Why I Changed the Direction of my Heat Treat Career
Last week we mentioned that a very experienced heat treater that we have known for years, Mr. Steve Metz of commercial heat treater Aalberts Surface Technologies was changing the direction of his very distinguished career in the industry. Here in his own words Steve tells us what prompted this change and what is next step in the industry is going to be.“Steve Metz; “For my entire career I have been making castings that get austempered, designing or producing heat treatment fixtures for the industry, or working for a heat treater. For almost my entire ~33 years in the industry, I have been working with austempering. Many have quipped and called me ‘Doctor Austemper’ because of this…
My reason for stepping away was to allow more time for volunteering and to enjoy many of the things that I didn’t do while working in metals manufacturing and advancing my career. At the same time, I am still passionate about the industry and do not want to walk away from the friends and relationships I have developed.
About 10 years ago, I was sharing a beer with a fellow Materials Engineer who was closing in on retirement. He commented about the rate of retirement in the field, along with the number of companies who needed an experienced materials or metallurgical engineering resource, but were not large enough to support hiring one full time. ‘They need a fraction of a metallurgist’ he commented. This comment stuck with me and is the genesis for the name of my consulting LLC. www.fractionalmetallurgy.com“ Steve Metz, Principal, Fractional Metallurgy Consulting, LLC, M.Sc. Materials Engineering, MBA [email protected], 920.379.5157
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