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Air Products and Chemicals - Ask the Expert - Metals
     
 

Air Products and Chemicals - Ask The Expert - Metals - Eric Will

Eric Will
Principal Industry Engineer

     
 

Question

 

How can I provide customer documentation proving my heat treat process was controlled while treating their products?

 

 

 

Answer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quality programs that require information about how you process a part for your customers are becoming more common. Understanding what variables you control and what effect they have on your parts is an important step in starting this effort. Variables such as temperature, time, atmosphere flow rates and composition, and utility consumption are good places to start tracking.

A monitoring system makes this task easier day to day and increases
the accuracy of recorded data. Air Products' PURIFIRE® process management system automates data monitoring and collection, and provides additional benefits such as remote monitoring of your process, alarming to indicate problems, and custom report generation for customer documentation. Our engineers help you determine what variables are important for you to monitor and then customize a system that fits both your specifications and those of your customers.

Benefits such as reduced scrap, elimination of manual data collection, faster problem troubleshooting, and increased product quality can enhance your customer relationship and help your bottom line.

For more information please call us at 800-654-4567.