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 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 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 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 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 Guido Locatelli
Tell us about your company.
The company was established in 1984 near Milan, Italy, in the city of Caravaggio, and since its inception the headquarters...
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 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 John Ludeman
Advanced Heat Treat Corp recently renewed its Nadcap accreditation in heat treating. Why was this important?
It is important to Advanced Heat Treat to have...
Q&A with Jim Litzinger
Your company, Orton, offers TempTabs, some pretty ingenious technology for monitoring temperature throughout a furnace. How did the idea come about?
Our founder, Edward Orton...
Q&A with Tom Schulz
What makes the L&L model XLE214 floor standing box furnace ideal for the aerospace industry?
L&L Special Furnace has grown to establish a major...
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 Dr. Mark Cross
The automotive industry is continually pushing new boundaries. Advancements in engineering technology show no signs of slowing down with increasing developments in manufacturing processes....
Q&A with Bill St. Thomas
Please tell us a little about your background.
I started in the heat treating industry back in the late 1960s working for one of my...
Q&A with David Hamling
What’s a typical week like for you at ZIRCAR Ceramics?
I drive the company’s sales and marketing efforts and usually begin my day with a...
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 Raymond Daniel Noble
Noble is expanding its services. In what way are you expanding?
We’ve been working on a service expansion called Noble 1-Stop. We have begun working...
Q&A with Adam Jacobson
What’s a typical day like for you at JN Machinery?
We’re a small company, so, it really depends on what’s going on as far as...
Tom Hart
What is Pit LPC, and what went into its development?
Pit LPC, or low-pressure carburizing, is an alternate method of low-pressure carburizing, and it’s conducted...
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 David Strand
President and CEO, Wisconsin Oven Corporation and Thermal Product Solutions
Q&A with Mike Grande
Wisconsin Oven recently shipped a horizontal spray quench furnace to C/A Design in Dover, New Hampshire. What makes quenching important to this company?
Any time...
Q&A with Shlok Sundaresh
What is your role at TS USA?
I joined TS USA, HEF Group, in 2014 as a process engineer for its Springfield, Ohio, facility. As...
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 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 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...
Q&A with Tom Baldock
What you do at Guill Tool?
My responsibilities here are for sales in the aerospace area. I’ve been in sales most of my adult life,...
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 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 Joe Ugalde
Business Marketing Analyst with TE Wire & Cable, LLC
Q&A with Trevor Jones
As a quick refresher, remind our readers of Solar Manufacturing’s role in the heat-treat industry?
Solar Manufacturing is a premier vacuum furnace manufacturer that specializes...
Q&A with Joe Coleman
What Is CMMC 2.0?
CMMC stands for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. CMMC 2.0 is a contractual requirement for any non-federal organization or system that is...
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 Niall Sweeney
In which particular product area has Super Systems observed an increase in demand over the past couple of years?
One particular area we have experienced...
Q&A with Andrew Bassett
You recently launched your Aerospace Compliance Software. How does it work?
Aerospace Compliance Software is a brainchild of ours. The software eliminates human errors of...
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 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...
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...
