Twice a month, Heat Treat Today publishes an episode of Heat Treat Radio, a unique-to-the-industry podcast. Hear some good news about the future of the energy industry, learn about the benefits of salt quenching, and discover some surprising ways to increase cost to part ratio in this snapshot of three episodes. Enjoy this original content, and happy listening!
Heat Treat Radio: The Greenness and Goodness of Salt Quenching with Bill Disler
President, CEO
AFC-Holcroft
Source: AFC-Holcroft
What comes to mind when you think of salt quenching? Do the words "green technology" or "environmentally friendly"? Bill Disler, president and CEO of AFC-Holcroft, thinks they should. Quenching is a critical step in most heat treating processes, and, as most heat treaters know, boiling oil on part surfaces and contaminated washers can make quenching a nasty business.
Quenching with sodium nitrate/sodium nitrite salts gets rid of all the "nasties." It is green and it is good, because salt does not boil at temperatures used for quenching, and heat treaters can recycle 99% of quenching salt. No more rinsing oil down the drain.
To learn more about how salt quenching compares to gas quenching, oil quenching, and polymer water quenching, listen to this episode of Heat Treat Radio.
Heat Treat Radio: Energy’s Bright Future with Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute
Senior Fellow
Manhattan Institute
Source: Manhattan Institute
After the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the war in the Ukraine, the world is badly in need of some good news. In this episode of Heat Treat Radio, Mark Mills, host of the podcast The Last Optimist and author of the book The Cloud Revolution: How the Convergence of New Technologies Will Unleash the New Economic Boom and A Roaring 2020s, provides some much-needed good news. According to Mark, energy's future is bright. "There is essentially," Mark says, "an infinite supply of energy. Energy is all around us in all kinds of forms. It is always a question of what technologies are available to tap into nature's energy forms[. . .]."
In this optimistic episode, Doug Glenn and Mark Mills discuss how new technologies emerge at just the right time throughout history to solve the energy crisis of the day.
Interested? To hear Mark's thoughts on energy's future, Russia's role in the natural gas industry, and renewables' feasibility in the heat treating industry, listen to this episode of Heat Treat Radio.
Heat Treat Radio: High-Temperature Material Selection with Marc Glasser, Rolled Alloys
Director of Metallurgical Services
Rolled Alloys
Source: Rolled Alloys
"Expensive is cheaper." Not convinced? In this episode of Heat Treat Radio, Marc Glasser of Rolled Alloys sits down with Doug Glenn to change the way the heat treat industry thinks about increasing profit per part. Selecting the cheapest part or component does not make economic sense in the long-run. And when it comes to cost savings, the long-run is what really matters.
Glasser asks crucial questions like: Will the weight of a fixture create a heat sink when a lighter (and possibly more expensive) fixture would solve this problem? How many times will the cheaper part need to be replaced compared to the more expensive part? How much will downtime for multiple replacements cost?
To hear the discussion of these questions, as well as practical tips on logging the lifetime of components, listen to this episode of Heat Treat Radio.
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