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TMI ATC Project Making Headway
he Thermal Manufacturing Industries Advanced Technology Consortium (TMI ATC) AMTech project led by ASM
International was formed to lead and coordinate a national effort that identifies common thermal manufacturing
needs across industries and solicits input from key stakeholders. Roadmapping workshops, such as those held dur-
ing October at Furnaces North America in Nashville and at the MS&T conference in Pittsburgh, will identify tech-
nologies ready for implementation in thermal manufacturing industries, as well as high-priority areas for
development.
Advanced thermal technologies have the potential to improve efficiency, productivity, and global competitiveness for
a wide range of thermal manufacturing processes. These methods rely on heat-driven techniques such as drying, smelt-
ing, heat treating, curing, and forming. Thermal manufacturing is estimated to directly and indirectly affect the em-
ployment of over 5 million people in the U.S. in more than 100,000 establishments.
Previous efforts to identify and pursue these technology advancements have occurred independently from one an-
other (e.g., Heat Treating Technology Roadmap). However, a number of key technologies and process improvements
are widely applicable to the many industries that comprise the broad thermal manufacturing community.
To help move this project forward,
TMI ATC compiled a review of state-
of-the-art thermal manufacturing with
the aim of developing a foundation for
the needs and opportunities related to
advanced thermal manufacturing
technologies across relevant industries
and involving all key stakeholders.
Consortium project managers re-
viewed previous industry roadmaps to
identify critical needs and opportuni-
ties in thermal manufacturing, inter-
viewed nearly two dozen experts in the
thermal manufacturing community,
and searched websites of relevant or-
ganizations to provide an overview of
recent and current work related to
thermal manufacturing.
These efforts resulted in identifying the
most important needs and opportuni-
ties as well as recent efforts being con-
ducted in several areas including:
• Modeling and Simulation
• Sensors
• Heat Generation Methods
• Process Intensification
• Energy and Emissions Reduction
• Automation and Robotics
• Advanced Materials
Developing and implementing these
technologies in parallel will provide op-
timum value. Read the complete review
by visiting the TMI ATC website
at
under Resource Library and then
State of the Art.
Stan Theobald
Senior Director,
Business Development
ASM International
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Petrus Inducted as ASM Fellow
Gregory J. Petrus, president, Forged Right
First LLC, Hinckley, Ohio, was inducted as
an ASM Fellow at the MS&T14 Awards Cer-
emony on October 14 in Pittsburgh. He is
recognized “for significant contributions to
physical metallurgy through development of
innovative solutions using simulation tools
for enhancing metalworking and heat treat-
ing to exploit a wide array of materials struc-
ture/property/processing relationships.”
Gregory Petrus (left) accepts
his ASM Fellow citation from
ASM President Ravi Ravindran, FASM.
2014 ASM HTS/Bodycote
Best Paper
in Heat Treating Awarded
Anthony Lombardi (left), Ph.D. candidate in mechanical
engineering at Ryerson University and winner of the
2014 HTS/Bodycote Best Paper in Heat Treating Award, is
congratulated by ASM President Ravi Ravindran, FASM, at
the ASM Leadership Awards Luncheon on October 13,
2014, during MS&T in Pittsburgh. Lombardi’s paper is
entitled “Development of Methodology to Improve
Mechanical Properties of 319 Al Alloy Engine Blocks
through Cost-Effective Heat Treatment Optimization.”
Connelly is
2014 Recipient of the
George A. Roberts Award
Michael B. Connelly (right), vice president, Casey Products,
Woodridge, Ill., accepts the 2014 George A. Roberts Award
from Amy Ebeling, granddaughter of George A. Roberts.
Connelly is one of the founding volunteers of the ASM
Materials Camp program and participated in the Eisenman
Camp for 15 years. He also participated in the start-up of
the Materials Explorer’s Camp in France and served on the
ASM Materials Education Foundation Board.