Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating”
Last week we had a news item entitled; "Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales", at that point in time we promised to provide our readers with more details about the firm; "In 2012, Tom Darby, owner of aerospace components manufacturing company TMD Machining (TMD), was exasperated with...
Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Although very few details are currently available it would appear that Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater will be opening a brand new facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA. What we know so far is that this facility will fall under the Aerospace & Defense division, it will be...
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 [email protected]
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
August 11th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a UK based heat treater who recently added "Robotics in a Vacuum Brazing Application"-the press release prompted the team at the "The Monty" to contemplate robotics in the commercial heat treatment industry. The bottom line...
Largest Capacity Plasma Nitriding Furnaces in North America?
Three years ago "The Monty" visited a commercial heat treater in South Lyon, Michigan, USA by the name of "Sun Steel Treating" and "profiled" the company-a profile which can be found further down in this article. Just last week "The Monty" again had the chance to visit and we found out that the...
Plasma Nitriding in North America-“Eltro Services”
In Europe Plasma (ION) Nitriding is a well known, relatively common form of heat treating, however for a variety of reasons it has never enjoyed the same popularity in North America-for this reason "The Monty" looked forward to seeing a commercial plasma nitriding facility in North America. "Eltro...
Aviation Supplier Adds 7th Vacuum Furnace
"Production in the aviation industry is accelerating. The year 2024 was record-breaking for aviation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the largest manufacturers of aircraft parts are investing in devices that increase production efficiency. CPP has been a long-term partner of the SECO/WARWICK...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
“Atmosphere Group, Inc., a division of AFC-Holcroft” (part of Aichelin Group of Austria) has for many years maintained two commercial heat treating facilities in the Detroit, Michigan, USA area-“Austemper Inc.” and “Atmosphere Heat Treating” both of which specialize in austempering. The two...
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
Now this press release will certainly catch people's attention in the global heat treatment industry-"Aichelin Acquires NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX" as explained futher down. The whole team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" and indeed many in the industry look forward to seeing the...
What can “The Monty Heat Treat News” Do For You?
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is far more than the heat treatment industry's foremost source for news and trends in the industry. For instance our articles section https://themonty.com/articles-interviews/ includes these industry exclusives; The 15 Largest Single Location Captive Heat Treaters in...
Pharmaceutical Industry Supplier Orders Vacuum Furnace
"Adamus, a European manufacturer of punch tools and spare parts for tablet presses, capsule presses and blister machines used in the pharmaceutical industry, has ordered a Vector vacuum furnace to efficiently heat treat a wide range of punches used in tablet production. The Vector vacuum furnace on...
Ipsen Promotes Chris Martin to Regional Service Manager for the Southeast
"Ipsen USA announces the promotion of Chris Martin to Regional Service Manager for the Southeast United States. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for leading a team of seven that includes six Field Service Engineers and one Service Administrator. Since joining Ipsen in 2018, Martin has...
Roland Caminades, Avion Europe and the European Heat Treat Market
Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit heat treat industry supplier “Avion Europe” at their headquarters in Hagen, Germany-the end result was this article; https://themonty.com/avion-europe-a-growing-force-in-the-german-heat-treat-market-part-1-of-2/ We promised...
Metals Technology Receivership Sale?
August 12th of this year "The Monty" had a news item about the second largest commercial heat treater in the Chicago area, "Metals Technology Corp." entering receivership (the original story is further down). The story caught us off guard because this is a much larger than average commercial heat...
Gear Manufacturer Auctioning Vacuum Carburizing Furnaces
Bidding is now open for an auction being held in Vienna, Austria at Opel Gear Manufacturing. The now closed facility manufactured components for automotive transmissions and amongst the items for auction is a large amount of heat treatment equipment. This includes ECM 6-Chamber ICBP vacuum...