This Week in Heat Treat Social Media

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Welcome to Heat Treat Today's This Week in Heat Treat Social Media. As you know, there is so much content available on the web that it’s next to impossible to sift through all of the articles and posts that flood our inboxes and notifications on a daily basis. So, Heat Treat Today is here to bring you the latest in compelling, inspiring, and entertaining heat treat news from the different social media venues that you’ve just got to see and read!

If you have content that everyone has to see, please send the link to editor@heattreattoday.com.

1. Hello, 3D

Check out what heat treating 3D parts does to the integrity of this aluminum piece. Join the discussion in the thread below to see what makes the difference: proper printing or proper heat treatment.

2. Getting Social Online

Let's not talk about the you-know-what that is causing reverberating changes throughout the world. Suffice it to say, many are looking for ways to network, meet, work, and, well, live at a distance. Here are some ways that social media has helped people in the heat treat industry draw people together.

Family Day

Figuring out how to be keep the momentum going at your plant or manufacturing facility may be a challenge, but Nitrex Mexico seems to have the right idea in (a) recognizing the whole life that their employees have, and (b) throwing a special celebration virtually.

 

Accepting a Challenge

Recognition isn't just internal. Focusing on missions outside of one's own life has the interesting effect of drawing people together. See SECO/WARWICK's participation in an endeavor to do just that.

 

3. Snaps from the Past

These media shared online commemorate the recent past of the heat treat industry. The industry was very different - forget how everyone lived in black and white!! - but also still the same. Check out the media below to get glimpse of the times 50 to 75 years ago.

Geeking Out Over 1945 Aluminum Heat Treat Footage

This YouTube video is an educational film released in the last year of World War II (to give you a context reference) for the heat treatment of aluminum. You can find part 2 by going to this YouTuber's channel.

 

Bodycote Induction Heating from 1945

What procedures can you see in this picture from an induction heating plant from 1945? Any regulations or plant layout changes as compared to today's?

 

A "Game Changer" from the 70's

Think about what makes a game changer. This car bottom furnace most certainly qualified as such in 1977, using the most cutting edge technology of its time. Like John Hubbard's sister, there may be something worth sharing in the forgotten news of the past.

4. Reading and Podcast Corner

Ever wanted to have access to resources for on the job training? Read or listen to the sources below to learn a new technique, tip, or other aspect of the industry.

 

The Future of Heat Treat and the Environment

Center for Heat Treating Excellence

Being a manufacturer with in-house heat treating requires awareness to innovation, and the Center for Heat Treating Excellence is a cooperative membership that keeps you on the cutting edge. Listen to the projects and mission of CHTE in the podcast.

Go to Heat Treat Radio here.

 

Carl Nicolia 

All combustion is not created equal. Listen to Carl Nicolia explain how small changes to your furnace administration can result in high value solutions.

What will Conferences Look Like in the Future?

With protocols and general modes of holding conferences changing over this year, Thomas Report provides an insightful look at how these changes may affect how conferences are conducted in a post-COVID world. Check out the list in this article; maybe you yourself have already thought of one or two of these.

5. Heat Treat Hashtags

Stay current with the latest posts by using these heat treat related hashtags. When you post something on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook, help people find you by using the hashtag that works for you, and @HeatTreatToday so that we can see it too!

#MetalMonday 

While many manufacturers and suppliers of heat treatment products have used this hashtag over the years, the most prolific user at this time is Bodycote.

#ManufacturingMonday

Looking for a useful hashtag? This one is a practical add-on which alerts to quite a few tips in the industry.

#MaterialsMonday

This one is very similar to #MetalMonday, but it is not as streamlined. Check it out and see what you can find on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook!

#Mfg

Another general hashtag, you never know what you will find, whether it be a fringe development or cutting edge new safety measure. @HeatTreatToday if you find anything worth sharing!

#heattreating

Of course, this hashtag exists! The next time you share a post or post something yourself, be sure to use the hashtag to increase your views!

 

 

 

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