Solar Atmospheres Launches Testing Facility
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has taken a proactive step toward enhancing operational reliability and workplace comfort by constructing a new temperature-controlled environment around their critical Haas machining centers and Marvel saws. This strategic investment was driven by the upcoming...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Italy
A recent business trip to Italy and Slovenia by "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" led to a series of articles about both captive and commercial heat treaters with a "healthy dose" of furnace manufacturers thrown into the mix. One of those visits was to furnace...
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]
SEW-EURODRIVE Accepts Vacuum Furnace System for Increasing In-House Heat Treat Demands
Congratulations to the SEW-EURODRIVE heat treatment team for the completion of their fully automated in house vacuum furnace system integrated with their patented MOVITRANS® inductive energy power transfer system (pictured parallel with ECM’s transfer system rails). SEWEURODRIVE, prominent global...
“Flame Hardening Acquisition” in the North American Heat Treat Market
While some would consider "Flame Hardening" an older more basic heat treat technology it certainly does have it's place and in some situations it is the best form of heat treating available-this link is as good as any in explaining the "Advantages of Flame Hardening and Where it Should be Used". ...
“50 (2.0) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”
When "The Monty" publishes our list of the "50 (+2) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" the week of April 28th readers will see a new entry in the number 9 position, a company by the name of Ajax Metal Processing. While we have long been familiar with "Ajax" we didn't realize until...
Fastener Manufacturer Upgrades Heat Treat Department
Monday of this week "The Monty" mentioned a fastener manufacturer who recently added more mesh belt heat treating capacity-this exclusive news item was included as part of our "Heat Treatment “Monday Morning Briefing”. As it turns out a publication by the name of "Fastener & Fixing...
“Top 50” Heat Treater Reports Strong Sales
As we count down to our 2025 list of the "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" took the opportunity to visit a company which has been on our list for the past few years and who will be on our list again this year-"Thermetco...
Furnace Builder Shows Off Newest Facility
When furnace builder "Aichelin", one of the largest furnace builders in the world extended an invitation to "The Monty Heat Treat News" to visit their location in Celje, Slovenia Gord Montgomery jumped at the chance and we are glad we did. Parent company Aichelin Holding is located in Mödling,...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at AFC-Holcroft’s Reopening
"Following an extensive, nearly yearlong full facility remodel, AFCHolcroft held a formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at their World Headquarters building in Wixom, Michigan. In addition to the celebration by the company’s employees, representatives of Berndorf AG were on hand, as were CEO Christian...
Laser Heat Treating of Automotive Dies
Laser heat treating is an unknown technology to most individuals in the heat treating industry. In this article Aravind Jonnalagadda CTO and Co-Founder of Synergy Additive Manufacturing LLC tells us how the technology is applied to automotive dies for electric vehicles. Aravind Jonnalagadda (AJ),...
Abbott Furnace Partners With Eric & Jason Jossart
Several months ago "The Monty Heat Treat News" speculated on the future plans of Eric & Jason Jossart of "Atmosphere Engineering" fame. Subsequent to that we posted that the two brothers had formed a new organization "Obsidian Technical Group". It would appear according to this press release...
European Auto Parts Supplier Installs Chamber Furnace Heat Treat Line
From Austrian Furnace Builder Aichelin we have this report of a new installation for the company at auto parts supplier "Hirschvogel Group". As a special bonus feature which compliments this press release our second news item for today is a summary about the firms heat treating capabilities. This...
Hirschvogel Automotive Group-In House Heat Treating
Our other news item today for "The Monty Heat Treat News" concerned a recent sealed quench furnace installation at auto parts supplier "Hirschvogel Automotive Group" in Denklingen, Germany. As it happens Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" toured this facility in 2018 and we have this...
CO2 Footprints and the Heat Treatment Industry
"The Monty Heat Treat News" published this article earlier this year but in 2023 we will be publishing a new series of articles related to CO2 emissions in conjunction with the "Aichelin Group". In conjunction with the “Aichelin Group”, “The Monty Heat Treat News” has an ongoing series about CO2...