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]
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…
Brazilian Heat Treater Adding Vacuum Furnace
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
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…
Voestalpine Fastening Systems Adds Furnace Capacity
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…
Counting Down to the “Top 50” Heat Treats For 2025
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…
Defence Company Orders Vacuum Titanium Casting Furnace
Defence Company Orders Vacuum Titanium Casting Furnace “Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, an Israeli pioneer in defense and cybernetic solutions, has purchased a vacuum titanium casting furnace from SECO/WARWICK for UPC Precision Castings. This is the first furnace of this type on the Israeli market. The technology solution (ALLOY VIM…
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #12 ALD Thermal Treatment
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #12 ALD Thermal Treatment 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…
General Blackening of Ferrous Metals
General Blackening of Ferrous Metals This Article was provided by Advanced Heat Treat Corp and was written by Dr. Edward Rolinski, aka Doctor Glow. Blackening of ferrous metals has been known for ages. In XIX century America, blackening was used extensively for guns barrels to prevent corrosion and for enhancing their general look, reducing the…
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #13 Rex Heat Treat
The Monty’s 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2021 – #13 Rex Heat Treat 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/…
North American Captive Heat Treater Preparing to Receive Large Ipsen Vacuum Furnace
North American Captive Heat Treater Preparing to Receive Large Ipsen Vacuum Furnace Recently we posted some photos of a very substantial vacuum furnace in the initial stages of construction at Ipsen in Rockford, IL, USA. Well perhaps substantial is an understatement, it is in fact a very large unit by anybody’standards. Since we mentioned this…
New Bodycote Facility Means Closing of Rochester, NY Plant
New Bodycote Facility Means Closing of Rochester, NY Plant Just over a year ago the world’s largest commercial heat treater announced a brand new, state of the art facility in Syracuse, NY, USA (the original announcement is below). ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” has had the opportunity to see this plant and we can attest to the fact that it is by…