Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News”
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News” On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” informs the industry about individuals in the industry making career changes-promotions, retirements, changes in direction-these are the individuals who make our headline for Friday, June 19th 2026; Steven Sumner Retiring; Steven has spent most of his…
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an in-depth article entitled; “Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America?” . The story provoked such an avalanche of interest that we are providing regular updates on this…
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]
Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
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…
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
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 is of…
Largest Capacity Plasma Nitriding Furnaces in North America?
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…
Plasma Nitriding in North America-“Eltro Services”
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…
Aviation Supplier Adds 7th Vacuum Furnace
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 Group,…
USA Commercial Heat Treater Consolidates Operations
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. …
Martin’s Metal Service-A New Game in Town
Martin’s Metal Service-A New Game in Town You can certainly be forgiven if you have not run across the name Martin’s Metal Service previously as this is a very new entry into the US commercial heat treating market (kind of)-lets explain. For many years there has been a commercial heat treater in Springfield, Ohio by the name of Certified…
Turkish Heat Treater Re Certified for NADCAP
Turkish Heat Treater Re Certified for NADCAP ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” has long followed commercial heat treater Önerler Heat Treatment Ltd., in Bursa, Turkey as one of the largest heat treaters in the entire region. Last year we announced that they had achieved Nadcap Acredidation, the company is very pleased to announce that this has just…
CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry
CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry CO2 Emissions are a hot topic in Europe and becoming more so in North America which has lead to a number of companies in the industry taking a very close look at this subject. Obviously the largest contributing factor to CO2 emissions in the heat treatment industry is the energy required to heat the…
Burloak Technologies Receives ISO 17025 Accreditation
Burloak Technologies Receives ISO 17025 Accreditation Burloak Technologies, an Additive Manufacturing firm who recently installed an in-house heat treating department has now received ISO 17025 accreditation for it’s material Testing Lab. This means the company now has both Nadcap and ISO 17025, a very unusual combination. The one photo below…
Aerospace Company Adds Vacuum Furnace to Improve Deliveries
Aerospace Company Adds Vacuum Furnace to Improve Deliveries “AERO SPACE POWER, a modern European MRO facility with experience in the renovation and energy industry has ordered a custom-made VectorR vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The solution will be utilized for repair solutions for both complex aircraft engines and gas turbines for the energy…
Rock Drill Manufacturer Inaugurates Heat Treatment Plant
Rock Drill Manufacturer Inaugurates Heat Treatment Plant Back in 2019 Swedish rock drill manufacturer EPIROC announced plans to invest in a new heat treatment plant; “Epiroc has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new heat treatment plant for rock drills at one of its global manufacturing hubs in Örebro, Sweden.” Just yesterday the firm issued…