Euclid Heat Treating began in 1946 in a single garage with only two types of equipment — salt furnaces and open-fired furnaces. Today, their facilities include several buildings in Ohio which hold numerous types of equipment to serve their automotive, aerospace, and medical clients. Variety is what makes a heat treater stand out, and this expansion from one garage to multiple buildings with diverse equipment began the journey that would make Euclid able to meet industry needs.
At the company, the use of a multitude of process and equipment offerings is motivated by a desire to fulfill the client’s needs. Euclid takes it as a great compliment when clients say, “Oh, you do that, too?” The company can start by normalizing or annealing the client’s bar stock for the part, stress relieve it during the machining process, quench/temper and carburize it, blast it post-heat treatment, and then deliver it back to the client. These various value-adding services (like blasting, straightening, and fixturing flattening blades) have all been set in place in response to client needs that have popped up over the company’s 79 years in business.
With this focus on meeting a variety of client needs, having only one method of quenching is not sufficient. This heat treater believes their most important process is not during heating, but what they can provide through their quench fixturing capabilities. Because correct orientation and part support during quenching is paramount for uniformity of the quench and to the dimensional stability of the part, Euclid has a large inventory of fixtures that range from small, slim pins to large, multi-diameter shafts and thick roll bodies. If parts need to be flattened post-heat treatment, the company has an array of draw flattening fixtures for blades, washers, and other flat parts. This number of quenching options is just one more example of the company’s commitment to offering numerous solutions.
A variety of people, with all their different skills and expertise, make these many solutions possible. Euclid prioritizes education for their more than 60 employees. These employees are involved in online training through MTI’s Online Academy, technical training with ASM, and industry training at Heat Treat Today‘s Heat Treat Boot Camp. In addition to these outside educators, the company also sets up company-led cross training and company-sponsored management, safety, and first aid training. This additional training bolsters the knowledge of each employee, adding to their ability to provide a multitude of answers to client questions.
Continuing to diversify equipment is in Euclid Heat Treating’s future. The company plans to install a new vacuum pressure quench and vacuum temper furnace, an air temper furnace, and induction automation, while continually looking for other opportunities to invest in automation. After the equipment installation, the company will focus on a building expansion that will allow for the addition of another integral quench furnace line and prepare them to meet new industry challenges.
Euclid Heat Treating
1408 E 222nd St
Euclid, Ohio 44117
deidram@euclidheattreating.com
http://www.euclidheattreating.com
Main image: Euclid Heat Treating facility
