Q&A with Jeff Marshall
What does MHV do for the heat-treat industry?
We make our customers more competitive, which is good both for the customers and for the industry...
Q&A with John Ludeman
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) recently renewed its Nadcap accreditation in heat treating. What makes the Nadcap accreditation important to what AHT does?
Nadcap is...
Q&A with Lauren Jones
Why is it important to invest in the future of heat-treating?
Nearly every metal component undergoes some type of heat-treating application. Vacuum furnaces contribute to...
Q&A with Chris Stevens
What’s a typical day like for you at Dalton Electric?
It starts and ends with our customers. Our value proposition to our Dalton users is...
Q&A with Mike Paponetti
You were recently promoted to Southeast Sales Manager. How does this new position differ from your previous one?
In the last position, I was a...
Q&A with David Wolff
What’s a typical day like for you at Nel Hydrogen?
I’m in field sales and work with customers to make sure their process needs that...
Q&A with Jeff Marshall
What does Metallurgical High Vacuum Corporation do for the industry?
We remanufacture pumps. That’s probably the core of our business, but that’s changing because of...
Q&A with John Niggle
What’s a typical week like for you at Pelican Wire?
Pelican is a custom wire manufacturer, and for that reason, it is a little difficult...
Q&A with Bob Wells
What are some factors one should consider in cryogenic processing of gears?
First off, what is the size I need? Secondly, how do I want...
Q&A with Brian Kelly
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced its 2023-2024 board of directors and executive officers. Taking over as president is Brian Kelly of...
Q&A with Daniel Reardon
What is Abbott Furnace's mission?
Our mission is to be the market leader in the design, production, and service of continuous process industrial furnaces. And...
Q&A with Aziz Jamaluddin
What is Epcon?
Epcon is a full-service organization, starting with front-end business development/marketing, sales and application engineering, through complete in-house engineering, design, and drafting —...
Q&A with Mike Loepke
What is Qmulus, and why did Nitrex feel the need to develop it?
Qmulus is a holistic IOT solution with the aim to facilitate and...
Q&A with Brian Russell
Q: Tell me a little about the history of Dry Coolers, Inc.
We started in 1985 to provide cooling water solutions for heat treating equipment—for...
Q&A with Jeff Opitz
Tell us about GraphiteInsulation.com?
GraphiteInsulation.com is a vehicle for us to narrow our focus to graphite insulating products, mostly used for vacuum heat treatment...
Q&A with Dante Molle
What does Aerospace Compliance Software (ACS) do for the heat-treat industry?
The goal of ACS is to streamline the process of completing and managing your...
Q&A with Bill Stuehr
Please tell us how Induction Tooling began.
In 1975, I was working as a process design engineer with a local commercial heat treating company. Several...
Q&A with Joe Stambaugh
Pease tell us a little about your background and company.
My education was in electromechanical technologies. I have spent my 40-year career working in the...
Q&A with Steve Mueller
What does Praxair do for the heat-treat industry?
Praxair produces and sells industrial gases, such as nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, and helium. Our main focus for...
Q&A with Stephen Harris
Tell us about the new Bodycote Elgin, Illinois, facility. When did it become fully operational?
We are very pleased to announce that our brand-new Elgin...
QA with Raymond Daniel Noble
What are your duties with Noble Industrial Furnace? What is your typical day?
My duties include, but are not limited to, oversight of design and...
Q&A with Max Dubin
What’s a typical day like for you at Across International?
As sales development, I act as the intersection between the products our engineers design, our...
Q&A with Keith Boeckenhauer
What is your background?
I have an engineering degree from the University of Missouri and I’ve been with Seco/Warwick since 1984, working in sales, engineering,...
Q&A with Don Selmi
What is Premier’s mission?
To provide heat-treating systems that are dependable as well as innovative, with performance-proven technology that will enhance the physical properties and...
Q&A with Joe Grein
Tell our readers a little bit about Thermalogic.
At Thermalogic, we’re celebrating our 50th year in business this year. We were founded in 1971 in...
Q&A with Mark Ratliff
What’s a typical week like for you at Avion?
On Mondays, we’ll have a production meeting with all the employees involved. We’re a small company...
Q&A with Ed VanNoord
Tell us about yourself and Heraeus.
I have worked for Heraeus now for almost 14 years supporting customers with the design and build of infrared...
Q&A with Brian Kelly
What do you do at Honeywell?
I’m part of Honeywell Thermal Solutions. We’re a group of companies that Honeywell has acquired over the last couple...
Q&A with Dennis Beauchesne
When was vacuum carburizing introduced?
The process has been around since the 1960s. Vacuum carburizing enables more precise control of case depth and microstructure than...
Q&A with Roseanne Brunello
What do you and Mountain Rep do for the heat-treat industry?
Mountain Rep is a manufacturing rep firm that has been in business for 35...
Q&A with Raymond Daniel Noble
What are your duties with Noble Industrial Furnace? What is your typical day?
My duties include, but are not limited to, oversight of design and...
Q&A with Greg Jennings
What’s a typical day like for you at Wisconsin Oven?
My typical day is quite a bit of fun. I’ve got three kids, and it’s...
Q&A with Diane Haggerty
What makes PowderMet2023 and AMPM2023 important events within the industry?
As the premier powder metallurgy (PM) events in the Americas, the annual PowderMet (International Conference...
Q&A with Kendall DeVane
Thermal Processing welcomes its newest sales representative to its staff, Kendall DeVane. He has 20 years of experience in sales and promises to bring...
Q&A with Peter Caine
What is your role with HeatTek and what’s a typical week like?
My position at HeatTek is director of Custom Products. Our custom products division...
Q&A with Tom Ott
Most people don’t associate hardness testing with heat treatment, but it’s very relevant. You say there are a number of products that are really...
Q&A with Sławomir Woźniak
You recently attended ThermProcess in Dusseldorf. What kind of reactions to your products did you get from the attendees?
It was quite a good event...
Q&A with Andrew Bassett
How did ATP get started?
During the early 1990s, the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) began embracing all special processes, and we...
Q&A with Chuck Faulkner
What makes attending Heat Treat 2021 an important activity for heat treaters?
ASM Heat Treat 2021 is one of the premier events globally for the...
Q&A with Eric Ford
What does Graphite Metallizing Corporation do for the heat-treat industry?
Graphite Metallizing Corporation makes a product called Graphalloy. It’s basically a graphite/metal alloy, that we...
