Heat Treat Today is privileged to oversee the 40 Under 40 recognition awards, highlighting a group of young, up-and-coming talent in the North American heat treat industry every year. This year’s Class of 2019 is no disappointment, a group of industry elite, significant contributors to the heat treat market.
Every couple of weeks we highlight two of the current class of recipients. This week we introduce Joshua Braun-Wagner of Advanced Heat Treat Corp. and Colin Pashia of ABB Motors & Mechanical, Inc.
Name: Joshua Braun-Wagner
Company: Advanced Heat Treat Corp
Position: Induction Supervisor
Josh is an integral part of Advanced Heat Treat Corp’s induction department development, scheduling work load, writing machine programs, developing process instructions for new parts, working with customers ranging from agriculture to construction to machine shops, and managing 3 shifts in his department. While initially hired into an entry-level position, his leadership skills were quickly realized, and he was promoted into a management position within only a couple months of employment. One particular area in which he thrives is being able to tweak the machine to produce a “good” part per customer parameters, without warping or cracking. Always up for a challenge, Josh’s ability to produce finished customer parts is a key aspect of maintaining our customer base as well as expanding it. Josh was also instrumental in purchasing two new induction machines for our facility in 2019. From the design of the machine to the safety features of the machines, to the installation, and now production, Josh has been there in the thick of it all. We certainly could not have done it without his expertise on induction hardening.
Nominated by: Advanced Heat Treating Corp
Name: Colin Pashia
Company: ABB Motors & Mechanical, Inc.
Position: Project Engineer & Metallurgist
Colin has a true passion for heat treatment and metallurgy. He was the former chief metallurgist for ABB/Baldor in the U.S. Southeast and took on the title of project manager at ABB Motors & Mechanical to gain practical experience on the shop floor. He brings experience in initial recipe development of induction heat treatment of bearing and gearing products; performing root cause failure analysis of bearings, gearings, and PT components; qualifying potential new raw material suppliers against internal and industry standards; evaluation of low pressure carburizing process for bearing product; maintaining a metallurgical lab for consumables for new lab equipment. He is currently engaged with new induction purchases and new batch I.Q. purchases. At 28, Colin is the future of our industry.
