We have watched with great interest as Burloak Technologies, an additive manufacturing firm in Burlington, Ontario, Canada has progressed on their state of the art heat treatment department. Today we had the chance to see the facility in person and we have these photos to prove it. These pictures show part of the department and include a Quintus “Hipping” unit (the only commercially available one in Canada by the way) and an Ipsen 2 bar “Titan” vacuum furnace. In this picture you see the team responsible for this impressive feat. From left to right we have; Alex Bast, Hamid Azizi, Paul Tallon, Jason Wright and Gord Montgomery. We are also including a press release the company recently issued about being approved by Boeing.
Colin Osborne, Samuel’s president and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Achieving this qualification further validates Burloak’s position as a global leader in the Additive Manufacturing space, and clearly demonstrates our ability to commercialise this transformational technology. This milestone also signals the increasing importance of Additive Manufacturing within aerospace and represents a step forward on the path to a greener future for aviation.””
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“L&L Special Furnace Company has received a second order for a medium-sized floor-standing box furnace that will be used for annealing gun barrels for rifles. This is the second furnace supplied to a leading Midwest manufacturer of custom firearms and rifles. A marked increase in production and reliable operation of the existing L&L furnace preceded the sale.
The L&L Model XLE 3636 has an effective work zone of 34” wide by 30” high by 32” deep. It is designed for use with inert blanketing gas for atmosphere control to minimize surface de-carb. A programmable flow panel with regulator and (2) flow meters for high and nominal flow rates along with a visual flow indicator light are included. There is a high-temperature air-cooled fan with packing gland to maintain the case seal integrity. A cast alloy hearth provides a good flat work platform for the fixturing of parts.”
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In February of 2020 ALD Thermal Treatment announced a new facility in Suzhou, China focusing on Low Pressure Carburizing (LPC) and High Pressure Gas Quenching (HPGQ). The project is progressing and the plan is operation will start August 2021. Two of the attached photos show the progress of construction and the third shows an artists rendering of how it will look when finished.
”FEBRUARY 12, 2020 Press Release; Heat Treatment Services to Open ALD Thermal Treatment (Suzhou) Co. “Heat Treatment Services (HTS), a division of ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH headquartered in Hanau, Germany, has announced that it will establish a new heat treatment services centre in China, which will be officially registered as ALD Thermal Treatment (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. This will be the fourth ALD Heat Treatment Services plant globally, with the others being based in Germany, the USA, and Mexico. The company states that the new centre will be equipped with ModulTherm, ALD’s heat treatment system, and will serve the domestic industry with high-quality heat treatment services. The new production hall will reportedly be erected next to the company’s subsidiary ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., produces, sells and services ALD equipment, and is also experienced in the commissioning and maintenance of heat treatment systems. The close cooperation between these two units is expected to contribute to the performance of the new heat treatment services centre. “
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The new heat treatment services production hall (left) will be erected next to the existing buildings of ALD-C&K Vacuum Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (centre and right) (Rendering courtesy ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH)”
The number one factor effecting the price of high temperature cast and fabricated furnace fixturing and components is the price of nickel. As goes the price of nickel so goes the price of your furnace components which is why we have always kept a very close eye on the price. For a variety of reasons the price over the past year has fluctuated substantially, from a low of roughly $5.00US per pound to a high of almost $9.00 US per pound as can be seen in the graph below. Recently pricing has been more volatile than normal and we see that the price has dropped almost 20% in the past two months, which if it were to continue is good news for every heat treater out there.
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Many in the heat treat community may recognize one of the newer faces to join the ECM USA Team – Juan Cruz, of Saltillo Coahuila Mexico! With a Mechatronics Engineering degree from the Technologic Institute of Saltillo ITS and Master Degree MBA from the Northeast Autonomous University UANE, Juan has more than 10 years of experience in the Heat Treat industry. His industry experience is anything short of impressive with previous leading roles in maintenance, sales and service in the USA, and senior management in Mexico. With international vacuum furnace experience in supporting many projects for the Heat Treat Industry, his extremely efficient focus is and always will be on continuous improvement. In his role as ECM USA’s Senior Project Manager to Mexico, Juan will be leading the Mexican market, projects and support for our customers. He will be located in Saltillo Coahuila which is in the north of Mexico.
ECM Technologies is an innovative low pressure vacuum furnace manufacturer with headquarters in Grenoble, France. With subsidiaries and ventures around the world, ECM’s global presence is well known in the automotive, aerospace, nuclear, energy, electronic, induction and 3D additive industries. With such versatile product lines and service capabilities, ECM is the ideal furnace system supplier for heat treatment processes ranging from rapid thermal processing (RTP) to low pressure vacuum carburizing (LPC). Our service capabilities include advanced automation, robotics, after sales, spare parts, on-site training and more.
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Effective January 1, 2021 Hauck Heat Treatment who “The Monty Heat Treat News” has ranked as the second largest commercial heat treater in Europe https://themonty.com/project/l
Aalberts Press Release; “From January 01, 2021 onwards our plants will be named Aalberts Surface Technologies. At the same time, we have decided to restructure our business units in order to create more transparency for our customers and suppliers with regard to the range of services and contact persons. Aalberts Surface Technologies has five divisions on three continents: “While the heat treatment division includes hardening shops, the surface treatment division includes the galvanic surface treatment of individual components. Polymer coatings are applied with common painting techniques and are mainly used as sliding and non-stick coatings. Reel-2-reel is understood to mean the tape finishing of punched strips, taped pins or solid tapes. The HIP | brazing | additive unit combines the technologies of hot isostatic pressing, brazing and additive manufacturing.
Aalberts Surface Technologies is part of the worldwide leading and globally positioned technology company Aalberts N.V., in short Aalberts, with its 135 locations worldwide and more than 16,000 employees.”
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Unfortunately we don’t have a good picture to go with this SECO press release so we are including a photo “The Monty” team took in Italy two years ago showing the largest pit nitriding furnaces we have seen anywhere in the world. As a matter of fact when NASA was processing parts for the Saturn rocket program a number of years back these were the furnaces used to treat the parts as they were unable to find a source in North America.
SECO/VACUUM’s gas retort nitriding furnaces achieve optimum results by using uniform high convection heating, precision nitriding potential and ammonia control, along with vacuum purging to reduce operating costs to process a variety of metals. Processes possible with retort technology include gas nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC), post oxidation, tempering, age hardening, and stress relieving.
Commended SVT Managing Director, Piotr Zawistowski; “I believe our team is one of the most adaptable and technically sound groups of experts in the thermal processing industry. Firms looking to add processes with which they are unfamiliar – as in this case involving a Pit Nitrider — really appreciate our consultative approach. When the customer gets the right process capabilities and the expert tools to use it well, we all win.”
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ITAR registration is a means to provide the US Government with necessary information on who is involved in high-tech manufacturing, exporting, and brokering activities. In addition to ITAR registration, the Garlington Road facility in Greenville is Nadcap and AS 9100D with ISO 9001:2015 certified. Accurate Brazing, a subsidiary of Aalberts N.V., is a full-service, one-stop shop for Vacuum Brazing, Heat-treating, and HIP’ing with over thirty years in the business. It is tailored to support the Aerospace, Additive, and Power Generation markets. Accurate Brazing has facilities located in South Carolina, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.”
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