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]
Largest Nitrider North America?
Largest Nitrider North America? Going back to January 20th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a “RUMOR” about commercial heat treater “Nitrex”. Since that time we posted an update explaining that this “rumor” involved a very large pit nitrider-here at last is the formal announcement; “We are proud to announce the installation of…
US Company to Exit Commercial Heat Treating
US Company to Exit Commercial Heat Treating Several times recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” has mentioned a growing litany of North American commercial heat treaters closing their doors, the most recent mention can be found here: “Another USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes it’s Doors” Very unfortunately it would appear that yet another…
“Steve Kowalski”-The Heat Treat Podcast
“Steve Kowalski”-The Heat Treat Podcast We can’t think of a single individual in the commercial heat treatment industry who is more enthusiastic than Mr. Steve Kowalski of Kowalski Heat Treat in Cleveland, Ohio. Today are very articulate and handsome host Carlos Torres speaks with Steve about commercial heat treating. Did you like…
European Heat Treater Add Capacity
European Heat Treater Add Capacity “New tempering and annealing furnace expands the possibilities of VTN Witten GmbH VTN Witten GmbH is pleased to announce an important expansion of the machinery at the Herbede site. A state-of-the-art tempering and annealing furnace with an impressive usable space of 1750 x 1750 x 3000 mm is now available for…
Hybrid Cars, Now Hybrid Furnaces?
Hybrid Cars, Now Hybrid Furnaces? From commercial heat treater Crio, in Mexico (one of the largest in the country) we have this news item an investment the company recently made in a hybrid gas/electric batch IQ furnace. “Crío Invests in Hybrid Gas-Electric Technology for Sustainable Heat Treatment. As part of its commitment to sustainability,…
Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-Vac Aero
Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-Vac Aero April 5th of this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be presenting our 2025 list of “The 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”-a heat treat industry exclusive. A name which has appeared on our list for the past number of years is “Vac Aero” , a company with a very clear…
Deep Cryogenic Treatment and it’s Place in The Heat Treatment Industry
Deep Cryogenic Treatment and it’s Place in The Heat Treatment Industry It has always struck us as a contradiction in terms that very low temperature cryogenic systems can be considered to be part of the heat treatment process. In this rather interesting article Mr. Jack Cahn of Deep Cryogenics International explains to us the success he has…
L & L Special Furnace Ships Large Car Bottom Furnace
L & L Special Furnace Ships Large Car Bottom Furnace “L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., has shipped a large gas-fired normalizing furnace to a worldwide manufacturer of pipe, tube and fittings used for various military contracts. The furnace was scheduled for delivery at the end of Q4 2021 and ran about four weeks behind schedule due to…
Watch Metex Heat Treating Install New Batch IQ Furnace – Timelapse Video
Watch Metex Heat Treating Install New Batch IQ Furnace – Timelapse Video Metex Heat Treating just finished installing a new Batch IQ furnace and you can watch the full video below. Metex is ranked as the 25th largest North American commercial heat treat and you can see the full list by clicking the following link: 50 Largest North American…
Ben Grammer, Grammer Vacuum Technologies – The Interview
Ben Grammer, Grammer Vacuum Technologies – The Interview Today we are pleased to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Ben Grammer of Grammer Vacuum Technologies of Post Falls, Idaho, USA. Ben, I have been rather excited about doing this interview with you as I have known you and your father for many years now, as a matter-of-fact…
Captive Heat Treater Auctions Off Heat Treat Equipment-What Did it Sell For?
Captive Heat Treater Auctions Off Heat Treat Equipment-What Did it Sell For? February 14th of this year we had a news item about captive heat treater Apex Tool Group in Sumter, SC auctioning off their in house heat treatment department. We speculated on the value of the equipment, specifically an old Ajax Austemper line which we suggested was…
McLaughlin Furance Group Appoints Controls Engineer
McLaughlin Furance Group Appoints Controls Engineer “McLaughlin Furnace Group is excited to welcome Controls Engineer Nelintun “Nay” Yeelin to the team. Nay has brought an exceptional amount of experience to the McLaughlin team including extensive heat treat knowledge from his previous positions. Nay will play a major roll in McLaughlin Furnace…