“SECO/VACUUM, has been awarded an order for a 2-bar Vector vacuum heat treating furnace from a global leader in energy and environmental services. The Vector®, a single chamber high pressure quench vacuum furnace, will be utilized for a variety of heat-treating processes, including hardening of tool steels as well as high vacuum sintering and annealing. The furnace is designed to achieve deep vacuum levels which will allow the customer to process materials for nuclear applications.
The SECO/VACUUM team worked with the customer’s engineering staff for a year to understand and resolve their special needs. The new Vector will replace an older furnace, adding significantly more capabilities and process flexibility. SECO/VACUUM’s Managing Director, Peter Zawistowski said, “I’m very proud of how our SECO/VISORY group managed this relationship. Our product management and engineering staff collaborated with the customer’s engineering and commercialization teams for over a year to develop a proposal for the specialized capabilities they required. As a result, we were able to give the customer all the confidence they needed to award the project to SECO/VACUUM.”
The Vector platform is designed for specialization; The 2-bar furnace has a chamber size of 16″ x 16″ x 24″ deep and comes equipped with an oversized load capacity of 1,000 lb., a metal hot zone, a high vacuum diffusion pump and uses argon for its process gas. The furnace will be equipped with SECO/WARWICK’s state-of-the-art control system.”
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Wallwork director, Simeon Collins, explained, “We invested significantly in new plasma nitriding capacity last year, bringing in a Rübig Micropuls Everest. We have now also seized the opportunity to upgrade and refurbish some of our existing equipment to meet the growing demand for plasma nitriding.”
This additional £500K investment by the group, shows their confidence in future demand, especially from the aerospace sector. The Cambridge plasma nitriding centre, provides 24/7 processing and has a dedicated area for inspection of case depth, structure and other quality aspects.
Manufacturers of wear parts such as gears, camshafts and followers, valve parts, aero-engine and airframe components, dies and injectors use plasma nitriding to improve component endurance. For makers of stainless steel parts used in harsh environments, low temperature plasma nitriding minimises loss of corrosion resistance in the metal.
As plasma nitriding does not leave chemical residues, applying hard coatings by physical vapour deposition (PVD) is more easily achieved and imparts even better wear resistance for use in high-load applications. This can all take place at the Cambridge site.
Along with Nadcap accreditation, Wallwork holds extensive aerospace approvals from company, national and international bodies. To meet customer fast turn-around needs, their in-house transport fleet provides quick and efficient nationwide pick-up and delivery.”
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For years now “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been running across a very experienced heat treater by the name of Mike Nappi. We first ran across Mike at Cincinatti Steel Treating and subsequently at Feintool and most recently at Ford, Sharonville, Ohio, USA (this facility is rated as the largest single location captive heat treater in North America as ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” 10 Largest Single Location Captive Heat Treats-North America 2022 | The Monty)
Mike has just landed a new position with the world’s largest commercial heat treater, Bodycote (The Monty Heat Treat News – 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2022 | The Monty”. Mike has a very interesting title “Program Manager – Additive” which caught our attention. We can only assume that Bodycote is dedicating some of their resources to heat treating in the additive manufacturing sector. Mike is a competent fellow and we have no doubt but that he will thrive in this new job.
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It is with regret that we mention the recent passing of Mr. Jim Montemagno, President of Alcon Industries of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Alcon Industries is one of the largest suppliers of alloy furnace components and fixturing in North America and Jim spent his entire working career in the heat treatment industry.
“Jim Montemagno age 64, of Avon Lake, Ohio passed away June 17, 2022. He was born on January 29, 1958 to James and Laura Montemagno. Beloved husband of Kathleen Montemagno; loving father to Keith Gailey (Karla), Beth Ann Gailey (Matt Roth), Emily Prack (Bryan) and James Montemagno (Heather Walicki); devoted grandfather to Kassidy, Kaleb and Karson Gailey; brother to Rose Hansford (Robert), Carmela Donegan (Barry), Joseph Montemagno and Michael Montemagno (Susan); uncle and great-uncle to many. Jim was honored to spend 35 years at Alcon Industries, a company that his father worked at before him. He started with Alcon sweeping the floors and 30+ years later became President of the company. He loved cooking, the beach, Vegas and playing Keno. When Jim wasn’t working or spending time with friends, you could find him and his wife of 25 years on the golf course. Jim will be missed by all that knew and loved him. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Bladder Cancer Network, https://bcan.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate/”
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“Therser UK continue to expand with the recent acquisition of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)of Wellman Furnaces & Almor Limited Alloy Fabrications Facility.”
From the heat treatment industry in the UK we have this press release about a recent acquisition; “Therser UK, the UK’s number one Kiln & Furnace company, are delighted to announce the recent acquisition of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Wellman Furnaces & Almor Limited.
Over the last few years, Therser UK continues to grow at a tremendous rate, with this recent acquisition it only further adds to Therser UK’s growing portfolio of expertise & strengthen Therser’s position in the market place .
The acquisition will allow Therser to fully support existing Wellman Furnace’s customers with servicing, spares, repairs, refurbishments and the supply of new equipment and including the following well known brands.
- Wellman Furnaces
- Almor
- Almor Alloy Fabrications
- Gibbons
- British Furnaces
- Incandescent Heat
- Metal Electric
- CGE
- Wild Barfield
- Birlec
Furthermore with this exciting acquisition Therser UK have acquired brands such as Wild Barfield & Barlow Whitney, Marathon Process Controls, Heat Treat Services along with the well known Wellman Furnaces division.
The Wellman Furnaces division incorporates a number of well known names in furnace building such as Incandescent, Birlec, British Furnaces, Gibbons, Metalectric, CGE (Consultant Gas Engineers).
This all contributing to Therser UK’s depth of technical expertise and knowledge of furnace design, manufacture and operation.
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AHT’s Alabama employees have been training in Iowa to prepare for the new service offering. Mikel Woods, AHT President, commented, “We are pleased to offer induction hardening at a second AHT location. After talking with many of our customers, we know this will be a welcomed service and we’ll be able to provide better turnaround times than the area is currently experiencing.” In the past couple years, AHT has invested in five new induction units and has plans for additional units as the customer base grows in Alabama. Aside from the new UltraGlow® Induction Hardening, AHT’s Alabama location also offers ion nitriding, gas nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing, UltraOx®, stress relieve and more. The location also holds many quality certifications such as Federal Firearms License, ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016 and is ITAR compliant. To learn more about UltraGlow® Induction Hardening or AHT’s other surface treatments, please visit www.ahtcorp.com or contact Advanced Heat Treat Corp. at 319-232-5221.
About Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Established in 1981, Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) is a recognized leader in providing heat treat services and superior metallurgical solutions to companies across the globe, with locations in Alabama, Iowa and Michigan. Their UltraGlow® family of processes includes plasma ion nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC), gas nitriding, UltraOx®, through hardening, carburizing, carbonitriding, induction hardening, black oxide and many more.
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“AFC-HOLCROFT August 4, 2022; On our floor now are a MBA mesh belt austemper line for austempering stamped metal components, two new UBQ line with ancillaries – one for an automotive supplier and another for a commercial heat treater; two standalone UBQ’s – one for a commercial heat treater who will integrate the furnace into their existing AFC-Holcroft installations and one for a supplier of forged components. We have entered the EV market by supplying an installation for a first-time customer in this important technology. Several EZT Series Endo Gas Generators are also underway for specific customers as well as our ‘Built for Stock’ equipment supply. Furnace rebuild and refurbishment projects round out the available floorspace.
Most equipment will be delivered by the end of the year, making way for latest incoming orders such as a complete new UBQA line, which was recently announced. Tracy Dougherty, Vice President of Sales, commented, “While inflation and consumer confidence are a concern for all of us, our order and quote backlogs remain strong – keeping us optimistic that sales bookings will continue on the current path well into 2023.”
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Dekalb Forge, accurately located in Dekalb, Illinois, USA is part of the “Forge Resources Group” which operates 6 facilities throughout the US Midwest. Each location in addition to their forging capabilities also has in house heat treating facilities. In the case of Dekalb their in house heat treating department includes a number of Surface Combustion batch IQ furnaces. Very recently Dekalb adding another furnace, in this case a used batch IQ furnace which in this picture you can seeing being dropped in place.
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Recently the company gave a tour to the German Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Bernd Althusmann to give him a vivid impression of how energy intensive their business is and to show possible scenarios in the event of a slowdown or complete shutdown of their gas supplies. While the situation is under control now it is too soon to tell what will happen during the peak demand period this winter. No reports on how the minister responded.
In related news we see that the last time we mentioned Hanomag was almost exactly one year ago when they company received a new pit carburizing furnace.
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With concerns over energy costs rising combined with extremely long delivery times from companies such as Eclipse several companies are bringing to market new options such as this one from McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA.
“McLaughlin Furnace Group recently released their own direct fired packaged burners to the market. The MFG-1000 and MFG-1001 direct fired burners are in full production with short lead times. These burners are very versatile for low and high temperature applications. Burner outputs range from 500,000 BTUs to 5,000,000 BTUs. Please call McLaughlin Furnace Group to discuss your application and availability.”
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