Webinar Announcement
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern | 1:00 PM Central
Sponsors: Nitrex & Linde
MC: Bob Braughler
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Overview
Heat treatment is at the heart of performance and reliability in today’s most demanding industries — from aerospace and defense to automotive, transportation, gear, and tooling. Behind every process, industrial gases and advanced technologies play a critical role in ensuring consistency, safety, and efficiency.
To shed light on this vital topic, Nitrex and Linde are proud to host a live webinar: “Applications of Heat Treatment Processes: How Gases and Technologies Play a Key Role in Transportation, Aerospace, and Defense.”
Join us as leading experts Jack Kalucki (Nitrex) and Karl Sholtz (Linde) share insights drawn from over 40 years of combined experience across global industrial markets.
What You’ll Learn
Attendees will gain valuable knowledge on how gases directly impact the success of critical heat treatment processes. Key discussion points include:
🔹 Fundamentals of nitriding and nitrocarburizing processes and their applications in aerospace, automotive, defense, and beyond.
🔹 Why ammonia (NH₃) is essential for nitriding, and the roles of nitrogen in purging and safety.
🔹 The importance of argon purity in vacuum furnaces and coating furnaces — minimizing oxidation while ensuring stable, consistent performance.
🔹 The role of gases in additive manufacturing, cryogenic treatments, and gas supply modes for industrial applications.
This session is designed to help engineers, production managers, and decision-makers understand how proper gas selection and management influence process reliability, product quality, and operational efficiency.
Meet the Speakers
Jack Kalucki
Senior International Account Executive, Nitrex
With over 30 years of experience in nitriding and nitrocarburizing process development, Jack has supported aerospace, automotive, defense, gear, and tooling industries in roles spanning customer service, R&D, technical sales, and heat-treating services. He now serves as a technological advisor to Nitrex customers in North America and Europe.
📧 [email protected] | ☎ (514) 335-7191
Karl Sholtz
Global Commercialization Manager, Linde
Karl brings more than 14 years of expertise in heat treatment, with a background that spans production management in copper and brass to gas applications across multiple heat treatment industries. Holding a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, Karl helps customers leverage gas technologies for performance and efficiency.
📧 [email protected] | ☎ (716) 879-3193
About the Sponsors
Nitrex is the only fully integrated global player in the surface treatment industry. With more than 40 years of experience across 20+ countries, Nitrex delivers turnkey heat-treat systems, high-end instrumentation, and sustainable technologies. From nitriding and nitrocarburizing to vacuum heat treatment and coatings, Nitrex combines expertise with innovation to help manufacturers achieve superior results.
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, providing high-quality gases, technologies, and services to make industries more productive and sustainable. With applications ranging from electronics to clean energy, Linde’s solutions support efficiency, reliability, and environmental responsibility in every market it serves.
Register Today
Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of the role of gases in heat treatment and discover how leading technologies from Nitrex and Linde can transform your operations.
Register Today👉 click here to register for the webinar
