American Axle & Manufacturing-15 Largest Captive Heat Treats North America
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is rather proud of the fact that for a number of years now we have been offering a heat treat industry exclusive in the form of an annual list of the largest single location captive (in-house) heat treaters in North...
Aluminum Extrusion Supplier Expands Nitriding Department
"Nitrex successfully completed a second nitriding system installation with Balexco, a leading aluminum extrusion company based in Bahrain. This marks a significant achievement in our enduring partnership, which began in 1995 when Balexco became our very first aluminum extrusion customer in 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]
New Hot Isostatic Press Order?
For many years Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) occupied a fairly small but stable portion of the heat treatment market-when we think of the process, we think of castings for the aerospace industry. "Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a proven process for heat treatment, consolidation of powder,...
Solar Manufacturing Ships Two Mentor® Pro Furnaces to Alternative Energy Company
Solar Manufacturing shipped two identical Mentor® Pro vacuum furnaces to a customer developing advanced alternative renewable energy technologies for large-scale industrial applications. The Research and Development team of Solar Manufacturing’s affiliate, Solar Atmospheres, assisted the customer’s...
The “Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Bob Hill of “Solar Atmospheres”
This week our intelligent, handsome and witty host Mr. Carlos Torres of the "Heat Treat Podcast" speaks with Mr. Bob Hill, President of commercial heat treat "Solar Atmospheres of Western PA" and "Solar Atmospheres of Michigan". The entire team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" have known Bob for a...
Chromalox Expansion Includes Gasbarre Continuous Annealing Furnace
In October 2023 "Chromalox" announced that they were making a major investment in their manufacturing facility in Ogden, Utah, USA an investment which includes more heat treat capacity-this announcement can be found further down. Part of this investment included a mesh belt annealing furnace from...
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Stories Week of July 15th 2024
Our top 3 news items for the week starting July 15th/2024 based upon visitors to https://themonty.com/heat-treat-news/ and social media "views" include these three; Heat Treating in Turkey-DÖNÜŞÜM ISIL İŞLEM; From a regular reader in the Turkish heat treat market about commercial heat treater...
Fuel Injector Supplier Adds Nitriding System
"Nitrex has successfully completed the installation of a third nitriding system at a leading manufacturer specializing in high-performance fuel injection systems for diesel engines in maritime vessels. This new investment underscores the customer’s commitment to advancing manufacturing capabilities...
Hungary to Receive Largest High Pressure Vacuum Furnace in The Country
"SECO/WARWICK will deliver two furnaces to Budapest, Hungary. One of them will be the largest vacuum furnace in the country which will open new business chances. It is first-order from European Flansch-Tech, specializing in aluminum forging, steel forging and steel trade. VECTOR® ordered by...
Is Furnace Builder Ipsen USA Having a Record Breaking Year?
Regular readers of “The Monty Heat Treat News” will know that we have always enjoyed printing rumors as long as they are “good news” rumors-such is the case today. Furnace builder Ipsen is based in Kleve, Germany and maintains a large facility in Rockford, Illinois, USA which concentrates on...
Greg Steiger, Idemitsu Lubricants America Talks Quench Media
This weeks episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” talks Quench Media and Oils with our good friend Mr. Greg Steiger of Idemitsu Lubricants America. Past “Podcasts” can be found at Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty and past interviews can be found at Articles & Interviews | The Monty Did you like...
Hubbard Hall Makes Personnel Changes
From Quench Salt supplier Hubbard Hall whose banner ad can be found on the right side of this page comes this press release about a few “people” changes the company is making: “With a Focus on Customer Experience and Future Growth, Hubbard-Hall Realigns the Sales & Technical Department...
In Texas, USA John Dodson Exits-Mike Daymude Enters
Just a few weeks ago we had a story about John Dodson of heat treat firm RowDod Sales leaving the heat treat industry for good (the original story is below). Randy Rowland, President of RowDod has hired long time Bodycote employee Mike Daymude to fill his shoes as Account Manager. “John Dodson, Heat...
Sabo Boxtel Induction Hardens Largest Cable Sheave in Their History
For this item we move to the Netherlands to visit a facility which we have been lucky enough to visit in the past. Sabo Boxtel is a captive/commercial heat treater offering induction hardening (for the background on the company see our note below). The company makes our news section today for the...