be more active than men half his age.

He’s 66, but that’s just a number. The arbors, trellises and that custom platform supporting 19-foot-tall cherry tomato plants are a testament to a man who never really quit work.

Not your average backyard plot, but Dan’s not your average guy.

He spent 37 years at The Korte Company. For 36 of those years, he was a construction superintendent.

Some of the toughest, biggest builds we’ve ever delive

Paulo • 18th July 2019

Case study: Unconventional treatment improves quality of constant tension bands

Improving the physical characteristics of metal components often requires fine-tuned treatments that bring them to the brink of destruction. It’s a quirk of metallurgy heat treaters contend with constantly.

Several years ago, a longtime customer asked us to investigate the thermal processing of constant tension bands it supplied to major American automotive manufacturers. Heat treating these parts was complex. Even the slightest out-of-spec conditions could result in failed quality tests.

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BioAir • 7th December 2018

Effective mercaptans odor control

With detection thresholds as low as a few parts per trillion (ppt), pungent mercaptans odors are the source of nuisance complaints near pharmaceutical production plants, food and beverage facilities, oil and gas processing sites and industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plants.

Paulo • 30th August 2018

Case study: metallurgists lead part failure investigation and resolution

Being an integral part of customers’ success means more than just regularly receiving parts and treating them according to spec.

Sometimes a customer approaches a heat treater in search of answers to a problem they can’t quite grasp.

In this case, a Chicago-area supplier of automotive components needed to know why parts it sent off for heat treating kept coming back cracked. They were spending too much time and resources on tests and throwing out too many failed parts.

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