Briefly:

Sandra J. Midea (Sandy) is a metallurgical engineer whose experience has focused on heat treating for over 35 years. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio with an MS in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in Metallurgical Engineering. As a metallurgist with the Midea Group from its founding in 1997 and a metallurgist/laboratory manager with Induction Tooling, Inc., since 2008, she is recognized by her colleagues for her knowledge of heat treatment, metallurgy, and metallography, as well as her skills in furnace and process troubleshooting, plant start-up, technical and market research, and new product development. She has also worked as Director of Technology for a large commercial heat treater and Heat Treatment program manager in the industrial gas industry, all after starting her career with a large military aircraft manufacturer and all giving her experience in commercial and captive heat treating operations and practice. Sandy’s expertise has been called on for consultation on projects or on-going support in the area of heat treatment processing and lab evaluations, and as an expert witness in multiple quench oil fire litigations.

Publications or Significant Accomplishments:

1. Metallurgist for more than 35 years working in a variety of commercial and captive heat treating operations.
2. Registered Professional Engineer, State of Ohio.
3. Registered auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and CQI-9
4. ASM International member (1982 to present), committee chair (Process, 1995-1999), co-chair (1999 Heat Treating Conference), committee member (Programming and Events, 1995-2003; Nominating, 2002), and board member of the Heat Treating Society (2001/2002 term).
5. Received Honorable Mention in IMS Society International Metallurgraphic Competition. Entry titled, “Ferritic Nitrocarburized 1010 Steel,” black and white category (1993).
6. Co-editor of 1999 ASM International Heat Treating Conference proceedings
7. Editor of the 2002 Joint ASM/IFHT Peer Reviewed Conference proceedings — Heat Treating Sessions
8. Established and operate an A2LA accredited metallurgical lab for Induction Tooling Inc. inNorth Royalton, Ohio. (2008)
9. Author, co-author, and presenter of several papers and articles related to heat treating in industry publications, online, or at industry conferences and workshops, including but not limited to Gear Solutions magazine; Industrial Heating magazine; Thermal Processing magazine; Circuits Assembly magazine; HOT TOPICS in Heat Treating and Metallurgy (with Daniel Herring of The Herring Group); ASM International conferences, symposiums, and publications; and online seminars (1990 to present).

Links to Online Resources

• “Induction Heat Treating: How to Shorten the Time to Production,” Thermal Processing magazine, May 2017
• “Design and Development of PPAP-Ready Wheel-Bearing Inductors,” Industrial Heating, May 9, 2016
• “Tooth-by-Tooth Induction Hardening of Gears (and How To Avoid Some Common Problems),” with David Lynch, Thermal Processing magazine, April 2014
• “Heat Treating: Including Steel Heat Treating in the New Millennium,” An International Symposium in Honor of Professor George Krauss, Proceedings of the 19th Conference, edited with George D. Pfaffmann, November 1-4, 1999.
• “High-Pressure Gas Quenching – Technical and Economical Considerations,” with T. Holm, S. Segerberg, and J. Bodin, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, December 31, 1997.

References (partial list):

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