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Patrick Fox is a degreed Metallurgist with over 35 years experience in the Heat Treating Industry.
Growing up in his Father's heat treating plant in Detroit Michigan, he started working there summers at 10 years of age.
Beginning at the "bottom of the ladder" cleaning carburize compound, sweeping floors and running the shot blast machine, by the time he was 18 years old he was an accomplished tool and die hardener and straightener.
Having "caught the heat treating bug" he attended Bowling Green State University on a Hockey scholarship and earned a B.A. He then continued his education at Wayne State University and earned his B.S. in Metallurgy. All the while working in his Father's heat treating plant.
At 23 (1981) he founded the FluidHeat Division of Fox Steel Treating and purchased two new Fluidized Bed Furnaces from Procedyne Corporation. Thus began his passion for the field of Nitriding and Ferritic-nitrocarburizing.
He began experimenting, utilizing the Fluidized Bed Furnaces and after many hours of trial and error he developed and patented (Patented Technology) two unique Ferritic-nitrocarburizing/oxidizing technologies.
Those processes greatly improved the wear and corrosion resistance of carbon, alloy and cast iron components. His vast knowledge in the field of Nitriding and Ferritic-nitrocarburizing have helped many commercial and captive Heat Treaters grow their businesses and expand into areas that have a much higher margins.
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