{"id":10304,"date":"2020-06-25T15:48:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/hts-new\/valley-forge-bolt-welcomes-heat-treating-society-member-rick-bailey-as-chief-metallurgist\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:38:09","slug":"valley-forge-bolt-welcomes-heat-treating-society-member-rick-bailey-as-chief-metallurgist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/hts\/valley-forge-bolt-welcomes-heat-treating-society-member-rick-bailey-as-chief-metallurgist\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Forge &amp; Bolt welcomes HTS member Rick Bailey as new Chief Metallurgist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Valley Forge &amp; Bolt Mfg. Co., Phoenix, Ariz., manufacturer of hot-forged industrial fasteners, is proud to welcome Rick Bailey, a member of the ASM International Heat Treating Society, to the company as chief metallurgist. Throughout his more than four-decade career, he has specialized in steel, the core component of Valley Forge products. Mr. Bailey will apply his scientific and technical knowledge as well as his leadership abilities to Valley Forge\u2019s continued growth as the top supplier of fasteners and custom critical joint solutions. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">He will be involved in numerous levels of the organization, with an eye on maintaining efficient, high-quality processes. His responsibilities include creating product formulations and purchasing steel; production planning; advising on forging and heat-treating; expanding employee understanding of product functions; and assisting with quality controls. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">\u201cMy strength is in treating product creation holistically\u2014taking raw materials and carrying them through forming, machining, and heat treating to get quality levels that customers need,\u201d he says. \u201cMy role is to turn science into practice, applying the technical side of metallurgy to improve processes. And to embrace continuous improvement so we\u2019re always learning and better serving our customers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\">Mr. Bailey has vast prior experience serving the mining, power generation, and oil and gas markets, giving him intimate knowledge of three of Valley Forge\u2019s core markets. He is invigorated by the opportunity to work on products that include the company\u2019s proprietary Load Indicating Technology. \u201cOften with Load Indicating Technology, we\u2019re making huge bolts for heavy applications, where it\u2019s crucial to start with material that has the correct properties so the finished product calibrates properly,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m really happy to be part of an organization that\u2019s making innovative, high-value products.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vfbolts.com\/\">https:\/\/www.vfbolts.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley Forge &amp; Bolt Mfg. 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