18 Quick Heat Treat News Chatter Items to Keep You Current

Heat Treat Today offers News Chatter, a feature highlighting representative moves, transactions, and kudos from around the industry.

Equipment Chatter

1. TAV VACUUM FURNACES SPA sold two horizontal all metal high vacuum heat treatment furnaces to a well-known Chinese heat treater working in the manufacturing industry.
2. Honeywell announced that Global Control Pte Ltd, a global heating system original equipment manufacturer (OEM), is incorporating Honeywell technologies, including the ControlEdge™ HC900 controller, into its heat treatment solutions to help its customers improve their asset performance, reduce their inventory and lifecycle costs, and save energy.
3. Grieve Corp. announces 1250°F (667°C) inert atmosphere oven currently used for heat treating firearms components at a customer’s facility.
4. Tenova, a company specializing in innovative solutions for the metals and mining industries, started up the most productive Electric Arc Furnace in history, a Tenova Consteel® EAF, at Acciaieria Arvedi, Cremona (Italy) on September 17 this year.
5. ECM Technologies announces the release of a new furnace system which will replace current sealed quench (SQ) or integral quench (IQ) style furnaces.
6. Hubbard-Hall has completed the first phase of a three-year Digital Initiative Strategy.  This phase focuses on creating a more engaging user experience, with use of Web Chat and On-Demand Portal technologies.
7. Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems is pleased to announce the recent commissioning of a Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace, which included 2 BAR gas quench capabilities to an international manufacturer.
8. Kanthal is adding a 60 kW heater to its range of flow heaters to meet demands for higher power in industries like aluminum and glass.

Personnel Chatter

1. Hubbard-Hall Inc. welcomes Joshua McClellan as application engineer-cleaning and Becky Cavazuti as customer engagement key accounts manager. These roles are critical in expanding Hubbard-Hall’s services in metal finishing operations and achieving customer’s goals with less cost, complexity, and chemical consumption.

   

2. Hubbard-Hall Inc. welcomes Fernando Carminholi as Business Development Manager.
3. Wire Experts Group, the parent company to Pelican Wire of Naples, Florida and Rubadue Wire of Loveland, Colorado has named Trent Dunn as the new WEG Marketing Manager, with overall responsibility for the marketing departments of all business units, including the parent organization.
4. The Heat Treating Society of ASM International welcomes to the board Steven Ferdon, director engineering technology, Cummins Incorporated. Chuck Faulkner, commercial development manager-heat treatment, Quaker Houghton, and Marc Glasser, director of metallurgical services, Rolled Alloys, were reappointed for a second three-year term.

Company Chatter

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   Custom Electric Manufacturing was acquired by Sweden-based Kanthal in 2018 and will now go to market under the Kanthal brand. The transition will be effective as of January 1, 2021. View a video with Jon Hartmayer and Victor Strauss about the brand transition.

2. Brian Fitzpatrick, District 1 US Congressman, Bucks County, PA., toured the Solar Manufacturing plant in Sellersville, PA.
3. Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced a new logo for their UltraOx® heat treatment today. The new logo features an ox as the term ‘ox’ is often used as an abbreviation of the term ‘oxide’ – one of the three steps of this protective heat treatment.

Kudos Chatter

1. Lindsey Newcomb, Marketing Manager at Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), was recently selected for a “2020 20 under 40 list,” furthering the understanding/awareness of heat treat among the general public.
2. In August, 2020, Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania (SAWPA) participated in a Boeing Supplier Assessment. The on-site, preventative engagement resulted in zero findings and Solar, once again, achieving preferred status for Heat Treating, Hardness, and Non-Destructive Liquid Penetrant Testing.
3. Advanced Heat Treat Corp. recognized in the 2020 Courier Employers of Choice. These honorees demonstrate the diversity of career options in and continued commitment to healthy communities in Cedar Valley, IA.

Heat Treat Today is pleased to join in the announcements of growth and achievement throughout the industry by highlighting them here on our News Chatter page. Please send any information you feel may be of interest to manufacturers with in-house heat treat departments especially in the aerospace, automotive, medical, and energy sectors to editor@heattreattoday.com.