William “Billy” Fulton

William “Billy” Fulton

It is with regret that we mention the recent passing of “Billy” Fulton our favorite heat treat maintenance person. Blunt to a fault, obnoxious and sarcastic as hell but very intelligent and extremely capable with a biting sense of humor-we always really...
Monday Morning Briefing

Monday Morning Briefing

We are going to start off in the booming city of Logansport, Indiana, USA when fastener manufacturer A. Raymond Tinnerman recently made some major upgrades. The original press release included a lot of “blah, blah, blah” stuff about bending machines and packaging...
Can-Eng Furnaces to Provide Die Casting System

Can-Eng Furnaces to Provide Die Casting System

“Can-Eng Furnaces has been chosen to design and commission a high-capacity, heat-treatment system for a Tier 1 Global Automotive Manufacturing Company. The new system provides T-6 and T-7 processing capabilities for lightweight aluminum High Pressure Die Casting...
Help Wanted-Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic

Help Wanted-Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic

Induction heating giant Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic (whose banner ad can be found on the right side of this page) faces a similar dilemma to many manufacturers in North America-where to find good people? As you can see in this note the company is looking for people to...
Heat Treat Shop For Sale

Heat Treat Shop For Sale

Ever have a desire to tell your boss to take a hike and run your own commercial heat treat shop? Then we have a solution. Later today we will have some details about a relatively small (but profitable) commercial heat treat shop for sale in the US. While we hesitate...