Press Release

May 27 , 2008

Information & Best Practices for Furnaces & Atmospheres in one convenient program – September 8-10, 2008

Special Guest Speaker, Dan Herring, “The Heat Treat Doctor”®, to present “Future Trends in Heat Treating”

 SECO/WARWICK’s Furnaces and Atmospheres for Today’s Technology Seminar,
Sept. 8-10, provides information and best practices for heat treating equipment.  Heat Treating equipment configurations and processes are explained with best practice information to provide information for purchasing, operating and maintaining equipment.  The program covers the vital furnace design and plant management options that enable attendees to evaluate equipment options for a wide variety of heat treat furnaces and atmospheres. 

Guest Speaker – Dan Herring, The Heat Treat Doctor
SECO/WARWICK is pleased to host Dan Herring one of the best recognized experts in our industry.    Dan will be our featured guest speaker as he discusses the future of heat treating in North America and how the business will evolve into the future.  He will include his insight on heat treating expertise answering the three basic questions - Who has it?  Where is it?  Where will it be?  Dan will talk about tools and techniques for meeting new quality standards, training and education along with meeting the challenge of keeping heat treating affordable. 

Networking Opportunity
We strive to keep the seminar content non-commercial and as objective as possible.  By taking this approach, we create an environment for a constructive exchange of knowledge and ideas that benefit everyone in attendance.    A Monday evening hospitality, lunches and dinner meeting with Dan Herring are all included in the tuition cost, and provide good opportunities to meet with staff and colleagues.

*Agenda will be subject to change as improvements are made to the program.

Fast Facts

Enroll by phone through Marketing Services at 814-332-8576, or on-line at www.secowarwick.com - look for the Seminar link.  The seminar will be held at the Holiday Inn Express in Meadville, PA.  The cost is $400 per person, which includes seminar materials, luncheons, 1 scheduled dinner meeting, and refreshment breaks.  SECO/WARWICK accepts Visa, Master Card or American Express.  These seminars will be presented in Meadville, PA.  Each seminar program includes a tour of our manufacturing facility.

About The Heat Treat Doctor

Professor Daniel H. Herring, “The Heat Treat Doctor” is an active member of the engineering, materials and metallurgical community. His undergraduate work was done at the University of Illinois (1971) and graduate work at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1974).

Mr. Herring spent over twenty-five years working for furnace equipment manufacturers (Lindberg, C. I. Hayes Inc., Ipsen International). He has have held key positions of at each of these companies including Chief Metallurgist and Chief Engineer (Lindberg), Corporate Metallurgist (C. I. Hayes), and Director of Research & Development and New Business Development (Ipsen International). His experience includes Staff, Executive, and Corporate positions in metallurgy, engineering, international marketing, sales, research and development, and new product and business development.

The author of over one hundred seventy-five (175) published papers and three (3) books, Mr. Herring is a frequent lecturer at local, national, and international conferences and is dedicated to advancing the state of the art in the thermal processing field. He is an active member of a number of Technical Societies including ASM International, APMI International, SAE International, SME, AGMA, and is a member of the American Gas Association (AGA) “Hall of Flame”.

Mr. Herring’s credentials include being a Research Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology/Thermal Processing Technology Center and Consulting Technical Editor and monthly columnist for Industrial Heating Magazine.

Mr. Herring is President of The HERRING GROUP, Inc. a business offering Professional Support Services to Industry. Since 1995 Mr. Herring’s company has specialized in, Consulting Services (heat treatment & metallurgy), Technical Services (industrial education/training, & process/equipment assistance), Marketing Services (marketing studies & new product launches), and Business Services (focused problem solving/customer assistance) in the Heat Treating and Sintering Industries.

About SECO/WARWICK Seminars

Since 1974, SECO/WARWICK has organized two seminars a year in the US to present improvements in technologies, design and efficiency for heat processing as well as the fundamental principles involved in heat transfer, heating systems and protective atmospheres.  Experienced engineers, whose technical background includes formal education, factory training and on-site installation experience, give all of the seminar presentations.   

This seminar is designed to benefit equipment operators, heat processing supervisors, plant engineers, metallurgists and manufacturing personnel.  The content has been developed to assist equipment owners improve operating efficiencies and implement methods to minimize waste and conserve energy through a review of the fundamental principles involved in heat transfer, heating systems, protective atmospheres and process control.

The globally integrated organization includes SECO/WARWICK Corp. (USA), Retech Systems LLC (USA), SECO/WARWICK S.A. (Poland), ELTERMA S.A. (Poland), SECO WARWICK Allied Pvt. Ltd. (India) and SECO/WARWICK Industrial Furnace Co. Ltd. (China). 

The company has over 1000 employees worldwide, and is an industry leader in industrial heat processing equipment and processes.  More information can be found at www.secowarwick.com.

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