This past week we all celebrated an extra leap year day – it was fun for me in three ways – it added a work/sales day to our month-end calendar (hope to see a tiny blip in my comparables), it gave me a great excuse for a night out with my golf pals (since our […]
One of the driving forces here at Kowalski Heat Treating is “working to delight our customers”. It’s woven into the fabric of the company Dad started over 40 years ago, and it’s still around today. More than just processing your work, treating metal and delivering goods, we like to add a little extra to what […]
I love my family I love my business I love my life But most of all (if you couldn’t guess) I love my wife. —Steve Sunday is Valentine’s Day (don’t panic) – a time for us to show our loved ones just how much they mean to us. For those stuck for ideas, here’s […]
For some of us, it’s hard to imagine the Super Bowl has been around for fifty years. Seems everyone loves to watch the Super Bowl, so in Kowalski Heat Treating fashion, we thought we’d give you some Super Bowl Trivia (SBT) trivia to use during the game parties, along with some “oh yea, But Did […]
Click to see the VIDEO HERE. Challenge: Try getting through this with a straight face. Even if you do make it without laughing out loud, you’ll be crying after Vicki Lawrence finally speaks. Not often compared, but believe it or not, dynamic thermal processing and comedy share something very special – and that’s great […]
With all the talk this weekend of big snowstorms in the East, the mercury dropping and our love of everything thermal, I thought it would be fun to share the history and science behind an El Nino. Bundle up! . Simple, clear explanation: Click to see VIDEO HERE Geeky, nerdy, complex explanation: El Niño […]
“Austempering is essentially an arrested quench process designed to produce a bainitic microstructure having properties that combine high hardness with toughness, resulting in a resistance to brittle fatigue.” –Daniel Herring, Industrial Heating Magazine. (Photo of Austempered ASI 1055) ———— ::: ———— For over forty years we here at Kowalski Heat Treating have been recommending austempering […]
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably set out your personal and business goals for 2016. I have and am already feeling the pinch to stay on course… and it’s only been two weeks into the New Year! What works best for me is making short lists I can keep handy. I, of course, have […]
Beauty and the Beast. Winter snows can certainly be beautiful but getting to work can occasionally be brutal. Case in point: Cleveland Plain Dealer front page from Friday, January 27, 1978. B-r-r-r-r-r-r. As you know, heat management is something we take very serious here at KHT. And with the weather starting to shift, and […]
