ThermoFusion, Inc.

We're here for you on President's Day and every day. Let us know how we can help you, with our brazing and heat treating services.

2020 Winter Holiday Schedule It's hard to believe 2020 is in the final quarter. Thank goodness! Here's our holiday schedule for the rest of the year: Nov 26 and 27 - closed to give thanks for getting through the year... Dec 24 and 25 - closed to celebrate Christmas Dec 31 - closed to welcome in 2021 See more

Can you believe it's been 154 days since we first started sheltering in place? Yes, March 17 was the first day. I still remember thinking it would be over soon And now, here we are, 5 months later, filling our days with hectic activity, worry about others, and optimism that normal days are (somewhere) ahead.... Here at ThermoFusion, we continue to focus on the positive: - our customers are continuing to make parts, which means they, and we, continue to work. - we have gone 5 months without a Covid-positive employee. - we’re receiving new work from new customers with new requirements. - we’re getting ready for our re-certification of Nadcap, ISO9001 and AS9100. - we're closed Sept 7 for Labor Day. We’ve received a lot of interest in our nitriding and ferritic nitro carburizing (FNC) capabilities. We upgraded our furnace controls a few months ago, and we can run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This gives us lead times of a week for most nitride or FNC jobs. Unfortunately, ammonia and electricity, the two things that go into nitriding and FNC, are still expensive. But many of our customers like the decreased lead time. To keep us Covid-free, our new normal is a wipe-down of all common surfaces at least twice per shift, face coverings at all times, and keeping distance between each other as we work. We’re still asking customers not to come to the front door, but rather to go to the shipping & receiving gate and ring the buzzer (buzz the ringer?). Small precautions, and so far its working. All our equipment is up and running. That includes our salt quench tanks for austempering and marquenching, our 4 vacuum furnaces, 3 hydrogen furnaces, 3 induction furnaces and 3 oil quench furnaces, and of course our large stress relief furnace and our bead blasters. We're heat treating and brazing 24 hours a day. As always, if you have any questions or comments, send us an email ([email protected]) or call us (510-782-7755 x0). We’re here to help you succeed.

May 2020 Update (also posted on our website): It’s hard to believe it was March 16th when we sent everyone who was at risk home, to shelter in place. How the world has changed in two months. On the other hand, this week we brought almost everyone back, we’re operating 2 to 3 shifts a day, and we’re busy! We stand with all our customers, who seem as busy as us.... Here are our ThermoFusion updates for May: Heat Treating and Brazing Classes: Glen and I will make ourselves available if you want to have a class for your engineers or buyers. We’re getting more experience with Zoom and WebEx, and we can always be there in person (with a mask and appropriate distancing, of course). Lead Times: Lead times are still a little slow, 3 to 4 days for most processes instead of 2 to 3 days, but they’re speeding up from 2 weeks ago. Pickup and Delivery: call Frank (510-782-7755 x237) to schedule a pickup. We’re back up to 3 drivers, and we’ll try to accommodate your pickup or delivery the same or the next day. If you bring parts to us, honk vigorously at the gate and we’ll open it up. You could call too, but honking is more fun. Induction Hardening: We’re still building coils and running parts. And we added a new induction machine (the one we ordered in 2019), giving us a broader range of material we can work with. Vacuum and Hydrogen work: We have 5 furnaces for vacuum work, 2 furnaces for atmospheric pressure hydrogen, and 1 furnace for partial pressure hydrogen. Nitriding, Ferritic Nitrocarburizing: We updated the control system late last year, which has made the furnace much more efficient. This allows us to run 2 or 3 runs per week, essentially doubling our throughput. Our processes are still Northrop approved. Certifications and Quality: Here’s a list of all our certs and accreditations: Nadcap, Honeywell, SpaceX, Northrop, ISO 9001 and AS 9100. We remain, even in these tumultuous times, ITAR compliant. As always, give me a call (925-899-2067) or send me an email ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

a message from ThermoFusion President Glen Ottinger regarding ThermoFusion and Covid-19

Dave Sr, after over 50 years in heat treating and brazing, finally retires! Don't worry, he's left the company in very capable hands, for another 50 years of quality heat treating. Congratulations, Dave, on a successful and fulfilling career!... Here's our celebratory video ... https://youtu.be/fhtvvRTHaPM

ThermoFusion is exhibiting at the BioMed Device Show, Dec 5 & 6 in San Jose, CA. If you haven’t registered yet, feel free to use our registration link and complimentary promo code. Registration Link: BIOMEDeviceSanJose.com/SPECIAL... Promo Code: Special236

Updates: 1) We're closed for Thanksgiving, Nov 22 and 23. We're thankful for all our supporters. 2) We'll be at booth 223 at the San Jose BioMed Conference, Dec 5 and 6, at the San Jose Convention Center! Stop by and visit us. 3) We're closed for Christmas, Dec 24 and 25.... 4) We're closed for New Year's, Dec 31 and Jan 1. As always, give us a call at 510-782-7755 if you have any questions.

ThermoFusion will be closed Mon and Tue, 12/25 and 12/26, to celebrate the Christmas (and other) holiday with our families.

ThermoFusion Conducts Yearly Fire Extinguisher Training. Each year the ThermoFusion Safety Committee sponsors Fire Extinguisher Training for all ThermoFusion employees. Enjoy these photos of half our first shift practicing PASS (pull the pin, aim at the bottom of the fire from about 4' away, squeeze the handle and sweep back and forth at the base of the fire).

The latest press release from ThermoFusion, adding additional capability and services.

ThermoFusion held it's 6th annual Awards Luncheon. Great food, great people, and great fun!

Our two interns, John from San Jose State, and Cameron from Cal Poly, are building a new, larger survey rack!