USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors
USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Their Doors Earlier this week, Phoenix Metal Treating, located at W190 N11350 Carnegie Drive in Germantown, Wisconsin, officially closed down. This 40 year old family owned company operated several medium sized Beavermatic and Ipsen batch IQ furnaces and catered largely to the local automotive parts suppliers….
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace
Japanese High-Tech Sector Orders SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnace (Editor’s Note; In this press release Maciej Korecki, Vice President of the SECO/WARWICK Group’s Vacuum Segment states; “This order will support the production of components for gas turbines”. Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” published an article entitled, ” AI Data Centers Spiking…
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]
Fastener Manufacturer Upgrades Heat Treat Department
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
“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
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”
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…
Heat Treating Cuba
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 provide some details. Roughly…
SSI Travelling Road Show
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 treaters and the…
MTI Spring Meeting
MTI Spring Meeting Only two words fully describe the MTI 2022 Spring Meeting: We’re BACK! Members attending the spring meeting in Hilton Head Island, SC were all pleased to see MTI meeting attendance rising back to pre-pandemic levels, with over 180 in attendance. The MTI Board of Trustees and Education Committee would like to thank all of the…
Expanite® – improving wear and galling on stainless steel components in hydrogen applications
Expanite® – improving wear and galling on stainless steel components in hydrogen applications Hydrogen – whether applied in shipping, steel production, refineries or power-to-x application – it has become the energy source of the future, yet already used in many sectors. Due to its special properties, the hydrogen gas poses several technical…
Schaeffler Bearings Closes Plant-to Auction Off Heat Treat Furnaces
Schaeffler Bearings Closes Plant-to Auction Off Heat Treat Furnaces In Germany we see that Schaeffler Bearings, one of the world’s largest captive heat treaters has closed their ball bearing facility in Homburg, Germany and is putting all of the equipment up for auction. Included in the equipment being auctioned off is the entire in house heat…
Bodycote plc Trading Update For January 1, 2022 – April 30, 2022
Bodycote plc Trading Update For January 1, 2022 – April 30, 2022 Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater, just announced their trading update for January 1 to April 30, 2022. Overall, Bodycote posted a revenue of £230m which is up 12%. Some of the highlights from the report are below along with a link to the full report which…
Deep Cryogenic Treatment of Large Bucket Teeth
Deep Cryogenic Treatment of Large Bucket Teeth During the summer of 2021, Induspec performed deep cryogenic treatment (DCT) of several large bucket teeth. The work was performed in conjunction with a confidentialmining company and two different brands of bucket teeth were treated and ultimately tested in real mine operation. We think that real…
Heat Treater Uses Pandemic to Add Processes and Equipment
Heat Treater Uses Pandemic to Add Processes and Equipment While the pandemic drastically altered normal business proceedings around the world at least one heat treater used the opportunity to add both a new process and new equipment. Metex Heat Treating in Brampton, Ontario, Canada one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America as…