“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...
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...
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]
“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,...
Heat Treatment “Monday Morning Briefing”
Ex "Bluewater Thermal Solutions" CEO Takes Over Reins at R.M. Young Company; "R.M. Young Company, a leader in meteorological instrumentation, announced the retirement of President Tom Young, marking the end of an era for the family-founded and operated company. Tom, who has been an integral part of...
Roger Fabian
With great regret we mention the passing Tuesday of this week of a giant in the North American commercial heat treatment industry Mr. Roger Fabian. Roger was heavily involved in the heat treat community and had worked with companies such as Bodycote. While we have few details at this point in time...
HK 22 Heat Treat Exhibition Germany-The Images
Live from Cologne, Germany we have these images of the successful heat treatment exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty. View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link. https://themonty.com/magazine/Dzo Mikulovic, Mesa...
Hanomag Heat Treatment-Top Ten Heat Treat Europe
“The Monty Heat Treat News” was fortunate enough to be able to visit this week one of the 10 largest commercial heat treaters in Europe, Hanomag based in Hannover, Germany. https://themonty.com/project/largest-european-commercial-heat-treaters/ Our visit this week took us to the headquarters in...
SBS Sells 2 Monster Heat Exchangers To A Company In The North East USA
SBS Corporation has delivered two identical 35’ L x 8’ W x 5.5’ H, 7 fan units to a customer located in the North East. These monster heat exchangers have a dry weight of 16,000 lbs and are capable of heat rejection up to 5 million BTU/hr. Take a look at the pictures below of a unit being moved...
HK 22 Heat Treat Exhibition, Cologne, Germany
We are now attending the HK 22 heat treatment show in Cologne, Germany and the burning question on everybody’s lips is; what will attendance be like? We spoke with the organizer of the event, Ms. Sonja Mueller of AWT and she stated that to date there are roughly 1500 registered attendees and they...
Dominial Heat Treat Update
Earlier this week "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited Dominial Heat Treat. This may sound familiar because we just recently had an interview with the director of commercial heat treat Aad Hersbach which can be found by clicking the following link...