At the Joyworks Studio, our close collaboration with Applied Process means that we are also working to “grow the pie” for Austempering. With its induction melting capabilities, Joyworks is well suited to produce high quality ductile iron in heats up to 200 lbs. One of AP’s sales engineers, Henry Frear, has grasped upon that capability and is actively pursuing a steel-forging-to-ADI conversion. The customer makes a certain small hammer from a steel forging. He’s faced with a high price and the prospect of replacing the expensive forging tooling. Henry convinced them to give ADI a try. A successful conversion would reduce the per part cost and greatly reduce the tooling cost….while improving the performance of the part. The customer agreed and Henry went into action. He designed and machined a pattern, made molds and brought them to Joyworks. Assisted by his fellow AP sales engineer, Justin Lefevre and Joyworks assistants Demetri Golematis and Ryan Breneman, they have produced parts in both ADI and CADI for testing by the customer. We are confident that a successful conversion will result and the Austempering pie will grow. At Joyworks, creativity is the essence of what we do. This project is good old fashioned American ingenuity…..a new, better idea, conceived, designed and made in the USA. Joyworks is glad to be a part of it.