In a special Heat Treat Radio series, 40 Under 40 winners from the class of 2020 respond with their stories and insights of their life and work in the heat treat industry. This episode features the stories of Jamie Kuriger, Scott Cumming, and Shawn Orr.
Below, you can listen to the podcast by clicking on the audio play button and read a few excerpts from this episode.
Jamie Kuriger
"[I] Met a lot of different people, a lot of different industries where you typically wouldn't think that, on an everyday basis, that there'd be a need for heat treating, but that's kind of the cool thing about this industry."
"It [Covid-19] has made us have to diversify, look for new industries, look for new opportunities. . . We're seeing many many emerging markets, which I'm excited about."
"I'm blessed to be a part of this industry because it's, you know, it's able to be resilient. And the fact that there's still metal that needs to be heat treated, there's still so many opportunities."
Scott Cumming
"I was absolutely amazed at the range of products being treated. Maybe I was a bit naïve to how many products actually received some sort of thermal processing, from teeny screws all the way up to some giant crank shaft."
"As the younger generation, we must continue to question why things have been done a certain way. There's been many cases where I have been speaking with somebody about their current process, and ask how they've developed it. The response: that's the way it's always been done. In some cases, they don't even know why they're doing something a certain way. I love to find ways to improve and simplify processes and prove the old way is not always the best way."
Shawn Orr
"Prior to my involvement in the heat treating industry, I did not realize the material property benefits that heat can introduce for different materials."
"In recent years, things like digital communications, like ethernet IP, have been adopted by the industry giving better access to data from the furnace."
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