“The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to work closely with “International Search Partners” the premium recruiting firm for the North American heat treatment industry. ISP has provided “The Monty” with regular articles about finding and hiring the best people in the industry, typical wages and salaries and tips on what to ask during a job interview-all of these can be found at Articles & Interviews | The Monty
Today we offer the latest article from Managing Recruiter, Josh Hale, and Senior Recruiter, Jessica Maier.
Managing Recruiter, Josh Hale, and Senior Recruiter, Jessica Maier, recently addressed a common reframe from potential candidates for employment:
At some point through the hiring process, the company will ask for questions… what’s a good question to ask at the end of an interview
Josh: Many jobseekers obsess over giving the “right answers,” but it’s important to also be prepared with the right questions – nobody wants to be the person who freezes when asked at the end of the interview: “do you have any questions for me?”
So, what’s a good question to ask at the end of an interview? There’s one question that can really set the stage for the candidate to receive an offer and that question is:
“After I’m hired and we’re looking back on my first 6-12 months in the job and there is one thing that I have accomplished that would blow your mind and make you think that I was the best hire you ever made – what would that be?”
This question shows strategic and forward thinking in way that also demonstrates to the employer that you don’t do just the bare minimum and plan to go above and beyond. Plus, it shows confidence.
Jessica: That’s a great question for a candidate to ask, Josh, but how they respond to the interviewer’s answer is what will really make or break the deal!
Typically, the hiring manager will smile and think for a minute before commenting on some current goal they have for the company and how the ideal candidate would perform (or over-perform) to reach said goal… at that point, the most successful candidates will share how they’ve reached a similar goal in the past, with, and this is key, SPECIFIC examples.
Let’s say the manager tells you: “I would be thrilled we hired you and you were tracking to hit 100% of sales quota after six months.” An ideal answer sounds like: “I’ve done just that! In fact, I helped my current company hit 143% of quota by spearheading initiatives into two key new markets and landing a marquee new client in each!”
Josh: That’s a great response, but only if true…
Jessica: Of course, which is why I always stress giving SPECIFIC examples and telling stories with DETAILS. It helps the interviewer get a better visual of you doing work with their company, while also acting as a BS detector.
Josh: Good points... one more tip is to not ask about salary and benefits until an offer is eminent (or at least not in the first round). Companies have an idea of market rates for employees and, while there are some very rare exceptions, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be interviewed if your salary is way outside the company’s pay scale.
Jessica: Agreed.
Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that working with a good recruiter is a great way to address the compensation early too as any professional in our business worth their salt will be able to help negotiate on your behalf and would never waste your time or their clients –
Josh: Or their own!
Jessica: Or theirs – if salary expectations weren’t on the same page for all parties.
Josh Hale collaborates with companies to identify, engage, and hire top performers as a professional “headhunter” where he’s focused exclusively on the thermal processing industry as part of International Search Partners since acquiring the firm in 2015. He works closely with Jessica Maier to support the practice, and, together, they’ve helped dozens of companies make hundreds of hires in a variety of roles within the industry, including engineering, sales, quality, metallurgy, and management. For more information email [email protected] or call 619-465-9621.
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“The Monty Heat Treat News” has an ongoing series of articles from furnace builder Aichelin about “CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry” which can be found at Articles & Interviews | The Monty. The most recent article was entitled “Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?”
The article was well written and attracted a great deal of attention which prompted one of our readers Mr. Tim Donofrio, VP of furnace builder “Can Eng” to pen some thoughts about the relative energy usage of each style of furnace. His thoughts can be found here;
“Good Morning Gord, As always, I enjoy reading your postings which are insightful and dedicated to the heat-treating industry! Recently, I came across a piece titled: “Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?” I did find this to be an interesting read, and appreciated the opinion provided. After reading the article, I felt that there needed to be some additional dialogue tabled here for your readership to ensure they were kept abreast of Best Available Mesh Belt Heat Treatment Technology when evaluating against Cast Link Belt Furnace Technology.
The referenced article, although insightful, did not consider the benefits of Modern Mesh Belt Furnace Design and was prepared based on a comparison of an older referenced Mesh Belt Furnace design which has fallen out of favour for many of your readers. For example, the Modern Mesh Belt Furnace design incorporates energy saving features which the referenced Mesh Belt Design does not.
Some of these features include:
- Hot Belt Return system which retains the Mesh Belt heat energy that is subsequently transferred back into the product being processed. This is compared to the referenced design which appears to incorporate an external cold mesh belt return chamber, complete with water seal at discharge.
- Energy Reduction Systems (ERS™) which integrate Atmosphere Reduction Features which reduce the furnace atmosphere consumption by up to 60% over other older open entry throat mesh belt designs.
- Other additional energy saving benefits are also being used and exploited through the re-use of waste flue gases in the form of preheated combustion air, waste heat heating of wash systems, quench oil heat recuperation and integrated atmosphere generation to mention a few.
We would be remiss not to mention the fact that the Mesh Belt Furnace external loading system provides a significant benefit compared to Cast Link Furnace Loading systems. Mesh Belt Loading systems allow for open line-of-sight and reduced part drop heights which prevents the opportunity for parts to wander on the belt as they are loaded. This is in contrast to Cast Link loading systems which may use aggressive shaker pans or long vertical drop chutes to load product onto the cast conveyor which results in a greater likelihood for product to wander on the belt during loading. As a result, Cast Belt systems must incorporate greater gaps between different heat lot or product type that need to be kept segregated and avoid part mixing potential. This increase in gap between lots on the conveyor creates inefficiencies and increases the overall $/lb(kg) to process.
Lastly, Modern Mesh Belt Furnaces today are processing fasteners from M3 to M35 diameters, up to 8” long and at 7200 lbs/hr (3300kgs/hr) capacity. Modern manufacturers of Screws, Bolts and Nuts Products today find this size range flexibility to be a competitive advantage in todays rapidly changing environment. Manufacturers of these products are much more informed and carefully consider their capacity expansions through detailed decision analysis. We have found that manufacturers carefully consider the savings realized from reduced part damage, rework, scrap, and part mixing potential when using a Mesh Belt Furnace as part of their detailed decision analysis. As a result, manufacturers of these Products today are routinely selecting Mesh Belt Furnace designs based on the Total Cost of Ownership benefits that includes consideration of predictable part quality, reduced part damage and mixing potential, energy efficiency, range of part processing flexibility, system uptime and reliability, global service and support capability, and capital costs.
As always, we thank you for your contribution to the Industry and hope that you find this input of interest. Best regards,
Tim Donofrio, Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. Vice President – Sales
Direct Tel: 1 (289)-292-2027
Email: [email protected]”
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“To keep up with business growth, Ipsen USA has hired more than 50 new employees over the past year. With continued focus on customer service, hiring initiatives include expanding the parts department and increasing the number of field service personnel. In addition to ramping up its recruiting efforts, Ipsen has also implemented internal training and advancement programs to focus on employee retention and developing leadership roles. So far, six employees have earned their PLX (Principles of Leadership Excellence Certificate) through MRA, one of the largest employer associations in the nation. “I am extremely grateful for our senior management’s commitment and investment in professional development,” said Lydia Nieuwenhuis, Ipsen’s HR and Benefits Manager who completed the program in March.
The PLX program is comprised of 12 sessions over six months. The goal is to provide opportunities to learn the skills, behaviors, and knowledge needed for effective, successful leadership. Over the past year, eight Ipsen employees have been promoted or moved to roles with greater responsibility, including two that previously earned their PLX. “Ipsen is committed to developing our employees’ skills and promoting from within the company,”said Janet Nanni, Ipsen’s Director of Human Resources. “We have a team of dedicated, hard-working individuals, many of whom have the potential to become valuable leaders in the organization.” To learn more about working at Ipsen, or to explore career opportunities, visit ipsenglobal.com/careers.”
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“The Monty Heat Treat News” is very excited to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO of furnace manufacturing firm Aichelin based in Moedling, Austria. Christian-I hope it’s OK to call you by your first name, I generally like to start each interview with some personal background. What is your background and how did you come to be CEO of one of the largest furnace manufacturing firms in the world?
“Yes, of course, Christian is OK for me. Fist of all, thank you for the interview and the opportunity to introduce myself and my future plans for the Aichelin Group.
I have spent nearly half of my life in the mechanical and plant engineering sector of the steel industry, where I was able to gain over 20 years of experience in the management and development of international production companies in various countries. After a short excursion into the commodity business, it was clear to me that my heart beats for the project business and that I see my future there. At the same time, Aichelin was looking for a successor to Mr. Schobesberger who was about to retire and fortunately our paths crossed. I had a good feeling immediately after the first talks to Aichelin and I am very happy to have made this decision and to be at the helm of this traditional company today.”
After a year at the helm of Aichelin what is your impression of the thermal processing industry? Is it substantially the same as all industries or do you see any fundamental differences?
“It is a very large and important industry, as “thermal processing” is found in almost every industry sector in some form. What I have noticed positively is that there are very long customer relationships which are built on partnership and trust. The purchase of a new furnace is a long-term decision, and people like to fall back on reliable and proven products to minimise the risk. Aichelin has now more than 150 years of experience in the heat treatment business and is therefore a well known and preferred partner of the industry.”
The Aichelin name is known around the world when it comes to thermal processing but some of our readers might not know the extent of the company and your process offerings. Could you please give us an idea about the size of the company and the various divisions?
“Our passion is the industrial heat treatment of metallic parts and components where we provide the right solution and equipment for our customers needs. Aichelin has approximately 1,200 employees spread around the globe. Geographically, Aichelin is divided into 3 regions: Europe, North America and Asia, which are roughly equal in terms of sales. The strength of the Aichelin Group is that in all these regions there are strong local Aichelin units with local production facilities – according to the motto “Think global-act local”. Furthermore the individual units are organized in three main business areas – Plants/New equipment, Components (combustion equipment) and Service & Aftersale Support.”
What about markets? Most of my experience with Aichelin products has been with traditional heat treating furnaces, i.e.; sealed quench furnaces, pushers, cast link belt etc. My question would be how involved are you in other industries such as steel mills or foundries?
“Through our subsidiary, Bosio in Slovenia/Europe, we also offer heat treatment equipment for the steel and forging industries. Bosio is specialized in large chamber, bogie hearth and shaft (pit) furnaces. Our clear goal is to expand this product group even further in the future and to market it better through the global sales network and our global Aichelin units.”
I don’t believe there is any type of furnace which Aichelin as a group has not built over the years with one glaring exception-vacuum furnaces. Is this something which you are considering?
“Yes, that’s right, vacuum furnaces are still missing within the Aichelin portfolio. This is also a large and, above all, rapidly growing area of heat treatment and there are already ideas to close this gap as well. More on this coming soon!“
This question ties in with the one above about different technologies and types of furnaces. Are you seeing any sort of a shift in market demand-for example batch type furnaces as opposed to continuous? Larger capacity furnaces as opposed to smaller?
“In some sectors, but especially in the automotive industry, we see a clear trend towards smaller batch sizes and the desire for more flexibility in the systems to ensure a quick change between different parts. Especially in e-mobility, there is an increased trend towards e.g. LPC systems, which gives more flexibility. A trend that will also be taken into account by Aichelin in the future.”
For some time now Aichelin has been very focused on CO2 emissions, as a matter of fact we have several articles from Aichelin about this topic on our website. This is a very hot topic in Europe but not as much in North America or for that matter Asia. Do you feel that this will become a higher priority in North America and Asia in the future?
“At the moment Europe is certainly the most sensitive market when it comes to CO2 emissions and is a focus for all of our custmers. An additional boost was also given by the huge increase of energy costs in Europe over the last year. But we also see that the topic is gaining momentum in North America and Asia and is becoming increasingly important for customers there as well.”
Geographically I would assume that your strongest markets are Europe, North America and Asia. Are these markets roughly equal in size for you in terms of sales? Do you expect radical changes in the future with more sales in North America and less Asia as an example?
“Europe is currently experiencing a consolidation phase which is being intensified by the ongoing geopolitical changes. Under the current conditions, unfortunately I no longer see major growth here, but Europe is still a large and important market for Aichelin with a huge installed base. North America has been a more or less stable market in recent years, but I see potential for further growth here in the medium and long term. The biggest growth market at the moment is certainly Asia with China and India, which will probably continue for the next few years.”
Recently I had the privilege of spending some time with Mathias Wolf, CEO of your Noxmat division at the new Noxmat facility in the US. Mathias is very excited about bringing his new energy saving heating technologies to North America. Energy costs have lead to tremendous levels of interest in any technologies which will cut down on energy usage and this is true around the world. How much of a focus is this for the Aichelin Group as a whole?
“It is a big focus of the entire Aichelin Group. There are many developments to reduce the energy consumption of our furnaces (e.g. combustion technology, product preheating, process waste gas utilisation, heat exchange systems, insulation material,…) and also alternatives through electric heating. Also heating with hydrogen is currently in the development phase and the first products for this are already being offered. Aichelin also offers the so-called “GreenCheck“, where customer plants are examined for possibilities to save energy. These can then be implemented by the Aichelin service organisation at the customer’s request.”
What keeps you awake at night? Energy costs? Supply chain issues? Staffing issues?
“In general, I sleep very well because I have learned to deal well with crises and new challenges over the last few years. But of course, all three of the issues you mentioned are very challenging, but I see the issue of staffing and manpower as one of the most critical for the future. Completely new approaches and models are needed here and, above all, we also need new socio-political approaches. Work must be worthwhile again and performance must be rewarded accordingly. In addition we have to invest more in digitalization and automation to compensate for the labor shortage.”
Christian my personal observation is that you are a very energetic, ambitious individual who has great plans for the company. The question on everybody’s lips these days is what changes can we expect to see? Certainly I realize you can’t be completely open on this question but are there any changes that you can hint at?
“There are several projects we are currently working on. In addition to new products or business areas, it is particularly important to me that the individual companies of the Aichelin Group grow together even more and support each other. We live in a global world, Aichelin has locations all over the world and we have to use this asset even more and transform into one Aichelin Group. Of course, we also always keep an eye out for interesting M&A transactions to further expand the Aichelin Group.”
My final question would be what does the future look like for Aichelin and the entire industry? Forecasts about a looming recession abound but is that what you are expecting? In other words are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future?
“I am always optimistic. In our industry there are always ups and downs, which means it is very important that we are flexible and can react quickly to all challenges. Aichelin is a global player, financially healthy and can therefore also react quickly to geopolitical changes, so there is always a way to support our customers optimally and to develop the company forward. I am not afraid of the future, together with my team we will master all challenges well.”
I very much appreciate the time and insights you have provided. Thank you, Gord Montgomery “The Monty Heat Treat News”
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In 2022 “The Monty Heat Treat News” announced one of the largest new furnace orders in North America, an investment by Castool Tooling Systems which included numerous vacuum and nitriding furnaces (a summary can be found below). This investment begs the question; “Why invest millions in bringing heat treatment in house as opposed to giving the responsibilities and headaches to a commercial heat treater”?
“The Monty Heat Treat News” has always felt strongly that bringing heat treatment in house is about control rather than dollars. In other words manufacturers bring heat treat in house to shorten turn around times and control quality as opposed to saving a few dollars. EXCO (parent company of Castool) recently released their Second Quarter Financial results for the period ending March 31, 2023
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Castool Heat treatment operations – Situated within our existing Newmarket Large Mould facility, initial operations began in the Spring of 2022 and the last of the major equipment was installed in April 2023. This facility provides unmatched capabilities, particularly for larger tooling components and enables the insourcing of Castool’s and Large Mould’s heat treatment needs. Additional benefits of this operation include: eliminating shipping and scheduling conflicts with third party suppliers, shorter lead times, increased quality control, and a reduction in the Company’s environmental footprint. – Extrusion group Heat Treatment – added new heat treatment equipment to its plant in Mexico to eliminate outsourcing, increased capacity in Texas, and replaced equipment in Markham with new energy efficient equipment. All equipment is now operational.
“MARCH 29th, 2023; Captive Heat Treater Completes Installation Of Mammoth Heat Treat Department; Castool Tooling Systems, based in Uxbridge, Canada, designs and manufactures production tooling systems for the extrusion and die casting industries. For the extrusion sector, the company pioneered the fixed dummy block, thermally stable container, single cell die heater, and other innovations.
Recently, Castoool completed the construction of a new facility, in which the company has installed of heat treat and nitriding furnaces – providing the plant with some of the largest capacity equipment in North America.
“We perceived there was a shortage of quality heat treat and nitriding sources in North America to support the Tooling Revolution we are
experiencing,” said Paul Robbins, president of Castool. “Both die cast presses and extrusion presses have increased in size and pressures. We are being required to manufacture shot sleeves, stems, and liners in larger diameters and longer lengths than ever before. It is best to heat treat these items vertically and to guarantee best structure with a vacuum quench up to 12 bar.”
The new facility includes several heat treating and tempering furnaces from Ipsen, which is capable of vertically heat treating dies up to 90 inches tall or 20,000 lbs. This includes:
An Ipsen 6 bar heat treating furnace capable of processing pieces up to 36 x 36 x 48 inches in size, or a 3,000 lb load An Ipsen 12 bar heat treating furnace capable of processing pieces up to 48 x 48 x 72 inches in size, or a 6,000 lb load An Ipsen 12 bar heat treating furnace capable of processing pieces up to 60 inches in diameter x 90 inches tall, or a 20,000 lb load An Ipsen tempering furnace capable of processing pieces up to 36 x 36 x 48 inches in size, or a 3,000 lb load An Ipsen tempering furnace capable of processing pieces up to 48 x 48 x 72 inches in size, or a 6,000 lb load The nitriding equipment was supplied by Nitrex. The new vacuum nitriding furnace includes with nitrocarburizing capabilities and can nitride pieces up to 61 inches in diameter and 98.5 inches high, with a load capacity of 14,000 lbs.
Castool’s ISO 9001 certified heat treating and nitriding facility operates according to most automotive standards. The company’s in-house laboratory capable of microstructure and chemical analysis, strength and reliability testing, and nitride layer evaluation.”
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How to Carburize a 47,000 Pound Gear Destined for a Rolling Mill in a Steel Mill-From, Mark Podob, President, Metlab
“With the largest pit carburizing furnaces in North America, no one does it better than we do – we quenched this fabricated 47,000-pound gear yesterday afternoon. It was the reverse image with the helix in the opposite direction to one that we heat treated about a month ago.
Gear measured 12 feet in diameter and has a 30” face width. The customer left approximately 0.050” grind stock on the gear for clean-up. With proper fixturing, handling, and shimming, typical taper on a gear this size is about 0.030”. Both gear halves will be matched when grinding is complete to make a complete gear to drive a rolling mill for a steel plant.
We are expecting two smaller, 37,500-pound gears for similar heat treatment within the month. Material was 18CrNiMo6-7, and case depth required was a nominal 0.275” effective case depth with a surface hardness of HRC 58 – 62. Typical taper on a gear this size is about 0.030”. Carburizing time to achieve the required case depth is about 10 days in the furnace at 1725℉.
After lowering the temperature of the furnace and gear to 1550℉, it is quenched in oil. The transfer time from the pit furnace into the quench tank is less than a minute. With proper carbon control monitored by an oxygen probe in the furnace, examination of the microstructure of a sacrificial test piece used to measure surface, core hardness and through a hardness traverse with readings every 0.010” from the outside of the gear util core hardness is reached, shows minimal retained austenite and IGO (intergranular oxidation), well within specification requirements.
These two microstructural constituents in excess, out of range amounts, can lead to cracking and premature failure. After quench, the gear will be double tempered, sandblasted and prepared for shipment to the Midwest customer for final grinding. Mark Podob, President, Metlab, 1000 E. Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038 215-233-2600 Ext. 232”
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Over the years “The Monty Heat Treat News” has visited some of the largest captive heat treaters in the world, one which we mentioned yesterday was tractor supplier AGCO/FENDT in Germany. Today in Part II we over some more details about this truly impressive in-house heat treater.
“APRIL 2020; In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part II); Yesterday we looked at part of the in house heat treating department of FENDT Tractors in Germany, specifically we took a look at the immaculate “pusher” furnace department. Today we look at the other part of the department which consists of a number of batch IQ furnaces with an entire cell dedicated to press quenching. The advantages of pusher furnaces is their “economy of scale”, meaning a lower cost per pound of heat treating IF and only if you keep them full. Batch IQ furnaces would have a higher cost per pound for processing but much more versatility which is why many in house heat treaters have a combination of both. Continuous furnaces such as pushers for larger volume work, batch IQ (or sealed quench) furnaces for
smaller volumes. FENDT is like many large in house heat treaters with a combination of both based upon volumes. One of the photos below shows the batch IQ department featuring a number of Aichelin sealed quench furnaces.
Our last series of 3 pictures (below) shows the automated press quenching cell. This is dedicated to a small group of parts requiring the tightest specs on distortion and this cell is 100% automated-parts go in one end and robots take over all of the loading/unloading. We can’t tell you off hand who supplied the press quenching system, there are two major suppliers of press quenching systems in Germany, Wickert and HEESS both of whom do a very good job. This concludes our summary of the in house heat treating department of one of the foremost tractor manufacturers in the world, FENDT Tractors. We will be continuing on a regular basis our profiles of some of the largest in house heat treat departments in the world.”
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From time to time we search through our archived pictures of heat treat facilities around the world and present some of the more memorable ones. Today we look at one of the more memorable ones we have come across tractor builder AGCO/FENDT in Marktoberdorf, Germany. AGCO/FENDT is memorable for the sheer size of the heat treat department (enormous), the number of different thermal treatment processes offered (extremely varied), the cleanliness (immaculate) and the equipment itself (state of the art). We are presenting Part I today, with Part II tomorrow (Thursday).
“APRIL 7, 2020, GERMANY; In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part I); FENDT Tractors, a division of AGCO is known around the world as a top end manufacturer of tractors. Manufactured in Germany the company makes many of the components in each tractor including drive train items in house. Today we are looking specifically at the Marktoberdorf, Germany facility which is where many of the drive train items are manufactured and subsequently heat treated.
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Going back to late 2021 heat treating giant Bodycote announced that they were investing in Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability at their facility in Greenville, SC, USA. This is the original press release; “November 2021; Bodycote increases Hot Isostatic Pressing capacity in the USA; Bodycote, the world’s largest thermal processing services provider, is expanding its Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. The new HIP capacity will focus on developments in additive manufacturing and advanced materials. The two additional vessels further extend the company’s comprehensive range of installed capacity across the world. Bodycote’s Greenville, SC site is a Nadcap accredited site and holds several core OEM approvals. The site consists of numerous vacuum furnaces and other capabilities well suited to support our additive manufacturing customers. The Greenville site will serve the aerospace, defence, medical and general industrial customers throughout the Southeastern region.
Commenting on the increased capacity, Stephen Harris, Bodycote Group Chief Executive, said: “We are pleased to address our customer needs by bringing HIP services closer to their facilities. With the largest HIP operational capacity in the world, our continued investment demonstrates Bodycote’s commitment to align resources to serve our customers across North America.” Bodycote operates the world’s largest network of HIP equipment. Having established industry expertise over decades, Bodycote has more than 50 HIP vessels of varying sizes in multiple locations. Processing capability can accommodate components that are nominally up to 6.5ft diameter by 12ft high; and weighing over 30,000kg.”
This investment certainly reinforces the fact that the company is the largest in the world when it comes to HIP capacity. The project continues to move forward and the investment in this facility is certainly impressive with substantial improvements to infrastructure. At the same time our understanding at “The Monty Heat Treat News” is that long term plans for this facility include phasing out the atmosphere side of the plant. The atmosphere side includes several batch IQ furnaces as well as some continuous capacity. No firm date has been provided for this change.
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“ASSAN ALÜMINYUM, one of the leading flat rolled aluminum manufacturers in the world, has ordered 4 additional aluminum coil annealing furnaces, which are equipped with an even more efficient VortexR 2.0 system. The company already owns 17 furnaces with SECO/WARWICK Vortex systems. VortexR is a highly effective system for aluminum coil annealing. In the latest version 2.0, the furnace is equipped with an improved nozzle system, which in turn produces increased heat transfer efficiency.
“In line with our core value of sustainability, we planned a series of sustainable expansion investments. As a part of these plans, we have chosen four, three-zone Vortex 2.0 systems which will fully meet the current needs related to aluminum heat treatment. The Vortex aluminum coil annealing furnace is a solution we know well. Its advantages related to improved energy and time efficiency cannot be underestimated. SECO/WARWICK is our long-term Partner, because the combination of ecology and economy is integral to the SECO/WARWICK philosophy and technology. The new, more efficient nozzle system will improve efficiency while maintaining excellent load parameters. This project is important in terms of the exchange of experience and knowledge with our partner, SECO/WARWICK,” commented Murat Akkaş, Senior Manager, Execution, Investment Projects at Assan ALÜMINYUM.”
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