ALP Aviation Turkey to Install Vacuum Furnace
"ALP Aviation is increasing its production capacity and expanding process capability with the purchase of an additional Vector vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. This purchase is the 4th installation for this client during 13 years of successful cooperation. The first order for vacuum technology...
Commercial Heat Treater Paulo Makes Changes in Their Sales Department
North Americas second largest commercial heat treater as rated by "The Monty" Paulo has made some changes in their sales department. https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/ "The COVID-19 Pandemic has been transformational to many businesses. As...
Used Furnace And Equipment Listings
“The Monty” has one of the largest listings for used heat treating equipment in North America. Below you will find our two most recent additions and also a categorized listing by furnace type. If you don’t find what you are looking for let us know and we will find it for you. Have equipment to sell? We are here to find you a buyer, just drop a line to jordan@themonty.com
Colfor Manufacturing Plant to Close
Back on September 24, 2020 we mentioned a massive fire at the Colfor Manufacturing facility in Malvern, Ohio, USA. While the cause of the fire was nothing to do with heat treating Colfor and AAM are very large captive heat treaters. As a follow up to this story the fire was so severe that the plant...
Dan Reardon, Abbott Furnace Company, St. Marys, PA-The Interview
We are pleased to be able to offer you today an interview with Mr. Dan Reardon, Director of Technical Sales, Abbott Furnace Company of St. Marys, PA, USA. Dan tells us a bit about the company it’s products and history and his forecast for the coming year. Dan I have been looking forward to speaking...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Additional Large Furnace Capacity
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) recently added additional large furnace capacity to their already extensive inventory of vacuum equipment. The furnace was specifically designed to process a variety of materials that require optimum performance during controlled heating, controlled cooling,...
Burloak Technologies Completes In House Heat Treating Department
Over the course of this year we have watched with interest as additive manufacturing firm Burloak Technologies in Burlington, Ontario, Canada has developed their in house heat treating department. With the addition of their new Quintus Technologies Hot Isostatic Press (pictured below) the...
SECO/WARWICK Black Friday Deals on Discontinued Vacuum Furnaces
Furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK has several new but discontinued vacuum furnaces available under their "Black Friday" event. Details can be found on our used equipment pages by clicking on the SECO banner ads on the right hand side of the page https://themonty.com/used-equipment/ Did you like this...
Carburizing Furnace Shipped to Captive Heat Treater in New England
"Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a 10-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace to a captive heat treater in New England. The Model HFL-3836-10IQ-VC features high pressure gas quenching and vacuum carburizing. The furnace has a graphite insulated hot zone with a work area measuring 24” wide x 24” high x...
In House Heat Treatment-Feintool US in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Yesterday we had a press release about how fineblanking specialist Feintool was bringing at least some of their heat treating requirements in house. As it turns out the company is quite justifiably proud of what they have accomplished, so proud that they put together a U Tube Video about it. The 3...
Hofmann Engineering Australia Carburizes Their Largest Gear Ever
Just a few short weeks ago we had an interview with Mr. Mrinal Nandi, an experienced metallurgist with gear manufacturer and captive heat treater Hofmann Engineering in Perth, Australia https://themonty.com/project/mr-mrinal-nandi-of-hofmann-engineering-in-australia/. Now comes word that the...
Feintool US in Cincinnati, Ohio Brings Heat Treating in House
Based in Switzerland, Feintool International has facilities around the world doing fineblanking, an example of this would be clutch plates in automotive applications. Over the years the company has outsourced their heat treating requirements to commercial heat treaters however this has been slowly...
We Need Your Votes To Determine The Top 25 Most Influential People In The Heat Treating Industry in 2020
Who are the 25 Most Influential People in the North American Heat Treating Industry? Who are the individuals who decide which technologies will succeed and which will fail? Who are the people who decide which brand of furnaces to buy? On a semi annual basis "The Monty Heat Treat News" has for over...
Names in the News in the Heat Treatment Industry
We see that Ramiro Canales is back as a Field Service Engineer for Canadian furnace manufacturer Can-Eng Furnaces of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Ramiro worked with the company from 2015 to 2019 before taking a short break from the industry. We don't know Ramiro personally but he certainly has an...
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Issues Update
Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater issued a trading update November 26, 2020 covering the 4 month period from July 1 to October 31. Our feeling at “The Monty Heat Treat News” is that there is no better summary of the heat treating industry than a Bodycote financial report by dint of...