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]
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater Still Under Investigation
Massive Fire at Captive Heat Treater Still Under Investigation February 19th of this year manufacturer and captive heat treater SPS Technologies in Jenkintown, PA suffered a “Devasting Fire” . The question on everybody’s lips in a case like this is what was the cause of the fire? According to this story from “WHYY” News the cause has still not…
European Heat Treater Installs Plasma Nitriding System
European Heat Treater Installs Plasma Nitriding System March 11th of this year “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the opportunity to visit commercial heat treater “Vacuum S.P.A.” in Verdello, Italy-the visit resulted in an article entitled; “Vacuum Heat Treater Finds Business to Be Strong”. Just after this visit the company…
“Substantial” US Heat Treater to Close April 1/2025
“Substantial” US Heat Treater to Close April 1/2025 Commercial heat treater “American Steel Treating” of Perrysburg, Ohio, USA has been included on our list of the “50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” a number of times over the years. Very unfortunately the privately owned firm will join a long list of North…
Furnace Builder “Thrives” Over the Past 8 Years
Furnace Builder “Thrives” Over the Past 8 Years Founded in 2015 by 3 individuals with a lifetime of experience in the heat treat industry, furnace builder “MEAPFORNI” of Fontanafredda, Italy has thrived over the years. The firm delivered it’s first furnace in 2017 and can now boast that it has installed over 100 furnaces in the past…
World’s Largest Nitrider?
World’s Largest Nitrider? Recently the commercial heat treating division of “Nitrex” had a press release about installing what is quite possibly the ” Largest Nitriding Furnace in North America” , a picture of which can be found here; With working dimensions of 4.5 meters (13.5′) in diameter X 3.5 meters (10.5′) in depth and capable of…
“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Featuring “Roller Hearth Furnaces”
“The Monty” Tours Heat Treat Featuring “Roller Hearth Furnaces” Our previous news item for today, Monday, March 24 referenced a company by the name of “T.T.N.” the largest commercial heat treater in Italy, this news item summarizes the second largest commercial heat treater in the country, “PROTERM Trattamenti Termici” . Founded in 1973 the…
Exco Technologies Limited to Acquire Halex Extrusion Dies-The Heat Treat Connection
Exco Technologies Limited to Acquire Halex Extrusion Dies-The Heat Treat Connection May of 2021 we posted a very interesting rumor which was floating around the North American heat treatment industry, basically the rumor stated that a North American based company was investing well over $10 million dollars in new furnaces. “The Monty Heat Treat…
AICHELIN Holding GmbH Appoints New CEO
AICHELIN Holding GmbH Appoints New CEO One of the world’s largest new furnace builders, AICHELIN Holding GmbH has just appointed a new CEO as we can see in this very interesting press release. AICHELIN Group – Change in Holding management “An experienced industry manager, Dipl. Ing. Christian Grosspointner will take over from Dr. Peter…
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks Energy & Burner Technologies
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Talks Energy & Burner Technologies In this edition of “The Heat Treat Podcast” our ever enthusiastic and charming host Mr. Carlos Torres talks about “ Energy & Burner Technologies ” with one of the world’s experts. Mr. Thomas Dopler is Chief Technology Officer for quite possibly the world’ largest furnace builder…
CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry
CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry For years CO2 emissions have been a very hot topic in Europe but little talked about in North America. However under the current US and Canadian administrations emissions are being discussed more and more. “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” would be derelict in our duties if we did not look into what…
Aircraft Engine Manufacturer Invests in New Vacuum Furnace
Aircraft Engine Manufacturer Invests in New Vacuum Furnace “Given ongoing dynamic market developments, TEI – one of the largest Turkish manufacturers of aircraft engines – purchased a two-chamber CaseMaster EvolutionR furnace from SECO/WARWICK, featuring a unique system for temperature measurement within the charge. The CaseMaster Evolution on…
Machine Shop/Captive Heat Treat Sending Furnaces to Auction
Machine Shop/Captive Heat Treat Sending Furnaces to Auction In Garland, Texas, USA we find Powell Manufacturing Company, a precision machine shop and captive heat treater sending a bunch of equipment to auction April 21st of this year. Our interest in the equipment begins and ends with the heat treating furnaces-in this particular case our…