In Brazil we see that commercial heat treater Tecnovacum, has installed a SECO/WARICK VectorR vacuum furnace as we can see in this press release. What makes this rather interesting is that SECO partnered with their Brazilian representatives, Combustol Fornos Ind (the largest furnace supplier in Brazil) on this project. For those familiar with Brazil this will come as no surprise in that very high import tariffs make it almost essential for foreign suppliers to have a Brazilian partner;
“The Vector vacuum furnace is the first product supplied by SECO/WARWICK to Tecnovacum. To implement the government subsidy program, the equipment must have 50% of the production in the territory of Brazil. The furnace was developed in close cooperation with the Brazilian partner – COMBUSTOL FORNOS IND COM LTDA.
“This is an exceptional situation, the first one, but certainly not the last. Under our supervision and in close cooperation, the Brazilian partner made the casing and the control cabinet in Brazil, and the company was also responsible for the equipment assembly and start-up. We have contributed our knowledge, experience and the entire furnace internal fittings and components to the project. Owing to this cooperation, which is consistent with the government program, the clients from Brazil could benefit from more favorable financial conditions. We are glad that we have a partner who is not only able to carry out the assembly, start-up and service of our equipment on site, but also build the entire vacuum furnace in cooperation with us” – says Maciej Korecki, Vice-President of the Vacuum Segment of the SECO/WARWICK Group.
Adds M. Korecki. “For six years now, SECO/WARWICK has been working with the Combustol company on the South American market in terms of sales, supplies and start-ups of furnaces in Brazil.”
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Today we learned that David Gangle, a 25 year sales veteran of furnaces, combustion systems and heat treat alloy, has recently departed North American Cronite and is open to new opportunities. David is located in the US Southeast and he can be reached at [email protected].
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This week’s super exciting edition of “The Heat Treat Podcast” finds our esteemed host, Mr. Carlos Torres speaking about the “Biggest Challenges in the Heat Treatment Industry” with Mr. Tom Morrison of MTI.
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Recently we at “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit a fascinating Bodycote facility in Derby, UK, fascinating because it represents an almost 35 year partnership with Rolls Royce. In 1997 Bodycote set up a brand-new heat treating facility within the grounds of the Rolls Royce jet engine facility in Derby, UK with the intent that Bodycote would handle all of Rolls Royce’s heat treating requirements. Almost a quarter century later, this can be considered a real success story for both parties.
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Left to Right; Gord Montgomery, Dr. Gary Starr, Works Manager, Mr. Simon Blantern, VP Operations – UK, Kudakwashe Kafamba, Quality Manager
In Lincoln, Nebraska, USA we see that aerospace supplier Duncan Aviation has elected to bring their heat treating in house in a brand new division by the name of “Duncan Manufacturing Solutions.”
Duncan Aviation has invested more than $4 million in the DMS facility, which was built adjacent to Duncan Aviation’s Turbine Engine Overhaul Shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has 21,000-square-feet devoted to machining, metal work, and composite capabilities. DMS brought heat treating capabilities in-house with the addition of two Delta H Heat Treat Ovens. These ovens are capable of heat treating aluminum, stainless steel, tool steel, and titanium. These ovens are based on the most common size requirements for working with envelopes of 16x16x24 inches and 16x24x72 inches.”
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Born on August 24, 1949 to John and Helen Reger in Dayton, John passed away on October 10th. John graduated from Belmont High School (1967), where he was Class President and had great affection for his classmates and school. He attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business.
Preparing to attend law school, John joined the national guard, requiring him to postpone school for a year. Returning from basic, John rethought the law career, and began to explore options in business. His uncle and friend, Robert Lahm, approached him with an offer to join a start– up Winston Heat Treating company, and since 1972, that was his labor of love. He derived great pleasure from growing the business and its reputation in the industry and cherished his co- workers, customers, and suppliers.
Far and away, John’s greatest love & joy were his family: wife Sharyn, daughter Elise (Michael) Henderson, son David (Katlyn) Reger, and adored grandchildren Gavin, Vivienne, and Bianca. Truly beloved were John’s sister Janet (Dr. Robert) Van Etten, niece Maria (Kent) Rademaker, their twins Ella and Violet, & sister-in-law Evelyn Goldstein, special cousins, family, and friends.
His favorite jobs were being owner & CEO of Winston Heat Treating, President of The Metal Treating Institute (MTI), and President of Temple Beth Or. He valued time spent at Delco Products, trucker for Winston, & warehouseman for Peninsular Steel. John received recognition from numerous committees, boards, & non– profits, including MTI’s Industry Legend Award.
Remembrances can be made to a charity of your choosing.
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John Reger on the left with David Reger to his left
Very recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” was fortunate enough to be able to visit commercial heat treater Wallwork in Bury, UK a trip which we last made in 2013. Wallwork Group Alloy Heat Treatment, Engineering, Castings & Vacuum Equipment | Wallwork Heat Treatment (wallworkht.co.uk) has a number of locations not all involved in heat treating, our interest of course lies in the commercial heat treat facilities of which the facility in Bury, UK is the headquarters.
If any commercial heat treat facility can be considered full service it would be this one. During out tour we saw salt, sealed quench furnaces, nitriding, aluminum drop bottom ovens, Induction, vacuum and vacuum carburizing. What was of most interest to us was the changes and investments in the past 8 years. While they were impressive and numerous the most obvious examples were in the vacuum department with some new additions, the most recent one being a vacuum carburizing system.
These photos will do far more justice to the facility than our words can.
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Left to Right; Tim Pelari, Mike Jarvis, Luke Collins, Gord Montgomery
Gord Montgomery, Jim Oakes (SSI), Mike Jarvis (Wallwork), Richard Burslem (Wallwork, Retired), Matt Cross (SSi), Steve Thompson (SSi)
Batch Sealed Quench Department
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Based in Germany, HEMO is known as a supplier of top end cleaning systems (their banner ad can be found on the right hand side of this page). The company just released this press release about a system they provided to a Russian customer for cleaning SS tubes in nuclear applications;
“Low-particle cleaning of stainless steel tubes in lengths of up to 24 metres used in the nuclear industry cannot possibly be performed using standard systems. A Russian provider of such tubes had been looking for an appropriate solution when they came across HEMO, a company specialising in parts cleaning that provided them with a 60-metre long superlative cleaning system.
The persons in charge in Russia had been well aware that the cleaning of stainless steel tubes in varying lengths from 1 to a maximum of 24 metres with outer diameters from 4 to 30 millimetres would not be an easy undertaking. Little did they know that the mere search for a suitable system supplier would be anything but straightforward. In this case, however, the Russian provider’s excellent network had paid off so that the enquiry was finally received by HEMO, a parts cleaning specialist based in Ötisheim.
Enquiries from all over the world are everyday business for HEMO CEO Andreas Fritz. ‘Our export ratio is well above 90 percent, especially when it comes to our tube cleaning systems. As our systems can easily reach lengths of up to 80 metres, their design requires a lot of experience and know-how, especially where strict residual dirt specifications are to be met along with maximum throughput rates.’
Annual output: six million metres
And this is precisely what occurred in the case of the tube cleaning system for the Russian company. The aim is to deliver stainless steel tubes in premium European quality, which also includes compliance with clearly defined residual dirt specifications stipulating a maximum carbon residue level of less than 20 mg/m2. Furthermore, the system is required to achieve a high throughput: Every year, six million metres of stainless steel tube are to leave the cleaning line in a perfectly clean state of consistent quality.
With their VAIOCS systems, HEMO’s experts have repeatedly proven that it is easily possible to meet even the strictest residual dirt specifications. The demand for 20 mg/m2 can definitely be met. ‘But this was not the actual challenge,’ Andreas Fritz points out. ‘Such tasks are nothing out of the ordinary for our hybrid VAIOCS systems. They can combine any watery and solvent-based cleaning sequences. In this particular case, however, it was necessary to meet the tube cleaning specifications with a trimmed-down version of our system technology. In order to be able to work as sustainably, as economically and as quickly as possible, this version would have to do without a separate watery cleaning cycle.
But let us get straight to the point: These ambitious goals could actually be put into practice. One look at the 60-metre long Mild Hybrid VAIOCS system shows how this was possible. The name “Mild Hybrid” signals that we are not talking about a conventionally combined system with separate tanks for watery and solvent-based cleaning agents. In fact, this version works without the tank for the watery cleaning agent and thus without an essential cleaning cycle. Water is a medium that does not come into play until the end of the cleaning cycle, namely during the final rinsing process with water vapour.
Overview of the Mild Hybrid cleaning process
The complete cleaning process performed by this system is split into four steps. First of all, the treatment chamber is flooded with approximately 6,000 litres of hot solvent. Once this type of immersion cleaning under vacuum has been completed, the solvent – a mixture of zero-halogen hydrocarbon and modified alcohol – is fed back into the flood tank through a filter unit. Vapour degreasing is the next step, which is in turn followed by the above-mentioned water vapour rinsing cycle. The final step involves intense drying. As is the case with conventional HEMO systems, all cleaning processes are performed under vacuum according to the familiar VAIOCS principle.
But there are two additional technical highlights that contribute significantly to the system’s exemplary cleaning quality: Not only is the system supported by ultrasonic technology with an output of 24 x 2 kW, but it also comes with the possibility to tilt the treatment chamber by four to ten degrees. The parts basket can thus be placed in an inclined position, which makes it possible to clean the inside of the tubes in a far more efficient way. In conjunction with high-performance pumps, it is furthermore possible to perform ultrafast emptying and filling processes – an essential prerequisite to ensure that the cleaning process can be completed within a very short time.
In order to be able to provide their Russian customer with a maximum degree of system flexibility, HEMO’s engineers put an idea into practice that is as simple as it is brilliant. Stainless steel section separators make it possible to divide the 24.5-metre long treatment chamber into segments of different sizes. Thus, the system can be used efficiently with any tube lengths between 1 to 24 metres.
The tube cleaning system has successfully passed its practical test in Russia, meeting every single aspect of the expectations that had been placed on it. With a maximum batch weight of 3,000 kilograms and depending on the preselected programme, the cleaning process takes between 60 and 120 minutes. ‘We can meet both the residual dirt specifications and the output agreed upon. Apart from that, the Mild Hybrid system emphasises how economical, sustainable and efficient parts cleaning can look like today,’ Andreas Fritz concludes.
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“Based in the UK, Neotherm is a new company that has made a big impact on the scene as a result of a demand from customers to offer a complete solution to their heat treatment requirements. Whether you want to increase your heat treatment capacity, replace an old furnace or looking to install a furnace to process a new component, Neotherm will guide you from start to finish.
Furnace manufacturers will want to sell you a furnace from their range rather than one that is right for the application. Neotherm, together with it’s manufacturing partners, can offer the widest range of plant available. If it’s and endothermic generator, continuous, pit, batch, modular, vacuum or temper furnace you need, we can offer the smallest laboratory units to a recently supplied 12 tonne capacity carburising installation.
Why are we different to other furnace suppliers?
Our extensive heat treatment, engineering and atmosphere knowledge means that we can analyse your needs and offer the most efficient and effective answer to any heat treatment process. We always design our furnaces with ease of maintenance in mind and availability of spares. You will find our prices on some equipment, the most competitive on the market – without any compromise to quality or functionality. We offer an installation service and an ongoing maintenance support as required. We pride ourselves on delivering on time and never over budget.
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