September 23-25, 2024
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown
Pittsburgh, PA
What Will You Learn?
Come with questions. Leave with answers.
Players
Who are the major suppliers in the North American heat treat market?
Find out who supplies air & atmosphere furnaces, vacuum furnaces, salt bath furnaces, fluidized bed furnaces, induction heating equipment, burners & combustion systems, heating elements, controls, instrumentation including thermocouples, atmospheres & industrial gasses, quenching fluids & systems, insulation/refractories & ceramics, cooling systems, alloys & fabrications, castings, hot zone, vacuum pumps/valves/gauges, induction coils & power supplies/transformers, materials characterization & testing equipment.
Products
What are the products sold by the Players?
Learn what each of the following products are and how they fit into the heat treat process including:
- Air & atmosphere furnaces
- Vacuum furnaces
- Salt bath furnaces
- Fluidized bed furnaces
- Induction heating equipment
- Burners & combustion systems
- Heating elements controls
- Instrumentation including thermocouples
- Atmospheres & industrial gasses quenching fluids & systems
- Insulation/refractories & ceramics
- Cooling systems
- Alloys & fabrications
- Castings
- Hot zone
- Vacuum pumps/valves/gauges
- Induction coils & power supplies/transformers
- Materials characterization & testing equipment
Processes
What are the most popular heat treating processes and why are they performed?
There’s no heavy metallurgy, but enough to understand the why and how of each processes like:
- Annealing
- Harden, quench & draw/temper
- Case hardening including carburizing, nitriding, ferritic nitrocarburizing, and boronizing
- Through hardening
- Tempering
- Brazing
- Quenching
- Cryogenic treatments
- Stress relieving
- Solutionizing
- Homogenizing
- Sintering
- Hot isostatic pressing
- Degassing
Markets
What are the major end-user markets and companies that utilize heat treating and why?
Markets like aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, general mfg, and many, many more.
Materials
What type of materials are being heat treated and why?
Learn about:
- Iron
- Different types of steels including low-carbon & high-carbon steels, low-alloy & high-alloy steels, tool steels and specialty steels
- The various types/grades of aluminum and how they differ
- Titanium
- Other metals like copper, brass, nickel, zinc, tungsten, etc.
Future Trends
What type of materials are being heat treated and why?
Learn how heating treating impacts:
- 3D printing/additive manufacturing
- Hot isostatic pressing
- Hydrogen combustion
- Electrification of heat treating equipment
- Sustainable heat treat technolog
Attendees’ Favorite Fun “Factoids”
Past attendees have enjoyed learning other fun facts like…
- Where heat comes from
- How heat is transferred
- What a phase diagram is … in simple language
- What martensite and austenite are and why they’re important
- The major trade shows in the industry
- The industry’s top associations & institutes
- Other top training course – if desired
- The most popular heat treat magazines & websites
- Other helpful resources to make you much smarter than when you came