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New Vacuum Furnace for Aerospace Fasteners

An aerospace fastener manufacturer, operating since the mid-1900s, ordered a vacuum furnace. The equipment will process self-locking nuts, nut plates, barrel nuts, stud nuts, spline nuts, clamp nuts, as well as a wide range of washers and flanges.

The furnace from SECO/WARWICK Group, a global furnace technologies company that has locations in North America, will meet the AMS2750G standard in the second class (II) including B-type instrumentation for the aviation industry. The addition will become part of a modern production plant, in Italy, and will perform at high operating temperatures, up to 23720F.

“The heating process for these materials [fasteners] require extraordinary purity, which is why the presence of two gases is important: argon – used for partial pressure, and nitrogen – used mainly in the cooling process,” commented Maciej Korecki, vice president of the Vacuum Segment at SECO/WARWICK Group. “The customer required a very short cooling cycle, which is achieved with a 15 bar abs gas blower.”


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3 Heat Treat Rod Overbend Furnaces Shipped

Three electrically heated RO pit furnaces with air-cooled fans have been shipped from Riverside, MI. The furnaces will be used for heat treating various steel components.

“These pit furnaces are designed for a nitrogen atmosphere,” commented Kelley Shreve, general manager at Lindberg/MPH. “They have been designed to utilize three independent heating zones for optimal temperature uniformity and meet AMS 2750G Class 3.”

These heat treating pit furnaces from  have a maximum temperature rating of 2,000°F and are designed to handle a wide range of part sizes. Two of the units have work chamber dimensions of 28″ x 36” and a maximum gross workload of 2,000 lbs. each. The third furnace has work chamber dimensions of 60” x 109” and a maximum gross workload of 20,000 lbs.

All of the pit furnaces have pneumatically operated lids with three-way hand control valves and limit switches that disconnect power to the heating elements when the covers are open. The pit furnaces are electrically heated with heavy duty rod overbend heating elements.


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Heat Treat Furnace Shipped to Aerospace Fastener

A vacuum furnace recently shipped to a U.S.-based aerospace fastener manufacturer. The furnace will be primarily used to age-harden various fasteners of high strength alloys used in the aerospace industry.

This is the second Model HFL-5748-2IQ furnace for this manufacturer. Like the first furnace, the new furnace features a graphite insulated hot zone of 36” x 36” x 48” deep with a weight capacity of 5,000 lbs., a maximum operating temperature of 2400°F, and a 100 HP quench motor. The control system was customized to interface with the customer’s in-house automation system for recipe control and data acquisition.

“Our customer needed additional furnace capacity to keep up with demand,” commented Jason Davidson, regional sales manager, Solar Manufacturing.


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Heat Treat Solution for MTU’s Jet Engine Repair Service

MTU Aero Engines AG will receive a vertical vacuum furnace with the purpose of bringing heat treat in-house. The bottom-loading and gas cooling furnace will be used to process components for civil aircraft jet engines.

SECO/WARWICK Group, a global furnace technologies company with locations in North America, will supply the Vector® vacuum furnace.  The equipment has an internal cooling gas blower as well as internal heat exchanger. The system is in accordance with the AMS2750G standard in the second class (II) including B-type instrumentation for the aviation industry.

The aerospace/MRO industry is facing a major challenge. Interrupted supply chains and the difficult geopolitical situation in Europe means that many AEROSPACE/MRO companies have to revise their existing development and optimization strategies,” says Maciej Korecki, vice president of the Vacuum Segment at SECO/WARWICK Group. “[MTU’s] bringing the heat treatment process in-house with the purchase of this vacuum furnace allows the company to fully control the production process.”


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Heat Treater Commissions Brazing Facility with 6 Vacuum Furnaces

Recently, Solar Atmospheres Eastern PA commissioned a new 25,000 square foot brazing facility aimed at high-volume, high-quality braze production. The facility features six vacuum furnaces dedicated to brazing, including an all-metal hot-zone furnace designed for brazing stainless steel to copper with silver and gold-based braze filler metal (BFM).

The heat treater specializes in the brazing of high-value components utilizing filler metals based on nickel, silver, gold, and copper. The new state-of-the-art production facility has 4,000 square feet of climate-controlled workspace, where technicians assemble and inspect parts, ranging from tiny capillary-tube manifolds to large land-based gas turbine blades. The operation incorporates increased capacity for helium leak testing and pre-braze tack welding of braze assemblies.

“With Nadcap accreditation and AS9100 registration, our new facility operates as one expects from the Solar brand,” states Chip Lahneman, general manager of Brazing at Solar. “The investment in our new facility demonstrates Solar’s commitment to meeting our customers brazing needs, now, and in the future.”


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Metal Profiles Manufacturer Increases Nitriding Heat Treat

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PMS Alüminyum, an aluminum extrusion company, has added a nitriding system from a North American based company that also has international locations to enhance its production capabilities and meet the increasing demand for high-quality, metal profiles across industries including automotive, construction, solar energy, defense, aerospace, and rail.

Previously outsourcing this process, PMS Alüminyum made the decision to bring nitriding operations in-house for streamlined logistics coordination, long-term cost savings, improved availability of ready-to-use dies, and faster turnaround times. Moreover, the growing number of dies to be treated made in-house processing a more viable and cost-effective solution.

The Nitrex pit-type furnace, model NX-1020, with Nitreg® controlled nitriding and Nitreg®-C controlled nitrocarburizing technologies, provides capabilities for processing H11 and H13 dies.

The system was installed in the extrusion company's new facility in November 2022 that also houses an extrusion press and powder coating lines.

 

 


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Motor Lamination Manufacturer Adds New Retort Furnace

HTD Size-PR LogoA retort furnace with an Inconel 602CA alloy retort has been shipped from Pennsylvania to a leading manufacturer of motor laminations, located in Midwestern U.S. The laminations are deployed for motors in various aerospace, military, automotive, medical and industrial fields.

L&L Special Furnace shipped the model XLC3348 XLC3348 which has an effective work zone of 23” x 23” x 36” and uniformity of ±15°F above 1,200°F. The control system includes one control loop along with six zones of heating volume that can be adjusted to achieve the required temperature gradients. The model XLC3348 satisfies all requirements for AMS2750F class 3 uniformity and type B instrumentation. The process gas lines are required copper refrigeration lines along with stainless steel to ensure a very low dew point in the process gasses.

 

 


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Heat Treatment Lines for Automotive and Aerospace Industries

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A producer of aluminum and aluminum alloy sheets for the automotive and aerospace industries has ordered two continuous heat treatment lines (No. 3 and No. 4) and one continuous process treatment line (No. 4) from a manufacturer with North American locations.

The Andritz Group will supply Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Col, Ltd, China with the engineering, equipment supply, supervision of erection, and commissioning of the complete lines, including the electrical and automation equipment. Start-up will take place in 2025. Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co., Ltd has built the complete aluminum processing industrial chain in its region.

Wang Tao, director of the Nanshan production plant, commented, "technology, focusing on excellent aluminum process lines, and the extensive local network of experts and service specialists" were factors in the decision.


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Overcoming Challenges and Finding Success in Latin America’s First HIP Batch

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In December 2022, the first HIP batch on Latin American soil was performed. The journey to success in HIP, as any HIP user will agree, is a bumpy road. What are the challenges that aerospace manufacturers with in house heat treating should be aware of when considering HIP processing? Learn how HT-MX Heat Treat & HIPing — the heat treater who ran the first HIP batch in Latin American history — navigated the transition from small tooling jobs to HIP processing for aerospace parts.

Read the English version of the article below, or find the Spanish translation when you click the flag above right!

This original content article, first published in English and Spanish translations, is found in Heat Treat Today's March Aerospace Heat Treating print edition.

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From Simple Tooling to Aerospace Heat Treat

Humberto Ramos Fernández
Founder and CEO
HT-MX

Writing this story as the first Latin American company to offer Nadcap accredited hot isostatic pressing brings a flood of memories and images to mind. HT-MX’s beginnings were simple, but also filled with challenges, failures, and lessons. When the company began, we were certain that, though small, we were still a “heat treat plant” and not just a shop.

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Being located in Mexico means that there were large companies with headquarters located far away — potential customers — that would be deciding on their heat treat supplier close to their location. We worked hard to be and to present ourselves as being very professional. But a lesson soon learned was that achieving trust with partners takes a lot more than a good speech and a clean plant.

Unsurprisingly, the first jobs were simple tooling work, like quench and tempering tooling and carburizing gears. A junior engineer and I would drive around in my old hatch-back to local machine shops and pick up a small shaft or gear and bring it back to the plant. We would get so excited when we got the case depth right.

With minimal resources, we decided to complete quality control ourselves. We became friends with a quality manager from a local company, and he came over to help on weekends and after 6:00pm until the audit date came. His knowledge is still in use at HT-MX to this day. I remember celebrating with a “Carne Asada” (a Mexican style barbecue) when we finished that first audit, thinking we had just made a huge step forward, not realizing how far away we still were from our vision.

HT-MX Team
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But as time passed, we turned our attention to the aerospace industry in Chihuahua, a city with four OEMs. We received the AS9100 certification and started working on Nadcap accreditation. This required time, but by then, a pretty strong engineering team was in action, and successfully obtained Nadcap accreditation in late 2019. Again, we celebrated with a Carne Asada, this time, with a better understanding on where we were and what future challenges we needed to face.

Taking On Hot Isostatic Pressing

HIP system at HT-MX
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The pandemic hit. Boeing’s 737 Max crisis continued to impact the industry. Moving into aerospace was slow with limited volume, especially compared to what we had seen in the automotive and oil and gas industry. But by now, international companies were more willing to transfer heat treat operations to Mexican suppliers, and we were ready, beginning with running aluminum batches, precipitation hardening, annealing, and other standard processes. It was during this early start to serve the aerospace industry that we heard about hot isostatic pressing (HIP).

Around 2019 during an aerospace cluster event, an OEM with a local presence approached us with their HIP requirements. I had only heard of HIP, but I was immediately interested — until I found out how much one of those machines cost!

But good financing through government programs helped make this HIP project a reality. Timing was not the best, as the federal election in Mexico caused a temporary Mexican currency depreciation, handicapping the project at its beginning.

Getting the proper certifications and validations proved to be a long and complex process, too. Theoretically, we knew what to expect, in terms of getting the Nadcap checklist approved, but the reality was a little different. Gaining Nadcap certification slowly builds a certain culture into any company in its day-to-day activities. Translating that culture into a completely different business unit, new crew, and new process proved to bring its own challenges.

HIP Challenges: Pressure, Temperature, Thermocouples, and Argon Supply

Heat treating usually handles temperature, atmosphere control (or lack of), and regular traceability requirements. HIP, however, adds a few new dimensions to what we usually see: internal pressure, very high temperatures — up to 3632°F (2000°C) — and argon supply. It was the first time HT-MX dealt with a process that incorporated up to 30,000 psi and also used a lot of high purity argon.

Pressure has its own challenges, though the HIP press takes care of those challenges. Still, the internal workings on these kinds of presses are fundamentally different than that of a regular heat treat furnace. Yes, you need to heat it up, but apart from that, it’s not even a furnace but a press. Understanding how the machine works, what happens inside with all that pressure, how it affects the components undergoing hot isostatic pressing, and how it affects the baskets you’re using is a critical learning curve.

High temperatures change everything about running these types of cycles. We work with metals, which means temperatures range between 1832°F and 2372°F (1000°C and 1300°C). This has an impact on thermocouple selection, calibration, and more; with the company’s thermocouple product suppliers based in the U.S., this entails more challenges and extra costs. I have lost count on those urgent same-day trips to the border to retrieve critical spares in time. It’s an 800-km/498-mi roundtrip! We have fortunately found a great supplier that has offered the technical feedback we needed, and we have started to finally understand and control our thermocouple consumption. Although, I must be honest here, we still have a lot to learn in this aspect.

Then, there’s the argon supply. HT-MX never expected it to be a challenge, but it turns out getting the proper supplier — one that understands the requirements and is willing to work with you from validation to production — is key. You might be able to start your validation process using argon transported in gas containers but eventually you will need to switch to liquid argon. That proved to be more difficult than expected. There are not many projects requiring these kind of alliances locally. Getting the right supplier was key and more of a challenge than expected. And then came the lessons on efficiently using the liquid argon, avoiding excessive venting of the tank, and being all around smart with the HIP schedule. This has been a constant learning process, one that has high costs.

Final Hurdles: Certifications, Current Events, and Energy Costs

Once our company had the Nadcap certification, we still needed to get the OEM’s approval for the HIP process, then the approval for the specific version of the HIP process, and then the actual approval for the part numbers.

These approvals were handled by the headquarters’ engineering department and not locally. It was a time-consuming process, with several test runs, lab testing, multiple audits, visits, and more testing, etc. And while all of this was happening, we still had to design the operation, locate critical suppliers not available in Mexico, create alliances with suppliers, etc. Writing this down in a few lines makes it seem simpler and quicker than it really was.

HT-MX Nadcap certification
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Additionally, in instances like this, Mexican companies, especially small ones, face much more scrutiny than U.S. or European-based companies, and must prove themselves in every single step. It makes sense, even if it feels a little unfair, as HT-MX had no proven track record of high tech processes such as HIP. It does cost extra time, extra care, and sometimes extra testing, but it is the reality we face and we must overcome the extra hurdles.

While navigating HIP approval, the pandemic hit. Months later, the war in Europe began with significant impacts on the cost of energy. Our main clients were high volume and low margin, and with energy prices rising, our competitiveness began to diminish. To adapt and evolve, we decided to add some smaller furnaces for smaller parts, invest in training and increased sales efforts, and focus on AMS/Nadcap-based customers, letting go of major clients. Slowly, things began to turn around.

The First Official HIP Batch in Latin America History

In December 2022, HT-MX ran the first official HIP batch in Latin American history. It was a long time coming. I always thought that running that first batch would feel like reaching the Everest summit. When the day came, it just felt like reaching Everest’s base camp. We still have a long way to go to be truly an established HIP supplier. Now, it’s back to climbing and shooting for that summit, that summit that will perpetually precede the next summit.

There are still several challenges: stabilizing new processes and improving established ones. But I am confident we will move forward in this new stage. And I am so looking forward to the next Carne Asada.

About the Author: Humberto Ramos Fernández is a mechanical engineer with a master’s degree in Science and Technology Commercialization. He has over 14 years of industrial experience and is the founder and current CEO of HT-MX Heat Treat & HIPing, which specializes in Nadcap-certifi d controlled atmosphere heat treatments for the aerospace, automotive, and oil and gas industries. With customers ranging from OEMs to Tier 3, Mr. Ramos has ample experience in developing specific, high complexity secondary processes to the highest requirements.

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Como se logró la primera horneada de HIP en Latinoamérica

OCEn diciembre de 2022, se realizó la primera horneada de HIP en suelo latinoamericano. El camino hacia el éxito en HIP, como cualquier usuario de HIP estará de acuerdo, es un camino lleno de baches. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos que deben tener en cuenta los fabricantes aeroespaciales con tratamiento térmico interno al considerar el procesamiento HIP? Aprenda directamente de HT-MX Heat Treat & HIPing, un tratador térmico que ejecutó la primera horneada de HIP en la historia de Latinoamérica, cómo navegaron la transición desde trabajos pequeños de herramentales hasta el procesamiento HIP para piezas aeroespaciales.

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De herramientas simples al tratamiento térmico aeroespacial

Humberto Ramos Fernández
Founder and CEO
HT-MX

Escribir esta historia de como llegamos a ser la primera compañía latinoamericana en ofrecer prensado isostático en caliente acreditado por NADCAP trae a la mente una avalancha de recuerdos e imágenes. Los comienzos de HT-MX fueron simples, pero también llenos de desafíos, fracasos y lecciones. Cuando comenzamos la compañía, estábamos seguros de que, aunque éramos pequeños, éramos una “planta de tratamiento térmico” y no solo un taller.

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Estando ubicados en México quiere decir que hay grandes plantas con corporativos lejos de aquis — clientes potenciales — que estarían decidiendo sobre su proveedor de tratamiento térmico lejos de nuestra ubicación. Trabajamos arduamente para ser y presentarnos como profesionales y confiables. Pero pronto aprendimos que lograr la confi anza con los clientes requiere mucho más que un buen discurso y una planta limpia.

Como era de esperar, los primeros trabajos fueron trabajos simples de herramentales, algunos templados y revenidos de herramentales y carburizado de engranes. Recuerdo como un ingeniero junior y yo dábamos la vuelta en mi viejo hatchback alrededor de talleres locales y recogíamos un pequeño eje o engranaje y lo llevábamos de regreso a la planta. Nos emocionábamos mucho cuando lográbamos la profundidad de capa correcta.

HT-MX Team
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Con recursos mínimos, decidimos implementar el sistema de calidad nosotros mismos. Nos hicimos amigos de un gerente de calidad de una empresa local, venía a ayudarnos los fines de semana o después de las 6:00 p.m. hasta que llegó la fecha de la auditoría. Su enseñanzas aún se usan en HT-MX hasta el día de hoy. Recuerdo celebrar con una “Carne Asada” cuando terminamos esa primera auditoría, pensando que habíamos dado un gran paso adelante, sin darme cuenta de lo lejos que aún estábamos de nuestra visión.

Con el tiempo, dirigimos nuestra atención a la industria aeroespacial en Chihuahua, una ciudad con cuatro OEMs. Recibimos la certificación AS9100 y comenzamos a trabajar en la acreditación NADCAP. Esto requirió tiempo, pero para entonces contábamos con un equipo de Ingenieros bastante sólido y obtuvimos con éxito la acreditación de NADCAP a finales de 2019. Nuevamente, celebramos con una Carne Asada, esta vez con una mejor comprensión de dónde estábamos y qué futuros desafíos tendríamos que enfrentar.

Entrándole al Prensado Isostático en Caliente

La pandemia llegó. La crisis del 737 Max de Boeing continuó afectando a la industria. Empezar en sector aeroespacial fue lento y con un volumen limitado, especialmente en comparación con lo que habíamos visto en la industria automotriz y de oil&gas. Pero para entonces, las empresas internacionales estaban más dispuestas a trasladar las operaciones de tratamiento térmico a proveedores mexicanos, y estábamos listos, comenzando a procesar aluminio, endurecimiento por precipitación, recocido y otros procesos estándar. Fue durante estos inicios en la industria aeroespacial que escuchamos hablar del prensado isostático en caliente (HIP) por primera vez.

Alrededor de 2019, durante un evento del Cluster Aeroespacial de Chihuahua, un OEM con presencia local se acercó a nosotros con sus requerimientos de HIP. No conocíamos mucho de HIP, pero de inmediato me interesé . . . ¡hasta que descubrí cuánto cuesta una de esas máquinas!

Pero un buen financiamiento a través de programas gubernamentales ayudó a hacer realidad este proyecto de HIP. El momento no fue el mejor, ya que las elecciones federales en México causaron una depreciación temporal de la moneda mexicana, lo que obstaculizó el proyecto al principio.

HIP system at HT-MX
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Obtener las certificaciones y validaciones adecuadas resultó ser un proceso largo y complejo también. Teóricamente, sabíamos qué esperar en términos de obtener la aprobación para el checklist de NADCAP, pero la realidad fue un poco diferente. Obtener la certifi cación de NADCAP construye lentamente una determinada cultura en cualquier empresa en sus actividades diarias. Traducir esa cultura a una unidad de negocio completamente diferente, con un nuevo equipo y un nuevo proceso, demostró traer sus propios desafíos.

Retos en el HIP: presión, temperatura, termopares y argon

El tratamiento térmico generalmente trata de temperatura, control de la atmósfera (o la falta de ella) y los requisitos regulares de trazabilidad. HIP, sin embargo, agrega algunas dimensiones nuevas a lo que normalmente vemos: presión interna, temperaturas muy altas, de hasta 3632°F (2000°C) y suministro de argón. Fue la primera vez que HT-MX lidiaba con un proceso que incorporaba hasta 30,000 psi y también usaba mucho argón de alta pureza.

La presión tiene sus propios desafíos, aunque la prensa de HIP se encarga de ellos. Aún así, el funcionamiento interno en este tipo de prensas es fundamentalmente diferente al de un horno de tratamiento térmico regular. Sí, necesitas calentarlo, pero aparte de eso, no es ni siquiera un horno, sino una prensa. Comprender cómo funciona la máquina, qué sucede dentro con toda esa presión, cómo afecta a los componentes sometidos a prensado isostático en caliente y cómo afecta a las canastas y fi xtures que estás utilizando, es una curva de aprendizaje crítica.

Las altas temperaturas cambian todo sobre el funcionamiento de estos tipos de ciclos. Trabajamos con metales, lo que significa que las temperaturas oscilan entre 1832°F y 2372°F (1000°C y 1300°C). Esto tiene un impacto en la selección de termopares, calibración y más; con los proveedores de termopar basados en EUA, esto implica más desafíos y costos adicionales. He perdido la cuenta cuantos viajes urgentes de ida y vuelta por refacciones a la frontera he hecho. ¡Es un viaje redondo de 800 km! Afortunadamente, hemos encontrado un gran proveedor que nos ha ofrecido la retroalimentación técnica que necesitábamos, y finalmente hemos comenzado a comprender y controlar nuestro consumo de termopares. Aunque, debo ser honesto aquí, todavía tenemos mucho que aprender en este aspecto.

Luego está el suministro de argón. En HT-MX nunca esperamos que fuera un desafío, pero resulta que conseguir el proveedor adecuado, un que entienda los requisitos y esté dispuesto a trabajar contigo desde la validación hasta la producción, es clave. Es posible que puedas iniciar tu proceso de validación usando argón transportado en contenedores de gas, pero eventualmente necesitarás cambiar a argón líquido. Eso resultó ser más difícil de lo esperado. No hay muchos proyectos que requieran este tipo de alianzas a nivel local. Conseguir el proveedor adecuado fue clave y resultó ser un desafío mayor de lo esperado. Y luego vinieron las lecciones sobre cómo utilizar eficientemente el argón líquido, evitar el excesivo venteo del tanque y ser inteligente con el calendario de HIP en general. Esto ha sido un proceso de aprendizaje constante, uno que tiene altos costos.

Últimos obstáculos: certificaciones, eventos globales y costos energéticos

Una vez que nuestra empresa obtuvo la certificación NADCAP, todavía necesitábamos la aprobación de los OEM para el proceso HIP, luego la aprobación para la versión específica del proceso HIP y luego la aprobación real para los números de parte.

Estas aprobaciones fueron manejadas por el departamento de ingeniería del corporativo y no localmente. Fue un proceso que consumió mucho tiempo, con varias pruebas, pruebas de laboratorio, múltiples auditorías, visitas y más pruebas, etc. Y mientras todo esto sucedía, todavía teníamos que diseñar la operación, localizar proveedores críticos que no estaban disponibles en México, crear alianzas con proveedores, etc. Escribir esto en pocas líneas parece más simple y rápido de lo que realmente fue.

HT-MX Nadcap certification
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Además, en casos como este, las empresas mexicanas, especialmente las pequeñas, enfrentan mucho más escrutinio que las empresas estadounidenses o europeas, y deben probarse en cada paso. Tiene sentido, aunque se siente un poco injusto, ya que HT-MX no tenía un historial comprobado de procesos de alta tecnología como HIP. Cuesta tiempo extra, cuidado adicional y a veces pruebas adicionales, pero es la realidad que enfrentamos y debemos superar los obstáculos adicionales.

Mientras navegábamos en la aprobación de HIP, llegó la pandemia. Meses después, comenzó la guerra en Europa con impactos significativos en el costo de la energía. Nuestros principales clientes eran de alto volumen y bajo margen, y con el aumento de los precios de la energía, nuestra competitividad comenzó a disminuir. Para adaptarnos y evolucionar, decidimos agregar algunos hornos más pequeños para piezas más pequeñas, invertir en capacitación y aumentar los esfuerzos de ventas y enfocarnos en clientes basados en AMS / NADCAP, dejando ir a clientes principales. Poco a poco, las cosas comenzaron a mejorar.

La Primera Horneada Ofi cial de HIP en la Historia de Latinoamérica

En diciembre de 2022, HT-MX llevó a cabo la primera horneada oficial de HIP en la historia de Latinoamérica. Tomo bastante tiempo. Siempre pensé que hacer esa primera horneada se sentiría como llegar a la cima del Everest. Cuando llegó el día, solo se sintió como llegar al campamento base del Everest. Todavía nos queda mucho camino por recorrer para ser realmente un proveedor de HIP establecido. Ahora, volvemos a escalar y apuntamos a esa cima, esa cima que perpetuamente precederá a la próxima cima.

Todavía hay varios desafíos: estabilizar nuevos procesos y mejorar los establecidos. Pero estoy seguro de que avanzaremos en esta nueva etapa. Y estoy muy emocionado por la próxima Carne Asada.

Acerca del Autor:Humberto Ramos Fernández es un ingeniero mecánico con una maestría en Ciencia. Tiene más de 14 años de experiencia industrial y es el fundador y actual CEO de HT-MX Heat Treat & HIPing, que se especializa en tratamientos térmicos de atmósfera controlada, con certifi cación NADCAP, para las industrias aeroespacial, automotriz y de petróleo y gas. Con clientes que van desde OEM hasta Tier 3, el Sr. Ramos tiene una amplia experiencia en el desarrollo de procesos secundarios específi cos de alta complejidad para los requisitos más exigentes.

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