The Metal Treating Institute (MTI), recently held its 2023 Spring Meeting in Naples, FL. The three-day event included a mixture of business and fun with highlights including money raised for the scholarship fund, keynote speaker Joe Theismann, and educational/informative sessions for attendees.
MTI CEO Tom Morrison discussed the diversity of the events encapsulated in the three days of the meeting:
"What is great about MTI’s Spring Meeting is when you have the best minds in heat treating in one room, only great things can happen. Through key experts and round table discussions, MTI members worked through key issues like workforce development, lean manufacturing, predictive maintenance, and managing costs in inflationary times. MTI also raised $35,000 for the MTI Educational Foundation through raffling off a series of NFL jersey’s, footballs and helmets signed by MTI’s featured speaker, Super Bowl winning quarterback, Joe Theismann from the Washington Redskins."
MTI Board of Directors under the leadership of President Jim Orr (center) meets to help guide the organization to greater heights. Source: Heat Treat Today
L-R: Jim Orr, Penna Flame & MTI President; Robert & Judy Rudy, Queen City Steel Treating; Joe Theismann, Featured Speaker; Doug Glenn, Heat Treat Today & MTI Educational Foundation Treasurer Source: Heat Treat Today
L-R: Joe Theismann, Featured Speaker; Lesley Wright, Wirco, Inc. Source: Heat Treat Today
L-R: April Uhlenburg, former MTI First Lady & Tom Morrison, MTI CEO Source: Heat Treat Today
L-R: Doug Glenn, publisher of Heat Treat Today & MTI Educational Foundation Treasure awards a custom Washington Redskins helmet to the highest bidders – Leslie & Chad Wright of Wirco, Inc. Also pictured is DL Wright, Wirco, and George Motes, who custom designed the helmet. Source: Heat Treat Today
L-R: Stacey Liebke, ECM USA & Karen Gantzer, Associate Publisher of Heat Treat Today. Source: Heat Treat Today
Joe Theismann autographs the back of Jim Orr, Penna Flame & current MTI President during an MTI Educational Foundation fundraising event with raised in excess of $35,000. Source: Heat Treat Today
MTI Spring Meeting evening dinner at the Naples Grand Hotel, Naples, FL Source: Heat Treat Today
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The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) hosted a special meeting for members at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Downtown Pittsburgh, PA, on Monday, October 17, to review key Nadcap and AMEC topics. During the meeting, members addressed challenges that heat treaters face in Nadcap/audit compliance, how to navigate audits more effectively, and what suggestions to present to the Nadcap committee so that heat treaters would be better equipped for audits.
MTI’s Technical Standards Committee Co-Chairs Bob Ferry, VP of Engineering and Quality at FPM Heat Treat, and Edward (Ed) Engelhard, VP of Corporate Quality at Solar Atmospheres, facilitated the meeting. It was hosted by Tom Morrison, CEO MTI Management, and Jim Orr, president of Penna Flame Industries and current president of MTI. Several attendees who made particularly significant contributions to the discussion were; Doug Shuler, lead auditor at Pyro Consulting, LLC; and Roy Adkins, director of Corporate Quality at Braddock Metallurgical and recipient of the 2022 MTI Award of Industry Merit.
A Room Full of MTI members Including (l-r): Doug Glenn, Ed Engelhard, Bob Ferry, and Doug Shuler
At the meeting, attendees identified the number one challenge in Nadcap/audit compliance is understanding and implementing new Nadcap revisions; a close second was the challenge of ensuring quality when auditors give different feedback. These challenges were addressed in the meeting, especially when discussing two specific topics: first, Auditee Advisories – Type P (Potential Product Impact) and Type C (Confirmed Product Impact) as well as Audit Observations.
Several key points that came out of these discussions were to (1) always read up on the most recent revisions in order to be confident in your compliance with quality standards; (2) be sure to reference objective evidence on the Nadcap Checklist questions to help facilitate the audit; (3) let the Nadcap auditor do their job but address any clarifications/follow-ups to the staff engineer immediately; (4) investigate immediately when receiving a Type P write-up so that you can ask the auditor to add a comment on the limits of that product impact; and finally (5) always push-back on findings that are clearly not valid so that they are “voided” by the Performance Review Institute (PRI).
Another main point of the meeting was to address AMS2750H, an update consisting of editorial and language updates for added clarity.
Lastly, the facilitators of the meeting addressed aerospace standard AS13100: AESQ Quality Management System Requirements for Aero Engine Design and Production Organizations. The standard seeks to harmonize and simplify supplier quality requirements among the major aero engine manufacturers, supplemental to standard AS9100. This standard is in the process of being flowed down to the supply chain and compliance is required January 1 of 2023, meaning that heat treaters have a couple months to get up to standard.
This special meeting happens each year during the October Nadcap meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. MTI encourages heat treaters to attend the Nadcap meetings to share their invaluable voice to guide industry standards.
Photo caption for main image: Jim Orr speaks to members of MTI.
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The Metal Treating Institute (MTI), recently held its 2023 Spring Meeting in Naples, FL. The three-day event included a mixture of business and fun with highlights including money raised for the scholarship fund, keynote speaker Joe Theismann, and educational/informative sessions for attendees.
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