According to this press release furnace builder SECO/WARWICK will be shipping two Controlled Atmosphere Brazing lines (CAB) to a manufacturer of battery coolers in China by the name of Souzhou Retek.
“SECO/WARWICK’s local production facility responds to the growing needs, which results in faster deliveries for CAB lines to the Asian market. The next two lines bearing the SECO/WARWICK brand will go to the SOUZHOU RETEK Chinese plants. These new lines for brazing in protective atmosphere, intended for the production of oversized battery coolers, will join the machine park where the first SECO/WARWICK CAB line has been operating since last year. The order is the result of the RETEK Management Board noticing the market perspective and dynamic development of the electric vehicle industry. Thanks to the electromobility boom, car batteries intended for electric vehicles, like other parts dedicated to these vehicles, have recorded unflagging production growth.”
“Retek purchased the first CAB line for large battery coolers from SECO/WARWICK China in 2021.
“It was a successful cooperation. As in the case of the previous implementation, the entire process, from ordering to finalization, was carried out in partnership. It was the cooperation and the technology that made the Retek Management Board come back to us and place an order for two more twin lines. As a result, the customer will be able to fulfill orders for the production of oversized battery coolers from global manufacturers. I believe that these CAB lines are milestones in our Partner’s development. It’s an honor to be part of this process,”- said Liu Yedong, Managing Director, SECO/WARWICK China.
“The lines ordered by RETEK consists of two furnaces, each fitted with a 1900mm wide conveyor belt. The two continuous CAB lines include radiation pre-heating chambers, radiation brazing furnaces, air jacket cooling chambers, final cooling chambers and control system. The CAB lines will be used for large-size car battery cooler brazing.”
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“Ipsen recently launched a new website with the goal of providing a better user experience for customers worldwide. IpsenGlobal.com now incorporates all Ipsen locations, products and services under one domain.
“Ipsen is dedicated to supporting the ambitious innovation targets of global technology leaders,” said Ipsen Group CEO Geoffrey Somary. “The new website makes it easier for customers to connect with us and learn more about our commitment to providing the best possible technology and services.” The new, user-friendly interface allows customers to contact Ipsen experts to request a quote and ask questions. Visitors can see interactive models of vacuum and atmosphere furnaces to learn more about Ipsen equipment. The site also features a knowledge center for the latest company news, product updates, technical articles and more.
IpsenUSA.com, Ipsen.de and respective sites for Japan, China and India have all been redirected to the new website, along with the former Ipsen Harold blog. Ipsen invites customers to explore the new website and learn how Ipsen is powering innovation worldwide.”
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In Europe one of the best known names in the furnace controls industry is that of “STANGE Elektronik GmbH” a long time supplier to the heat treatment market https://www.stange-elektronik.
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“Magnetic Specialties, Inc. recently shipped and commissioned two power supplies used in a continuous brazing furnace for a tool manufacturing company. The new power supplies, rated 125 kW supply and 100 kW, were designed as direct replacements for a pair of existing, obsolete power supplies that continuously failed.
The brazing furnace has silicon carbide heating elements, which increase in resistance as they age. To compensate for this, the output transformers feature a tapped secondary winding. These taps are connected to a rotary tap switch for easy tap changing. As the elements age, the customer can select a higher output voltage range via the tap switch. The customer will use the metering feedback to know when the tap needs to be changed. The new power supplies reduce furnace downtime, and provide tighter regulation of the furnace temperature which delivers more consistent quality of the braze parts.”
For additional information about Magnetic Specialties, email [email protected] or call 267-384-5231 and visit www.magspecinc.com.
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The furnaces will be part of Linamar’s heat treating capacity at their Guelph, Ontario, Canada plant. “The Monty Heat Treat News” has consistently ranked Linamar as one of the largest in house heat treaters in North America 10 Largest Single Location Captive Heat Treats-North America 2022 | The Monty In addition to these new arrivals this facility also has 2 ALD vacuum nitriders and 28 batch IQ furnaces making it probably the largest single location batch IQ department in North America. The list of Linamar facilities which have heat treating departments would tax our time and patience at this moment, however we can say that other facilities include Can Eng continuous furnaces, too many Inductotherm induction heating systems too count and numerous vacuum carburizing systems especially at one of the firms facilities in Mexico. These photos show the new KGO furnace, others include the ALD nitriders and still others show part of the batch IQ department. And remember, the only news source in the global heat treatment industry that has this story is “The Monty Heat Treat News” |
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Very recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” had this press release about commercial heat treater ThermTech of Waukesha , WI, USA making some very large investments in more heat treating capacity, we now have some photos of the equipment post installation.
Waukesha, WI, August 29, 2022 Exploring the latest processes and capabilities in the heat treating industry, ThermTech is constantly moving forward to meet customer challenges.. The company is proud to announce their newest additions that allow them to better serve a large, diversified customer base in the medical, aerospace, mining and oil, nuclear, and agricultural industries. Jason Kupkovits, Vice President – Sales & Strategic Direction, ThermTech, says, “We are confident that our new investments will further set us apart from the competition just as our quality assurance, turnaround time, on-site engineering and customer service standards have for the past 40 years.”
ThermTech’s Latest Investments in Heat Treating Equipment
Partnering with Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, ThermTech has significantly increased their normalizing, annealing, stress relieving, tempering, and neutral hardening capacity through the acquisition of three new furnaces. These furnaces are now fully operational and represent over $1M in investments.
- The first, is a dual zone, direct-fired box austenitizing furnace, with dual load zones of 60″Wx60″Lx60″H and an AMS2750 Class 5 certified operating range of 1400°F to 2200°F. This furnace has a load capacity of 15,000 lbs and, when combined with their flexible large batch quenching capabilities, has greatly increased ThermTech’s service for customers.
- As a compliment to this furnace, the company has also acquired a large batch tempering furnace that has an AMS2750 Class 2 compliant certified working zone of 140″L x 60″D x 60″H with a certified operating range of 300°F-1350°F.
- Finally, ThermTech has increased the throughput of their large batch integral quench furnace line with an additional tempering furnace. This furnace is 54″W x 72″L x 72″H and is also AMS2750 Class 2 compliant from 300°F-1350°F.
Executive Vice President of Sales, Ben Gasbarre commented that “Gasbarre is proud to partner with a reputable, growing company such as ThermTech for their large capacity furnace needs.”
Additional Investments in Vacuum Department, New Aluminum Line, & ‘Green Technology’
ThermTech has also added two additional Vacuum furnaces from Ipsen, USA. The furnaces have dimensions of 36” wide x 36” Tall x 48” long with capabilities of quenching up to 6 bars of pressure utilizing nitrogen or argon gas as the quench medium. These large vacuum furnaces are AMS class 3 (+/-15F) certified capable of AMS2750, along with exceeding conformance to many industry standards including NADCA 207 and AMS2769. Other common thermal operations that ThermTech’s vacuum department specializes in include annealing, hardening, stress relieving, tempering, aging, and homogenizing.
Beginning in January 2022, ThermTech boasts a fully operational aluminum line. With capabilities of up to 3000 lbs in a single quench, the solution anneal furnace purchased from Williams Industrial Service features a 60″x 60″ x 48″ working area. This line is capable of a sub-15 second transfer to air blast quench, a water quench range of 55F up to boiling, a sub-7 second transfer to water quench which exceeds AMS 2770/AMS2771 specifications, as well as load thermocouple monitoring during the solution treatment, quenching, and aging. ThermTech can provide the following processes including solution treatments, aging, stress relieving, annealing, water quenching and air quenching.
Brandon Medinger, Director of Operations – Aluminum & Austempering, ThermTech, stated that “Working with Williams Industrial Service has been seamless; from providing prompt customer service, to on-site visits, and importantly their attention to detail.” Brandon Medinger, also noted that Williams is “a technically capable organization that can handle a project like ours that had very difficult requirements.”
Another recent purchase includes a new austempering/marquenching furnace from Michigan based AFC-Holcroft. This state-of-the-art furnace can handle a single part racked in the vertical orientation up to 56″ long. The working dimension of the furnace is 36″ W x 72″ L x 56″ H, can process a gross load weight of 7,000 lbs and is capable of operating with salt temperatures ranging from 350F – 750F.
Dan Hill, Sales Engineer at AFC-Holcroft notes that “The UBQA system is an environmentally friendly ‘green technology’ which can be used to impart resistance to distorting, cracking or warping of heat-treated components”. Applicable processes include marquenching, austempering, and carburizing with additional washing and tempering capacity accompanying the new marquenching/austempering furnace. Although installation is expected in early 2023, AFC Holcroft has already made multiple site visits to ThermTech providing excellent customer service and offering out-of-the-box suggestions to best suit ThermTech’s needs.
Tracy Dougherty, Vice President of Sales at AFC Holcroft added, “Customer retention is extremely important to us – you don’t have a company like ours around for over 100 years without keeping your customers satisfied. We pride ourselves not only on being the market leaders in this type of equipment, but also on maintaining strong relationships, excellent customer service and ongoing support. It’s really rewarding to support a family-owned company on the rise, and to know we were a part of their growth.”
ThermTech leads the region in heat treating sales and metallurgical innovation. The company’s long-term strategy is to increase growth in the Midwest and on a national scale. This includes adding more workers and integrating the use of a robotics handling systems, which is expected to be installed in late 2022.
ThermTech currently employs around 137 people, many of whom have been there for 10+ years. They strive to promote a positive work/home life for their employees which includes providing tuition assistance for those furthering their education. With pay averaging around $20.00/hour, their employees also receive full benefits including: an onsite medical clinic, chiropractor, massage therapist and health coach, who can all be seen during the workday.
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“The Monty Heat Treat News” and “SECO/WARWICK” have partnered to share Seco Warwick’s 3rd Annual Heat Treatment & Metallurgy E-Seminar. Below you can find additional details about the E-Seminar as well as a link to register.
SECO/WARWICK and partners will be sharing their knowledge and experience – worldwide and…. for free! Acknowledged technology leaders and professionalists will share their knowledge, expertise, and experience online. You can be part of this virtual forum!
It is not just another webinar, another series of boring online lectures; it is a platform for exchanging industry expertise and experience, a meeting of practitioners and scientists, and a coming together of business and science for the times we live in. The world of heat treatment and metallurgy is now meeting in the web of; connections, dependencies, and influences on the B2B platform hosted by the SECO/WARWICK Group.
You will learn about technology, expand your horizons and knowledge, exchange experiences and views, talk about business today and tomorrow, discuss the industry and the challenges it faces, and connect with the world in the comfort of your own home or office.
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Jim Berry/USA Heat Treating. Jim Berry recently became General Manager at commercial heat treat USA Heat Treating in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Over the years Jim has worked with other captive and commercial heat treaters in the Cleveland are including Amac Enterprises, SPS Technologies and Brite-Metal Treating Company. USA Heat Treating is a medium sized commercial shop which specializes in continuous furnaces and austempering https://www.usaheattreating.co
Ron Kauzlarich/Arrow Gear. Ron Kauzlarich of Arrow Gear in Downers Grove, Indiana, USA has just retired after 45 years with the company. Arrow Gear has a modest but very well equipped heat treat department which includes Ipsen batch IQ furnaces. In his years with Arrow Ron was involved with many facets of the company including heat treat-his experience will be missed.https://www.arrowgear.com/
Rhys Didcott/Bodycote, UK. In the UK we see that Mr. Rhys Didcott was recently appointed Production Manager at the Bodycote, Newport, Wales, UK facility. Rhys has in the past worked with ASCO Engineering and Surface Technology, a company in the UK which offered Thermal Spray services. On the off chance that our readers are not familiar with commercial heat treater Bodycote, we would suggest this link https://www.bodycote.com/
Juan Eliseo Cruz/ECM. We understand that Juan Eliseo Cruz was recently promoted to a new position as Operations Manager for Mexico and South America for furnace builder ECM. Juan has enjoyed a long career in the heat treat industry where he has been very involved with vacuum carburizing applications. In his new position he will be expanding the ECM presence in Mexico and further south. More details about ECM USA can be found at https://www.ecm-usa.com/
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In 1981 GM started operations in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico with an assembly plant dedicated to producing 4 Chevrolet model cars with an engine plant added a year later and a transmission plant in 2008. Earlier this year according to the press release below the company announced a very substantial investment in this facility to produce electric vehicles while maintaining production of engines and transmissions.
“The Monty Heat Treat News” understands that part of these investments include two vacuum carburizing lines, one of which was installed earlier this year with the second being installed as we speak. Both lines are designed for Low Pressure Carburizing and High Pressure Gas Quenching. Over the past few years GM has been bringing more and more of these projects which involve vacuum carburizing in house, this includes the Toledo, Ohio facility as well as a couple of others.
“MARCH 2022; General Motors has just announced that it will suspend production at the Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico for about six weeks as it begins work to adapt the complex for future electric vehicle manufacturing. As such, the Mexican factory will temporarily suspend its activities to receive new machinery and state-of-the-art robots, beginning the long-awaited conversion of the plant as the company’s new EV center.
The automaker’s Mexican subsidiary informed the local media that the Ramos Arizpe plant will initiate a technical stoppage from this Saturday, March 26th, until mid-May. During this period, which will include the usual stoppage of activities for collective vacations, the Ramos Arizpe plant will receive the necessary equipment to start manufacturing electric vehicles in 2023. “General Motors announces that the GM Ramos Arizpe assembly plant will carry out a technical stoppage from March 26 until the second week of May, and it is estimated to operate normally in the week of May 16,” said GM Mexico in an official statement. “Production adjustments at the plant are due to the installation of machinery for future projects,” the company added.
This Ramos Arizpe plant update is part of the more than $1 billion investment for the complex that GM announced in April 2021, transforming it into the company’s fifth manufacturing site capable of producing electric vehicles from 2023. The Mexican complex will join the GM Lake Orion plant and GM Factory Zero facility in Michigan, the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee and the GM CAMI plant in Canada. In addition to installing state-of-the-art machinery to manufacture upcoming electric vehicles, GM Mexico said it will take advantage of this long idle period at the Ramos Arizpe plant to train workers in certain key manufacturing areas and maintain existing equipment. The plant currently builds the Chevy Blazer and Chevy Equinox crossovers, as well as engines and transmissions.
The work beginning this month at Ramos Arizpe will serve to expand the production lines of the assembly plant and increase the global propulsion systems plant’s capacity, so the facility will be completely inoperative until mid-May. However, the conversion to manufacture electric vehicles will further enhance its importance as the automaker’s most strategic plant in Mexico.”
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“L&L Special Furnace Company, Inc. has shipped and commissioned a large high-temperature box furnace to a Midwestern U.S. plant starting production on ceramic matrix parts that will be used in military and aerospace applications.
The L&L GHH3350 has an effective work zone of 32” wide by 30” high by 50” deep. The furnace is capable of reaching temperatures up to 1,700°C / 3,100°F under partial atmospheric pressure. There is also a vacuum pump to help remove oxygen prior to beginning the thermal cycle.
The front-loading box furnace is insulated with multi-layer, high-temperature insulation. The floor is reinforced and includes a composite hearth capable of supporting load weights up to 500 pounds.
The GHH3350 is heated with molybdenum disilicide elements located on the side walls and back. It is controlled by a Eurotherm program control with overtemperature protection and includes a multi-pen chart recorder with 36 inputs to record various temperatures, flow rates and pressures.
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