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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

  • Construction on an expansion recently broke ground for Premier Furnace/BeaverMatic's plant 1 facility in Farmington Hills, Michigan. This expansion will provide space for a state of the art testing and training facility, additional manufacturing capabilities, as well as increased office space to allow Premier/BeaverMatic to accommodate business growth and customer needs. The additional 22,000-square foot space is expected to be completed by fall 2018.
  • Paul Banks as plant manager for Novelis Inc.'s recently announced $300 million automotive aluminum sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky. Banks assumes the role of plant manager after previously serving as unit manager at Logan Aluminum, a Novelis joint venture in nearby Logan, Kentucky.
  • Electroplating and heat treating specialists Electro-Spec, headquartered in Franklin, Indiana, is expanding its operations with a new plating facility in Lexington, South Carolina, that will serve the automotive, aerospace, telecommunication, military, radio frequency and microwave, and medical markets in the southeast U.S.
  • A heat treating company based in Lima, Ohio, recently expanded its capacity with a new draw furnace and quench tank. Heat Treating Technologies expects the $3 million investment to boost the company's thermal processing offerings in carburizing, carbonitriding, annealing, hardening, normalizing, and carbon restoration.
  • An industrial oven manufacturer based near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, recently added a second manufacturing facility to its operation. JPW Industrial Ovens and Furnaces' Plant 2, will produce the company’s expanding line of standard industrial ovens. Plant 1, located in Trout Run, will continue to craft custom-made industrial ovens and serve as the company’s headquarters. The new plant is expected to create 25 new jobs within the next two years.

Equipment Chatter

  • Three natural gas-fired box furnaces were recently shipped to a parts manufacturer for the oil and gas industry by Lindberg/MPH, to be used to develop process control requirements for heat-treating and stress relieving of underground mining/drill heads. The goal is to double the life of the tooling through research which would revolutionize industry standards. The maximum operating temperature rating for the stress relieving box furnaces is 2050°F and work chamber dimensions are 36" wide x 20" deep x 24" high. The box furnaces were designed to meet a temperature uniformity of +/-15°F at 1700°F and 2050°F per the requirements of AMS 2750E, Class 3 furnaces and Instrumentation D.
  • An aluminum casting company recently received shipment of an electrically heated horizontal quench system to be used for solution treating aluminum castings for the aerospace and automotive industries. The solution treating furnace was designed and manufactured by Wisconsin Oven Corporation to heat a 2,500-pound load of aluminum, plus basket and work grid to an operating temperature of 1,020°F. The maximum temperature rating for this horizontal quench system is 1,250°F, sized for a 5'0" wide x 5'0" long x 5'0" high basket. The horizontal quench system was designed to meet AMS2750E (Class 2, Instrumentation Type C) and with reporting to meet AMS 2771E requirements.
  • A heat treating equipment manufacturer recently shipped ten furnaces to companies in California, Georgia, Ohio, Washington and Wisconsin, and also to one location in Asia. This equipment will be used to process parts for companies in the aerospace, commercial heat treating, and medical industries. Ipsen USA shipped: two TITAN® furnaces – one H2 12-bar with a 18" x 24" x 18" (457 mm x 610 mm x 457 mm) work zone and one vertical 2-bar furnace; two MetalMaster® furnaces – one vertical 6-bar with a 96" D x 96" H (2,438 mm x 2,438 mm) work zone and 10,000 pound (4,500 kg) load capacity, and one horizontal 10-bar with a 96" x 84" x 96" (2,438 mm x 2,134 mm x 2,438 mm) work zone; one VFS® horizontal internal quench 10-bar vacuum heat-treating and brazing furnace; and several custom-built atmosphere furnaces that will process parts for the aerospace industry.
  • A retort furnace was recently shipped by L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., to a northeastern US manufacturer of motor laminations to be deployed on motors primarily for government-based aerospace products. The furnace has a work zone of 17" square with a typical load weight of 250 pounds and is built in accordance with ASTM standards. Annealing of silicon iron and similar laminations are treated in a pure dry hydrogen atmosphere. A pure dry hydrogen atmosphere is provided to balance strength and magnetics in these laminations. There is also an oxidization process that can provide a thin oxide coating layer for improved durability and resistance.
  • A global manufacturer of environmental testing equipment announced the shipment of three fast change rate automotive test chambers. These test chambers, built by Tenney Environmental, will be used for temperature and humidity testing of automotive parts. The maximum temperature rating of the automotive test chambers is 180°C and the operating temperature range is -68°C to 180°C. The work chamber dimensions are 30” W X 28.8” D X 36” H. The fast change rate test chambers can transition the air temperature in remote chambers from 20°C to -40°C with a 30-minute transition rate.

Kudos Chatter

  • Sintavia, LLC, a leading Tier One metal additive manufacturer, announced that it has achieved National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) approval for its laser and electron beam powder bed fusion applications. The NADCAP accreditation is the latest quality certification achieved by the company and resulted from a year-long application process.
  • AIM Aerospace has earned Nadcap Merit Status at their Orange City, Iowa, facility, for AC7118 Composites Processing.  The company processes structural carbon fiber composites for key aerospace customers.
  • Plastics Extrusion has been added to the growing list of audit opportunities available through MedAccred, the medical device industry’s collective approach to critical process supply chain oversight. This newest opportunity comprises audit criteria which covers Tubing/Profile, Sheet, Film, Blown Film, Over-Jacketing, Co-Extrusion and Ram Extrusion. The audit criteria are developed by leaders in the medical device industry who are part of the MedAccred program and are focused on improving product quality and patient safety.
  • Sunlite Plastics of Germantown, Wisconsin, has become the first manufacturing facility in the world to achieve MedAccred Plastics Extrusion Accreditation, with a Scope of Accreditation covering Tubing/Profile Extrusion. Following the MedAccred audit, technical experts from leading medical device companies reviewed the audit findings and corrective actions before voting on granting each MedAccred Accreditation.
  • Medical tools manufacturers increasingly commission SECO/WARWICK technologies for product quality and strict standards compliance, according to a recent company report. For example, a U.K. company installed a 6 Bar vacuum furnace for the production of medical tools such as those used for heart bypass procedures.

 

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Midwest Heat Treat Expansion to Meet Nadcap and Medical Industry Requirements

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A commercial heat treater specializing in low-pressure vacuum carburizing recently expanded its processing capacity with a 12-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace.

Midwest Thermal-Vac (MTV), based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which provides conventional heat treating, as well as solution, isothermal, spherodized or full annealing, homogenizing, normalizing, austenitizing, tool steel tempering and cryogenic treatments for the aerospace, defense, and general commercial industries, purchased the furnace to facilitate processing for companies needing to meet Nadcap and medical industry requirements such as MedAccred.

MTV’s capabilities will expand with a TITAN® vacuum furnace with 12-bar gas quenching from Ipsen USA. This furnace features a diffusion pump for high-vacuum levels and an all-metal hot zone to ensure part cleanliness, and an all-metal hot zone measuring 18″ x 24″ x 18″ (455 mm x 610 mm x 455 mm), with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) load capacity. It is capable of operating at temperatures ranging from 900 °F to 2,400 °F (482 °C to 1,316 °C) with ± 10 °F (±6 °C) temperature uniformity.

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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 Changes and Moves

  • Super Systems Europe recently announced that Rob Wilcox has joined the sales and engineering team, where he will also operate as a general consultant to help commercial and captive heat treaters improve the quality and efficiency of the entire operation, covering the UK and Ireland.
  • Brian Robbins, CEO of MidWest Materials, has been named Steel Man of the Year by the Association of Steel Distributors. "I am honored to be chosen for this prestigious award. My family has been associated with the steel industry for more than 65 years, and it is humbling to follow in the footsteps of my grandfather, Joseph Koppelman, founder of MidWest Materials, who was one of the earliest members of the ASD and served as its president 50 years ago," said Robbins, who served as president of ASD from March 2014 to April 2016. He led the association’s effort to rebuild the steel manufacturing sector by encouraging young talent to join the industry.
  • Ryan Kelly recently rejoined the team at Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) where he will be leading all quality initiatives as a senior quality specialist.
  • Senior Vice President Douglas Matthews has assumed day-to-day operations of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel’s Tubular division. He replaces David J. Rintoul, who retired to become the president and CEO of GrafTech, a graphite company that supplies technology to the steel industry.

  • Dana Incorporated announced the election of two more members to its board of directors: Michael J. Mack, who recently retired from Deere & Co., where he had served as chief financial officer; president of the company's Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division; and most recently as group president of John Deere Financial Services, Global Human Resources, and Public Affairs; and Diarmuid B. O'Connell, who spent the last 11 years at Tesla, most recently as vice president of business development.
  • International Thermal Systems (ITS) recently announced Tom Stricker as the new president. Stricker joined ITS in 2015 as the general manager of the Metal Packaging and Parts Washer product groups and brings more than 20 years of professional experience to his new role.
  • Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle has been elected to the Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) board of directors. General Carlisle is president and CEO of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and is a retired four-star general from the United States Air Force (USAF).

Equipment Transactions

  • A supplier of the battery industry received shipment of a nine tube gas-fired immersion tube lead melting and holding furnace from Lindberg/MPH, to be used in the production of lead plates for automotive batteries. The furnace has over 28,000 square inches of heat transfer area for efficient heating of the metal without super heating and the resulting metal losses. In addition, Lindberg/MPH announced the shipment of a three-zone tube furnace to an American University with a footprint which makes it ideal for research facilities with limited space. The maximum temperature rating for this tube furnace is 2012°F.
  • Ipsen recently designed and built a vertical, high-pressure quenching furnace, complete with twin cooling systems and a work volume of 350 cubic feet. During the testing phase, the furnace quenched with 1,000 horsepower (.75 megawatts) – a remarkable achievement that began as an idea just months prior.
  • An aviation engine repair services facility located in the western region of the United States recently received shipment of two vacuum furnaces from Solar Manufacturing. The customer witnessed full testing at Solar Manufacturing and approved shipment in late 2017. Both new furnaces are tailored specifically to fit the needs of aerospace engine component repair processing to the aerospace specification AMS2750E and incorporate the new SolarVac® 5000 supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA). The system provides gas quench rate control utilizing a variable frequency drive and precise temperature control from ambient to 2400° F (1316° C) utilizing digital power trimming technology.
  • An aluminum manufacturer received shipment of two electrically heated standard horizontal aluminum quench systems from Wisconsin Oven Corp., of East Troy, Wisconsin. The systems guarantee temperature uniformity of ±10°F at 775°F and 1075°F, ensuring that the furnaces meet AMS 2750E, Class 2 furnaces and Instrumentation Type C requirements. Each system is designed to heat 1000 pounds of aluminum to a 950°F operating temperature.

Accreditations, Certifications, Patents, and More

  • MedAccred has recognized Solar Atmospheres of Western PA for its commitment to continual improvement in medical device heat treat and brazing quality. In receiving the prestigious MedAccred Heat Treating accreditation, Solar Atmospheres has become only the eighth plant internationally and the fifth plant domestically to receive this certification.
  • H.C. Starck recently announced that it has received the certification for processing of “conflict-free” tantalum raw materials the seventh year in a row. The audit included the H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH subsidiary and the H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG associated company. This means all subsidiaries that process tantalum at the Goslar, Mito, Tokyo, Map Ta Phut, and Laufenburg locations remain certified. The audit was performed by the independent company SGS, acting on behalf of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA, formerly Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition EICC) and the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP formerly Conflict-Free Smelter Program) as part of the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI, formerly CFSI).

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A Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items To Keep You Current

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A Dozen Quick Heat Treat News Items To Keep You Current

The heat treat industry is one of people transitioning and companies executing business, achieving goals, and receiving acknowledgments. Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Personnel and Company Changes and Moves

D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD., vice-president, IFHTSE

    • At the Executive Council meeting of the International Federation of Heat Treating and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE), D. Scott MacKenzie, PhD., was elected to serve as vice-president for a two-year term (January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2020). MacKenzie, a research scientist in metallurgy with Houghton International, Inc., in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, has been the ASM representative to IFHTSE since 2015.

      New team members at Paulo: (left) Mike Neumann, plant manager, Kansas City facility; (right) Kathy Neumann, director of corporate safety
    • Paulo has announced two additions to their Kansas City team. Mike Neumann, who brings 20 years of progressive experience in the heat treating industry, joins Paulo as the plant manager for the Kansas City location, which serves the automotive/heavy truck, aerospace, and railway industries and has a diverse offering of heat treating equipment. Kathy Neumann, who has extensive experience managing multi-plant safety programs for commercial heat treatment and traditional manufacturing companies, joins Paulo as the Director of Corporate Safety based at the Kansas City facility.

    • The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has announced that Arthur (Bud) Jones, of Symmco, Inc., Sykesville, Pennsylvania, has been appointed president of the Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology. Jones succeeds Jeff Hamilton of American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc (AAM) – Powertrain, who had completed two terms.

      William Jones, owner of Solar Manufacturing, Inc.

      Solar Manufacturing Incorporated, an industry leader in manufacturing advanced industrial vacuum furnaces, is relocating its headquarters to Sellersville, Pennsylvania. The Sellersville Borough Council recently granted unanimous preliminary and final approval for the new building located on a combined 8.5 acres; the manufacturing area will occupy 40,000 square feet of the facility with an additional 17,500 square feet of office space. There is the option of an extra 22,500 square foot addition to the manufacturing building in the future. "I am thrilled to see this project moving forward for our new headquarters.  This new facility will provide us the space we need to grow and consolidate all our staff in one facility," said William Jones, who along with his wife, Myrtle Jones, owns Solar Manufacturing, Inc.  Gorski Engineering is scheduled to begin breaking ground for the new eight million dollar facility in the spring of 2018, with completion and occupancy later that fall.

       

       Equipment Transactions

    • Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) has purchased a gas nitride unit to expand its capacity for UltraGlow® Gas Nitriding and UltraOx® surface treatment solutions at its facility in Waterloo, Iowa. This new, large, state-of-the-art gas nitride/high temperature unit will also allow increased capacity of currently offered services including gas ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) and stress relief.
    • Aerospace heat treating manufacturer Delta H Technologies LLC of Columbus, Ohio, recently supplied a high-temperature heat treating furnace to a major aircraft MRO. The thermal equipment is capable of heat treating titanium, A286, PH stainless steel, and tool steels in an air or argon atmosphere. "This system complements our popular dual chamber aerospace heat treat (DCAHT serie) furnaces for aircraft aluminum," said Ellen Conway Merrill, vice president of Delta H. "Specifically, it provides a complete heat treating furnace system designed exclusively for aircraft MRO back shops, military, aircraft OEMs, and parts manufacturers."

Twin ovens developed by Ramada Aços and BMI

  • Ramada Aços has developed "Twin Ovens" in partnership with BMI Fours Industriels, with the first copies already operating at their facilities in Portugal. The furnaces work in an integrated energy management system with only one vacuum pump for both ovens. This solution allows a reduction of the consumption of electrical energy, as well as of the costs of maintenance. The designers plan to integrate a third furnace. The twin ovens have a capacity of over 1,750 lbs. each, increased by 14%, and a temperature of up to 1400ºF.

    Ipsen USA's MetalMaster® vacuum furnace
  • Ipsen USA recently shipped 15 furnaces to eight states in the United States, as well as Asia and Europe, to support customers in additive manufacturing, aerospace, commercial heat treating, medical and MIM industries. The shipments included: 1) nine TITAN® vacuum furnaces, including three TITAN DS (debinding and sintering) unites, two TITAN LT (low temperature) unitls and several H2- and H6-sized furnaces, all equipped with PdMetrics® predictive maintenance software; 2) three horizontal MetalMaster® vacuum furnaces, each with a work zone of 36" x 30" x 48" and load capacity of 2,000 lbs; 3) two horizontal TurboTreater® furnaces; and 4) one vacuum aluminum brazing furnace with a 1,500-pound load capacity and an all-metal, radiation-shielded hot zone for the aerospace industry.

Accreditations, Certifications, Patents, and More

  • Houston Heat Treat, a heat treat service provider located in the Houston, Texas, area, was granted the ABS Certificate of Heat Treatment Facility and Process Approval through the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), January 12, 2018. ABS Approved Quality Assurance Plan includes process and test requirements for ABS and non-ABS grades: carbon and low alloy steels. Processes include annealing, normalizing, quenching and tempering.
  • SIFCO Industries Inc’s Cleveland location became the first United States forging manufacturer to obtain NADCAP Metallic Materials Manufacturing certification. The scope of the audit undertaken to obtain this certification included forging equipment and processes to ensure consistency of manufacture. Other processes audited covered billet cutting, preparation, and heating, as well as post-forging operations. With mandates on the horizon from aerospace industry leaders, SIFCO proactively obtained the accreditation to ensure alignment with customers’ supplier quality requirements.

    Far left RJ Sciortino (BAE Systems), 3rd from left Dr. Bryan Cheeseman (ARL), 2nd from right Ken Blake (accepting the award for Constellium)
  • Constellium N.V. was awarded the 2017 Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Achievement Award in the category of Enhancing Military Capability for its contributions as part of the U.S. Army’s Affordable Protection from Objective Threats (APOT) ManTech program. This prestigious award recognizes individuals from government and the private sector whose ManTech projects result in system enhancements to improve military performance. Constellium was nominated for its efforts in development and maturation of the industrial scale processing of aluminum armor plate for forming single piece combat vehicle hulls.  A collaborative team consisting of BAE Systems Land & Armaments, ARL and Constellium developed, fabricated and demonstrated enhanced hull solutions applicable to tracked combat vehicles (military tanks).

Guill Tool & Engineering certified for defense and aerospace industries.

  • Guill Tool & Engineering, a tool and die and precision machining company for the extrusion and defense industries based in West Warwick, Rhode Island, announced it has been certified by NQA for AS9100:2016 and ISO 9001:2015.  AS9100:2016 is the quality management standard specific to the aerospace industry.

 

 

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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Aerospace, Auto, AM Industries Expand Heat Treat Capabilities

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Fourteen vacuum furnaces have recently been shipped to various clients in the additive manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, and commercial heat treating industries, distributed across seven states as well as Indonesia and Japan.
Ipsen USA delivered the following during the third quarter 2017:
  • A vertical (bottom-loading) MetalMaster® vacuum furnace with an 84″ (2,100 mm) diameter work zone and 8,000-pound (3,600 kg) load capacity;
  • four standard TITAN® vacuum furnaces with options ranging from spare parts kits and a thermocouple upgrade to the PdMetrics® predictive maintenance software platform;
  • three HIQ (horizontal internal quench) and HEQ (horizontal external quench) furnaces from the VFS® product line that will process parts for aerospace and commercial heat treating industries;
  • several custom-built, horizontal MetalMaster® and TurboTreater® vacuum furnaces.

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Heat Treat Equipment Purchases — Recent Activity

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Lindberg/MPH ships immersion lead melting furnace

Among the many transactions involving the contracting, purchasing, selling, shipment and delivery of heat treat systems, equipment or services over the past few weeks, we thought the following would be of interest to our readers.

  1. (Manufacturing Heat Treat News) A commercial heat treater recently purchased a TITAN H6 to expand production capacity and meet customer demands. Ipsen USA supplied the vacuum furnace to Rockford Heat Treaters (RHT) where it will join a complete atmosphere line of seven integral quench furnaces with ancillary washers and tempers, more than a dozen draw furnaces, a VFS(r) vacuum furnace and four other vacuum furnaces.
  2. (Automotive Heat Treat News) A gas-fired immersion lead melting furnace has been delivered to expand the operations of a manufacturer in the battery industry. The melting and holding furnace will be used in the production of lead plates for automotive batteries. Lindberg/MPH was the supplier of the furnace. In addition, Lindberg/MPH announced the shipment of a Temperite box furnace and a Treet-All box furnace to the maritime industry. The box furnaces are designed to be used in a stacked configuration or stand alone.
  3. (Manufacturing Heat Treat News) A compact remote transformer and low profile heating inductor were recently shipped to a foresty products manufacturer. Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic®, a subsidiary of ParkOhio Holdings Corp.®, supplied the equipment to be used for preheating prior to GMAW. The customer had a need to be able to he

    Wisconsin Oven ships sand core drying ovens

    at a rotating weldment with limited space between welds. Existing weld preheat inductors that roll on top of the weldment would not fit between the weldments, forcing the customer to rely on combustion heating technology (torches). In this kit, the heating inductor floats above the weldment without making contact.

  4. (Manufacturing Heat Treat News) Two natural gas-fired batch ovens have been delivered to the foundry industry. The batch ovens, supplied by Wisconsin Oven Corporation, will be used for drying sand cores used in the casting process of a variety of parts. The sand core dryers have the capability to dry water and resin from 6,000 pounds of sand cores and a 600-pound steel load car from 70°F to 450°F within 2 hours.

Heat Treat Today finds the robust activity of heat treatment equipment sales and acquisitions an exciting topic to report on and would be interested in your supplier news tips. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to readers of Heat Treat Today to the editor at editor@heattreattoday.com.

 

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Heat Treatment Furnace Maker Announces Organizational Changes

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Heat treatment furnace manufacturer Ipsen recently initiated several organizational changes to the company’s structure.

Patrick McKenna was recently promoted to Ipsen USA President and CEO

Geoffrey Somary, who started at Ipsen in 2005 and for the past four years has held the dual responsibilities of Ipsen USA CEO and Ipsen Group COO, will leave his USA position and focus fully on his Group responsibilities with CEOs at all entities (Europe, USA, China, Japan and India) continuing to report directly to him.  Jake Hamid, who has been with Ipsen since 2007, will also leave his position as Ipsen USA COO and move into the position of Ipsen Group Director of Global Product Development and Manufacturing.

Ipsen USA also announced that Patrick McKenna is promoted to Ipsen USA President and CEO, responsible for all entity functions including Sales, Engineering, Operations, Service, Finance and Human Resources. McKenna states, “My focus from day one will be on delivering the highest quality products and services to our customers and ensuring that the established Ipsen performance culture continues far into the future.” McKenna has both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering and has served on the Metal Treating Institute Board of Directors for ten years (2016 president). He worked at Ipsen as a mechanical engineer for four years before leaving to co-found a successful commercial heat treating and brazing company. He divested his interest in that company in 2015 and returned to Ipsen as Vice President of Sales.

Other promotions include Pete Kerbel to Ipsen USA Vice President of Sales, who takes on responsibility for sales of new equipment, retrofits, and parts. Kerbel started at Ipsen in 2008 and most recently was the Director of Aftermarket Sales.

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Upcoming Events Focus on Heat Treatment Trends, Technology and Training

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Ipsen has announced their schedules for educational opportunities in October 2017.

October 3-5, Ipsen U (with special atmosphere session)

Hosted at Ipsen’s facility in Cherry Valley, Illinois, Ipsen U courses provide attendees with a broad overview of furnace equipment, processes, and maintenance, as well as a hands-on approach to learning. Those that attend the October Ipsen U can extend their training at no extra cost with an additional day dedicated to atmosphere equipment and processes. Register at www.IpsenUSA.com/IpsenU.

October 23-25, Booth #1801, ASM Heat Treat/Gear Expo 2017

ASM Heat Treat/Gear Expo 2017 provides networking opportunities, customer connections, hands-on training and industry experts. In addition, the following educational sessions are being offered:

  • Key Considerations When Planning to Upgrade Existing Vacuum Furnaces, Tuesday, October 24, 11:20 a.m. (A213-215)
  • Maintenance Tips for Maximizing Your Furnace’s Life Span, Tuesday, October 24, 3 p.m. (Solutions Center, Booth #1631)
  • The Predictive Maintenance Experience: PdMetricsR with Augmented Reality, Wednesday, October 25, 2 p.m. (show floor)
  • Achieving Production Flexibility with Automated Multicell Systems, Wednesday, October 25, 2:20 p.m. (A220-222)

To register or for more information: http://www.asminternational.org/web/heat-treat-2017. Ipsen will have industry experts at their booth (#1801) to answer questions.

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ThermTech Expands Heat-Treat Furnace Line to Support Oil & Gas Industry

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ThermTech, based in Waukesha, WI, recently added a batch integral quench furnace to their atmosphere heat-treat furnace line. The expansion is in response to an increase in demand for carburizing, carbonitriding, and neutral hardening services from their oil & gas and heavy equipment industry clients.  ThermTech acquired the ATLAS furnace from Ipsen USA, adding to existing atmosphere furnace and ancillary equipment already in operation.

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Aerospace, Medical, and Tooling Industries Benefit from Eight Vacuum Furnaces

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Eight vacuum heat treating systems were shipped to customers in Costa Rica, India, Germany and the United States. Ipsen USA recently shipped this equipment and it will be used to support the additive manufacturing, aerospace, medical, MIM and tooling industries.

The vacuum furnaces shipped included a vertical MetalMaster® furnace with a 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) capacity; a custom-built furnace for debinding and sintering; horizontal MetalMaster and TurboTreater®furnaces; a TITAN® DS (debinding and sintering) furnace; and several H2- and H6-sized TITAN vacuum furnaces equipped with the PdMetrics® software platform for predictive maintenance. This software platform securely connects to a network of integrated sensors on the furnace to gather and analyze data, run algorithms and provide real-time diagnostic that improve the health and integrity of the equipment.

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