In 2012, the A3TS marked the year with its regional technical seminars—from Paris to Pau—the 40th A3TS Congress held in conjunction with the 2012 SVTM trade show in Grenoble (1,000 participants), and a European conference in Strasbourg that brought together seven heat treatment associations.
Key Figures
8
events
1 000
Conference participants and SVTM members
5
regional chapters mobilized
7
European associations in Strasbourg
The Year at a Glance
- Feb. 10 · Paris – Thermochemical treatments, aerospace, and automotive
- March 22–23 · Strasbourg – European Conference: Combination Therapies
- June 6–8 · Grenoble – 40th A3TS Conference and SVTM Trade Show
- June 19 · Charleville-Mézières – Are you sure about what you're measuring?
- Oct. 25 · Villeneuve d'Ascq – Gear problems: What's the solution?
- Nov. 14–15 · Saint-Étienne – Intersurfaces 2012
- Nov. 15 · Caligny – Simulation and Implementation of Heat Treatment
- Dec. 12–13 · Pau – Applications and Innovations in Thermal Spraying
February 10 · Thermochemical Treatments in the Aerospace and Automotive Industries: Innovations and Future Prospects
REGIONAL DAY · ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
Diderot Technical High School, Paris · followed by the A3TS General Assembly
Low-pressure carburizing, ion or gas nitriding, conversion treatments: an overview of the processes that have evolved the most over the past twenty years.
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Case Hardening or Carbonitriding for Gearboxes – F. Da Costa (Renault)
Low-Pressure Carburizing Around the World – A. Rallo (ECM)
Plasma-Assisted Nitriding: 40 Years of Applications – B. Delmas (Bodycote-Nitruvid)
Thermochemical Treatments in the Aerospace Industry – B. Pétroix (Turbomeca)
Controlled Nitriding Processes – A. Celusniak (Nitrex)
Innovation in Atmosphere Production – B. Queval (Air Liquide)
Roundtable Discussion, followed by the A3TS Annual General Meeting
March 22–23 · Combined treatments to improve surface properties
EUROPEAN CONFERENCE
Strasbourg Convention Center · A3TS, AWT, AIM, SVW-ASTT, VWT, ASMET, ATZK
Key figure: 100+ participants
Following Professor Erich Bergmann’s plenary session on composite coatings, the presentations covered shot peening, 3D surface texturing, high-energy beams, duplex treatments, and PVD/PECVD processes.
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Surface Shot Blasting and Its Effect on Thermochemical Treatments
3D modeling of surfaces before, during, or after treatment
High-energy beams (laser, electron beam)
Dual-process treatments: nitriding and plating, case hardening and nitriding, nitriding and oxidation
Industrial PVD and PECVD Services
June 6–8 · 40th A3TS Congress and SVTM 2012 Trade Show
FLAGSHIP EVENT · NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Alpexpo, Grenoble · “Investments in the Future of Materials Processing”
Key Figures:
1,000 attendees · 170+ conference participants ·
80+ exhibitors · 4 factory tours
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Energy Investments
Material Processing Equipment
Methods and Procedures
Cleanliness and Surface Condition
Coatings and Properties
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Forum opened by P. Kapsa (ViaMéca, LabEx Manutech-Sise), featuring about ten presentations by exhibitors and the announcement of the eight high school winners (BTS and vocational baccalaureate)
A3TS Event at the Fort de la Bastille, 190 guests, cable car ride
June 8 Site Visits: Schneider Electric (Moirans), ESRF Synchrotron (Grenoble), Federal Mogul Sintertech (Le Pont-de-Claix), Caterpillar (Grenoble)
June 19 · Are you sure you're measuring the right thing?
REGIONAL DAY · NORTHEAST
FAN Laboratory, Charleville-Mézières
The reliability of measurements and their uncertainties, from tensile testing to hardness testing, followed by a tour of the laboratory.
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Details on Tensile and Impact Strength Tests – Eric Laffineur (Marle SA)
Characterization of Inclusions in Steels – Eric Henault (Creas Ascometal)
Measurement Principles at the Belchamp Technical Center – Céline Carlinet (PSA Peugeot Citroën)
Hardness Measurement of Shot-Blasted Surfaces – Florence Funck (PSA Peugeot Citroën)
Uncertainties Regarding Hardness Measurement Methods – Marc Osmont (PSA Peugeot Citroën)
Tour of the FAN Laboratory
October 25 · Gears: Which Treatment for Which Type of Mechanical Contact?
REGIONAL DAY · NORTHERN FRANCE – BELGIUM
IUT in Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Key figure: about 50 participants
Heat treatments account for about 30% of the cost of a sprocket: an overview of selection criteria, from contact geometry to material and heat treatment.
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Introduction to the Concepts of Contact and Damage – Claude Leroux (A3TS)
Tribology and Wear – Mariana Staia (Central University of Venezuela)
Heat and Thermochemical Treatments of Gears – Sylvain Batbedat (Bodycote)
Fatigue and Contact Fatigue – Eli Puchi (LML, University of Lille 1)
Induction Hardening of Gears – Gérald Gouvier (SMS Elotherm)
Contact Fatigue and Optimization of Carbonitriding – Alexandre Fleurentin (Cetim)
November 14–15 · Intersurfaces 2012
PARTNERSHIP · VIAMÉCA CLUSTER
Cité du Design, Saint-Étienne
Key figures: 250 participants · 24 presentations
The Industry-University Conference on Surface Engineering, featuring a workshop on “Friction in Engines” co-organized by A3TS, the Mov'eo cluster, and LabEx Manutech-Sise.
November 15 · Simulation and Implementation of Heat Treatment
REGIONAL DAY · WEST
ENSICAEN, Caligny (Flers)
From numerical simulation to selecting a furnace, culminating in a tour of the Bodycote and Faurecia facilities.
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Presentation of ENSICAEN and the CNRT Materials Lower Normandy – S. Thibault (ENSICAEN)
An Overview of Various Heat Treatments – Patrick Jacquot (Bodycote)
Case Study: Gearbox Components – C. Hanotte
Modeling: rolling mill cylinder – M. Ben Bettaieb (ENSICAEN); seat hinge – D. Even (Faurecia)
Surface Preparation Before Heat Treatment – C. Hanotte
Furnace Technology – Marie-Anne Métais (MTC)
Technical and Economic Comparison of Furnace Investments – C. Hanotte
Site Visits: Bodycote in Condé-sur-Noireau and Faurecia
December 12–13 · Applications and Innovations in Thermal Spraying
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE · SOUTHWEST
Palais Beaumont, Pau · 3rd edition
Key figures: 130+ participants · 15 exhibitors · about 20 presentations
Plenary sessions on thermal spraying at Safran and in the industry, a session on cold spray and the role of powders, and the INRS overview of the sector in France.
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Opening remarks by Martine Lignières-Cassou, Member of Parliament and Mayor of Pau, and an update on the Aerospace Valley cluster by Pierre Baude
Plenary sessions by Francis Monerie-Moulin and Claude Thomas on the state of the art in thermal simulation
Cold Spray Session with Höganäs, H.C. Starck, and the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica
An Overview of Thermal Projection in France – B. Savary (INRS)
Exhibitors: Air Liquide, Air Products, Bodycote, Camfil, FST, Ivea, KGS Diamonds, Lescav, Metatherm, MIC France, Praxair, Struers, Sulzer, Thermico, Tofer
Basque Evening with a Cesta Punta Demonstration
