In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Carl Nicolia, President of PSNergy, to learn about how applying efficient combustion can drastically improve the performance of your machines. Click below to hear about high value solutions and where we stand in the “evolution” of combustive techniques.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, publisher of Heat Treat Today, discusses the heat treating resources available to members of the Center for Heat Treating Excellence (CHTE) as well as the background and current look of this collaborative endeavor. Featured in this conversation is member and current chairman of CHTE, Jeffery Fuller, metallurgy manager at Amsted Rail Company and Professor Richard Sisson, key heat treat researcher and lecturer at Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Nitrex CEO, Jean-François Cloutier, to hear about how Nitrex has been able to expand and rebrand their company while creating mutually beneficial relationships between itself and end-users at a global level. Click below to learn more about the “art of the deal,” strength-based management, and global growth.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, speaks with David Wolff of Nel Hydrogen about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected supply chains, specifically those relating to hydrogen generation. Click below to learn more about what risks the supply chain for hydrogen is facing, how the ongoing crisis may affect supply and employee safety, and what the benefits of on-site hydrogen generation are during this unusual time.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Dr. Shahrukh Irani of Lean & Flexible LLC about how manufacturers with in-house heat treat might implement the Job Shop Lean concept, thereby increasing profits and efficiencies. Listen to learn whether your company might benefit from examining its processes and making parts of its daily operations more lean, flexible, and ultimately more profitable.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Brian Joseph, the founder, CEO, and president of Touchstone Research Laboratories, about the emerging part that coal is playing in the heat treat world. Listen to find out more about the surprising uses of coal in heat treating, the development of the world's strongest aluminum, and some tips for how to make your organization run at its best.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Justin Sims of DANTE Solutions about heat treat modeling. As the heat treat world moves farther way from mysterious black box processes, find out how the latest advances in heat treat simulation software can help your company model specific processes and materials in advance, leading to less guesswork and more profit.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews the two founders of the LinkedIn group, Women in Heat Treat, Ellen Conway-Merrill, Vice President of DELTA H, and Roseanne Brunello, owner of manufacturing rep firm Mountain Rep. They will discuss their new group and plans for the future.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, discusses future trends in data with Peter Sherwin of Eurotherm by Schneider Electric. Learn more about coming trends in data collection, including bringing current technology to the heat treat world and cybersecurity.

In this episode, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, continues his conversation with Nel Hydrogen Heat Treat Manager David Wolff about the use of hydrogen in heat treat processes.  Listen to this second part of a two part conversation to find out more about the various delivery systems available, the economics of using hydrogen, and whether using hydrogen might make sense for your specific heat treat application.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, engages Nel Hydrogen Heat Treat Manager David Wolff in a conversation about hydrogen generation and its purposes. Find out more about what hydrogen is best used for, what hydrogen can do for your company, why hydrogen is preferred to nitrogen, and how to safely use it to the best effect.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host Doug Glenn engages new Contour Hardening CEO Ben Crawford, in a wide-ranging conversation about his background and vision for moving Contour Hardening into the future. According to Mr. Crawford, 100% product inspection is in the future and a heavy emphasis on automation and the removal of human error will be the focus of the company moving forward. Find out more about Contour’s plans for expansion both geographically and with the addition of nitriding as a process capability.

In this conversation, Sĺawomir Woźniak recounts his history with SECO/WARWICK. Heat Treat Today publisher and Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn puts the questions to new SECO/WARWICK global CEO, Sĺawomir Woźniak regarding the direction of SECO/WARWICK in North America. Hear what this long-time SECO employee, now CEO, has to say about global manufacturing, technology developments, and the impact of augmented reality (AR) on the heat treat world. The interview took place at the world’s largest heat treating event in Germany, Thermprocess, in late June of this year.

In this conversation, Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, publisher of Heat Treat Today, interviews Ford Motor Company’s James Jan about Ford’s cooperation with AVL on the development of modeling software to help predict and avoid cracking on aluminum cylinder heads. Andrew Martin from AVL also joins the conversation with what exactly it is they did with Ford.

Jim is the current president of ASM International’s Heat Treating Society (HTS), and he explains in this episode some compelling reasons why manufacturers with in-house heat treating departments should attend Heat Treat 2019. Hear more about what excites Jim about HTS, the specifics of the Heat Treat Show, what’s new at the show, the thrill of being in the heart of the automotive industry for this event, and an upcoming 2020 event announced by ASM for all materials professionals.

Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, an interview that Doug Glenn conducted with Mark Hemsath, director of nitriding and special vacuum furnaces with SECO/Vacuum Technologies, where he oversees nitriding, including ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC), and also other surface engineering such as carburizing. Doug talks with Mark about nitriding and FNC.

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Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn, interviews Gary Doyon, president and CEO of the Inductotherm Group, based in Rancocas, New Jersey on megatrends in heat treating. Inductotherm Group develops and manufactures advanced technologies, products, and systems for the heat-driven transformation of metals and specialty materials, providing localized manufacturing, engineering, service, and support in every region of the world through 40 full-service companies providing 50 individual product lines organized into 10 global brands. In addition, Doug asks Gary talk about a broad range of heat-treat related topics, including design change, electric vehicles, recycling materials, Brexit, immigration’s impact on U.S. manufacturing, a younger workforce, USMCA, and cybersecurity.