“Ipsen recently completed the installation of a TurboTreater vacuum furnace for a customer in Southeast Asia. Established in 2002, Taiwan Hodaka Technology Co., Ltd. is an aluminum extrusion supplier, specializing in high-end aerospace aluminum alloys. They also produce products used in the sporting goods, consumer electronics and automotive industries.
The TurboTreater boasts a work zone size of 36” (914 mm) x 36” (914 mm) x 48” (1219mm) with a weight capacity of 3000 lb (1360 kg) and normal operating temperature up to 2400 °F (1315 °C). The furnace was designed with convection heating, allowing for more uniform processing of large cross-section parts and dense loads. It is also capable of quenching at up to 12 bar positive pressure in nitrogen.
Hodaka chose Ipsen for their positive brand reputation, technical capabilities and process know-how. “Hodaka integrates processes, including casting and extrusion production, die design and machining, and tool steel heat treatment to make sure all production conditions are well-controlled,” said Sam Chiang, Vice President of R&D Group for Hodaka. “Considering the good performance and high stability, Hodaka selected an Ipsen vacuum furnace for tool steel heat treatment.”
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In an industry first, vacuum pump supplier Busch Vacuum has partnered with controls company SSi of Cincinatti, Ohio to provide a 1 day heat treatment seminar. The event will take place May 2, 2023 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada at Busch’s brand new, state of the art service center and training facility.
The event which features Steve Duban and Bob Fincken of SSi is expected to attract approximately 40 heat treaters representing 8 in house heat treaters and 9 commercial heat treat shops from the Canadian heat treat industry.
This photo shows the Busch, Mississauga facility with from the left Steve Duffin, Business Development Manager, Martin Arsenault, General Manager and Jordan Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News”. Details of the event can be found at https://supersystems.com/ssi-t
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“UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, recently installed an ExoFlex™ gas generator for Jomarca, a long-time customer and one of the biggest manufacturers of fasteners, bolts, nuts, and fixing elements in Brazil. The generator will supply exothermic gas to a continuous wire annealing furnace, which is part of Jomarca’s efforts to meet market demand efficiently and sustainably for baling wire in the South American construction industry.
Jomarca already owns two EndoFlex™ endothermic gas generators from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, that supply endogas to the company’s production for carburizing fasteners. In March of this year, Jomarca upgraded its wire operations with a 150 m3/h capacity ExoFlex generator to ensure consistent gas composition and prevent scale formation on the wire surface. By using exothermic gas instead of nitrogen, the company expects to reduce operating costs, increase production efficiency, and improve the wear properties and finish of its wire products.
Jomarca has been a loyal customer of UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, along with its former business asset Atmosphere Engineering, since 2014. The company has consistently been impressed with the quality of the products and the support received. The ExoFlex gas generator is the latest addition to Jomarca’s in-house heat-treating operations and represents a significant step towards the company’s long-term sustainability goals. With this generator, Jomarca now has the ability to produce exothermic gas on-demand with zero waste, while also making more efficient use of electricity and gas feedstock.
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You can certainly be forgiven if you have not run across the name Martin’s Metal Service previously as this is a very new entry into the US commercial heat treating market (kind of)-lets explain. For many years there has been a commercial heat treater in Springfield, Ohio by the name of Certified Heat Treat. Certified is what we would have considered a “full service” commercial heat treater in that it offered many of the most popular heat treating processes such as carburizing, vacuum, induction, annealing and a number of others.
As it turns out some of the equipment and processes were indeed shut down and sold off but two of the former employees have continued the business in the current location. Kevin Martin an employee for 38 years and his daughter Brandi who was an employee of the company for 12 years are now running the company under the name “Martin’s Metal Services LLC”. They are offering Induction hardening and annealing, Flame Hardening, Stress Relieving plus a few other processes https://martinsmetalservices.c
Kevin and Brandi are good people and we wish them the best of luck in their new venture. To round out this story we are including a photo of the carburizing department when it was part of Thermal Process Holdings as we saw it a few years ago.
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“The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit Önerler a few years back and we saw quite an impressive operation as you can see in the photo below.”
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CO2 Emissions are a hot topic in Europe and becoming more so in North America which has lead to a number of companies in the industry taking a very close look at this subject.
Obviously the largest contributing factor to CO2 emissions in the heat treatment industry is the energy required to heat the furnaces and generally this energy comes from burning fuels such as natural gas, propane or oil. As a result our industry can be considered very energy intensive although this energy usage is not exclusively dedicated to heating the furnaces.
Other factors that can contribute to CO2 emissions in the heat treating industry include the use of industrial gases such as nitrogen, argon, and helium used in furnace atmospheres-even the production and transportation ofthese gases produce significant emissions.
Additionally, the production of raw materials used in heat treating operations, such as steel and other alloys also contribute to emissions.
With this background out of the way we would like to point to our ongoing series of articles from furnace manufacturer Aichelin about emissions in the industry, how they are calculated and where the industry might be headed. “CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry” https://themonty.com/articles-
As always we look forward to your thoughts and comments.
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Burloak Technologies, an Additive Manufacturing firm who recently installed an in-house heat treating department has now received ISO 17025 accreditation for it’s material Testing Lab. This means the company now has both Nadcap and ISO 17025, a very unusual combination. The one photo below shows the company during a visit by Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News“.
“Burloak Technologies Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, a division of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, recently celebrated the accreditation of its Oakville Materials Testing Lab to the ISO 17025 standard which outlines general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Burloak Technologies has been granted accreditation for ISO 17025 for various testing, as well as Nadcap in the areas of tensile testing (AC7101/3), hardness testing (AC7102/5), and metallography testing (AC7101/4). This builds on the company’s earlier Nadcap accreditation for its in-house heat treatment.
This successful accreditation is said to demonstrate both the technical competence and quality management system of its materials testing lab.
“The company’s growing list of certifications and accreditations differentiate us in the North American market, where very few AM companies possess both Nadcap and ISO 17025 accreditation,” stated Jason Ball, Vice President & General Manager of Burloak Technologies. “This means that we can now source metal powder, build AM components and heat treat them in accordance with Nadcap, and then test the products in our materials lab in accordance with ISO 17025 – all in-house. This will not only enable faster turnaround time, but also ensure the highest standards of quality for our customers.”
This milestone was reportedly made possible through the commitment of the company’s Materials Lab team and co-op students from three of Canada’s top universities, all of whom worked together to prepare for and participate in the successful audit.”
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“AERO SPACE POWER, a modern European MRO facility with experience in the renovation and energy industry has ordered a custom-made VectorR vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The solution will be utilized for repair solutions for both complex aircraft engines and gas turbines for the energy industry. This is another example of an application where Vector supports the most demanding industries, this time in Hungary.
The furnace on order is a unique solution due to the effective size of the heating chamber. It has been adapted to the Aero Space Power requirements and has a working area of 1300x1000x1500mm. Thanks to this, the furnace can accommodate large components -mainly aircraft parts, as well as gas turbines for the energy sector.
The MRO industry is struggling with meeting delivery schedules; The MRO market is currently experiencing growth, mainly because access to new parts is becoming more and more difficult. Knowing the exact specifications for the MRO components and having reliable equipment for their production, users can optimize not only the supply chain planning process itself, but also the expenses incurred by the company for this purpose. This custom-made Vector will solve Aero Space Power’s challenge, which was the heat treatment of large components – even with a diameter up to 1400 mm.
“We decided to acquire in-house heat treatment because we want to be independent in production. It will also give us much better control over the process and treated part quality. By purchasing a Vector furnace, we reduce the risk of delays in delivery, which is critical for our industry. The lack of parts causes very costly delays in the jet engine and turbine repair process. By installing production capacity in-house and creating our ownheat treatment department, we not only become independent from externalsuppliers, but we also significantly reduce transportation costs. This is animportant decision which will allow us to be more competitive in the MRO market,” – commented Mark Peter Biro, Commercial Sales Manager, Aero Space Power.
The MRO industry has been significantly affected by the global pandemic. Before 2020, new orders for basic parts were processed within 24 hours. Deliveries lasting no longer than 2 days was the standard. Currently, the situation does not look good, and deliveries are prolonged due to interrupted supply chains. The unstable situation in Europe and new sanctions packages mean that many MRO companies have to revise their existing development and optimization strategies. Ownership of vacuumfurnaces allows companies to fully control the production process and can be an important key to success.”
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Back in 2019 Swedish rock drill manufacturer EPIROC announced plans to invest in a new heat treatment plant; “Epiroc has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new heat treatment plant for rock drills at one of its global manufacturing hubs in Örebro, Sweden.”
Just yesterday the firm issued a press release that the new facility had been inaugurated. Noticeably absent from the press releases was any mention about the type of equipment or even the suppliers. Our understanding at “The Monty Heat Treat News” is that the equipment includes a LPC system from ECM of France and a batch IQ furnace with salt quenching from AFC-Holcroft of the US.
“Modern, energy-efficient expansion of company’s existing rock drill workshop facility in Örebro
EPIROC will today inaugurate a new, modern heat-treatment plant for rock drills in Örebro, Sweden.
Heat treatment is an essential part of rock drill manufacturing. The new heat treatment plant, built through an expansion of the current workshop building, will benefit customers by further strengthening rock drill quality and performance, lowering their total cost of ownership. It will also allow higher production volumes.
Production at the 1,400 sq m heat-treatment plant will be able to run 24h a day thanks to automation. Energy efficiency is a key focus for the design; for example, residual heat will be recycled internally to heat buildings as well as externally to Örebro’s local heating system. The building also has solar panels.
‘This new heat-treatment plant is a key step towards ensuring that our world-class manufacturing site in Örebro will remain as productive and competitive as possible for the long term, and it was designed to optimize energy efficiency,’ said Helena Hedblom, Epiroc’s president and chief executive officer.
Örebro is one of Epiroc’s global manufacturing hubs. The company employs approximately 2,900 people in the city, out of a global workforce of around 17,000.”
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“The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced its 2023 – 24 Board of Directors and Executive Officers. Taking over as President is Brian Kelly of Honeywell Thermal Solutions; Vice-President is Jeff Rafter of Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC.; and Treasurer is Gary Berwick of Dry Coolers, Inc. Jeff Valuck of Surface Combustion assumes the Past President position.
IHEA President Brian Kelly has been an active IHEA member for over 20 years and has served as the Education Committee and Combustion Seminar chair for many of those years. When asked what goals he has for IHEA, Brian states, “I plan to focus on further defining IHEA’s sustainability/decarbonization vision and solidify a roadmap that puts IHEA in the forefront of emerging trends that are impacting our industry. In addition, I plan to push to finalize the Advanced Online Industrial Process Heating course to offer more educational opportunities for people in the thermal processing industry.”
IHEA also welcomes a new face to the Board of Directors, Helen Tuttle. Currently serving as vice president of finance, Helen has been with WS Thermal Process Technology Inc. since 2000.
WS Thermal Process Technology Inc. is the North American sales and service office for WS Warmeprozesstechnik GmbH, selling the WS line of high temperature, highly efficient, low emissions burner systems for industrial furnaces.
To complete the slate of IHEA’s Board of Directors for 2023-2024, the following members continue their service: Scott Bishop, Southern Company; Alberto Cantu, Nutec Bickley; Bob Fincken, Super Systems, Inc.; Ben Gasbarre, Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems; Doug Glenn, Heat Treat Today; John Podach, Fostoria Infrared; Jason Safarz, Karl Dungs, Inc.; John Stanley, Karl Dungs, Inc.; and Michael Stowe, Advanced Energy.
In addition, IHEA also notes the dedication and service of all members who serve on IHEA Committees and Divisions omc;idomg current committee chairpersons: Sustainability Committee led by Jeff Rafter, Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC; Safety Standards and Codes Committee led by Jason Safarz, Karl Dungs, Inc.; Education Committee led by Brian Kelly, Honeywell Thermal Solutions; Marketing Communication & Membership Committee led by Erik Klingerman, Industrial Heating Magazine. The Infrared Division is chaired by Marty Sawyer, Trimac Industrial Systems; and the Induction Division is chaired by Michael Stowe, Advanced Energy.
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The 2023-24 IHEA Board of Directors: Back row, left to right; Michael Stowe, John Stanley, Doug Glenn, Jeff Rafter, Scott Bishop, Gary Berwick and Bob Fincken. Front row, left to right; Ben Garbarre, Jason Safarz, Helen Tuttle, Brian Kelly, John Podach and Jeff Valuck. Not pictured: Alberto Cantu. Photo Credit: IHEA