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August 31, 2022
One of the things I’ve learned over time is that tool makers or die casters don’t know, or don’t want to know, that they should be
August 30, 2022
The Moravian Aviation Cluster, together with the Plastics Cluster and the National Cluster Association (NCA), issued the following call to Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Minister
August 30, 2022
Today’s news from the web The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, including high-precision metallographic saws (Brillant 220, Qcut 350A), complete metallographic sample preparation equipment (Qpress
August 22, 2022
An interesting article was published on HeatTreatToday, the view of two renowned people from the field of heat treatment on the use of green hydrogen for
August 15, 2022
I have to say that I had a good summer. 2 weeks in Sardinia and 1 week in Madeira. Beautiful, what more could I ask for.
August 3, 2022
When I started this website, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It is not at all easy to write about something and
August 1, 2022
On the TAV Vacuum Furnaces blog you can find very interesting posts about the use of vacuum furnaces for various technologies https://www.tav-vacuumfurnaces.com/blog/68/en/powder-metallurgy-do-you-know-your-powders-part-ii- August 1, 2022 Jiří
August 1, 2022
On the TAV Vacuum Furnaces blog you can find very interesting posts about the use of vacuum furnaces for various technologies https://www.tav-vacuumfurnaces.com/blog/67/en/powder-metallurgy-do-you-know-your-powders-part-i- August 1, 2022 Jiří
July 31, 2022
The energy crisis is probably the main topic of today. Although gas-fired furnaces are cheaper to operate, under the pressure of external events, their era seems
July 25, 2022
After a long period of uncertainty, Nadca issued its publication No. 550 entitled “Tooling Certification for Die Casting, Die components fabricated by Additive Manufacturing”. I opened
June 30, 2022
as the classic would say, still up … June 30, 2022 Jiří Stanislav
June 30, 2022
Even if I’m already packing my suitcases for the holidays, he won’t give it to me, and I have to comment. The price of electricity has
June 24, 2022
18 Nadca 207 2016 As Quality Manual Proceedings of publications, Vacuum Heat Treatment and Heat Treatment of Tools, Conference, 2018, Puchov, Slovakia
June 24, 2022
17-practical-experiences-with-nadca Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2013, Jihlava
June 23, 2022
Are you looking for specifications for die casting dies at https://www.diecasting.org and can’t find it? Nadca has a new website and it is difficult to find
June 14, 2022
TAV was not personally present at Euroguss. After all, it was not even a trade fair for the presentation of heat treatment equipment. Even so,
June 13, 2022
Occasionally there is an application that can make life easier for those who work with steels. Although the TAVENGINEERING company is a service organization of TAV
June 11, 2022
Coincidentally, I was invited to EUROGUSS, the international die casting fair. Well, in the end, since I’ve been promoting Nadca 207 in heat treatment since 1999,
June 9, 2022
An interesting seminar of the Czech Association for Heat Treatment of Metals … June 9, 2022 Jiří Stanislav
June 5, 2022
Duplex coating technology is based on a combination of nitriding and thin film deposited by PVD or PACVD technology (TiN, TiCN, TiAlN, TiB2, etc.). Because the
June 5, 2022
Sometimes you come into the company and you know right away that you don’t belong there. The exact opposite was the meeting in SHM Šumperk. Although
May 15, 2022
The “H2 Forum 2022” was held in Berlin on May 4 and 5, in person and at the same time via video conferencing. The theme was
May 13, 2022
I don’t know if you noticed, but a very interesting article on gas prices was published on HeatTreatToday. You can find the article here, at this
May 13, 2022
I was interested in the invitation, simply because the main players were Škoda Auto, Josef Průša, Jan Homola, 3Dees, 3Dwiser, Stratasys, Fillamentum, CIIRC CTU in Prague,
May 12, 2022
Even before I deal with the practical possibility of applying this simplified control of steel input quality using Nadca 207 maps for annealed structures (Fig. No.
May 10, 2022
The vast majority of tool sources producing die-casting molds do not perform an initial material quality control according to Nadca 207. The question is why this
April 19, 2022
Although the time is not favorable for investments, it is surprising how many heat treatment equipment is newly installed not only in existing custom tempering plants,
April 11, 2022
An old-new topic, however very current. According to Česká spořitelna’s analysis, it is possible to count on variants where the price of energy for a commodity
April 5, 2022
On Thursday, March 31, the spring meeting of the Czech Foundry Company, Expert Commission for Die Casting, Section 06, focused mainly on die casting of aluminum
April 5, 2022
The meeting of the Czechimplant cluster on March 17 in Vsetín was highlighted by a lecture by Professor Ján Košturiak on the topic “Let’s expect the
March 25, 2022
So I have a new family … https://www.heattreattoday.com/resources/heat-treat-consultants/ March 25, 2022 Jiří Stanislav
March 4, 2022
March 2, 2022
During my working career, I met a lot of people and a lot of bosses. From the communist to the capitalist. After all, I’ve been employed
February 27, 2022
Last week I attended a webinar on 3D printing for medical applications. Among other things, Mr. Dalibor Vojtěch from the Institute of VŠCHT in Prague gave
February 25, 2022
16-nitriding-of-high-allloy-steels-en Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2012, Jihlava
February 24, 2022
15-corr-i-dur-en Proceedings of publications Conference Metal, 2010
February 24, 2022
14-optimal-procedure-for-hot-work-steels-en , Proceedings of publications Conference Metal, 2009
February 23, 2022
13-optimal-procedures-en Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2011
February 22, 2022
12 Plasma Nitriding For Duplex Coating On HSS Steel Engl Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2010
February 21, 2022
11_gas nitrocarburizing in praxis engl Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2008
February 21, 2022
10 Reliability Of Hot Work Steel Suppliers For Die Casting Dies Engl Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2004
February 21, 2022
9-heat-treatment-of-hot-work-steels-engl Proceedings of publications, CZ National Conference, 2002
February 21, 2022
8 Plasma Nitriding Theory And Praxis Engl Conference Carburizing and Nitriding, Brno, 2001
February 21, 2022
7 New Experience With NITRAL Engl Proceedings of publications 18. Dny TZ, Brno. 2000
February 21, 2022
6-17dtz Proceedings of publications 17. Dny TZ Brno , 1998
February 21, 2022
5-the-relation-between-tin-coatings-and-the-surface-of-hss-steel-after-plasma-nitriding Conference on Vacuum Metallurgy, Antibes, 1992
February 21, 2022
4 TSF 1990 Thin Solid Films, 191/1990, s. 255-273
February 21, 2022
3-magnetron-deposition-of-polykrystalline-layers-of-tinx Strojírenství, 1990, s. 112-118
February 21, 2022
February 21, 2022
1-plasma-surface-engineering
February 15, 2022
What about the energies in the furnace? Do we even know how much energy we use per 1 hour of furnace operation or per 1 kg
February 11, 2022
Motto of my presentation : Murphy law .. It is very easy to complicate something, on the other hand, it is often very complicated to simplify
February 9, 2022
Have you ever bought a set of stainless steel dishes and it rusted in your dishwasher? As shown below, no problem. Induction heating pots are usually
February 3, 2022
The basic and always valid principle of industrial cleaning is only one: „the like dissolves and removes the like”, i.e. Non-polar (organic) contamination such as oils
February 3, 2022
Thanks to Mrs. Vykoukalová, another webinar is ready February 3, 2022 Yours, Jirka Stanislav
February 3, 2022
Today ‘s time is really special. I have two vaccinations, we underwent Covid, so I achieved an officially recognized parameter of freedom. So, I can work
January 25, 2022
Sometimes some things happen without us wanting or anticipating them. Last year, I had some very hard discussions with TAV Vacuum about furnace programming. My goal,
January 25, 2022
Unfortunately, the autumn meeting was canceled due to Covid’s situation, so hopefully now it will succeed … January 25, 2022 Yours, Jirka Stanislav
January 17, 2022
Right from the beginning of 2022, I expanded my training portfolio with Legal aspects of heat treatment, moreover in a trilingual configuration of Czech, English and
January 9, 2022
I was thinking about how to start the new year 2022, with some wish, motive or just one sentence – a lot of health and love.
December 24, 2021
This year has ended better than it has begun … and since many things have worked out, it’s also a sign to me that the next
December 15, 2021
Unfortunately, I learned the bad news with a great delay. Evžen scared them away after death. For those who didn’t know him, just a little look
December 5, 2021
I have had a lot of promise since this event, unfortunately postponed due to Covid 19 …. 5 December 2021 Jiří Stanislav
December 2, 2021
Galvamet enters the big world of the aviation industry 2nd of December 2021 Jiří Stanislav
November 19, 2021
My article on Nadca 207 has been published on the TAV Vacuum Furnaces website. Since I have been recommending and supporting this specification since 1999, it
November 7, 2021
On the side of die casting tool manufacturers, a permanent problem is that they do not consider input material control to be so important as
November 4, 2021
October 29, 2021
An integral part of die casting dies manufacturing process is annealing. Its purpose is to relax stresses, caused both by different types of machining and by
October 17, 2021
At the end of the year, two interesting events await us. The first is the inaugural meeting of the Czechimplant cluster Scientific Council, so for the
October 16, 2021
On October 12, a meeting of the Moravian Aviation Cluster took place in Vsetín… the aim is to establish a group for 3d printing of metal
October 6, 2021
When I wrote in the last blog about the relationship between Nadca 207 and AMS 2750F, it occurred to me that our tool shops, which produce
October 2, 2021
Manufacturers of die casting dies should follow certain procedures under Nadca 207 to provide certain guarantees for their service life. In addition, they need a heat
September 15, 2021
The only heat treatment shop in CZ, with a Nadcap certificate for the aerospace industry, is Galvamet from Vsetín. Although a recovery in the aviation industry
September 13, 2021
In parts I and II, I described the heating phases, the aim of which is to heat up the parts to the austenitization temperature and then
September 6, 2021
During my professional career, I met many people from our field, but Jan Elwart was, unlike others, my boss since we became part of the global
August 3, 2021
In the first part of the heating, we achieved that the inserts are heated to a temperature corresponding approximately to the setup furnace temperature Tp =
July 12, 2021
Correct heating in a vacuum furnace has some drawbacks. Its success depends not only on the heat treater, but also on the tool manufacturer. Therefore, in
June 28, 2021
Basically, I spent my entire professional life with heat treatment of metals, either in the form of research activities within the ZEZ Prague before 1989, or
June 2, 2021
Sometime more than 20 years ago, I tried to find a model that I could show to the customer, and which could specify exactly why the
May 26, 2021
We often ask ourselves what our share of the heat treatment market is. This is mainly due to the fact that there are no relevant statistical
May 17, 2021
Few people remember what happened on May 18, 1992. On the one hand, it has been 29 years, on the other hand, the significance of that
May 5, 2021
Case study damage of large tool by hardening process and compensation for damage in court proceeding
Introduction The heat treatment of the shaped insert made of 1.2343 ESU steel was ordered from the commercial heat treatment shop, vacuum hardening and tempering of
May 3, 2021
Almost every day I learn from various sources that someone is selling to someone or someone is buying a new vacuum hardening furnace somewhere. However, information
May 2, 2021
If I had to look for someone with similar qualities as I had among my friends, it would certainly be Marko Grzinčič. Our friendship dates back
April 16, 2021
What should such a tempering furnace look like? There are two basic solutions. Retort furnace and non-retort furnace with direct batch heating. Those who want to
April 12, 2021
From the beginning of our business we have encountered, as well as others (it was 1992 year) problems with accounting and ERP system. We started with
April 11, 2021
It’s a strange feeling, 3 years after the end of my working career, I finally have my space to express ideas. I don’t know what I’m
April 10, 2021
It is strange how limited one is by one’s view of the world of heat treaters. I went through many stages of this business myself, from
April 10, 2021
Any interest organization in our field has its place and space for application. The head of idea Global Heat Treatment Forum is Karol Forycki, my friend
April 10, 2021
The basic problem with managing commercial heat treatment shops is the lack of time for anything. This is usually a very narrow group of employees, who
April 10, 2021
For this year, I acquired a non-exclusive representation of the Italian manufacturer of vacuum furnaces TAV Vacuum Furnaces, based in Caravaggio near Milan. The company concentrates