Hauck Heat Treatment Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Hauck Heat Treatment Eindhoven, The Netherlands

According to “The Monty” https://themonty.com/largest-european-commercial-heat-treaters-february-2019/ Hauck Heat Treatment with 27 plants around Europe is the second largest commercial heat treater in Europe (we will remind out readers that when their...
ThermTech of Waukesha Open House

ThermTech of Waukesha Open House

Almost exactly one year ago commercial heat treater ThermTech, one of the largest in the US Midwest issued this press release. As an update to this story the company is planning on  an open house October 25th of this year to celebrate the completed expansion....
Multi Metals Auction-Powdered Metal Factory

Multi Metals Auction-Powdered Metal Factory

In Louisville, Kentucky, USA we see that a company by the name of Multi-Metals has closed with the equipment going to auction this week. This would appear to be a pretty standard PM facility with a mixture of presses, lab equipment, machine tools and you guessed it...
Heat Treating Viet Nam

Heat Treating Viet Nam

It’s an interesting world these days with manufacturing being truly global. In this case we are looking at a pump manufacturer from Texas who set up shop in Viet Nam-a shop which now boasts a very impressive in house heat treating facility. The equipment is a...
The Heat Treatment of Tool Steels Part 3 By David Pye

The Heat Treatment of Tool Steels Part 3 By David Pye

Alloying elements in Tool Steels Iron (Fe) This element is the primary ingredient to make the tool steel. Iron is obtained naturally from the earth’s crust in the form of: Magnetite Hematite Iron Pyrites amongst other forms of iron rich ores. Manganese (Mn)...
Monday Morning Briefing

Monday Morning Briefing

We are going to start out in Mexico where we are anxiously awaiting a press release from a company by the name of Metalsa Commercial Vehicles in the Monterrey area. Metalsa is a Tier 1 supplier of components to the auto and truck industries and the company is in the...