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]
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. …
Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
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…
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider From Heat Treat Australia, the largest commercial heat treater in the country we have this press release; “HTA Group is excited to announce the arrival of a second Rubig Plasma Nitrider at our Melbourne branch! With this addition, we now proudly operate two Rubig plasma nitriding systems in…
IHEA Annouces 2023-2024 Board of Directors
IHEA Annouces 2023-2024 Board of Directors “ The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced its 2023 – 24 Board of Directors and Executive Officers. Taking over as President is Brian Kelly of Honeywell Thermal Solutions; Vice-President is Jeff Rafter of Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC.; and Treasurer is Gary Berwick of Dry…
Commercial Heat Treater Orders Batch IQ Furnace
Commercial Heat Treater Orders Batch IQ Furnace Commercial heat treater Metex Heat Treating in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada has consistently made the annual list of the 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America as ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News”-find out how they compare…
Where Are They Now? Mark DeBruin
Where Are They Now? Mark DeBruin Mark has spent most of his life in the US heat treating industry, most recently as Techincal Manager with Thermal Process Holdings. Recently he made a substantial career change and entered the world of 3D printing-this is his story; “Mark DeBruin, who was previously with Thermal Process Holdings and Delta H…
Heat Treating Gears: Comparing Carburizing, Ion Nitriding & Gas Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski, Advanced Heat Treat Corp
Heat Treating Gears: Comparing Carburizing, Ion Nitriding & Gas Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski, Advanced Heat Treat Corp Gear failures have been a subject of many engineering articles, also addressing thermochemical methods used for improving performance and longevity [1-11]. Gear failure can be very complex. Many gears fail from…
Top 50 Commercial Heat Treater Accepts Delivery of Vacuum Furnace
Top 50 Commercial Heat Treater Accepts Delivery of Vacuum Furnace March 9th of this year Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” toured the new Solar Atmospheres facility in Chesterfield, Michigan, USA-the details of that visit can be found below. We can now say that the first vacuum furnace has arrived as you can see in this photo. These…
Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?
Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace? Conveyor Hardening – Mesh Belt versus Cast Link Design: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Costs by: P. Kleinbrod, Aichelin GesmH Conveyor belt furnaces are a proven technology for quenching and tempering fasteners (screws, bolts and nuts). The parts are fed as bulk material and…