The UK’s Contract Heat Treatment Association will again be partnering with the Surface Engineering Association and Wolfson Heat Treatment Centre in co-sponsoring the second “Surface Engineering & Heat Treatment Industry Conference/Exhibition” on 13 October 2017. Staged in England’s historic Kenilworth, the event is chaired by CHTA’s Alan J Hick. The emphasis of the international heat treatment sessions is on practical developments aimed at reducing costs and increasing productivity whilst enhancing quality, efficiency and environmental aspects.
Lightweight Jigs and Fixtures: Process and Quality Improvements with Oxide Fibre Ceramics in Heat Treatment Furnace Applications, Mathias Kunz, WPX Faserkeramik GmbH, Germany
- Lightweight Jigs and Fixtures: Carbon Composites in Controlled-atmosphere Furnaces with Oil Quenching, Florian Heck, GTD Graphit Technologie GmbH, Germany
- Efficient Radiant-tube Gas Heating of Industrial Heat Treatment Furnaces with “Flameless Oxidation”, Lee Rabe, WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH, Germany
- Reducing Operating Costs with EndoInjector™ and ExoInjector™ , Daniel Panny, Atmosphere Engineering Company, Germany
- Operating Experience with Modular Controlled-atmosphere Heat Treatment Systems, Philippe Warter (Codere, Switzerland)
- Operating-cost Reduction with ZeroFlow® Nitriding, Leszek Małdziński, Poznań University / Seco/Warwick, Poland
- Technology of Vacuum-furnace Cooling-rate Control with Gas (and Oil) Quenching , Philippe Lebigot, BMI, France
- The Practical Use of Ipsen’s PdMetrics™ Software Platform for Predictive Maintenance, Oliver Obladen, Ipsen, Germany, and Mike Long, Vacuum & Atmosphere Services, UK
- The Industrial Internet of Things (Industry 4.0) and the Heat Treater, Peter Sherwin, Eurotherm by Schneider Electric, USA
The heat treatment sessions will be staged alongside presentations for metal finishers and an exhibition featuring some 25 of the major suppliers to the heat treatment sector, including industry sponsors Bodycote, Control Energy Costs, Hauck Heat Treatment, Vacuum & Atmosphere Services / Ipsen and Wallwork Heat Treatment.
Full details of the event appear at www.sea.org.uk/industry-conference/ .
