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June 16, 2026
The Heat Treatment Forum in Wroclaw will take place on October 28th & 29th, 2026 https://heat-treatment-forum.pl/homepage/ This year the focus will be on aerospace and military. Karol
May 26, 2026
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May 22, 2026
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May 14, 2026
Yesterday, not far from my house, in Lázně Libverda, a spring meeting of the Expert Committee 06 for Die Casting took place. I have already had
May 10, 2026
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May 8, 2026
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May 8, 2026
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March 3, 2026
So I expanded my portfolio again. This time I was approached by someone from India. It’s a bit out of hand, but we’ll see. After my
November 24, 2025
Yesterday I launched my YouTube channel. It features videos from my e-learning courses in English. This time, however, they are spoken by AI from Illeven Labs,
October 31, 2025
Last week, Klára Tesárková’s online presentation on the topic of LPC took place. I think that in today’s online era, it’s the right step to offer
July 15, 2025
I was approached by Michael Pfeifer, the owner and protagonist of an American metallurgical consulting company. We spent several hours together on the screen in an
June 20, 2025
Yesterday I attended an online lecture by Ms. Lenka Mynářová on the topic of EU Legislation. The whole thing was organized by Czechimplant and Jana Vykoukalová
June 8, 2025
To repeat history, since 2000, the ECHT conference has been held 3 times in Prague. Why the attraction? Prague is simply perfect. In addition to the
June 3, 2025
The result of cooperation with VŠB Ostrava, Galvamet and a scientist/retired person in one person. Here I would like to thank doc. Ing. Tomáš Čegan
May 23, 2025
When I wrote my blog on LPCN (Low Pressure CarboNitriding), I had no idea it would get such a response. However, I was just trying to
May 4, 2025
This year’s Heat Treatment Forum in Wroclaw included a visit to the heat treatment plant https://www.ihi-vtn.com/en/wilthen/ in the program. The heat treatment plant is located just
April 10, 2025
This is how another year of the Heat Treatment Forum in Wroclaw ended. Karol Forycki’s participation in this event is incredible. Even though the number of
April 6, 2025
Unfortunately, I didn’t have time this year either. So the only Czech representative at this Karol Forycki event was Viktor Novák with his son from Pardubice.
March 21, 2025
I received an invitation from Mrs. Ing. Barbora Bryksí Stunová, Ph.D., from the expert committee of pressure casting, and it was a great honour for me.
March 19, 2025
Yesterday the annual membership meeting of Czechimplant was held at Comtes FHT. I think it was very interesting, although this time it was about purely doctoral
February 1, 2025
GIGA casting is starting to take off in all directions. On March 5th and 6th, the Global GIGA-CASTING Congress will be held in Kassel, Germany,
January 27, 2025
Two years ago, I first mentioned the issue of GIGA casting and heat treatment of dies for this purpose at a conference of the Czech Heat
January 24, 2025
Heat Treatment Forum Wroclaw – an event that caught my attention back in 2019, when I received the first invitation from Karol. It was nice and
December 2, 2024
The end of the year is a bit hectic. So, stopping in Jihlava for the conference brought at least a moment of calm and well-being. And
October 21, 2024
ECM has established itself in Taiwan by building an LPC technology support center. Sometimes I really wonder how ECM tries to promote trends in heat treatment
August 1, 2024
So far, I am leading in the lectures… http://www.htconference.cz/en/ Jiří Stanislav 1. srpna 2024
July 4, 2024
Unexpectedly, a newsletter from the company Prikner from Broumov landed on my computer. Right at the beginning it says: Dear customers and partners, We are
June 24, 2024
So I added another e-learning course to my portfolio, this time focusing on hardness measurement. This concludes the first round of my quest to make heat
May 31, 2024
Karol Forycki expands his activities to Germany… But it is beautiful to see the direct connection between the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart and the Porsche Museum
April 18, 2024
This week the Heat Treatment Forum took place in Wroclaw, organized by Karol Forycki for the Polish public. As usual, a great opportunity to meet great
February 18, 2024
Themes of the Forum concerns issues related both to the heat and thermo-chemical treatment processes themselves, joining metals by brazing, process control, maintenance, quality assurance systems.
January 25, 2024
When I started the e-learning courses for heat treaters, I only had a hunch that it might be beneficial to the standard life of heat treatment
January 19, 2024
Thanks to Aleš Šlechta, I took part in the course “Thinking Strategy, Effective Communication with Key Partners and Mind Maps”. https://www.krauthammer.com/cs/o-n%C3%A1s/ And what did it bring
December 6, 2023
At the conference in Jihlava, Pavel Stolař and I disagreed on whether the new standard ISO 20431:2023 is good or bad. The problem was that, from
October 23, 2023
It was an attempt to be there, and at the same time not be there unnecessarily. And it worked. Everyone who was interested in learning more
September 29, 2023
Once upon a time, I made a commitment to create a comprehensive training system for employees of the heat treatment plants in the form of e-learning.
September 7, 2023
Dear Sirs, ECM Technologies (www.ecm-furnaces.com) and Mr Jiří Stanislav (35 + years of experience in thermal processing) would like to invite you an afternoon event (presentation
May 29, 2023
I have already done a number of trainings, but this one really pleased me. The topics were general, the responsibility of the designer, the technologist, hardening,
May 25, 2023
In 1992, I presented my doctor dissertation focussed on combination of Titanium nitride and plasma nitriding. So, it’s been more than 30 years since I tried
May 6, 2023
Karol Forycki created nice compilation …. Thanks Karol May 6, 2023 Jiří Stanislav
April 29, 2023
One of the last European manufacturers of vacuum furnaces, the company TAV Vacuum Furnaces from Italy, invites you to the trade fair for thermal processing technology
April 29, 2023
On behalf of ECM Technologies, let me invite you to Thermprocess 2023, Dusseldorf (https://www.thermprocess-online.com/). The exhibition takes place from 12 to 16 June 2023. You can
April 21, 2023
So, I’m back and I can rate. The organizer Karol Forycki did a great job and he needs to be congratulated. A good composition of lectures
February 7, 2023
Two important events will take place in Wroclaw from April 18 to 20. The first is focused on heat treatment. It is an honor to
December 1, 2022
From April 18 to 20, Karol Forycki is organizing another meeting of supporters of heat treatment and industrial washing after the Covid break. I think
November 27, 2022
The 28th heat treatment conference took place in Jihlava. Although the participation was rich, I still missed the personalities from the past. Ota Prikner, Jirka Halásek,
November 14, 2022
October 26, 2022
October 21, 2022
Prospekt E Learning Engl 1 and samples October 21, 2022 Jiří Stanislav
October 7, 2022
Back in the days of Bodycote, I lectured on an alternative method for releasing internal stresses on die casting dies. At first glance, this method is
October 4, 2022
That’s how I managed to do an incredible job, my courses on Nadca 207 are translated into English. Almost two months of work! And why? Well,
October 1, 2022
Like last year, I have dedicated my time to an e-seminar hosted by SecoWarwick. Some things caught my attention, but many did not. I think the
September 29, 2022
Yesterday’s SecoW seminar program was only interesting in that Tom Hart’s questions were answered by the well-known Daniel H. Herring, The Heat Treat Doctor. If anyone
September 27, 2022
An e-seminar organized by SecoWarwick starts today. 27.09.2022, Tuesday BLOCK 01 – FUTURE: The future is now. So what will tomorrow bring? 28.09.2022, Wednesday BLOCK 02
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,
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
March 25, 2022
So I have a new family … https://www.heattreattoday.com/resources/heat-treat-consultants/ March 25, 2022 Jiří 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
November 4, 2021
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
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
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