Back in 2019 Accurate Brazing in Greenville, SC, USA announced that they were committing to a second Hot Isostatic Press system. According to the company installation of the second system is almost complete as can be seen in this photo. Fond out how large Accurate Brazing is on our list of the 30 largest commercial heat treaters in North America https://themonty.com/project/l
NOVEMBER 19, Posting; “Västerås, Sweden, November 19, 2019 – Accurate Brazing, a full-service provider of specialized heat treating solutions, added Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) to its thermal processing capabilities earlier this year. “Based on overwhelming feedback from the marketplace, we are pleased to be moving forward with our second Hot Isostatic Press from Quintus Technologies,” says Steven Francis, president of Accurate Brazing. Both presses are of the model QIH 122 M URC®. They are equipped with the Quintus proprietary uniform rapid cooling (URC) feature, which combines HIP and heat treatment in a single process. `
This process is called High Pressure Heat Treatment (HPHT), and it streamlines the steps involved in material densification and heat treatment. This innovative approach also enables all processed components to cool uniformly, resulting in minimal thermal distortion and non-uniform grain growth. “The Quintus technology allows us to shorten lead times, improve product metallurgy, and eliminate some additional outside operations, which is very attractive to our customers,” says Mr. Francis. Accurate Brazing serves the aerospace and power generation industries, as well as other sectors that demand high quality and short lead times. Many of Accurate Brazing’s customers utilize additive manufacturing (AM). “The versatility of the Quintus units makes them well suited for our service business model,” says Mr. Francis.“
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According to news reports there was an explosion and fire at Advanced Heat Treat Solutions yesterday which injured 4 people. Some reports suggest that one of the injured is Pritam Sethi, owner and founder of the company. Advanced Heat Treat Solutions is a commercial heat treater in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who operates a mesh belt austemper line, vacuum furnaces, batch IQ furnaces and Induction hardening systems. Investigations are ongoing and no cause has yet been determined.
“Peel Police say four people are being treated for injuries following an industrial fire in Mississauga. Emergency crews responded to a heat treating facility on Anson Drive near Torbram and Derry Roads just before 11 a.m. “I was sitting in my office and it felt like a truck actually hit the building,” one witness said. “We came outside and noticed smoke coming out from across the street and a couple of people wandering around.” Paramedics say one person has been taken to a trauma centre in serious, but non-life threatening condition. Another patient was taken to hospital with minor injuries and two others were treated on scene.”
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In addition to classroom-style trainings at their manufacturing facility, Ipsen offers on-site Ipsen U courses to accommodate large groups at customer facilities. Ipsen U is a course designed to teach heat treatment fundamentals, best practices and new methods. Attendees receive an extensive overview of vacuum furnace equipment, processes and maintenance. For on-site trainings, customers can choose which topics to focus on, allowing for a customized, hands-on experience that follows safety protocols. Ipsen sends highly qualified technical resources, sometimes those who were directly involved with the build of the furnace they are training on.
The next Ipsen U class is scheduled for August 3-5, 2021, in Cherry Valley, Illinois. Attendees for the 3-day course have the advantage of networking with other heat treaters and seeing how furnaces are built at Ipsen’s Vacuum Technology Excellence Center. Visit www.IpsenUSA.com/IpsenU for more information, or contact Kristine ([email protected]) if you are interested in attending a training session at Ipsen, or scheduling an on-site session at your own facility.
ABOUT IPSEN. Ipsen is the global leader in heat treatment solutions with more than 10,000 operating systems in 70 countries. Through its Global Excellence Centers in Vacuum and Atmosphere Technology, Ipsen continues to deliver innovations that advance thermal processing while helping customers achieve their goals. Focused on performance and quality, Ipsen supports commercial heat treaters and customers in many industries including aerospace, automotive, energy and medical. With locations in North America, Europe and Asia, and the largest service team in the industry, Ipsen is committed to providing 360° support for customers worldwide.
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A Historical joint venture in the Turkish Heat Treatment Market.
“Three Istanbul-based heat treaters with more than 40 years of experience have combined. Alper, İnsa and Tamçelik Heat Treatment will now be known as Alpha Metalurji A.Ş. and will serve the manufacturing sector in Turkey. The combined company will have 8 locations in 4 different cities, and will provide job opportunities for more than 150 employees. This is the first time in the history of Turkish heat treatment that three rival companies have come together and joined forces. The company, aims to bring together high technology heat treatment processes with appropriate quality standards.
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A very unfortunate side effect of the COVID 19 pandemic has been increasing costs for heat treating supplies. Whether it is because of seemingly unlimited government funding, a growing economy or a combination of both really doesn’t matter-what does matter is that every single item required for heat treatment is going up in price combined with a longer delivery time. Furnaces, quench oil, alloy components, refractory, pumps-you name it everything is increasing in cost and will continue to do so for quite some time. Price increases range from relatively low (under 5%) to double digit increases for new furnaces due mainly to steel pricing. Need something, anything? Our recommendation is to get it on order ASAP.
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Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne approval, their second aerospace prime approval of 2021. Steve Prout, President of Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility states: “We are proud to once again provide our customers in the Southeastern U.S. with another regional option for aerospace vacuum thermal processes, saving them time and money while continuing to deliver the high level of quality required.”
With the ability to support vacuum thermal processing needs ranging from development cycles to 50,000 pound loads at temperatures of up to 2400°F, Solar Atmospheres provides AS9100 and Nadcap quality accredited heat treatments, providing our customers with the confidence their product is being processed as specified.
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To this very interesting press release we can add that “The Monty Heat Treat News” recently interviewed Mark Hemsath, an interview which can be found at Mark Hemsath, VP Super IQ and Nitriding, SECO/WARWICK | The Monty Marks interview is one of more than 60 interviews and Podcasts which “The Monty” team has put together over the past few years.
“Mark Hemsath, former Vice-President of SECO/VACUUM Technologies LLC, is joining Nitrex’s Heat Treating Services Sales division. He will be taking on the role of Vice-President of Sales Heat Treating Services, Americas. His main responsibilities will include managing the North American Heat Treatment Sales division and growing the business for key customers in target industries.
Mark has a Masters in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, and a Minor in Manufacturing Technology. With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, it comes as no surprise that he appeared on The Monty’s September 2019 list of 25 most influential people in the North American heat treat industry. He has contributed to several technical publications and conferences over the years as well. His experience speaks for itself: marketing and sales for technical industries; a strong engineering-based background in processes and materials such as heat-treating, metallurgy, process gases, and high-temperature reactions; engineering expertise in furnace design and build, high-temperature alloys applications, advanced controls and automation, material handling and conveyors, safety requirements, NFPA 86 issues, combustion of gases and burners, and safely processing with reactive gases; legal expertise with contracts, product liability, depositions, and equipment safety, and the list goes on. Throughout his impressive career, he has worked for several key players in the industry, including Advanced Heat Treat Corp., SECO/WARWICK Corp., and MH Thermal.
Nitrex, a leading heat treatment solution provider with over three decades of experience, will be gaining a major asset with the acquisition of Hemsath. “Mark is a seasoned heat-treating professional with many years of sales-management experience in the thermal processing industry. His expert technical and process knowledge will be a great asset to Nitrex and will help reinforce our position as the leading global provider of integrated heat treatment solutions. I am very pleased to welcome Mark to the Nitrex team,” says Jason Orosz, President of Heat Treating Services at Nitrex Metal Inc.”
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THERMETCO Inc., the largest commercial heat treater in Quebec, Canada recently acquired commercial heat treater LES TREMPS LD of Granby, Quebec. Located in Chateauguay THERMETCO is a second-generation commercial heat treat facility which offers most processes including Vacuum and Atmosphere Heat Treating, Nitriding (both gas and Plasma) and salt processing. In just the past few years the firm moved into a larger facility – 50 000 ft² and acquired another local commercial heat treater by the name of NATIONAL TOOL HARDENING.
THERMETCO is AS9100, NADCAP and CQI9 approved and offers NDT Services via its subsidiary INSPECTIONS THERMETCO. It has also recently added more batch IQ capacity in the form of a 36” X 48” X 36” batch IQ furnace. At the “Monty Heat Treat News” we would estimate that THERMETCO is now the third largest commercial heat treater in Canada in terms of annual sales. In this photo, from left to right, Xavier Kauza – Sales Manager, Michèle Messier – CFO, Jean-Sebastien Lemire – President and Vincent Houle, Engineering and Quality Assurance Director.
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When COVID-19 first hit the shores of North America and lockdowns became the order of the day the US and Canadian governments reacted quickly in the form of direct financial subsidies to businesses and individuals. While the consensus is that the subsidies were necessary the general consensus is also that the benefits provided were far too generous and a disincentive to going back to work-$15.00 USD per hour for not working does not exactly encourage individuals to go back to positions paying $12.00 per hour. The result is exactly what you would expect, captive and commercial heat treaters alike all over the US and Canada are reporting an enormous shortage of workers. Lets face it, working in a heat treat department is good, honorable work however it is also very hard work, want an example of the turmoil this is causing?
In Fletcher, NC, USA we find a large automotive parts supplier who also has a reasonably substantial in house heat treating department largely consisting of batch IQ furnaces. The shortage of workers for the heat treatment department recently became so acute that the company was forced to temporarily shut down the heat treatment department, outsource the work to a local commercial heat treater and reassign the few remaining heat treat workers to machining departments. At this point the closure is a temporary measure. We are not going to veer off into politics, however this is quite obviously a very large issue and one which is continuing.
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Mattsa, also in San Luis Potosi is the largest furnace builder in Mexico and offers most styles of furnace including Batch IQ’s, continuous, tempers, washers and Endothermic Generators. The photo below shows the Mattsa location as we saw it in 2016.
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