Recently a large gear manufacturer in the US closed their doors and the end result is that all of the manufacturing equipment is hitting the used market in North America. While the bulk of the equipment has to do with machining the company also maintained an impressive in house heat treat department. The in house heat treat department consisted of a number of very large Surface Combustion pit carburizing furnaces in really nice condition. Typically in an old style plant as we know this one to be everything is pretty dark, dirty and tired-these furnaces look pretty nice all in all. We will keep you posted and how these furnaces will be liquidated.
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In France we see that one of the country’s oldest commercial heat treaters Thermi-Lyon is celebrating a very important milestone-60 years in business. It’s interesting to see that the firm has a total of 9 locations, 180 employees and revenue in 2019 of 24 million euros.
“The French Thermi-Lyon Group is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Since its beginnings, it has seized every opportunity for changes and mutations in the industry to evolve, reinvent itself and innovate in the highly competitive industrial subcontacting sector. Eager to support its customers on high-end products and exports, the family business directed by Jean-Claude and Florent Monier constantly invests in equipment at the cutting edge of technology. It devotes a preponderant place in recruitment, training and well-being at work for its teams of men and women who are its true strength.
Present on 8 sites in France and a site in Romania, the company treats the products of customers in France and abroad, in various fields : automotive, aerospace, tools, sports and leisure, energy, civil works, health care… Over the past four years, the group has implemented a large investment plan of more than 20 million euros, almost the equivalent of an annual revenue, spread across all its plants, in order to upgrade to a higher range, innovate and offer a range of treatments according to the expectations of its customers.
A series of digital events to celebrate the birthday of the group Thermi-Lyon. Innovation does not stop at industrial technology, as the group is also very comfortable using new means of communication. Building on the success of its event, which brought together many partners to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2010, Thermi-Lyon planned to repeat the experience in 2020. The pandemic context decided otherwise. This constraint has turned into an opportunity, which naturally led the company to make many appointments on the web to mark its six decades.
The list is long : technical webinars for professionals in the sector, visit of its plant in Lyon at 360 degrees, interviews with its employees, communication campaign on social networks… And a grand final, in the form of a live broadcast in its Lyon plant, to review the genesis of the company and talk about it perspectives, with the possibility for the registrants to interact with the direction of the group, took place on December 1 at 4 p.m.
About Thermi-Lyon :
• 1960: Created in Lyon, in the Gerland district, by Mr. Louis Villard, Mr. Jean-Claude Monier’s stepfather and Mr. Florent Monier’s grandfather, current leaders of the company.
• 1972: acquisition of TREMPELEC (Haute-Savoie) first production unit outside THERMI-LYON
• 1977: acquisition of THERMI-LOIRE (Loire-Saint Etienne)
• 1984: acquisition of INFRA-THERM (Isère-Grenoble)
• 1987: creation of THERMI-BUGEY (Ain-Martignat ) site dedicated to plastic injection molds
• 1993: ISO 9002 THERMI-LYON CERTIFICATION
• 1994: development outside Rhône-Alpes THERMI-PICARDIE (Oise-Creil)
• 1996: creation of THERMI-PLATIN (Haute-Savoie) dedicated to PVD coatings
• 2000: creation of a workshop dedicated to the aerospace industry THERMI-GARONNE (Roques sur Garonne near TOULOUSE)
• 2003: International development THERMI-METALURGICA (Romania- Deva) – 1st site outside France
• 2007: NADCAP certification of THERMI-GARONNE, international accreditation for the aerospace industry
• 2012: INNOVATION award for THERMI®-DLC vacuum coating
• 2014: New process for hardening austenitic stainless steels THERMI®-SP
• 2015: ISO 13485 certification for medical devices
• 2016: The group expands abroad and obtains the IATF 16949 certificate for automotive components through its company TREMPELEC
• 2018: New process of nitriding plus PVD vacuum deposits: PLATiN®-DUPLEX
• 2019: installation of the largest batch furnace in the atmosphere in France at THERMI-LOIRE
• 2020: new process for ferritic and martensitic stainless steels THERMI® SNT
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Jean-Claude & Florent Monier, Owners
Amandine Belvito and Bernard Salvi, Thermi-Lyon Marketing Department
Last week, December 7th to be exact we had a news item about a brand new state of the art heat treat at a company by the name of MAN Energy Systems in Augsburg, Germany https://themonty.com/man-energ
“A hybrid cleaning machine for pre-cleaning of various parts before vacuum hardening processes was delivered to MAN Energy Solutions in Augsburg, Germany. It is fully integrated into the IPSEN master control center and the batch size fits to the IPSEN TQ size. This enables fully-automatic hardening processes for maximum economic efficiency. The cleaning machine can run modified alcohol and water-based-alkaline media in the same cleaning chamber. The result is spot-free cleanliness for highest demands by removing organic like oil and grease residues with organic solvents and anorganic leftovers like salts with water. The flood-washing step is followed by vapour degreasing and drying – the whole process takes place under vacuum of course. The hybrid cleaning machine combines flexibility and sustainability with highest quality and therefore is the perfect solution especially for commercial heat treating companies.”
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We’re going back a bit for this news item. In 2018 we had a press release about how Canadian furnace builder Can-Eng Furnaces of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada was getting ready to ship what they felt was the worlds largest capacity aluminum aerospace forging heating furnace. Recently while going through some photos we came across some from the open house which “The Monty” attended which were never published. Because of the sheer size of the furnace we felt it would be interesting to publish these pictures. In them you see Gord Montgomery, Tim Donofrio, VP of Sales for the company and Jordan Montgomery.
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Now isn’t this a beauty of a furnace? It is only 12 years old and we have it available at a location in Germany https://themonty.com/project/itemc366-aichelin-2-row-pusher-furnace-excellent-condition-located-in-europe/. It and other used furnaces located in Europe can be found on our European page which exclusively lists furnaces available in Europe https://themonty.com/used-equi
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Some time back Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater announced they would be closing their outdated facility in Melrose Park, Illinois and opening a brand new location in Elgin, Illinois. We now have the official press release with some details about the facility’s equipment and a couple of top notch photos. We would imagine within the next couple of months we will be seeing a press release about another substantial Bodycote investment in North America, this one in Syracuse, NY. It is really cool to see these sorts of investments in our industry!
“Bodycote opens new Illinois heat treatment facility MACCLESFIELD (U.K.) — Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, is pleased to announce the opening of a new facility in Elgin, Illinois, USA. The Elgin facility upgrades our capabilities and positions Bodycote as part of an ongoing strategy to provide the best possible capabilities and geographical network to better serve customers from the agricultural, mining, construction, automotive and various other manufacturing supply chains in the Upper Midwest region.
The brand new facility is now fully operational and supporting customer requirements. Bodycote continues to provide all of the processes and capabilities which were previously offered at the Melrose Park location. Additionally, the new state of the art facility in Elgin offers nitriding, Corr-I-Dur, nitrocarburizing and low pressure carburizing (LPC) solutions. Stephen Harris, Bodycote Group Chief Executive, commented, “We’re very pleased to announce the opening of the new facility in Elgin, Illinois. The purpose-built facility demonstrates Bodycote’s commitment to serving the Midwest and helps us to shape the future of both our company and the industry.” Bodycote has more than 70 facilities in North America. There will be an official opening event when COVID-19 related restrictions are lifted. For more information on Bodycote’s heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, visit www.bodycote.com
About Bodycote; With more than 180 accredited facilities in 23 countries, Bodycote is the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services. Through classical heat treatment and specialist technologies, including Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Bodycote improves the properties of metals and alloys, extending the life of vital components for a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, power generation, oil & gas, construction, medical and transportation. Customers in all of these industries have entrusted their products to Bodycote’s care for more than 50 years. For more information, visit www.bodycote.com.”
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Byron is a very colorful individual in the heat treating industry. Originally from Australia he has spent the past number of years in China involved in both atmosphere and vacuum heat treating. He has just embarked on a very large project involving over 20 new sealed quench furnaces, more about that later. In the meantime he sent us these photos of a new installation of Ipsen bottom loading vacuum furnaces. These particular ones have a capacity of 8,000 kg with 15 bar quenching. Makes for a very interesting picture.
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“An individual product is an important element and a huge distinguishing feature of the SECO/WARWICK offer, allowing the use of tailor-made technology. An individual approach to the furnace design is a project that requires expert engineering knowledge. SECO/WARWICK engineers have the knowledge and experience that are needed to adjust the technology and its parameters so that it ensures the safety and failure-free operation of the device, but above all that the solution meets the expectations and needs of the client,” says Sławomir Woźniak, CEO of SECO/WARWICK Group.”
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The year 2020 has seen quite a number of new nitriding installations in North America-both gas and plasma. As we speak several systems are being installed including the two below. The first system was designed and built by Ion-Heat and is in the process of being commissioned at a captive heat treat in the US Midwest; “Andrés Zúñiga, Mechanical Engineering Leader, and Julián Góez, Programmer Engineer, both from ION HEAT, during the installation process of a brand new Glowtech 0815 system.”
The second system was designed and built by KGO of Germany. Since August the company has installed 3 vacuum gas nitriding furnaces with Stange Controls in the US and the fourth will be installed by the end of this month. This photo shows one of the installs.
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For as long as we can remember GKN Sinter Metals has maintained a facility in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada producing powdered metal automotive components, however the plant’s days are numbered as you can see in this press release. What the press release does not provide are any details about the heat treating department-“The Monty” will fill you in. What the facility has is a pretty standard sintering department consisting of a number of mesh belt lines built by a company in PA. They operate at 2150F with an endo atmosphere. At one time the company also had Pifco batch IQ furnaces-the only batch IQ furnaces ever produced by Pifco by they way (Pifco long ago became part of AFC-Holcroft). It’s a shame but the plant closure marks a long term trend of auto parts makers leaving Canada.
“GKN Sinter Metals, Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, will close its auto parts plant in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, in around eighteen months as it consolidates production at other plants. According to CTV News’s London Reporter, a regional news outlet based near St. Thomas, the plant closure affects 150-160 employees. Referencing his discussions with the company, St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston stated that the closure was due to a decline in demand for the company’s products.
Powder Metallurgy parts produced by the St. Thomas plant include smaller products, oil pump components, suspension parts, gears, sprockets and agricultural parts. Speaking to The London Free Press, Sean Dyke, Director of Economic Development for St. Thomas, stated that he was confident employees affected by the closure would find other jobs, as many industries are hiring in the automotive sector. “Our focus has to shift now to do whatever we can to help the employees. We will work with our community partners,” he stated.”
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