This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

August 5, 2022 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT

Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. You know and we know: there is too much content available on the web, and it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So, Heat Treat Today is here to bring you a hot take of the latest compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat chatter from the world of social media.

Today, check out some posts on the convergence of EV and heat treaters, robots that can detect leaks, and algorithms that adjust temperature.

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1. "August" Is for "Automotive"

This August, we're seeing and hearing a lot about the convergence of heat treat and the automotive sector. In this news piece, read how EV assemblies will be able to include Canada-made products in Canada. For more on how EV will influence heat treaters, go to www.heattreattoday.com/radio on Thursday, August 11^th.

2. What Are They Saying?

Everybody talks! That's for sure. But this week, what are they talking about? For starters, the cost of furnace downtime, metallurgical definitions, leak-detecting robots, and water quenching are on the docket.

True Cost of a Furnace Breakdown = $XXXXX?

What Your QA Is Posting on SM. . .

Leak Detector Automation with Robotics

The Red Glow. Never Gets Old.

3. What Are They Doing?

Actions speak louder than words. One company in Illinois has been acting out excellence since 1979. And if you are looking for a little action in October in the Pittsburgh area, check out Heat Treat Today's live at 2:30 PM EST to learn about a one-of-a-kind heat treat event.

Join the LIVE Heat Treat Boot Camp on LinkedIn!

Business Ambassadors Visit the Hot Side of Illinois

4. The Reading (and Podcast) Corner

Will EV be the end of heat treating in the automotive industry? Watch the video below to learn some answers to this question from the Metal Treating Institute. If you're in a listening mood, listen to this episode of Heat Treat Radio and discover some Industry 4.0 innovations for adjusting temperature.

2021 Predictions: EV and the Heat Treater

Listen to the Future of Furnace Compliance

Does it combust? Time to hear about Industry 4.0. . . again :). This time, see how this Industry 4.0 system uses algorithms to adjust temperature on Heat Treat Radio

Heat Treat Radio #77: Algorithmic Combustion Tuning with Justin Dzik and Ben Witoff at Fives. Click to –> Watch | Listen | Learn

5. Miniature Metal Masterpiece

To all the metallurgists and heat treaters out there, perhaps the metal you work with today will end up a mini-masterpiece in the hands of an electrolyte jet machining fanatic!

Have a great weekend!

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Heat Treat Tips: SCR Environmental Conditions and Furnace Downtime

One of the great benefits of a community of heat treaters is the opportunity to challenge old habits and look at new ways of doing things. Heat Treat Today’s 101 Heat Treat Tips is another opportunity to learn the tips, tricks, and hacks shared by some of the industry’s foremost experts.

For Heat Treat Today’s latest round of 101 Heat Treat Tips, click here for the digital edition of the 2019 Heat Treat Today fall issue (also featuring the popular 40 Under 40).

Today’s tips come to us from Control Concepts, covering SCR Environmental Conditions. Another contributor, Messer, also shares a tip on “Preventing Furnace Downtime.” These are great tips to make those fixes that can fly under the radar.

Heat Treat Today welcomes you to submit your own heat treat tip for the 2020 Heat Treat Today fall issue to benefit your industry colleagues. You can submit your tip(s) to karen@heattreattoday.com or editor@heattreattoday.com.

Heat Treat Tip #50

Using a Grounding Rod in Noisy Environments

This may be beneficial if you have a bad system ground. (Control Concepts)

Heat Treat Tip #51

Seal Away Dirt or Dusty Environments

Use a sealed enclosure or alternative cooled power controllers for dirty and dusty environments. For heavy dirt or dusty environments, a sealed cabinet with air conditioning or filters is recommended. Alternatively, select a SCR manufacturer that offers external mount or liquid cooled heatsinks to allow you to maintain a sealed environment in order to obtain maximum product life. (Control Concepts)

Heat Treat Tip #52

De-Rate Controller Above 6,000 Feet

De-rate controller for installations above 6,000 feet. As the air thins at increased elevations, natural convection and forced air cooling becomes less efficient. Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations for de-rating the SCR power controller above 6,000 feet altitude. (Control Concepts)

Heat Treat Tip #64

Prevent Furnace Downtime

If your atmosphere heat treatment furnace is experiencing frequent downtime, and circulation fans fail, it is probably time for an upgrade. New injection mixing technology uses nitrogen to stir the atmosphere and maintain its uniformity. (Messer)

furnace downtime