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Tim Donofrio

Tim Donofrio is with Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, CANADA
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NONFERROUS HEAT TREATING

Heat-Treatment Advancements for Aluminum Lightweighting

Aluminum materials development and early mass-produced automobiles arrived to markets at similar times.
Tim Donofrio
February 15, 2021
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Aluminum was first discovered in the early 1800s and was produced in quantity during the turn of the 20th century using the Hall–Héroult smelting process. Interestingly enough, Carl Benz was patenting his first version of a self-propelled internal-combustion-engine automobile during that same time. During these times, automobiles or horseless carriages were a luxury and difficult for common people to afford.


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Aluminum heat-treat system
Nonferrous Heat Treating

Manufacturer's Adapting for Aluminum Heat Treatment's Evolving Demand

Graeme Kirkness Tim Donofrio
February 12, 2018
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Desire for electric cars is quickly gaining consumer momentum, and automakers are rapidly shifting focus to developing affordable, efficient electric vehicles (EVs) for the mass market. This is where aluminum structural components will further serve the automotive industry.
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CAN-ENG aluminum automotive structural component heat-treatment system
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New Markets and Opportunities for Heat Treatment

Michael K. Klauck Tim Donofrio Gregory R. Stanley
March 4, 2015
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Market pressures have forced many manufacturers to look beyond traditional materials and push for innovation in their product categories.


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Automated Heat Treatment of Lightweight Aluminum Automotive Structural Components

Automated Heat Treatment of Lightweight Aluminum Automotive Structural Components

Tim Donofrio
January 1, 2014
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The integration of lightweight materials and components into automotive applications has been a key driver of the global automotive community since the oil embargo legislation of the early 1970s.
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New Efficiencies for Aluminum Engine Block and Cylinder Head Heat-Treatment Systems

Tim Donofrio
January 29, 2010
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This modernized basketless rotary-hearth furnace is based on similar design characteristics as its predecessor but integrates multiple carousel levels as a means of increasing the system capacity.
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Improved Aluminum Engine Block and Cylinder Head Heat Treatment

Tim Donofrio P. Romanin
February 4, 2009
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The thermal processing of high-volume cast-aluminum engine blocks and cylinder head components is a key concern of automotive engineers today. As a result, auto manufacturers have worked closely with designers of customized thermal-processing systems in the development of a new cylinder head and engine block heat-treatment system.
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Practical Development Tools for Industrial Heat-Treatment Optimization

Tim Donofrio Michael K. Klauck
September 12, 2007
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The current state of the art for industrial heat-treatment furnaces and related ancillary equipment (quench equipment, atmosphere generators, etc.) traces much of its origins to World War I, where the demands for high-volume equipment necessitated larger batch and continuous furnace systems.
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