“The Monty Heat Treat News” August 2024 Edition
The link below will take you to the August 2024 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" the most recognized name in the Heat Treatment news industry. News items we are looking at include these; Supplier Named in Faulty Heat Treating of Ball Studs Bodycote Greenville (SC) Launches New HIP Facility...
Ben Grammer, Grammer Vacuum Technologies-The Interview
We are very pleased to be speaking today with Mr. Ben Grammer of Grammer Vacuum Technologies (GVT) of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA. Ben and his father Bob have spent their entire lives in the heat treatment industry, a large part of which has centered around “Moly” (Molybdenum). Ben I appreciate the...
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]
Furnaces North America 2024… The Clock is TICKING
"Every day the clock of change is ticking. Customer demands, safety and compliance requirements, and maximizing throughput with labor shortages are all pressing every heat treater’s operations. And the pace of change isn’t going to slow down. It’s just going to get faster. The question is, “What...
Heat Treatment Names in the News
On a regular basis "The Monty" offers "Heat Treatment Names in the News", a compilation of individuals in the heat treatment industry who have made recent changes. These names make our list for the week of July 30, 2024. Glenn Ottinger, ThermoFusion. After 16 years with the company Mr. Glenn...
Furnace Builder Ships Two Pit Nitriding Furnaces
Furnace builder ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany is pleased to announce the shipment of two pit nitriding furnaces to a customer in Switzerland. The furnaces are models TSG 150/200 and SG 70/100, the fully equipped and tested units shipped earlier this week on 3 transport trucks. Natasha...
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Releases Interim Results
UK based "Bodycote" is without a doubt the globe's largest commercial heat treater, the firm just released their interim financial results for the six months to 30 June 2024. While the full details are available at https://www.bodycote.com/investors/ Bodycote Investors - Creating superior...
Supplier Named in Faulty Heat Treating of Ball Studs
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted a news item entitled "Experimental Heat Treatment Leads to Recall" https://themonty.com/experimental-heat-treatment-leads-to-recall/ While it served as yet another reminder of how important heat treating is to the manufacturing process it was rather short...
Top Heat Treatment News Stories for the Week of July 22/2024
"The Monty Heat Treat News" Team constantly monitors the levels of interest for each of our news items, through our website and monthly magazine and also views on social media. Based upon this we are able to tell you, our readers, the most popular news items for each week. For the week starting...
Stackpole Powder Metal Group Acquires Zimmermann of Germany
You might ask why this news item deserves to grace the pages of "The Monty Heat Treat News". The reason is simple, Stackpole was almost the first company in the world to adopt vacuum carburizing for powdered metal transmission components and has several very large in house heat treating departments...
L&L Special Furnace Company
L&L Special Furnace Company has shipped a floor-standing box furnace used for ceramic coating applications in the aerospace industry to a leader in the coating industry located in eastern Canada. The L&L Model XLE214 is used for curing and bonding ceramic coatings to various steel bodies...
Kolene Acquires Park Thermal Salt Business
Two months ago “The Monty Heat Treat News” broke the news about Park Thermal, an international heat supplier abruptly closing their doors-we now have have the final episode. The new furnace manufacturing part of the business has closed, the used equipment the company had was auctioned off recently...
Furnace Manufacturer Rohde Ships Gas Carburizing Furnace to Hanomag
To this press release from German furnace builder Rohde we can add that Hanomag is one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the world and is on our list of the largest commercial heat treaters in Europe, a list which can be found at...
Ipsen USA Gains Significant Momentum in First Half of 2021
Two weeks ago “The Monty Heat Treat News” printed a rumor that furnace supplier Ipsen was having a record breaking year. This press release appears to confirm that rumor. Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (June 15, 2021) – Ipsen’s Vacuum Technology Excellence Center has not only reached – but surpassed – its...
Ryan Fussell & Carlos Torres Discuss Carburizing and AS9100 On Today’s Podcast
Today we have our good friends Ryan Fussell of Southwest Metal Treating and Carlos Torres of Heat Treat Podcast discussing Carburizing and AS9100. We at The Monty hope you enjoy the podcast and we're always looking for additional guests. So let us know if there is someone or some topic you would...