Marcin Stokłosa Project Manager Nitrex Poland LinkedIn.com
A global aluminum and energy company, Hydro Extrusion Norway, recently received a horizontal nitriding system, configured to replace an old decommissioned furnace
This latest delivery by Nitrex is the only one of its kind at Hydro facilities globally; the rest are pit-type furnaces. The nitriding equipment for Hydro Extrusion Norway in Magnor, Norway will integrate with the existing infrastructure of the plant as well as fit in the specific floor space allocation.
"Before placing the order, Hydro did its due diligence – visiting extrusion facilities with Nitrex equipment to get user opinions on the solution including the technology, die performance, extruded profile quality, and our support services," adds Marcin Stokłosa, project manager at Nitrex. "Moreover, the test trials produced very good results."
Daniel Panny Product Manager UPC-Marathon in Germany Source: LinkedIn
OWZ Ostalb received a new electrically heated endothermic gas generator. The company wanted to replace the old generator since it had no automatic process control and was unable to control the dew point efficiency in situations where the ambient air changed too much. The old components, which were difficult to replace, further reduced the generator’s overall efficiency.
OWZ Ostalb, a commercial heat treatment company in Aalen, Germany, received the EndoFlex™ S from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex business unit, in late 2021.
"The customer chose us," says Daniel Panny, product manager at UPC-Marathon in Germany, "because we offered [a] gas mixing and control system, the EndoInjector™, and the [. . .] ReactionCore™ multi-retort system to deliver a reliable, on-demand supply of quality endogas, resulting in significant CO2 savings for their heat-treating operations."
The EndoFlex™ S that was purchased is the electrically heated version with an air cooler, an automatic nitrogen purge system, and additional CH4 monitoring to meet the highest safety standards.
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Marcin Stokłosa Project Manager Nitrex Poland LinkedIn.com
The YAZICI TRANSFER MAKINA company decided to increase its heat treat capacity in Istanbul with a second turnkey nitrocarburizing system from a Canadian furnace manufacturer. This decision specifically increases the manufacturing capacity of tooling and machinery components for the company’s precision CNC machines. It started production with the new system in the fall of 2021, and is used for Nitreg®-C nitrocarburizing and ONC® in-process oxidation treatments.
This second NITREX furnace is the same type as the first installation, a compact size NXK series furnace that became operational in 2019, simply bigger. Marcin Stokłosa, project manager at NITREX Poland, describes the turnkey system as a "solution that improves the company’s bottom line and reaffirms its commitment to sustainable manufacturing."
For the manufacturer, the Nitreg®-C nitrocarburizing and ONC® in-process oxidation will give a combined ability to improve the wear and corrosion properties of alloy and carbon steel parts.
"In the beginning, YAZICI TRANSFER MAKINA was relying on a very well-known commercial heat treater from the Turkish market to nitrocarburize the parts it needed," says Utku Inan, Nitrex representative in Turkey. "Now, the company has moved heat treating operations in-house, purchasing its own systems to nitrocarburize metal parts, which saves the company on lead time and transportation costs."
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Marcin Stokłosa Project Manager Nitrex Poland LinkedIn.com
Qatar Aluminium Extrusion Co. (Qalex) recently received a nitriding system. The aluminum profiles manufacturer wanted to equip a second extrusion plant with an independent nitriding furnace to save on handling, processing time, and costs associated with having to transport extrusion dies back and forth from its first factory for nitriding work.
The client chose a compact system from Nitrex, an international provider in surface treatment with North American locations. The model NXK-1015 furnace is equipped with process technology designed for nitriding extrusion dies.
Marcin Stokłosa, project manager at Nitrex Poland, said, "Qalex was . . . very pleased with our technical support and spare parts accessibility. What they ordered is an exact copy of the first Nitrex installation – an identical configuration with the same furnace model, size and process technology."
Installation and startup were completed in January 2022.
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Equipment Chatter
Plastometrex, a materials science startup, is working with global testing and inspection provider Element Materials Technology.
National Test Pty Ltd. has been contracted by AusGroup Ltd. to provide NDT and heat treatment services on 58 stainless steel and carbon steel tanks for the covalent lithium refinery in in Australia.
Indentation Plastometer solution from Plastometrex
Heat treat partnership between AusGroup Ltd. and National Test Pty Ltd.
Personnel/Company Chatter
Bodycote increases hot isostatic pressing capacity in Greenville, SC.
PEER Energy GmbH and SCHWING Technologies GmbH signed a long-term cooperation agreement to further technical development and marketing of fluidized bed technology for the heat treatment of metal components.
Nitrex, a global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions, has announced that G-M Enterprises has made its official market debut under the Nitrex banner as of January 2022.
Nancy Easterbrook has joined HarbisonWalker International (HWI), a refractory products and services supplier in North America, as the director of Recycled Materials.
GHI Smart Furnaces celebrated the 84th anniversary of their founding in December 1937.
HeatTek announced the purchase of an additional facility in Ixonia, WI to serve primarily as a distribution center for the rapidly growing company’s components and spare parts inventory. This expansion follows another plant acquisition in West Allis, WI.
Hubbard-Hall announced that they’ve made the Dow product line available on their e-commerce site.
Increased hot isostatic pressing capacity for Bodycote
Ralf Giebmanns (PEER Energy) and Andreas Guderjahn (SCHWING Technologies)
G-M Enterprises officially under Nitrex banner as of January 2022
Nancy Easterbrook, Director of Recycled Materials, HWI
GHI Smart Furnace’s 84th anniversary
Kudos Chatter
Bodycote in Syracuse, NY passed certification to AS9100 standard with zero findings.
A group of 70 employees and management of SECO/WARWICK located in Świebodzin, Poland planted 3,000 beech seedlings on Lumberjack and Forester World Day.
Nitrex Metal, Inc., global of fully integrated surface treatment solutions and technologies, was selected to be part of a “Global Thought Leaders” series broadcast on CBS News.
SECO/WARWICK and sustainable practices
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An Award in Indiana
“The Nitrex Heat Treating Services (HTS) facility in Franklin, Indiana, received the Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) accreditation. This includes heat treating for multiple alloy families, stress relieving, carburizing, nitriding, vacuum heat treating, hardness and metallography.”
“The graphical display of temperature curves of the selected program, the precise temperature control, the program status display with the expected end time and date and various user levels add up. The integrated help menu makes the control and process monitoring more easy.”
“The capacity of each reheating furnace will be 465 tons per hour of slabs. The new furnaces, which will replace four existing ones, will ensure high slab-heating quality and reliability. Fuel consumption will be reduced and energy savings will be up to 15%.”
In order to meet increasing market demand, a global auto manufacturer is including the installation of a second automated nitriding cell to help expand production capacity of automotive parts. The capital equipment will allow the client to bring the production process in-house for greater control, flexibility, and enhanced effectiveness.
This is the client's third order from Nitrex and second nitriding cell installation in this phase. Nitrex will undertake almost all aspects of the cell for 24/7 lights-out manufacturing: furnaces, charge cars, loading/unloading and magazine tables, and auxiliary equipment (e.g., atmosphere neutralizer, water cooling stations, charge cooling station, etc.). All equipment will be connected to the Protherm 9800 automation platform for automatic handling and processing, which improves workflow efficiency, process reliability, furnace utilization, work order tracking, and real-time performance metrics.For this latest order, six continuous flow-through nitriding systems, furnace model NXHL-910512, were ordered to create the fully automated cell, which is responsible for automatic loading/unloading, processing, and transport. Delivery is planned for August 2022, and the cell should start operating in autumn.
"This chain of events helps increase the plant’s efficiency and productivity: the cell selects the furnaces in which it is possible to place consecutive batches or delivers the batches to several furnaces to process. Since charges are transferred to a cooling station outside the furnace, the furnace can continuously process batches without affecting the workflow and productivity," adds Nikola Dzepina, the executive of International Accounts. "This is a huge process simplification for the furnace operator and enables an automatic and autonomous operation of the area of the plant that controls surface treatment, allowing to increase productivity but also to maintain the repeatability of results."
VIVA ALUMINIUM SYSTEMS – a Vias Group member – has recently acquired a turnkey system for nitriding extrusion dies after experiencing heightened demands for its extrusion profiles.
Marcin Stokłosa Project Manager Nitrex Poland Photo Credit: LinkedIn.com
With these demands from the industrial and construction markets, VIVA decided to expand its manufacturing capacity, installing an additional extrusion press and nitriding equipment. The new pit furnace has an effective work zone of 39" diameter by 59" high (1000 x 1500 mm) with the capacity to nitride a 4400 lbs. (2000 kg) load. The Nitreg® process technology adapts to the application requirements, achieving a high throughput per extrusion run and scoring a high number of runs per treated die, which in turn optimizes tool life and lowers tooling cost for a faster return on investment.
"We are delighted to do business with VIVA again," states Marcin Stoklosa, product manager at Nitrex. "Fostering customer loyalty is a top priority at Nitrex and key to building an ongoing partnership for future growth."
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Equipment Chatter
Baowu Aluminum Technology Co., Ltd.’s continuous annealing and chemical pre-treatment line for processing strip coils for the aluminum market supplied by Tenova produced its first hot coil.
A Midwest manufacturer of brass components is upgrading their heat treat capabilities with a new furnace from Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems.
Plastometrex, a materials science startup, is working with global testing and inspection provider Element Materials Technology.
A global bearing manufacturer decided to furnish one of its Chinese plants with a vacuum furnace by SECO/WARWICK with gas quenching, carburizing (LPC), and carbonitriding (LCPN).
To support R&D and additive manufacturing projects, Solar Atmospheres of California has added some small vacuum furnace capacity to their equipment offerings.
An Indian manufacturer of feed machinery and contractor for “turnkey” agricultural engineering projects has placed an order with SECO/WARWICK for a Vector® vacuum furnace with vertical insertion of loads.
Heat treatment specialist Bodycote provided solutions for the world’s first hydroformed architectural stainless-steel façade screen that was manufactured by German fabricator Edelstahl-Mechanik. This screen was installed in the newly constructed Science and Engineering Complex at the Harvard University campus in Boston, MA.
SECO/WARWICK will install a continuous line for controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) of large-dimension battery coolers at the plant of a European manufacturer of heat exchangers.
A Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems integral quench furnace line was recently commissioned to a manufacturer of specialty nut and bolt assemblies in the eastern U.S.
One of the largest Brazilian hardening plants has started to operate a SECO/WARWICK Vector® vacuum furnace.
Tenova’s team at Baowu Aluminum plant, China; Pomini Tenova’s equipment Photo Credit: Tenova
Indentation Plastometer solution from Plastometrex Photo Credit: Plastometrex
Vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK for Chinese manufacturing plant Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Additive manufacturing furnace support at Solar Atmospheres of California Photo Credit: Solar Atmospheres
Vector® furnace for the agricultural industry Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Inspired by the shapes, strength, and thinness of everyday objects like tin cans and soup bowls, Behnisch Architekten worked with Josef Gartner GmbH/Permasteelisa North America Corp. and the German fabricator Edelstahl-Mechanik to create the world’s first hydroformed tensile façade. Photo Credit: Brad Feinknopf
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems’ integral quench furnace system Photo Credit: Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems
CAB line for European manufacturer Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Personnel/Company Chatter
With increased interest in U.S. semiconductor research and manufacturing, ECM USA, Inc. recently announced a strong bi-monthly sales order pattern for 2021 related to their product expansion both in research & development and with laboratory furnace systems.
Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced OmniControl® universal control unit for pumps and measurement instruments.
Ipsen reported a surge in interest for standardized equipment and revealed a steady increase of orders for TITAN® vacuum furnaces this year, with five in July. Clients range from those in cutting tools and machinery to additive manufacturing and aerospace.
Heating technology company Kanthal announced the agreement to divest its semiconductor capital equipment business to Yield Engineering Systems, Inc., headquartered in Fremont, CA.
Bodycote increased hot isostatic pressing capacity in Greenville, SC.
Nitrex, a global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions, has announced that G-M Enterprises has made its official market debut under the Nitrex banner as of January 2022.
Nancy Easterbrook has joined HarbisonWalker International (HWI), a refractory products and services supplier in North America, as the director of Recycled Materials.
HarbisonWalker International is building a manufacturing and service hub for its steel customers in North America.
During the Metal Treating Institute’s (MTI) Fall Meeting, Ipsen, along with several other vested organizations, presented donations to support the MTI Educational Foundation, which provides scholarships for the next generation of heat treating industry professionals.
GHI Smart Furnaces celebrated the 84th anniversary of their founding in December 1937.
HeatTek announced the purchase of an additional facility in Ixonia, WI to serve primarily as a distribution center for the rapidly growing company’s components and spare parts inventory. This expansion follows another plant acquisition in West Allis, WI.
Hubbard-Hall announced that they’ve made the Dow product line available on their eCommerce site.
JIPELEC rapid thermal processing with automation Photo Credit: ECM USA, Inc.
Leading women at HarbisonWalker International(HWI) based at the company’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA have recently been recognized for their work: HWI has promoted Melissa Bihary to vice president of People and Organizational Effectiveness Also, the — the workforce development and education partner of the — has presented Bryn Snow, director of Application Technology-Nonferrous/Glass at HWI, with a STEP Ahead Award. Lastly, Jodi L. Allison, CAP,OM, has been promoted to chief executive assistant & administrative manager at HWI.
At the recent Metal Treating Institute (MTI) 2021 Fall meeting held in San Antonio TX, Ed Engelhard, vice president of Corporate Quality, has been recognized with the MTI Award of Industry Merit. This award is given in recognition of current/ongoing commitment to the betterment of the commercial heat treating industry with one or more significant accomplishments.
Tony Karadimas has been nominated as vice president of UPC-MARATHON Sales and NITREX.
Bodycote in Syracuse, NY passed certification to AS9100 standard with zero findings.
A group of 70 employees and management of SECO/WARWICK located in Świebodzin, Poland planted 3,000 beech seedlings on Lumberjack and Forester World Day.
Nitrex Metal, Inc., global provider of fully integrated surface treatment solutions and technologies, was selected to be part of a “Global Thought Leaders” series broadcast on CBS News.
Deep Cryogenics International trademarked the slogan “Infinitely Renewable, Infinitely Recyclable” for the use of liquid nitrogen in their deep cryogenic treatment process.
Melissa Bihary, Vice President of People and Organizational Effectiveness Photo Credit: HWI
Bryn Snow, Director of Application Technology-Nonferrous/Glass Photo Credit: HWI
Jodi L. Allison, CAP, OM, Chief Executive Assistant & Administrative Manager Photo Credit: HWI
Tony Karadimas, Vice President of UPC-MARATHON Sales and Nitrex Aftersales Photo Credit: UPC-Marathon
Ed Engelhard, Vice President of Corporate Quality, awarded MTI Award of Industry Merit Photo Credit: MTI
SECO/WARWICK and sustainable practices Photo Credit: SECO/WARWICK
Advertisement for CBS News feature on Nitrex Metal, Inc. Photo Credit: CBS News
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Over the past year, we’ve seen numerous new technologies in the way of research, new partnerships, and conversations throughout the industry. So in honor of today being #NationalTechnologyDay, we’re sharing an original content article about just several of these new technologies that are changing the work of heat treaters across North America.
Research
Using HIP to Advance Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center Programming– “‘Today’s globally competitive manufacturing industry demands rapid innovations in advanced manufacturing technologies to produce complex, high-performance products at low cost,’ observes Dr. Mostafa Saber, associate professor of Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology at Oregon Tech.”
College Students Implement a NEW Heat Treat Solution with Induction? – “‘We were in shock,’ Dennis admitted, ‘because we didn’t expect it to [work].’ The expectation, Dennis continued, was that something would go wrong, like the lid would not be able to clamp down, or the container would leak.”
The Age of Robotics with Penna Flame Industries – “The computerized robotic surface hardening systems have revolutionized the surface hardening industry. These advanced robots, coupled with programmable index tables, provide an automation system that helps decrease production time while maintaining the highest quality in precision surface hardening.”
Heat Treat Radio: Five experts (plus Doug Glenn) discuss hydrogen combustion in this episode. An easily digestible excerpt of the transcript circulated by Furnaces Internationalhere and is available to watch/listen/read in full for free here.
Heat Treat Radio: Get on-the-ground projections of what technologies Piotr Zawistowski believes will be bringing in the future. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: HIP. The Revolution of Manufacturing, that is, according to Cliff Orcutt. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: Will indentation plastometry find its way into North America? If you’ve been listening to James Dean, it seems like it already has. Watch/listen/read in full here
Heat Treat Radio: Fluxless inert atmosphere induction brazing. That’s a mouthful! But what is it? Watch/listen/read in full here
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