| Wall Colmonoy History In the sixty-plus years since our modest beginnings, Wall Colmonoy has become recognized as a multinational source for metallurgical services that "make metals work harder". Check out what we've done for you lately. 2003 - Wall Colmonoy achieved ISO 9001: 2000 Registration at its Madison Heights, MI; Los Lunas, NM, and Oklahoma City, OK facilities. 2000 - The new Los Lunas, NM facility achieved ISO 9002 with AS-9000 Registration for the manufacture of nickel- and cobalt-based products. 2000 - The Ohio facility acquired a new 6-bar fast quench horizontal-loading vacuum heat-treatment and brazing furnace. The work zone measures 48" wide x 48" high x 60" deep; the furnace has a load capacity of 3,000 pounds. 1999 - Products manufacturing group moved to a new $5 million facility in Los Lunas, NM. The 55,000 square foot facility features the addition of new solid-state-melting furnace systems, which have substantially increased the powder atomization capacity. 1997 - Colmonoy 98* was introduced for highly corrosive applications. 1994 - The Wall Colmonoy Materials Testing Laboratory received approval from NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program). 1992 - A patent was granted for Colmonoy 88*, a unique nickel-based alloy with superior wear resistance. 1990 - Wall Colmonoy introduced the Colmonoy 200-Series* for protecting and refurbishing glass container moulds. 1985 - The aircraft exhaust systems business of Hanlon & Wilson Company was purchased by Wall Colmonoy Corporation. This expanded our exhaust system manufacturing capabilities to make it the largest in the world. Hanlon & Wilson was the pioneer in making aircraft exhaust systems that provide both cabin and carburetor heat. They were also the prime supplier of exhaust systems to Cessna and Beech aircraft companies. 1984 - Two new families of metallizing powders, ColSprayTM and SoloCoatTM were developed. 1980 - Wall Colmonoy introduced the Model J Spraywelder system, the most dramatic advancement in the product's evolution. 1976 - A sales office was established in France to market Colmonoy and Nicrobraz products. 1975 - The manufacture of all-new construction aircraft exhaust systems marketed under the trade name Nicrocraft began in the Oklahoma facility. 1970 - Wall Colmonoy began offering brazing courses. Held twice a year, the Brazing School teaches metallurgical, design and production engineers from around the globe the fundamentals and latest innovations in furnace brazing technology. 1965 - A furnace processing facility was established in Oklahoma City to handle aircraft overhaul work for Tinker Air Force Base. 1963 - The Fusewelder Torch* was introduced to make the spray-repair and surfacing of smaller, more detailed work possible. 1961 - Wall Colmonoy built a facility near Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas to overhaul heat-damaged jet engine components. 1953 - Over a six-year period, furnace brazing facilities were established in California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Canada. The Ohio facility houses the largest contract vacuum furnace of its kind in the world and one of the largest hydrogen furnaces. 1952 - Wall Colmonoy expanded internationally with the founding of an alloy manufacturing facility in Great Britain: Wall Colmonoy, Ltd.. 1950 - Wall Colmonoy invents a new brazing technology involving nickel-based filler metals and hydrogen atmosphere furnaces. This new filler metal was subsequently named Nicrobraz. To promote the new brazing technology and further its development, Wall Colmonoy established a contract brazing facility in Detroit. 1946 - During the war years, work began on the Sprayweld Process*, which produces smooth, welded deposits of Colmonoy alloys. Wall Colmonoy engineers designed and produced the alloy powder spraying unit used in this process, the Colmonoy Spraywelder. 1938 - A. F. Wall purchased Colmonoy, Inc. from the inventors, named it Wall Colmonoy Corporation, and moved the operation to the Detroit area. 1937 - It all started when two metallurgists from California, Norman Cole and Walter Edmonds, were granted a patent for a new alloy which they named Colmonoy from COLe, and EdMONds -- allOY. Among the patents we've been awarded... <return to top> |
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