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Content about Solar Atmospheres - Page 3
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Solar Atmospheres Southeast hires plant manager
- Jan 6, 2020
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has hired Tom Gundic as plant manager at its Greenville, S.C., facility. He has more than 14 years of vacuum heat-treating and brazing experience. The company provides vacuum heat-treating, brazing, carburizing, cryogenic processing, and sintering services to the aerospace,...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA appoints plant metallurgist
- Sep 23, 2019
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hermitage, Pa.-based Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has hired Gregory Scheuring as plant metallurgist. He previously worked at A&T Stainless, AK Steel, and the Ellwood Group. Scheuring holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in materials science and engineering from the University of...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA installs 14-ft. air furnace
- Jun 6, 2019
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has installed a new, 14-ft.-long car bottom air furnace. Surveyed in accordance with AMS2750 Rev E, it is uniform within ±10 degrees F (Class 2). With a working zone measuring 60 in. wide by 54 in. high by 168 in. long, the furnace can handle work loads up to 30,000...
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Solar Atmospheres orders 12-ft. horizontal vacuum furnace
- Apr 10, 2019
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has ordered a 144- by 54- by 54-in. car-bottom vacuum furnace, capable of processing loads up to 50,000 lbs., for its Greenville, S.C., facility. Manufactured by sister company Solar Mfg., the furnace is scheduled for installation in early 2020. The furnace’s vacuum pumping...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA appoints regional sales manager
- Jan 28, 2019
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA, Hermitage, Pa., has hired Timothy C. Fish as regional sales manager.
Fish most recently served as a strategic account manager at Ellwood City Forge. He has a degree in integrated marketing communications from Duquesne University.
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres confers honorary title on semiretired CEO
- Jan 4, 2019
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., a provider of vacuum heat-treating, vacuum brazing, and vacuum carburizing services, has awarded the title of CEO emeritus to Roger A. Jones, FASM. Jones has announced his semiretirement as the company’s CEO, culminating 45 years of leadership and service to the...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres appoints sales manager for Southeast
- Dec 13, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Solar Atmospheres South Carolina facility in Greenville has announced that Mike Paponetti has accepted the position of sales manager for the southeastern U.S. He previously served as regional sales manager at the company’s Hermitage, Pa., facility. Paponetti has more than 20 years of thermal...
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Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility receives Nadcap 18-month Merit status
- Nov 5, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres in Greenville, S.C., has been awarded Nadcap 18-month Merit status for heat treating, brazing, and carburizing. The facility has held Nadcap accreditation since 2015. Instead of having its next Nadcap audit in 12 months, Solar has been granted an accreditation that lasts until...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA commissions large car bottom air furnace
- Oct 22, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has commissioned a 20-ft.-long car bottom furnace that has a total load capacity of up to 30,000 lbs. The Class 2 furnace, built by John Becker’s Heat Treat Equipment Inc. in Canton, Mich., has been installed and tested at Solar Atmospheres’ facility in...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres CEO named 2018 ASM Fellow
- Oct 15, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Souderton, Pa.-based Solar Atmospheres, a provider of vacuum heat-treating, vacuum brazing, and vacuum carburizing services, has announced that its CEO, Roger A. Jones, has been awarded the honor of ASM Fellow (FASM). According to ASM, “The honor of Fellow represents recognition of distinguished...
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Solar Atmospheres facilities obtain AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 certifications
- Sep 6, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has announced that its four facilities have obtained certifications to AS9100 Revision D and ISO9001:2015. The company has held AS and ISO quality management systems registration certificates since 2001. The certification preparation followed a rigorous process of evaluating...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA welcomes congressman
- Aug 23, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres recently welcomed U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) to tour its 80,000-sq.-ft. Hermitage, Pa., facility. The congressman viewed the company’s 48-ft.-long vacuum furnace, along with a variety of defense, aerospace, and medical components being thermally processed within smaller vacuum...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres hosts tour for ASM Intl. Teachers’ Camp
- Aug 16, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres Inc. recently hosted the ASM Intl. Teachers’ Camp at its Souderton, Pa., facility. Twelve teachers spent a week at Temple University’s Ambler campus, learning the basics of materials science technology as taught at the high school level and working hands-on with metals,...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA continues Nadcap merit status for NDT
- Jun 11, 2018
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently continued its merit status for Nadcap NDT for penetrant inspection. The company specializes in Method A (water washable) fluorescent penetrant inspection and can accommodate parts of varying sizes in its NDT cell. The firm has an in-house Level 3 inspector,...
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA adds milling center
- Apr 17, 2018
- Machining
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has installed a second machining center to support its tensile testing service. The fully programmable 8100 RPM Haas VF2 milling center allows the company to machine flat tensile specimens. This machining ability fully complements the function of the 10,000-PSI...
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