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

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

  • Based in Lima, Ohio, Heat Treating Technologies recently installed its third heat treating furnace as the final step of a $3 million expansion project, to be used to process parts for agriculture and automotive industries.
  • Mark Hemsath has been hired as director of nitriding and special vacuum furnaces at SECO/VACUUM Technologies, LLC. Hemsath has previously worked with SECO/WARWICK Corp. and Advanced Heat Treat Corporation in Waterloo IA, and operated his own heat treat furnace manufacturing and alloy fabricating company. He will be the primary contact for gas nitriding furnace applications in North America and will handle special vacuum furnace products throughout North America.
  • The new president and chief executive officer of Norsk Titanium AS, an aerospace-grade titanium components manufacturer based in Plattsburgh, New York, will be Michael J. Canario.
  • A company that manufactures high-temperature refractories and specializes in the toll firing business serving a variety of industries such as aerospace, automotive and petrochemical recently completed the task of relining the bricks on one of their roller hearth kilns, which can now reach greater operating temperatures – up to 2,650 ºF (1,454ºC). In addition, Ipsen Ceramics has also announced a collaboration with ceramics distributor, Carpenter Brothers, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Equipment Chatter

  • PJSC Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works’ (“MMK”) most powerful unit, hot-rolled products Mill 2000, produced 527,500 tonnes of metal in May 2018, setting an all-time record for monthly output. It was the highest production volume at the mill since its commissioning in 1994, beating the previous monthly record of 526.2 ths tonnes set in January 2015.
  • Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently continued its merit status for NADCAP Nondestructive Testing for penetrant inspection. Solar Atmospheres specializes in Method A (water washable) Fluorescent Penetrant inspection and is able to accommodate parts of varying sizes in their world class NDT cell. Solar has its own in-house Level 3 inspector as well as six Level 2 inspectors and one Level 1 inspector.
  • Professional fastener manufacturer ARP is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018. “It was 1968 when Gary Holzapfel—whose background was in aerospace fastener manufacturing—developed some bolts and studs for his racer friends that were a marked improvement over what was available at the time. This lead to the founding of Automotive Racing Products Inc. … ARP proudly does everything in-house, which includes engineering, R&D, forging, heat-treating, machining, finishing, packaging and distribution in its ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 registered California facilities.”

Heat Treat Today celebrates with our heat treatment industry partners by highlighting their accomplishments and announcements 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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Expand Your Professional Network at ITPS/IFCS

ITPS/IFCS is designed to provide a place where industry executives can network and gain critical information for managing their manufacturing business. In addition to the exceptional presentation program, participants will have the opportunity network with other executives and Summit speakers during the Welcome Reception and a Taste of the South Dinner. These social events enable participants to exchange conversation, ideas, and knowledge with everyone in attendance within a casual setting.


Why I’m Attending:

“As an end-user, attending ITPS 2016 provided me with greater insight of the thermal processing industry and the challenges it faces. Furthermore, ITPS is a great opportunity to network and build relationships with key people within the industry. I have utilized those relationships several times over the past two years.”

Chad Spore, Staff Engineer

Enterprise Materials Engineering, John Deere

For complete Summit information, including hotel reservations and to register, visit ITPS/IFCS. To take advantage of our hotel group rate, book your room today!

Registration discounts are available for IHEA, CCAI, MTI, CECOF, JIFMA, VDMA, Electrocoat Association, and WiM members.

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Policy and Programs That Impact Manufacturers – What You Should Know

The ITPS and IFCS will bring together an impressive and diverse group of business leaders to help executives stay on top of the latest trends and innovations affecting their manufacturing operations. This two-day summit will feature two joint general sessions with a total of ten presentations addressing topics that appeal to all manufacturing executives, including:

TRUMP’s Washington: The New Normal?

Omar Nashashibi

Omar Nashashibi, Founder Partner, The Franklin Partnership

President Trump has kept his campaign promise to shake up Washington and it is anything but business as usual in the nation’s capital. Omar S. Nashashibi lobbies Congress, the White House, and federal agencies on behalf of manufacturing companies and other groups. This is your chance to hear directly from a Washington insider about the latest on trade, workforce training, regulations, and implementation of the new tax law, among other timely issues.

Manufacturing USA Initiatives: What They Are and How You Can Benefit

Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E.

Thomas Kurfess, Ph.D., P.E., HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid & Motion Control and Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Manufacturing USA is an initiative focused on coordinating public and private investments in emerging advanced manufacturing technologies that bring together industry, academia, and government partners to leverage existing resources, collaborate, and co-invest in advanced manufacturing innovation. Dr. Kurfess will provide an overview of these initiatives and how manufacturers can benefit from these efforts.


Why I’m Attending:

“ITPS gives me the opportunity to gather general high-level knowledge about the health and trends of my industry, combined with networking opportunities, in a nice atmosphere. I was satisfied with ITPS two years ago, and I’m looking forward to the event this year.”

Daniel Llaguno, President, Nutec Bickley

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For complete Summit information, including hotel reservations and to register, visit ITPS/IFCS. Call 941-373-1830 with questions.

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Brazing Seminars Announced for Fall 2018

Three-day brazing training seminars have been announced for the fall of 2018, one taking place in Spartanburg, South Carolina, September 25-27, and the other in Simsbury, Connecticut, November 13-15.

A Dan Kay Brazing Seminar in Maryland

These identical hands-on 3-day brazing-training programs sponsored by Kay & Associates and taught by Dan Kay will provide intensive training for both the novice and the veteran in all aspects of brazing, including correct brazing of aluminum, titanium, steels, super-alloys, as well as metals-to-ceramics, and will cover furnace, torch, induction, and dip brazing, and all BFMs (nickel, gold, silver, aluminum, titanium, and copper-based).

The 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. programs provide over twenty hours of intensive training and the opportunity for one-on-one applications support. Many samples are investigated in the hands-on training seminar, actual brazing demos are done in which each person can participate, and case-studies are presented and solved via group-interaction.

The seminars are targeted for anyone who impacts brazing operations, such as designers, owners and managers, engineers and supervisors, and production personnel.

Dan Kay (BMetEng, MBA), operates his own brazing consulting/training company and has been involved full-time in brazing for 45-years. He regularly consults in areas of vacuum and atmosphere brazing, as well as in torch (flame) and induction brazing.

To read more or to register, go here: www.kaybrazing.com.

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Coatings Reduce Surface Temps, Firing Times for Kilns and Furnaces Alike

 

ThomasNet.com

 

Today’s best of the web features a video demonstration from the Crafts Center of North Carolina State University (NCUS), which recently released the results of the trial application of high-temperature ceramic coatings to the linings of kilns used at the center.

Cone 10 Gas Reduction Car Kiln at North Carolina State University Crafts Center

Jennifer Siegel Clay, studio manager at NCUS Crafts Center, summarizes the process of lining two kilns with coatings from ITC Coatings, which produces high-temperature ceramic coatings for kilns, forges, furnaces, ovens and metal equipment, first developed in 1980 in Alliance, Ohio, by Feriz Delkic, a ceramic engineer who was running his own pottery business at the time. ITC Coatings provides solutions to problems faced by industries with heat treatment processes such as steel, power generation, and petrochemical, as well as ceramic artists and home hobbyists all over the world.

The first kiln, a 50 cubic foot Cone 10 gas reduction car kiln was coated with ITC 100HT. The outside surface temp was reduced by 30+ dF and the firing time was reduced by 1 hour (28 hour firing). The second kiln, a Barrel Raku kiln, was coated with ITC 296A. The outside surface temperature was reduced by 50+ degrees F, firing time was reduced by half, and gas consumption was reduced by greater than one third. Siegel Clay refers to it as “armor for your kilns.”

 

Read more: “ITC Technical Ceramic Coatings Announces Data Results from North Carolina State University Product Installation” and “Kiln Application Results: Gas Consumption Reduced by More Than 30%”

Watch the video:

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15 Quick Heat Treat News Items to Keep You Current

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

  • D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD., Senior Research Scientist–Metallurgy at Houghton International, was elected by the International Federation of Heat Treating and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) to serve as president for a two-year term. Dr. MacKenzie has been the ASM representative to IFHTSE Executive Committee since 2015 and was awarded ASM Fellow in 2007; he has also published over 150 publications and books, mainly in the field of heat treating and quenching.
  • A new generation of leadership takes over at Michigan-based, flat-rolled steel distributor Grand Steel Products Inc. Jim Barnett, retiring as president and COO, announced that his son, Michael Barnett, has assumed those roles, having started with the company in 2006 and overseeing growth through the purchase of an operations building in 2008, purchase and installation of a slitting line in 2011, and office renovations and additions in 2014. Michael also assisted in the formation of Barnett Industrial Properties and Grand Steel Transport, where he is a Partner. This year, Jim and Michael also added a new company within the same property of Grand Steel Products’ by adding Steel Testing Laboratory (STL).
  • ASM International recently announced that member John Storm, president and CEO of Contour Hardening Inc. (CHI), passed away on May 13, 2018, at the age of 63. "John helped pioneer work with dual frequency induction hardening to strengthen gears and shafts by creating a uniform hardened case pattern. In 1986 . . . he ventured out to co-found CHI with the goal of supplying the industry with innovative induction hardening systems. . . He holds over 200 U.S. and International patents on a variety of processes and applications."
  • The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) announced that R. Scott Kelley, president and CEO of Service Center Metals in Prince George, Virginia, was elected to serve as chairman of the Aluminum Extruders Council.  Mr. Kelley has been a member of the AEC Board of Directors since 2013 when he served as an Independent Extruder Director until he was elected to the Executive Committee in 2016 as Vice Chairman of the Council.
  • Gervais Jacques, Managing Director--Atlantic at Rio Tinto Aluminum, has been appointed Chair of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). As IAI Chair he succeeds Hilde Merete Aasheim, executive vice president of Hydro's Aluminum Metal business, at the end of her two-year tenure.
  • Mary Pernacciaro has been named Director of Quality Management Systems at Illinois-baesd ADVANCED Heat Treating Inc, overseeing maintenance and improvements within the company’s quality systems.
  • Gerdau S.A. recently announced that Chia Yuan Wang, currently the Supply Chain Vice-President in North America, was appointed as the new president for its North American Long Steel Operation, succeeding the CEO of Gerdau, Gustavo Werneck, who was temporarily serving in the position during the last three months. Wang has almost 30 years of experience at Gerdau and held several positions in Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States.
  • Germany’s leading engine manufacturer, MTU Aero Engines AG, recently announced the formation of a separate department, Additive Manufacturing, to explore conceptual designs of applications and constructions from a bionics viewpoint, push the development of the production technology forward, and industrialize the entire process chain. Dr. Jürgen Kraus has assembled a team of around 30 professionals from various technical disciplines: design engineers, structural mechanics engineers, process specialists, and operations scheduling experts.
  • GE Additive recently released an update to its Concept Laser M2 cusing and M2 cusing Multilaser machines to provide aerospace, automotive, medical customers with an increased level of productivity and reliability. The upgrades include a new gas flow system and a higher build chamber with a z-axis of 350 mm and newly designed heating.

Equipment Chatter

  • A two-zone walk-in temperature humidity cycling room was recently shipped by Tenney Environmental announced the shipment of a two- zone walk-in temperature humidity cycling room to replicate negative pressure housing conditions to test door locks during the design phase. In addition, Tenney announced shipment of a vacuum temperature space simulation system for the manufacturer of laser guidance modules for satellites and other space equipment that is used to assure precise locations of equipment while they are docking together.
  • A manufacturer of recreational vehicles recently received shipment of a gas-fired aluminum stack melting and holding furnace from Lindberg/MPH to provide additional melting capacity and efficiency for a new die casting machine installation. Lindbergh/MPH also recently announced shipment of a box furnace with retort to a laboratory in Canada to be used to test parts in a hydrogen atmosphere. The temperature range is 212°F to approximately 2200°F and the customer will run it at a maximum temperature of 1922°F.
  • A natural gas-fired enhanced duty walk-in furnace was recently manufactured for a transportation technology company by Wisconsin Oven Company to be used for heat treating baskets of aluminum parts. The heat-treating equipment has a maximum temperature rating of 600°F (315°C) and has sufficient capacity to heat 1,312 pounds (5,952 kg) of aluminum from 70°F (21°C) to 482°F (250°C) within 120 minutes when loaded into an ambient oven. Wisconsin Oven Company also manufactured a custom electrically heated enhanced duty walk-in oven for an aerospace parts manufacturer to be used for curing composites. The maximum operating temperature of this composite curing oven is 500°F.
  • An order for advanced tubes has been received by Sandvik Materials Technology from a company related to the energy segment.

Kudos Chatter

  • The Buehler Wilson® Reference Block Laboratory in Binghamton, New York, has achieved accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 by A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) for Rockwell, Knoop, Vickers, and Brinell hardness test blocks and indenters. A2LA is in full conformance with the standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electro-Technical Commission (IEC), including ISO/IEC 17025. Buehler markets the reference blocks along with the Wilson hardness testers and DiaMet software globally.
  • The world’s largest independent Pratt & Whitney Canada authorized PT6A Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) with distribution rights on certain engine models, StandardAero, is celebrating its second anniversary as a chosen supplier of PT6A engine maintenance to business aircraft manufacturers Textron Aviation.

 

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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ITPS/IFCS Breakout Sessions to Feature Trends & Innovations Driving the Thermal Processing and Industrial Finishing Markets

With no other event in North America for executives in the thermal processing and industrial finishing and coatings industries, ITPS/IFCS is a can’t miss event for leaders in these manufacturing segments. While the joint general sessions will address topics impacting manufacturing as a whole, two breakout sessions that focus specifically on topics of significance to the thermal processing and the finishing and coatings industries will run concurrently.

Industrial Heating Breakout Session Topics Include:

  • Opportunities & Threats in the ThermProcess Industry Tim Lee, Honeywell Thermal Solutions
  • OEM Perspective on the ThermProcess Industry, Chad Spore, John Deere
  • Risk Management Strategies for Industrial Combustion Systems, Chris Della Mora, HUB International Risk Services
  • Cutting Edge Trends: A Consultants Panel Looks at the Future, Madhu Chatterjee, AAT Metallurgical Services; Thomas Wingens, Wingens International Industry Consultancy; John Young, Young Metallurgical Consulting

Why I’m Attending:

Mike Stowe, Senior Energy Engineer, Advanced Energy

“ITPS provides a unique opportunity to hear a combination of leadership, business, and technical aspects from the leaders of the process heating industry. Company executives, technology leaders, and operations managers can all benefit from the high-level industry insights at this event.  In addition, it is an excellent opportunity for networking with business leaders across the thermal processing industry.  I would not miss it.”

Mike Stowe, Senior Energy Engineer, Advanced Energy


Industrial Finishing & Coatings Breakout Session Topics Include:

  • Opportunities & Threats in the Finishing Industry, Speaker to be Announced
  • OEM Perspective on the Finishing Industry, Mark Prehar, AGCO; Anteneh Kebbede, GE Global Research; Chris Misorski, Mercury Marine
  • Finishing Economics, Michael Guckes, Gardner Intelligence
  • Benchmarking Your Finishing Operation: Steps to Improve efficiencies & Profits, Tim Pennington, Products Finishing

Why I’m Attending:

“IFCS offers attendees exclusive access to some of the leading OEM’s within manufacturing and provides excellent insight to future trends within industries that impact the industrial finishing markets. If you’re an owner or leader within your respective company, this is a must-attend event.”

Todd Luciano, Publisher, Products Finishing

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Registration discounts are available for IHEA, CCAI, MTI, CECOF, JIFMA, VDMA, Electrocoat Association and WiM members.

For complete Summit information, including hotel reservations and to register, visit www.itps-ifcs.com; call 941-373-1830 with questions.

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2nd Anniversary for “Heat Treat Today” — and the Thanks Goes to You

A Special Message from Doug Glenn, Publisher

We have two years under our belt and what a blast we’re having helping manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments, especially those in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors, stay up-to-date on the latest heat treating technology, tips, tricks, and news. As we celebrate this 2nd anniversary, it is appropriate to express our sincere thanks to a number of people.

First, thank you to the following companies for having faith in Heat Treat Today to carry their marketing message to the heat treat marketplace:

There are several industry veterans who have helped us procure content that appeals to and serves our in-house heat treating audience. I’d like to express a special thanks to:

I am also thankful to one other unnamed company who has been very supportive and patient as we’ve built Heat Treat Today. They’ve done so in large part quite sacrificially. I am sincerely indebted to this company and especially to the top management team there for their moral and selfless support.

I’d also like to thank the Heat Treat Today team:

  • Mary Glenn, also known as the lovely and gracious Mrs. Glenn (my wife), who has served in multiple roles during the last two years — editor and audience development among them. Thank you, Mary, for your invaluable support!
  • Brandon Glenn, who is not my son even though he looks very much like he could be. Brandon has been responsible for all the website development and e-newsletter designs, and it is he who makes sure all the correct ads are running on the website each month. (For the record, he’s my brother’s son!)
  • Laura Miller joined our team a year ago as a contributing editor and has very quickly become a cornerstone of our efforts. Laura is the one who provides the daily content. She’s doing a wonderful job. Thank you, Laura.
  • Jonathan Condon, a very talented young man who attended the same Presbyterian church and does a great job with our Heat Treat Radio podcasts. Jonathan is finishing up college and finds time to produce our podcasts very proficiently.
  • Jonathan’s mother, Kelly Condon, recently joined the team helping with billing and other administrative work. (not pictured)

Doug Glenn, Publisher

Heat Treat Today would not be possible without all of the above advertisers, industry veterans, and team members. A big 2nd anniversary “thank you” to all. And it should not go without saying that all of us at Heat Treat Today are thankful to God for his blessings as we’ve navigated these first two years. Anything good we’ve done is really His fault!! Any mistakes: our fault!

Two years ago there was no Heat Treat Today. Two years ago there was no Heat Treat Radio. Two years ago, there was no Heat Treat Shop. Who knows what the years ahead will bring? Lord willing, we’ll continue to grow in our usefulness to the industry, and more and more in-house heat treaters will find the content and manner of delivery of that content helpful. The fact is, we have a LOT of ideas that we’re currently working on. Keep your eyes on Heat Treat Today. There should be more good stuff coming in the future.

With sincere thanks,

Doug Glenn, Publisher

 

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Auto Supplier Purchase of EBAM System Represents First Asia-Pacific Installation

A leading provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) solutions announced recently that it delivered an industry-leading Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) system to the Global Research & Innovative Technology (GRIT) facility of a major Japanese automotive supplier, making it the first Asia-Pacific installation.

Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc

Hitachi Metals, Ltd., based in Kumagaya, Japan, purchased the EBAM 110 system from Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc., (PSI). The dual wirefeed configuration included in the system allows for the combination of two different metal alloys into a single melt pool, managed with independent program control, to create custom alloy parts or ingots. Users also have the option to alternate between different wire gauges for finer deposition features (thin wire) and gross deposition features (thick wire) to meet unique part specifications.

Hitachi Metals supports four business segments: specialty steel products, magnetic materials and applications, functional components and equipment, as well as wires, cables and related products.

“Sciaky is proud to extend our industry-leading technology with Hitachi Metals,” said Scott Phillips, president and CEO of Sciaky, Inc. “This is an important milestone for the industrial metal 3D printing market in Japan, and the forward-thinking leaders at Hitachi Metals are blazing a new trail for the Asia-Pacific region.”

 

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MTI Partners with Staffing Firm Specializing in Transferring Military Vets into Workplace

From the Editor: May is Military Appreciation Month, and Monday, May 28, 2018, is Memorial Day, on which we are called to remember those who died in active military service. The staff at Heat Treat Today is thankful for those who made that great sacrifice and grateful to be able to honor those who have served. We salute our military heroes past and our veterans with this post about the heat treat industry and military staffing. Heat Treat Today will not publish on Monday, May 28, 2018.


Finding good, qualified workers in today’s labor pool is the critical issue facing any industry.

The workers are just not in the marketplace.  To help MTI members win the battle for finding qualified people, MTI signed a partnership with the largest military veteran staffing firm in America, Bradley-Morris, Inc (BMI).  Bradley-Morris is a leader in helping transfer military veterans back into the corporate and manufacturing workplace.

A few reasons companies may want to take advantage of this very valuable new service, according to MTI:

  • Every year over 200,000 military veterans transfer out of the military into the public workspace.
  • 72% are under the age of 30.
  • Geography is not an obstacle.  Relocation assistance costs are covered by the government for many transitioning military persons.
  • Bradley Morris is the leading military staffing firm for placing veterans into civilian jobs upon separation.
  • MTI members receive a special, pre-negotiated, below market placement fee.

MTI is the Metal Treating Institute, a non-profit trade association that represents the largest network of commercial heat treaters in the world with members in 40 states and 8 countries.  MTI’s network services every major industry and performs every heat treating process required. Heat Treat Today is a proud member of MTI.

For more information on MTI’s partnership with Bradley-Morris, Inc, particularly for links to case studies on the successful hiring of military personnel and other resources related to the process of hiring military veterans, visit here: MTI: Military Staffing

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