Heat Treating Cuba
Last year Gord and Dale Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited Cuba in a desperate hunt to find a heat treating facility in this Caribbean country. Alas we were unable to find one although we did hear rumors about an installation. As it turns out the rumors were correct and we can now...
SSI Travelling Road Show
Furnace controls company SSi of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA has always strongly believed in the value of hosting small, one day technical seminars all around North America-hence our term "Travelling Road Show". These seminars typically attract from 20 to 60 attendees from both captive and commercial heat...
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]
Brazilian Heat Treater Adding Vacuum Furnace
Today we go to Brazil for a news item about a commercial heat treater adding a new vacuum furnace-read on; "Isoflama is expanding its hardening plant and has ordered a new and modern Vector vacuum furnace, which will be connected to the superior production system, significantly streamlining the...
US vs: European Heat Treating-One of the Differences
Over the years the team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" has visited literally hundreds of captive and commercial heat treats around the globe and we are constantly asked: "Does heat treatment differ much around the world"? The answer is that except for small differences heat treating is heat treating...
Voestalpine Fastening Systems Adds Furnace Capacity
"voestalpine Fastening Systems" a supplier to the railway industry, is adding hardening capacity of steel parts with a technological line consisting of multiple furnaces and washers. The process will be carried out in a protected nitrogen atmosphere with temperatures up to 1742°F (950°C) on parts to...
Counting Down to the “Top 50” Heat Treats For 2025
Since 1999 “The Monty Heat Treat News”has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, last year's list can be found at "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024" Before we introduce our 2025 list in 2 weeks we will...
Tariffs and the Heat Treat Industry
The hottest topic in the world these days and by extension the hottest topic in the heat treat industry is tariffs. How are they affecting the industry-Mark Hemsath, President, Nitrex / UPC-Marathon / G-M Enterprises offers these thoughts; "Hi Gord, in answer to your question on how global...
Where Are They Now-Tony Schaut
For years-22 to be exact Mr. Tony Schaut worked with commercial heat treater Bodycote in Upstate NY. The bulk of that time was with the Rochester NY facility; however he ended up as Senior General Manage overseeing both the Syracuse and Rochester locations-the Rochester location was eventually...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Visits Furnace Builder CAN-ENG
Recently Mr. Tim Donofrio, Vice President of Sales for furnace builder CAN-ENG extended an invitation to “The Monty Heat Treat News” to see several furnace projects which the company is getting close to completing. Needless to say we jumped at the opportunity and the end result are these photos and...
Dominial Heat Treatment-The Interview
Today we are pleased to off this interview with Mr. Aad Hersbach, Director of commercial heat treatment company "Dominial" of the Netherlands. Dominial has a very interesting claim to fame and that is that they have some of the largest pit carburizing furnaces in all of Europe. Aad while I have not...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
We start off mentioning that long time heat treater Roger Lupien is no longer with Precision Thermal Processing in Clintonville, WI. Roger is quite a well know fellow in the North American commercial heat treating industry having spent a number of years with PTP and before that Nitrex. Precision...
Furnaces North America 2022 Exceeds over 1,000 Pre-Registered Attendees
"The Metal Treating Institute, producer of Furnaces North America 2022 is excited to announce that pre-show attendance has exceeded over 1,000 total attendees. With onsite registrations, the show is expected to go over the 1,200 mark. FNA 2022 is being held Oct. 3-5 (next week) in Indianapolis,...
Furnaces North America to See Record Breaking Attendance?
Furnaces North America (FNA 2022), the largest North American heat treating event of 2022 is being held next week, October 3-5th in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. According to a press release we received from the organizers, MTI (Metal Treating Institute) pre show attendance has now exceeded, 1,000...
Furnace Builder Can Eng Invites “The Monty Heat Treat News” to Visit
"Dear Gord, I wanted to extend an offer to you and your team to visit us here at CAN-ENG so that we can share with you what’s new. Although the recent pandemic years have brought a multitude of challenges to our industry, CAN-ENG has been resilient, developed alternate strategies to overcome these...