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6 10 14 OBTAINING NADCAP ACCREDITATION: HELPFUL GUIDELINES FOR PASSING YOURAUDIT, PART II Nathan Durham Learn how to ease the process of receiving Nadcap accreditation for your heat treating facility by paying heed
to some of the challenges others have experienced.
EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES
FORHTPro IN2016
The editorial focus for
HTPro
in 2016
reflects some key technology areas
wherein opportunities exist to lower
manufacturing and processing costs,
reduce energy consumption, and
improve performance of heat treated
components through continual
research and development.
November
Atmosphere/Vacuum
Heat Treating
To contribute an article to one of the
upcoming issues, contact Frances
Richards at frances.richards@asmint- ernational.org.To advertise, contact Erik Klingerman
at erik.klingerman@asminternational.
org.
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2 | EDITORIAL 3 | HEAT TREATING SOCIETY NEWSABOUT THECOVER
During an internal audit, it is important to reviewpast leak tests andmaintenance logs as
well as past surveys, systemaccuracy tests, and industry specifications for heat treatment.
Courtesy of Ipse
n, ipsenusa.com. CONTINUOUS DEW POINT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR ASINTERING FURNACELiang He, Zbigniew Zurecki, Donald Bowe,
and Ranajit Ghosh
Accurate dewpoint measurement is key tomaintaining
the atmosphere composition required to achieve high
quality and consistency of sintered products.
BORONIZING ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED INCONEL 718 Craig Zimmerman Boronizing 3D-printed Inconel 718 achieves results similar to those obtained for wrought 718.EDITOR
Frances Richards
TECHNICAL ADVISORS
Aymeric Goldsteinas
Stephen Feldbauer
Valery Rudnev
Olga Rowan
HTS R&D Committee
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Ed Kubel
PRODUCTIONMANAGER
Kelly Sukol
NATIONAL SALESMANAGER
Erik Klingerman
440.338.5151, ext. 5574
erik.klingerman@asminternational.orgHEAT TREATINGSOCIETY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Stephen G. Kowalski
, President
Roger Alan Jones,
Immediate Past President
James Oakes,
Vice President
HTPro
is published quarterly by ASM International®, 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073, 440.338.5151,
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The acceptance and publication of manuscripts in
HTPro
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approve, or endorse the data, opinions, and conclusions of the authors. Althoughmanuscripts published in
HTPro
are intended to have archival significance, authors’ data and interpretations are frequently insufficient to be directly
translatable to specific design, production, testing, or performance applications without independent examination
and verification of their applicability and suitability by professionally qualified personnel.