Furnace Builder Hires “Neal Conway” as Sales Engineer
North American furnace builder "AFC-Holcroft" of Wixom, Michigan, USA just recently hired Mr. Neal Conway as a Sales Engineer. Neal is an experienced "furnace guy" having worked for many years at furnace/oven builder "Delta-H" in Carroll, Ohio-a company which is owned and run by the Conway family. ...
Furnace Builder Lands Order for Two Roller Hearth Furnaces
"World class supplier of agricultural ground engaging solutions improves efficiency with Two High-Temperature CAN-ENG Re-Heat Furnace lines. Can-Eng Furnaces International limited (CAN-ENG) has recently commissioned two 8000 lb/hr Roller Hearth Furnace Systems used to Re-heat flat stock for hot...
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]
Salt Bath Nitriding Company Appoints COO’s
Kolene Corporation announced the promotion of Peter L. Shoemaker to Chief Operating Officer for the corporation effective January 1, 2025. Mr. Shoemaker will continue to lead Kolene’s chemical supply chain & order fulfillment departments, as well as the company’s critical replacement parts...
Nitrex HTS, Aurora, IL-Large Investment?
The team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" is hearing a rumor that Nitrex Heat Treat Services is making a multi-million dollar investment in their Aurora, IL, USA facility. What we have been able to gleam is that this will take the form of a new, rather unique furnace system, but beyond that details...
Top Heat Treatment News Items For the Week of January 13th
"The Monty Heat Treat News" constantly monitors our news stories to see which are the most popular amongst our readers. This is based upon reader feedback and social media viewings. For the week starting January 13th, 2025 these were are 3 top stories; Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New...
Fastener Manufacturer to Bring Heat Treat In-House
Located in Taylor, Michigan USA this is how B&D Cold Headed Products describes themselves; "B&D Thread Rolling, Inc. dba B&D Cold Headed Products, is a U.S. manufacturer of high strength cold-formed bolts, studs, pins and other metal fasteners. Our parts are found in products all around...
CFC Supplier Appoints Head of Sales
Based in Oberasbach, Germany "Graphite Materials GmbH" is a supplier of CFC Fixturing for the heat treatment industry. The company is well known in Europe but less known in North America. Recently the firm appointed Mr. Bastian Schott as Head of Sales to replace Roland Weeske who left the company in...
Nitrex Lands Order From Aluminum Extrusion Supplier
"Enhancing Automotive Aluminum Extrusions with Nitrex System; To meet the automotive industry’s growing demand for high-quality extrusions, a European manufacturer specializing in profiles for the automotive sector has integrated a Nitrex nitriding system into their production process. This addition...
Deep Cryogenic Treatment Adopted by USA Heat Treater
March 2 of this year we had an article entitled "Deep Cryogenic Treatment and it’s Place in The Heat Treatment Industry" (the article can be found at https://themonty.com/deep-cryogenic-treatment-and-its-place-in-the-heat-treatment-industry/) Since that time a heat treater in Colorado by the name of...
European Fastener Manufacture Orders Vacuum Furnace
From furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK we have this press release; "Solvera Gawel Technology S.A., a supplier of fasteners, chose SECO/WARWICK as their vacuum furnace supplier. The equipment on order is a VectorR vacuum furnace based upon their previous experience with SECO/WARWICK's atmospheric...
McLaughlin Furnace Group and Rohde GmbH Strengthen Ties
It would appear that McLaughlin Furnace Group and Rohde GmbH are getting closer to marriage as we can see in this press release. “McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA and ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany are pleased to announce that moving forward the two companies will be...
Surface Hardening a Titanium Pen?
With the ambition of creating the ultimate fountain pen, combining innovative production methods with advanced materials, Capillaris reached even further by seeking Expanite’s help with hardening the surfaces of the unique writing tool. The result is a fountain pen designed by aerospace engineer...
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #27 Sun Steel Treating South Lyon, Michigan
Since 1999 “The Monty” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales, our 2021 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-2021-2/ This year readers will see we became much...
Aerospace Company Goes with Vacuum Furnace
“A Chinese company - listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange - has ordered a horizontal vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The furnace will help in producing highly specialized cast parts used in the aerospace industry. The Asian customer has ordered a Vector® horizontal vacuum furnace with a graphite...