Heat Treater Adding Much Needed Pit Carburizing Capacity
When US commercial heat treater "Metlab" in PA closed their doors in 2024 it left a real void in the commercial heat treat industry when it comes to "Carburizing of Very Large Gears". To date that void has not yet been entirely filled (although Nitrex recently added a mammoth pit nitriding furnace...
“USA Heat Treating” Appoints Plant Manager
"USA Heat Treating" in Cleveland, Ohio, USA recently appointed "Mr. Shawn Campbell" as Plant Manager. Shawn has worked in the heat treatment industry for 23 years with firms such as "Kowalski Heat Treating" and "Walker Heat Treat" both of which are also in the Cleveland, area. "USA Heat Treating"...
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]
Two Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces Ordered From SECO
"A partner has purchased two VIM furnaces. The first is the JetCaster VIM50 EQ vacuum induction furnace for melting and producing castings using the EQ method. The second is the JetCaster device for melting and producing castings using directional solidification, single crystal, equiaxed structure,...
Vac Aero Expanding Into The USA?
"The Monty Heat Treat News" just posted a heat treat industry exclusive in the form of a list of the "The 52 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America" based upon estimated sales for 2025. Amongst those on our list was "Vac Aero International"-the largest commercial heat treater in Canada...
IHK Elects First Female President: Hanau’s Natasha Rohde Chosen as New Leader
To go with this press release we have this photo taken at the HK 2024 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany October of 2024. We see (from the left) Gord Montgomery, Natasha Rohde, Joern Rohde and in the front row Konstantine Rohde. "In a historic move, Natasha Rohde was elected with a large...
New Nitriding Installation Mexico
In Mexico, commercial heat treater HT-MX has just added a new gas nitriding system provided by "Nitrex". Humberto Ramos of the company has this to say; "This equipment expands our capabilities for nitriding and FNC processes, with a load capacity of up to 2,600 lbs, as part of an investment close to...
“Top 52” Heat Treater Expanding
In our recent "Industry Exclusive" list of the "52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" ranked by estimated 2025 sales we included for the first time ever a company by the name of "Vacu Braze" in Quakertown, PA, USA. After publishing the list, we learned that the firm has been making...
Solar Manufacturing Delivers Upgraded Ipsen VFC-924 Hot Zone to Leading Aerospace Manufacturer
Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a replacement Ipsen VFC-924 hot zone to a prominent U.S.-based global aerospace company. This customer performs thermal processing on a variety of critical aerospace components used across multiple aircraft platforms. John Hahn, Aftermarket Sales Manager at Solar...
German Heat Treater Enters Bankruptcy Protection
Very unfortunately one of the larger German commercial heat treaters, HTU Härtetechnik GmbH https://www.htu-haertetechnik.de/ in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany entered insolvency proceedings February 17, 2023. Plans are that the company will remain in business, pay employees and suppliers and continue...
Aalberts surface technologies-Garlington facility
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" profiled two Aalberts surface technologies HIP | braze | heat treatment locations in the Greenville, SC, US area, including the Pelham Road and Fairforest (formerly Ionic Technologies) facilities. Today we move on to a third location in the area, Aalberts Surface...
Industrial Automation Firm to add SECO/WARWICK Furnaces
An international organization in the field of industrial automation has ordered a SECO/WARWICK heat treatment system with the goal of establishing a captive hardening plant within their machine park. This comprehensive technological line for hardening applications will consist of two Vector® vacuum...
Acquisition in the Vacuum Pump Repair Industry
Effective February 8, 2023 Standard Vacuum Pump Services (SVPS) of Holbrook, New York, USA was acquired by Trillium US Inc. (Trillium) of Clackamas, Oregon, USA. "About Trillium; Trillium specializes in providing world-class vacuum pump repair, new and refurbished pumping systems, as well as...
John Ludeman has been promoted to Vice President of Operations at Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
"Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced the promotion of John Ludeman to Vice President of Operations. Ludeman has been employed at AHT since 2014 and most recently held the role of Director of Quality Excellence &...
Gas Nitrider Installed in Peru?
It is very seldom (well almost never) that we hear about heat treating in Peru so this press release about a new gas nitriding system being installed in Peru makes for interesting news. To the best of our knowledge this is the only gas nitrider installed in the entire country, however we know from...