Heat Treat Today will not publish on Thursday, November 28, or Friday, November 29, 2019, in order to allow our team time off to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday (U.S.) with family and friends.
We’ll be back with a new newsletter deposited into your in-boxes first thing Monday morning, December 2, 2019—so stay tuned!
In the meantime, allow us to express our thanks to our readers, our advertisers, our partners, and our staff for the part each of you plays in the continuance of this endeavor to make learning a pleasant experience. We believe that people are happier and make better decisions when they are well informed. Thanks to all who share the Heat Treat Today dream.
We also acknowledge that learning is an eternal endeavor and are thankful that God has given us this opportunity to start the process and to keep it going for this long and, we hope, Lord willing, longer into the future.
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than homes. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” H.U. Westermayer
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association recently announced its 91st Annual Meeting will be held on the high seas from March 12 – 16, 2020, on Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas, departing from Tampa, FL. IHEA has had several very successful, high-quality annual meetings on cruise ships and is excited to offer this budget-friendly meeting to IHEA members once again.
This four-day event will feature two sea days and a day in Cozumel. As always, the annual meeting promises to deliver outstanding programming, committee work, and plenty of time for social interaction during the receptions and meal functions.
Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) Bob Vazquez
The program will include presentations from some of IHEA’s past favorites: Chief Master Sergeant (Retired) Bob Vazquez, Chris Kuehl, and Omar Nashashibi. Chief is a course director at the United States Air Force Academy’s Center for Character Development, as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. He will be talking to attendees about the Power of SUPERvision. IHEA is happy to welcome him back four years later for his unique perspective on leadership.
IHEA’s economist Chris Kuehl
Attendees will also hear from IHEA’s economist Chris Kuehl, who entertains as well as informs the crowd with his spirited delivery of the economic update. With all eyes and ears on Washington, Omar Nashashibi, a Washington D.C. lobbyist will present an insider’s perspective as the 2020 presidential election unfolds. As a bonus for all attendees, speakers will be available throughout the cruise to continue discussions and answer questions in a more relaxed setting.
Omar Nashashibi
IHEA committees will convene on board the Brilliance of the Seas to continue work on issues of importance to the membership and the industry at large. The complete program and event details will be available on the website, www.ihea.org, in early December.
The four-night cruise will depart from Tampa, FL on Thursday, March 12 and will return to Tampa on Monday morning, where guests will disembark to return home. As there are a variety of stateroom classes available onboard Brilliance of the Seas, IHEA has secured cabins in several different categories to provide cost flexibility to members. The cabin price is for one or two guests in the cabin. There is no discount for a single passenger in a cabin.
The annual reeting registration fee includes all committee and general session meetings, and evening receptions. There will be no registration fee for spouses/guests to attend the meeting.
Save the Date: Heat Treat Mexico 2020 is moving to March!
The ASM Heat Treating Society recently announced that Heat Treat Mexico 2020, scheduled for March 3-5, 2020, at the Fiesta Americana in Queretaro, Mexico, is crafted to provide a bridge for relevant new technology for thermal processing and how it is applied to the production environment in Mexico.
The conference is designed to attract maintenance supervisors, metallurgists, and production engineering staff and will focus on the following topics:
Origin of CQI-9 Standard Applied to automotive manufacturing
If you attended the 2019 Heat Treat Conference and Exposition in Detroit a few weeks ago, you received special tape from Heat TreatTodayto repack those important items. Take a look at how some folks put the HTT tape to use. If you’ve got interesting and creative ways that you’ve made the HTT tape work for you, please share your photos with us at editor@heattreattoday.com.
Founder and President of DANTE Solutions, Inc., started in 1982 as Deformation Control Technology, Inc., Lynn has contributed nearly half a lifetime to the broad field of mechanical metallurgy. Lynn began his journey in professional metallurgy as a principal engineer for TRW, Inc. and Republic Steel Corporation after completing his B.S., M.S., Ph.D. in Materials Engineering at Drexel University.
During the past three decades, Lynn has been extensively involved in the simulation of mechanical and thermal processes using computer-based tools, such as the finite element analysis. He shares his passion and expertise by participating in local and national education seminars and courses and co-authoring and authoring more than 70 technical papers and one book.
Lynn currently serves as an active member of the Cleveland Chapter of ASMI and on national ASMI committees. He is a Fellow of ASMI, the materials engineering honorary society Alpha Sigma Mu, and the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE).
Co-authored Powder Forging with Howard A. Kuhn, published in print 1990.
Collaborated on two research projects and over 30 conference papers for multiple annual heat treatment and metallurgic engineering conferences, including the Heat Treating Conference and Exposition American Society for Metals, Conference Proceedings of the Thermal Processing in Motion, IFHTSE World Congress Conference, ASM Heat Treat Show, International Conference on Distortion Engineering:
Advanced Heat Treatment Modeling Using Phase Transformation Kinetics with Tianyu Yu, Justin Sims, and Zhichao (Charlie) Li:
Authored and co-authored over 40 articles in various industry magazines and journals, including Heat Treat Today, Industrial Heating, Thermal Processing for Gear Solutions, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal of Metals, Journal of ASTM International, and the International Heat Treatment & Surface Engineering. Select articles include:
Coupling CFD and Oil Quench Hardening Analysis of Gear Component, Heat Treat Today as Best of the Web feature; originally published in Thermal Processing for Gear Solutions. Co-authored with Zhichao (Charlie) Li, David Greif, Rok Kopun, Simon Urbas, and Zlatko Kovacic.
The privilege of unveiling the Heat Treat Today 40 Under 40 Class of 2019 comes with the disappointment that not every one of the nominees could be included in the final count, even though each young, up-and-coming, talented heat treating professional whose name was submitted is making a significant difference in their field. We will be back next year looking for candidates for the 40 Under 40 Class of 2020, and in fact, you can begin the process right now. Click here to nominate the young professional you have in mind who is not listed among the finalists or honorable mentions.
Consider this list a preview:
The 2019 Honorable Mentions
Andy Muto,
Paulo Heat Treating
Hiram Martinez,
Inductotherm HWM
Judith Levermann,
SMS Elotherm GmbH
Mitchell Kaltenbaugh,
Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc.
Ryan McLaughlin,
McLaughlin Furnace Group
Tee Rassieur,
Paulo Heat Treating
William Rassieur,
Sales Leader,
Paulo Heat Treating
Vadims Geza,
Chief Product Officer,
CENOS LLC
The individuals pictured are those we acknowledge in 2019 with an Honorable Mention for their contribution to their company, their dedication of service to their customers, their commitment to pursue skills and knowledge about their field. You should know that we at Heat Treat Today are rooting for you and have already rolled the names of any qualified Honorable Mentions into the nominations for the Class of 2020.
Heat Treat Today encourages the rest of you to keep your eyes open for young professionals you encounter within your heat treating sphere, especially in the captive heat treatment industry, who deserve recognition and encouragement to stick to the path that will take the industry to greater heights of technology, quality control, standards, and leadership.
Heat TreatTodayis privileged to present the inaugural 40 Under 40 Class of 2019, a group of young, up-and-coming talent in the North American heat treat industry. On Friday, October 4, 2019, we will introduce this group of industry elite, significant contributors to the heat treat market.
Be sure to check back here on Friday, October 4, where you can read about how this class is breaking barriers, saying yes to challenges, resolving the impossible, and reinforcing the culture of hard work and customer service. They are the reason the future of this industry is bright!
Heat Treat Today readers are invited to meet our team at Heat Treat in Detroit and we want to make it easy for you!
Use the HTS Expo Fast Pass option, and you can avoid the $50 registration fee and gain complimentary access to the exhibit hall. Your first stop, of course, will be at the Heat Treat Today booth at #2123.
Just go to www.asminternational.org/heattreat to pre-register using the discount code EXPOFREE, which is valid Tuesday–Thursday during expo open hours and will give you access to everything on the expo show floor.
The Cleveland Chapter of ASM International will be hosting its Season Kick-off Event on Friday, September 13, 2019, raising money for the Annual Scholarship Fund.
The event will include a luncheon, followed by an 18-hole, shot-gun start golf tournament and ending with dinner, awards, and raffles, at Briarwood Golf Course in Broadview Heights, Ohio. The invite reads:
“Come kick off the new year and celebrate Friday the 13th for an afternoon in the sun with great food, friends, colleagues, prizes and raffles. If you don’t golf come sponsor a hole by setting up your company display and greet the golfers throughout the day, or, you can come for the dinner and awards, or, you can help sell tickets, or, donate a basket for the Chinese raffle, or, you can donate your time and money to make the event a success, or, just come to relax with local ASM Members and their friends. There is certainly something for everyone.”
Rosanne Brunello, incoming chair, ASM International Cleveland Chapter
For more information, contact Rosanne Brunello, incoming chair, by email, rosannemccay@gmail.com, or at ASMInternational.org/cleveland.
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