Recognizing the U.S. Veterans Within the Heat Treat Industry

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Although Veteran’s Day, set aside to honor military veterans — those who served in the United States Armed Forces — is November 11, because this year the date falls on a weekend, Monday, November 12, is the day the U.S. observes the celebration and commemoration of this federal holiday.

Veterans Day coincides with other international holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, celebrated in countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I formally concluded at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.)

A number of heat treating and heat treat-related businesses are owned and operated by veterans of U.S. military branches, and it is our honor to recognize some of those companies below. In addition, we feature 3 members of our class of 2018 40 Under 40 who are U.S. veterans.

Baker Furnace, based in Brea, California, designs and manufactures industrial ovens, heat treat furnaces, and pollution control equipment. Acquired in 2015 by Thermal Product Solutions.

Century Inc., headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, provides precision machining, heat treating, welding and cladding, and testing and inspection services for a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, and energy sectors.

Certified Metal Craft is a brazing, cryogenics, and heat treating company based in El Cajon, California.

Nick Suchoski

Global Furnace Materials, based in Janesville, Wisconsin, is a leading distributor for semi-finished refractory metal products. Owner Nick Suchoski, who served in the US Army as a combat engineer, was featured in a previous Veterans Day article on Heat Treat Today, “Veteran-Owned Heat Treat Supplier Commits 1% of Profits to Warrior 360” and was selected for Heat Treat Today‘s 40 Under 40 inaugural class of 2018.

Quality Calibration Servies LLC, based in New Berlin, Wisconsin, an ISO/IEC: 17025 accredited full service metrology lab.

RIS Enterprises, based in Oxnard, California, provides calibration services, industrial instrumentation, and products to manufacturers, laboratories, and industrial companies in Southern California, Utah and Nevada. (including Nadcap certification).

40 Under 40 recipients and Honorable Mentions:

 

Lee Rothleutner

In addition to Nick Suchoski, Lee Rothleutner, Prinicipal Development Engineer with The Timken Company, and a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard, was represented in our 40 Under 40 class of 2018. Recipient of an Honorable Mention for the 40 Under 40 class of 2018, Matt Watts, Business Development Manager with Ultra Furnace Parts, served in the United States Air Force as an Avionics Test Station and Analysis Technician on the B1 Bomber.

Matt Watts

We ask our Heat Treat Today readers to join with us in honoring our U.S. veterans, including those who work among us in the heat treating industry.

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A Baker’s Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

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A Baker’s Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Chatter

  • Ashleigh Walters, president of Onex, Inc., recently participated in Penn State’s 2018 Fall Engineering Speaker Series, addressing how leadership can create impact through focusing on teamwork, creativity, improved processes, and mission.
  • Wallwork Heat Treatment’s Richard Burslem recently received the Meritorious Service to Heat Treatment Industry Award at the annual Surface Engineering and Heat Treatments Awards, presented on October 12th at the Radisson Blu in Manchester by Alan Hick, the secretary of the Contract Heat Treatment Association (CHTA).
  • A high tech provider of vacuum solutions for multiple markets recently opened a new 27,000-sq ft building in Nashua, New Hampshire, to house the company’s North American headquarters for administration, sales, product management, marketing and customer care. Pfeiffer Vacuum will convert the former 24,000 square foot administration building into a Service Center of Excellence, bringing together under one roof all service activities for the major part of the Pfeiffer Vacuum product portfolio.
  • A mobile heating station where ceramic components can be heated uniformly to 400ºC has been introduced by StrikoWestofen, allowing the components of dosing furnaces to be heated up on site.
  • StandardAero recently extended its long-running relationship with leading aviation services provider Dumont Group, LLC, through a follow-on contract for Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) JT15D-5R engine overhauls.
  • Novelis Inc. recently made several newsworthy announcements: 1) The company announced that it expects its new $300 million automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing plant in Guthrie, Kentucky, to be in production in mid-2020 where it will operate heat treatment and pre-treatment lines that prepare aluminum for use in vehicle parts. 2) Novelis has agreed to partner with Impression Technologies to explore innovative ways to increase the broader adoption of aluminum through the hot stamping process. Impression Technologies has the exclusive rights to Hot Form Quench (HFQ®), a unique technology used to design and manufacture components using ultra high-strength aluminum for the high volume automotive and transport markets. 3) Finally, the company unveiled plans to establish a global network of Customer Solution Centers (CSCs) to accelerate collaborative innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design.

Equipment Chatter

  • Ipsen USA recently posted a record month of sales with orders for nine TITAN® vacuum furnaces to be shipped for use in a variety of applications for companies in aerospace, automotive and commercial heat-treating industries. In addition,  Ipsen also sold seven custom units, including MetalMaster®, TurboTreater® and vacuum aluminum brazing furnaces.
  • A Hot Isostatic Press from Quintus Technologies has been purchased by Paulo to be installed in the Cleveland Division’s recent expansion and primarily support densification and heat treatment of investment castings and additively manufactured parts.
  • GE Additive and GE Aviation recently announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given ‘change in design’ approval to replace a conventionally manufactured power door opening system (PDOS) bracket, used on GE Aviation’s GEnx-2B commercial airline engines that power the Boeing 747-8, with an additively manufactured bracket.
  • An order for a complete walking hearth furnace plant has been received by ANDRITZ Group from Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, for its facility in Witten, Germany. Production is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2020.

  • The expansion agreement for an existing bell annealer facility is expected to begin production next month. Guang Xi Zheng Run New Material Technology Co., Ltd. placed an order with EBNER® for the expansion this summer. The agreement includes three HICON® workbases employing 100 % argon as a process atmosphere, two heating bells, and one cooling bell.

Kudos Chatter

  • Solar Atmospheres – Greenville, SC, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap 18-month Merit status for Heat Treating, Brazing and Carburizing. We are extremely pleased PRI has recognized our corporate commitment to quality. Achieving 18-month merit has been a goal set by Solar’s employees since opening its doors in 2015. The adherence to strict specification requirements, flawless process execution, and a daily commitment to quality processing is evident among all employees of Solar Atmospheres. The Solar Atmospheres Greenville facility has held Nadcap accreditation since 2015.
  • Meron Medical, LLC, announces the successful transition to ISO 13485:2016. Safety and quality are non-negotiables in the medical devices industry. Regulatory requirements are increasingly stringent throughout every step of a product’s life cycle, including service and delivery. With greater attention on the organization’s ability to meet applicable customer and regulatory requirements, ISO 13485:2016 focuses on the entire supply chain of the medical device industry, with added emphasis on risk management.

 

Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to the editor at editor@heattreattoday.com.

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Manufacturing Growth at Risk Due to Jobs Growth?

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Source: ThomasNet.com

 

Jobs in abundant supply are a great thing, says Anna Wells of ThomasNet.com, and the evidence is in the reports of growing manufacturing and declining unemployment, noting the recent Department of Labor jobs report that job openings outpace unemployed people. But how might this hamper growth within the manufacturing sector and the economy as a whole?

Watch this video from ThomasNet and then click here or on the image below for more on this story.

 

Read more: “Job Vacancies Becoming Manufacturing ‘Crisis’”

 

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VIM Furnace Enlisted in Purdue Project to Develop New Composite Material for Efficient Energy Use

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Purdue University recently turned to an integrated furnace manufacturer for equipment to be used in an innovative project developing a new material and manufacturing process that would use solar power — as heat energy — more efficient in generating electricity.

RETECH, a SECO/WARWICK company, has provided a vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace for the project’s research to increase efficiency of solar-generated electricity. The furnace can easily handle a wide range of materials used in everything from automotive and consumer products to critical, high-value equiax, directionally solidified or single-crystal aerospace parts.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, solar power accounts for 1.3 percent of U.S. electricity. If the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper, the percentage of electricity generation by renewable energy sources – like solar power – would be higher.

 

See Retech’s video on the use of a new composite material that harnesses the sun’s heat for cheaper renewable energy: https://youtu.be/PMC3EE19ouw

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Heat Treat Capabilities Included in Expansion at Aerospace Component Repair Facility

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An Arizona-based aerospace repair and overhaul service recently dedicated the company’s 30,000 sq. ft. expansion of its component repair facility, located in Miami, Florida, adding heat treating capabilities, among other processes.

StandardAero Component Services announced that the additional working space and capital improvements included the installation of a state-of-the-art clean line, an additional vacuum furnace as well as water jet cleaning capabilities.  As a result, the facility will be the largest provider of aerospace and aerospace-derivative combustor overhauls in North America, and the second largest in the world.

"Since becoming a part of the StandardAero family in 2017, we have enjoyed the support and resources that the company has brought to bear on our Miami operations," said Diego Beltran, Vice President & General Manager of the Miami facility.  "We are excited for our employees here as well as for our customers as we bring more and new work into our shop to meet the growing demands in the industry."

The Miami location expansion complements StandardAero’s recent new building expansion at its Cincinnati facility and the company is still proceeding with another 30,000 sq. ft. expansion at its Hillsboro, Ohio, facility, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

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Heat Treat Today’s Meet the Consultants: Adeel Karim

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Heat Treat Today recently unveiled its Heat Treat Consultants page in the October 2018 print edition (available in digital format here) and at FNA in Indianapolis, Indiana. We offer this comprehensive listing of heat treat industry consultants as part of our efforts to help minimize the effects of heat treat “brain drain.” With so many heat treat brains growing older, the expertise that once used to reside inside of manufacturing operations is dwindling. Where, then, do manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments go when they need heat treat answers?

Turn to Heat Treat Today and our comprehensive list of heat treat industry consultants, which we will introduce to you one by one in this occasional feature, “Meet the Consultants”. There is no more comprehensive list of heat treat consultants. Learn more about Adeel Karim in below’s inaugural entry, and then click through to the page to read more details about each consultant. We are adding more regularly. Contact them directly, or call us and we’ll introduce you to them. Whether it’s a technical process question, a safety concern, a compliance issue, or a business related question, one of our heat treat consultants will be able to help. If you are a consultant and would like to be listed, please contact Doug Glenn.

Name: Adeel Karim
Company Name: Doctor Furnace, Inc.
Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
Years in Industry: 15+
Consulting Specialties: Pyrometry /Nadcap Implementation

Email: Adeel@doctorfurnace.com | Phone: 614-519-0740, 352-315-9090

Briefly:

Adeel Karim is Doctor Furnace, the role he took on not long after he founded Heat Treat Professionals, Inc., in 2002 to provide clients with Nadcap and heat treating consulting. He went on to launch Doctor Furnace Inc. which continues to contribute to the industry today by offering clients expertise in pyrometry and Nadcap implementation (specification knowledge includes: AMS 2750,  PWA F40, BAC 5621, RPS, DPS 1.700, GE P10TF1 and F3, and Bell Helicopter to name just a few), as well as the latest and best products and services to the heat treatment industry. Adeel operates as a training specialist and private consultant in pyrometry in all aspects of the industry, including to Fortune 500 companies in aerospace and defense, and is currently on the lecturing circuit for pyrometry. In addition, Adeel is also part owner of ZK SONS, Inc, a holding company of IT, agriculture, and vocational education companies, and a concierge jeweler specializing in custom diamond and luxury watches with offices in Tampa, Dubai, and Karachi under the business name of Carats & Cents.

Publications or Significant Accomplishments:

  1. Founded Heat Treat Professionals Inc. (2002).
  2. Founded Doctor Furnace Inc. (2004).
  3. Nadcap heat treat consultant and pyrometry expert for Boeing, Lockheed, Rolls Royce, GE Aircraft, Pratt & Whitney, and Safran Snecma Group amongst others. Implementation of Nadcap in heat treatment, chem processing, welding, and NDT amongst others.
  4. Author of “The Latest on AMS 2750 Rev. E”, published at Industrial Heating (2014).
  5. GAP analysis, procedure writing, training, cap ex survey , and Nadcap response development support.
  6. Record 228 companies with zero failures in any discipline in attaining Nadcap Accreditation.
  7. Global Lecturer & Consultant for the latest revisions of AMS 2750, CQI 9, BAC 5621, RPS 953, PWA F40, and GE P10 T F3.
  8. Consultant with GE Aviation (2011-2013).

Links to Other Resources from This Consultant

References available upon request from the Consultant

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Ceramics Expo 2019 for Sourcing, Networking, and Training

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Ceramics Expo — running April 29 – May 1, 2019 — is the leading annual supply chain exhibition and conference for technical ceramics and glass materials, manufacturing and components.

Ceramics Expo is North America’s leading supply chain exhibition and conference for advanced ceramic and glass materials, manufacturing and technologies, bringing together manufacturers and engineers from across the medical, automotive, electronics, aerospace and defense, and energy sectors to source new materials and technologies, network with like-minded professionals, and discuss the challenges and opportunities in the ceramic industry.

Now in its fifth year, Ceramics Expo, to be held April 30-May 1, 2019, will once again host more than 300 leading global manufacturers and suppliers from across the supply chain. Running concurrent to the exhibition is Conference @ Ceramics Expo, where over 60 speakers will share their technical expertise in ceramics and provide real-world case studies, new technologies, and materials, along with information on industry trends.

From Ceramics Expo 2018

Ceramics Expo provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to hear the latest advancements in ceramic materials, technologies, manufacturing, gain an in-depth view of the ceramic materials markets, the latest innovations, and R&D for commercialization, manufacturing, and technological solutions, challenges and future requirements, alongside a 300-vendor supply chain exhibition.

The free-to-attend conference will run alongside the main exhibition and is specially designed for engineers and decision makers from OEMs and Tier 1s in the automotive, aerospace/defense, medical, electronics, industrial, energy, and communication industries.

Why you should attend the conference:

  • Gain a 360° view of the ceramic materials market: new material formulations, future material requirements of end-user markets and material challenges
  • Find solutions to technology development and implementation, cost reduction and scaling-up of manufacturing processes
  • Benefit from in-depth insights into new ceramic material properties, performance, applications, and efficiencies
  • Discover the latest innovative ceramic R&D for commercialization
  • Learn the latest innovative forming processes for unique geometries and high surface area parts
  • Optimize your manufacturing processes through microstructure and multiscale modeling

New for 2019:

  • Supply chain exhibition with 300+ exhibiting companies
  • Two-track manufacturing and applications conference
  • Innovation trail highlighting cutting-edge technology
  • Product Showcase featuring interactive demonstrations
  • B2B meetings connecting exhibitors with key buyers
  • Complimentary networking receptions

Ceramics Expo 2019 will take place at the I-X Center, Cleveland, Ohio, from Tuesday, April 30, to Wednesday, May 1, 2019, with a gala reception and networking event for exhibitors and VIPs, on Monday, April 29.

The call for speakers is open. If interested, click here: http://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/conference/call-for-speakers

For more information, visit Ceramics Expo’s website: http://www.ceramicsexpousa.com/visit/welcome-to-ceramics-expo?actioncode=NTWO000228OKS

April 29 – May 1, 2019

International Exposition Center (I-X Center)
East Entrance, One I-X Center Drive,
Cleveland, Ohio
44135

Email: info@ceramicsexpousa.com

Call: +1 855 436 8683

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Tackling the Hard-ness of Hardness Testing

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Source: Struers.com

 

Hardness testing in heat treating has evolved to a precision science necessary to provide reliability in resolving yield strength of metal materials and to assist in comparing property differences of two materials, ultimately determining “the success or failure of a particular heat-treatment operation” (Daniel Herring, “Common Pitfalls in Hardness Testing,” Gear Solutions Magazine).

According to Herring, “The Heat Treat Doctor®” (see his Heat Treat Today consultant’s page here), “Hardness testing is thought to be one of the easiest tests to perform on the shop floor or in the metallurgical laboratory, but it can be one of the hardest tests to do properly.”

Today’s Best of the Web feature offers an easy-to-follow primer on this hard testing process, providing the following:

  • Definition of Hardness Testing
  • How Hardness Tests Work
  • Selecting the Best Hardness Test Method
  • The Four Most Common Indentation Hardness Tests: their uses, suitability, and distinctives
  • How to Ensure Accuracy and Repeatability in Hardness Testing
  • Surface Preparation Requirements for Hardness Testing
  • Definition of Hardness Testing Loads
  • Indent Spacing
  • Troubleshooting for Hardness Tests

For a teaser, consider this excerpt from the article from Struers:

Factors that influence hardness testing

A number of factors influence hardness tests results. As a general rule, the lower the load you use in the hardness test, the more factors that need to be controlled to ensure an accurate conclusion of the hardness test. 

Here are a few of the most important factors to consider to ensure an accurate conclusion from a hardness test.

  • External factors such as light, dirt, vibrations, temperature, and humidity should be controlled
  • The tester and stage should be secured on a solid horizontal table, and the sample should be clamped or held in a holder or anvil
  • The indenter should be perpendicular to the tested surface
  • Illumination settings should be constant during the test when using Vickers, Knoop, or Brinell
  • The tester should be recalibrated/verified every time you change the indenter or objective lens

 

Read more: “Hardness Testing Is a Key Element in Many Quality Control Procedures and R&D Work”

Photo credit: Struers

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Specialty Alloys Firm Enhances AM Capabilities with Powder Lifecycle Technology Acquisition

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A Pennsylvania producer and distributor of premium specialty alloys recently announced it has acquired a leader in the development and supply of advanced metal powders and powder lifecycle management solutions.

Carpenter Technology Corporation, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadens its role as a leader in solutions provider in additive manufacturing with the approximately $81 million purchase of LPW Technology Ltd (LPW), based in Widnes, Chesire, United Kingdom, with additional processing operations near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The acquisition incorporates metal powder lifecycle management technology with quality control and traceability.

Tony R. Thene, Carpenter’s president and CEO

Carpenter’s alloy production includes titanium alloys, nickel- and cobalt-based superalloys, stainless steels, alloy steels, and tool steels and is used in applications within the aerospace, transportation, medical, and energy sectors.

“Our aggressive development in key aspects of Additive Manufacturing (AM) demonstrates our commitment to build on our industry-leading position in this space,” said Tony R. Thene, Carpenter’s president and CEO. “The acquisition combines LPW’s metal powder lifecycle management technology and processes with our technical expertise in producing highly engineered metal powders and additively manufactured components.”

Phil Carroll, LPW’s founder

Lifecycle management technology is becoming increasingly important to understanding how materials behave before, during, and after production in the powder-bed fusion process.  Understanding powder behavior is critical as AM becomes more widely adopted and implemented across various industries.

“LPW’s innovative platforms and enabling technology further solidify Carpenter’s position as a preferred provider of end-to-end next generation Additive Manufacturing solutions,” said Phil Carroll, LPW’s founder. “I’m extremely proud of the accomplishments we’ve achieved at LPW and I’m excited to be part of Carpenter’s continued growth and leadership in AM.”

 

Photo credit: Additive Manufacturing Magazine

 

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15 Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

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15 Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Chatter

  • The purchase of a producer of fixtures and parts in refractory alloys for heat treatment, steel, incineration, power generation, automotive, and aerospace industries was recently announced. The Safe-Cronite business unit of the Safe Group was purchased by its CEO Pierre Wittmann and a group of managers in partnership with investment funds driven by CICLAD.
  • The central laboratory of H.C. Starck, known until recently as H.C. Starck Analytical Services, announced it became an independent company with the name ChemiLytics GmbH & Co. KG. The new company will remain part of the H.C. Starck Group. The company is presented on its new webpage www.chemilytics.com to provide interested customers with an overview of the company, its core competencies, and service range.
  • Paulo, a supplier of heat-treating services for a wide range of industries headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, officially inaugurated its first plant outside the U.S., located at the GP Escobedo industrial park in the municipality of Escobedo, Nuevo Leon. The facility started operations earlier this year providing proprietary heat-treatment processes for the automotive industry in a 50,000 square-feet footprint which is expected to expand up to 110,000 sq.-ft as new equipment keeps coming into the plant in order to serve manufacturers of aerospace components and agriculture equipment, among others.
  • A leading producer of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products Kaiser Aluminum Corporation recently announced that it has acquired Imperial Machine & Tool Co., a leader in multi-material additive manufacturing and machining technologies for aerospace and defense, automotive, high-tech, and general industrial applications.

Equipment Chatter

  • Ipsen USA recently announced several furnace shipments, including several TITAN® vacuum furnaces from the platform product line, several custom horizontal and vertical vacuum furnaces and multiple atmosphere box furnaces all designed to meet customers’ specifications. Many of these shipments also included PdMetrics® software for predictive maintenance.
  • Gasbarre recently designed, manufactured, and commissioned a large capacity gas-fired temper furnace for a major specialty alloy manufacturing company located in the Northeastern portion of the United States. The furnace is designed to temper workloads that are 32 feet wide by 6 feet long by 4 feet high and weigh up to 40,000 lbs. The furnace utilizes the latest design and control technologies to achieve excellent temperature uniformity (±10°F) across a wide temperature range (800°F to 1400°F)
  • A new Hot Isostatic Press will soon be in operation at Lake City Heat Treating, expanding their Hot Isostatic Press capabilities for the aerospace and medical industries. With a much larger capacity of 2,000 pounds per load, Lake City will be able to expand load sizes and meet customer turnaround requirements. The new press will be housed in their new 6,000 square foot addition.
  • Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently commissioned a new 20-foot car bottom furnace that has a total load capacity of up to 30,000 pounds. The Class 2 furnace, built by John Becker’s Heat Treat Equipment Inc., located in Canton, Michigan, was installed and fully tested for the first time in Hermitage, PA. This new piece of equipment will serve to compliment Solar’s lower temperature work – especially where surface oxidation is of little concern. It will also be used to economically process many “downstream” processes, including multiple tempering operations, which typically follow vacuum austenitizing treatments.
  • Quintus Technologies supplied a hot-isostatic press to a Chinese manufacturer to complement the additive manufacturing capabilities at Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd. BLT produces 3DP parts in titanium and aluminum alloys, superalloys, and stainless, die, and high-strength steels, for a range of industrial applications, including automotive engine and structural parts, aircraft engine and structural components, mold/die, energy, electronics, and other customer segments.

Kudos Chatter

  • Materion Corporation recently announced that the Society of Automotive Engineers – Aerospace Material Specification Nonferrous Alloys Committee (SAE-AMS) has approved AMS4369 specification for SupremEX® 225XF metal matrix composite (MMC) and AMS4379 for SupremEX 225XE MMC. This represents the second AMS specification for SupremEX 225XE and applies to the extruded form of the material. With the two recently added specifications, the company now has a total of four AMS specifications for its SupremEX line of products, allowing engineers to reference a national standard for material properties.
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute recently presented its 2018 Innovator of the Year Award to metallurgical pioneer Diran Apelian. The first WPI faculty member to receive the honor, Apelian is the founding director of WPI’s Metal Processing Institute, an internationally recognized researcher and educator, and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
  • ASM International recently recognized several members for achievement at its ASM Awards Banquet, held in Columbus, OH on October 16, 2018. In addition, ASM International Trustee-Elects have been selected to serve on the 2018-2019 ASM Board of Trustees. ASM International’s trustees are charged with acting in the best interests of the society’s membership and help to lead the governance of the society. The ASM officers and trustees were officially installed in office at ASM’s Annual Meeting on October 15, 2018, also in Columbus, OH. Details can be found at ASM International’s website: https://www.asminternational.org/membership/awards/photos
  • Kanfit Ltd., a leading manufacturer of assemblies and subassemblies for the aerospace industry, announced today that it has recently achieved Nadcap re-certification for chemical processing and heat treatment following thorough audits of the Performance Review Institute. Kanfit was awarded recertification of Chemical Processing and is qualified for full Nadcap merit status of 24 months. This means that the frequency between audits has been increased from 18 months to two years. Kanfit has been Nadcap accredited for chemical processing since 2013 and has been accredited by Nadcap for heat treating since 2008.
  • GE Aviation recently produced 30,000th 3D printed fuel nozzle at its Auburn, Alabama, plant.
  • Surface Combustion Inc., Maumee, Ohio, has recently updated its website, which provides details about its standard atmosphere and vacuum furnace designs. Not only is the website mobile friendly, but also thermal processing solutions on the product, industry, and process pages are easier to navigate.

Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to the editor at editor@heattreattoday.com.

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