Ohio Metallurgical
In 1947, amidst a global war that touched every corner of the world, a small heat treat company emerged to serve the thriving and diverse manufacturing market of northeast Ohio. That company, Ohio Metallurgical (Ohiomet), was started by William Latiano and Frank Monaco with only a few salt pots in Lorain, but grew into a larger plant in Elyria, adding vacuum, shaker, and integral quench furnaces. Years later in 1977, Don Gaydosh, who was the general manager at the time, purchased 70% of the company, along with fellow employee Jerry Pragg. In 1990, John Gaydosh followed in his father’s footsteps and is the current president and owner.
The company has now grown to include 78 employees who are trained in four core values: Be client focused, be dependable, do business with integrity, and always be improving.
One way they accomplish their first value is by scheduling production based on the client’s need. In order to be dependable and operate safely, efficiently, and with high quality, the company invests in new equipment and controls. Since 1990, almost all equipment has been replaced completely, though a few older furnaces are still in use but with upgraded, modern controls.
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To implement their fourth value of always improving, Ohiomet regularly updates its control systems to reduce operator errors and increase accuracy. Using an in-house customized SCADA software package, they monitor furnaces in real-time, so the operators and supervisors can be notified if process parameters are outside of preset parameters.
With their updated equipment and software, the company serves the automotive, aerospace, military, and mining industries, and more. While the integral quench lines containing 12 IQ furnaces make up the largest part of their business, they also offer multiple types of processes and services from one location. In addition to their IQ lines, they have vacuum furnaces capable of 2-bar nitrogen gas quench, bright age hardening, tempering, and annealing, all of which are qualified to meet AMS2759 specifications and are Nadcap accredited.
In addition to these processes, Ohiomet has both automatic and manual straightening equipment, induction equipment with various frequencies for use on vertical and horizontal scanners, and bell furnaces performing atmosphere annealing and stress relieving. A Nadcap accredited, modern quality control laboratory contains multiple automated microhardness testers along with a metallograph with digital imaging capabilities.
Source: Ohiomet
Among the unique items they have been heat treating are the ribs used in crash test dummies. They harden and temper the steel crash test dummy ribs and the ribs are fitted with sensors to detect how extensive the damage would be in a real car wreck.
While remembering their humble beginnings, Ohiomet looks to the next five to ten years anticipating an increase in automation, not only in material handling, but also for machine control, allowing them to continue fulfilling their founding principle of serving the manufacturing market of northeast Ohio.
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