Out in Racine, Wisconsin, commercial heat treater Hestia Heat Treat has made our news section a couple of times over the years as can be seen below. They grace our pages yet again for their new FNC furnace which can offer FNC, FNC + Post-Ox, and Gas Nitriding treatments. The furnace has working dimensions of 36″ x 32″ x 72″ with a 5500 pound capacity.
“October 2020 PRESS RELEASE Hestia Heat Treat, Racine Wisconsin To Add Nitriding Capacity; Out in Racine, Wisconsin, USA we see that commercial heat treater Hestia Heat Treat which was formerly Racine Heat Treat is making an impressive investment. Darius Szczekocki, the owner recently made the decision to invest in a new Nitrex gas nitriding system. For some background on the company we would refer you to the press release below which we published back in 2017 when Darius purchased the company. For more information about Hestia we would also suggest https://hestiaheattreat.com/“
“May 1/2017 Hestia Heat Treat, Racine, Wisconsin; If you are scratching your head asking who the heck Hestia Heat Treat is you are certainly not alone as we had not heard the name until yesterday. Hestia Heat Treat is the new name of Racine Heat Treat in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Racine HT has been around for many years with at least two owners in the past few years, however very recently it was bought by a fellow by the name of Darius Szczekocki who brings to the company a new name and a wealth of experience. Darius has spent a number of years in the industry with companies such as Bodycote and most recently as General Manager at Bluewater Thermal another commercial heat treater. Hestia Heat Treat has a number of Ipsen batch IQ furnaces and vacuum units. We wish him the best of luck.
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In New York state, Pyrotek a captive heat treater show supplier metal components for batteries suffered a strong fire last week, lucking no one was injured; “WHEATFIELD, N.Y., USA – Niagara County fire investigators are looking into an industrial fire that happened Friday in Wheatfield. The fire happened at Pyrotek, a metal heat treatment company. According to an operations manager at the scene, the fire started in the furnace system, then spread to the building and throughout the plant. Pyrotek treats metals at a very high temperature in furnaces for products that are ultimately used in lithium-ion batteries. The plant was evacuated, and no one was hurt. Niagara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene, along with members of Bergholz Volunteer Fire Company, Sanborn Volunteer Fire Company, and the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.”
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Below is a press release about Applied Thermal Technologies retaining their 2 year merit status with PRI/Nadcap. Applied Thermal Technologies also ranks 39th on our list of largest commercial heat treaters for 2021. https://themonty.com/articles/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/
In December of 2021, Applied Thermal Technologies, out of Warsaw, Indiana has retained its 2 year merit status with PRI/Nadcap. This is also the second audit in which we had our lab accredited for metallography, microindentation and near surface examinations. This is nothing but a team effort from management who put in long hours along with staff who are willing to work together and keep quality a top priority! Scope of heat treat can be seen here: https://www.appliedthermaltechnologies.com/sites/default/files/Scope-Of-Accreditation-Nadcap-Aerospace-Heat-Treating-Exp-2.29.24.pdf which includes many types of vacuum heat treating and brazing.
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January 6th of this year we kicked off our ongoing search to find the 10 largest single location captive heat treaters in North America, this can be found at Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters-Vacuum Carburizing (LPC) | The Monty As you can read we were a touch surprised to find out that a number of the largest are auto firms focusing on a single process, that being vacuum carburizing.
During the course of our research a number of readers offered thoughts, comments and ideas on the history of vacuum carburizing as it relates to the auto industry. While these comments focus more on commercial heat treaters doing vacuum carburizing it very neatly leads into how GM and Ford ended up slowly bringing vacuum carburizing in house.
The Bodycote and ALD legacies are still intact today as “contract suppliers” of LPC but to a much lesser extent than the halcyon days of 2006 – 2017. ALD still has most of the 37 installed chambers in the US and 18 installed in Mexico. Bodycote still maintains their facilities in Livonia MI and San Luis Potosí, Silao Mexico with more than 30 chambers collectively. GM has committed more than 20 chambers to a differential case LPC operation facility in Wyoming Michigan and has installed equipment in several transmission plants.”
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To add to this news item we can say that Marco has worked with North American alloy suppliers Cronite, Wirco and Alcon over the years. We wish him the best of luck.
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Solar Atmospheres Souderton, Pa facility commissioned a new high-production vacuum furnace, doubling hydriding and de-hydriding capacity in the reclamation process of high-value titanium and tantalum materials. For decades, Solar Atmospheres has been a globally-recognized leader and innovator in the process of reclaiming titanium and tantalum materials through vacuum heat treatment solutions. The installation incorporates Solar Manufacturing’s latest and most advanced vacuum furnace technology, aimed at safety and efficiency. The qualified working zone is 48” x 48” x 72” with a weight capacity of up to 7,500 pounds per batch.
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COVID-19 has reared it’s ugly head at “The Monty Heat Treat News” with the result that 3 team members are feeling the effects. While at the end of the day it is no more than a very bad cold or a mild case of the flu it is certainly slowing the team down. Doctors have suggested that time in a hot, dry climate will help, perhaps David Brown in the UK.
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Klaus and his family emigrated to the United States in 1967 to work for Surface Combustion/Midland Ross in Toledo, Ohio. He worked there in various positions, including Director of Research and Vice President/General Manager, Thermal Systems Technical Center of Midland-Ross Corporation.
He received his Doctorate in Chemical Engineering (Dr. Ing) from University of Stuttgart, Germany, after graduating from the prestigious Technical University Berlin and then receiving a position in The Netherlands at the International Flame Research Foundation. He holds approximately 60+ US Patents and has a long life of inventions, forming and growing companies, and guiding engineers.
He founded Indugas, Inc. in 1985, in Toledo, to consult with the gas industry in order to develop novel natural gas equipment, such as various heat treat furnaces, low pollution burners, and a mineral wool rock melter. In addition to Indugas, he founded or acquired Lee Wilson Engineering, a steel furnaces company, Thermotech Industries (furnaces) and Climatron (a novel heat pump start up company). He loved Opera and was involved with The Toledo Opera for many years on its board.
In his retirement years he focused on Climate Change and has written 4 books on the subject, with another manuscript in the works. He was relentless in using his knowledge, training, and talents in trying to help mankind. In the last months he was convinced he had the solution to Global Warming and was working on four provisional patents at his passing.
His one passion was sailing and boating. He owned, for three decades, a 41’ Formosa-built Ketch, Escapade, which he and his family enjoyed on the Great Lakes. Today, his sons are all active boaters. He was a long time member of North Cape Yacht Club in LaSalle Michigan and Bradenton Yacht Club, Florida.
Klaus grew up in World War II Germany. On the eve of his birth in 1935, a small group of men met to discuss how to keep Adolf Hitler from continuing his rise to power in Germany. During that meeting, Heinrich Hemsath, one of main organizers of the underground resistance, was called away as his wife was about to give birth to his first son. That night, Klaus Heinrich Hemsath was born. The next day the other men had disappeared never to be seen again. The birth of Klaus had saved the life of his father.
Beginning in 1933 when his father was elected to local parliament, his father had been an avid and vocal opponent of Hitler, and was arrested and assaulted many times. After the war he was instrumental in the rebuilding, alongside the Allies, the city of Muenster, Germany’s oldest Catholic city, to what it is today.
One of Klaus’ favorite stories he told was when the war ended, in 1945, (he was 10) and the British and Americans were marching into Muenster, Germany. Armed with a weapon left by the fleeing German army, little Klaus went to confront them coming over the hill in their Jeeps. Fortunately, the soldiers were bearing cigarettes and chocolates and he thought for this reason they could not be all that bad!
We rejoice in Klaus’ full life, his accomplishments, and his love for life and his family, and his life-long pursuit of knowledge. We can report that he fought until the end, wanting to stay longer to continue to help the world.
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Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/articles/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became much more ambitious and expanded the list to the 50 largest. In our 39th spot we have Applied Thermal Technologies, Warsaw, Indiana.
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Largely because of the auto industry but aided by heavy equipment and bearing manufacturers the heat treatment sector in Mexico has grown by leaps and bounds over the years. While this does encompass commercial heat treatment it is more pronounced for in house heat treaters. Recently a US based manufacturer made a very large investment in a brand new heat treat department. The final installation will include 7 batch IQ furnaces, 2 rotary hearth furnaces and salt processing equipment.
Furnace builders around the world have been on a roller coaster the past couple of years as far as new equipment orders go, however at least for the time being most furnace builders are doing quite well these days. In this particular case the supplier is a US based firm.
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