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Secat, Inc.
1505 Bull Lea Road
Lexington, KY 40511
TEL: (859) 514-4989
FAX: (859) 514-4988
Email: info@secat.net
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| CONGRATULATIONS... |
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Congratulations to Commonwealth Aluminum, which was awarded a prestigious Environmental Excellence Award by the Kentucky Governor’s Conference on the Environment in October. [MORE...]
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| Educational Activities |
On February 25, 2004, Secat and the Aluminum Extruders Council will offer a course covering the basics of aluminum extrusion, intended for shop floor metallurgists, practicing extruders on the shop floor, sales and purchasing executives, and personnel seeking a perspective on extruded products. The one-day session will be taught by Dr. Wojciech Z. Misiolek, Director of the Institute for Metal Forming at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. The course will be taught in Lexington, KY.
A Process Heat Workshop was held on November 13, 2003 and hosted by Secat and the US Department of Energy.The workshop was well attended by participants from the industry. Included in the session were an introduction to process heating and process heating equipment such as furnaces, ovens, dryers, heaters, kilns etc. used by the industry. In addition, there were discussions of combustion and other heating methods, heat transfer in furnaces, heat containment, waste heat recovery, commonly used process heating controls and emission reduction related to process heating.
The application of the Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST) was also covered. PHAST can be used to survey furnaces, to identify major energy using equipment, to prioritize improvement opportunities, and assess available methods that can be used to reduce energy consumption in an industrial plant.
This workshop will be offered again in 2004. The dates will be decided in first quarter.
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| Secat Welcomes... |
Secat is glad to welcome a new member to our technical team:
Randall Bowers, a University of Kentucky graduate in Materials Engineering will join Secat as a full time member of the Technical team effective January 1, 2003.
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| Partnership Activities at Secat |
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Toyota Technical Center has selected Secat as a research partner in the development of new aluminum materials.
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| Working with Young Scientists |
At the University of Kentucky’s Sixth Annual Scholarship Banquet, Dr. Subodh Das, President and CEO of Secat, Inc. was featured speaker to the more than 300 donors, scholarship recipients and their families who attended. Secat has provided tuition scholarships for three consecutive years to students of Materials Engineering.
Dr. Das points out, “What separates the U.S. from the rest of the world is our intellectual capital. If the country is to keep its top notch position in technical fields, we need to nurture our upcoming scientists and young leaders.” [MORE...]
Secat, Inc. has been recognized by the University of Kentucky as a James Kennedy Patterson Fellow. James Kennedy Patterson Fellows contribute $500,000 or more in cash or cash equivalent, or put in place a deferred gift of $2,500,000 or more.
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| Energy Savings Opportunities in the Aluminum Industry |
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We have added a new, informative presentation which address ways in which Aluminum Processing facilities can realize Energy Savings. Created with assistance from E3M, Inc. and the US Department of Energy, this presentation is available for download from our Energy Assessment Services page.
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| New Research Proposals Funded |
Secat has had two new proposals funded this fall:
The Kentucky Division of Energy and The Center for Aluminum Technology at the University of Kentucky (CAT), in partnership with Secat, Inc., will establish a Kentucky Aluminum-Automotive Alliance (KYAAA). This new alliance will develop and demonstrate methods for improving the energy, economic, and environmental performance of two vital industries in Kentucky - the automotive industry and the aluminum industry.
U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced Melting: This program focuses on the development of technologies that will enable significant reduction in the energy consumption and environmental impacts of melting aluminum through substitution of immersion heating for the conventional radiant burner methods used in reverberatory furnaces. Specifically, the program will couple heater improvements with furnace modeling that will enable cost-effective retrofits to a range of existing furnace sizes, reducing the economic barrier to application. Total Cost of the project is $4 million.
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| New Payment Options |
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Secat is now accepting credit card payments for small testing service projects. Visa and Mastercard are both accepted. Please contact Todd Boggess for more information.
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