Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Parker Aerospace Approval
Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Parker Aerospace approval. This achievement expands Solar Atmospheres' reach, offering five facilities able to assist customers with Parker Aerospace thermal processing requirements. Steve Prout, President of Solar...
Aalberts Surface Technologies, Remscheid, Germany
If you are involved in commercial heat treating in Europe or North America, we can guarantee that you have run across the name "Aalbert Surface Technologies" as Aalberts is the second largest commercial heat treater on both continents...
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]
Spring Manufacturer Adds Second Nitrex System
"Special Springs, a leader in the manufacturing of high-quality springs and gas cylinders, has partnered with Nitrex again to expand their production capabilities. This long-standing collaboration, which began in October 2004 with the commissioning of the first Nitrex nitriding turnkey system, has...
Edwards Vacuum to Build Facility in New York
Everybody with vacuum furnaces knows Edwards Vacuum which makes this press release rather interesting; "The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary agreement to grant up to $18 million in funding to vacuum pump and exhaust gas management systems manufacturer Edwards Vacuum through the...
“The Monty” Speaks With SECO/WARWICK About the Heat Treatment Industry
Several years ago, "The Monty Heat Treat News" spoke with "Mr. Slawomir Woźniak", CEO of furnace builder "SECO/WARWICK" about both his company, their products and the global heat treatment industry in general. At the time we were impressed by his candor and his openness both about "SECO/WARWICK" and...
European Gear Manufacturer Installs LPC System
Kordel Antriebstechnik GmbH based in Dülmen, Germany is a manufacturer of "high end" gear and drive systems and a company which believes in keeping all parts of the manufacturing process in house from gear blank to a finished gearbox. This includes heat treating which brings us to this news item....
Parker Trutec-One of the Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America
For many years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been publishing an industry exclusive- a list of the "50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America" . And for a number of years included on that list has been Parker Trutec which led to a visit by Gord and Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty" last...
Top Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of October 14th
The "Top 3" most popular news items for the week starting October 4th included these 3. Results are based upon visits to "The Monty Heat Treat News" and social media-it should come as no surprise that news about last week's "Furnaces North America" exhibition dominated the news and that a shooting...
Heat Treatment Australia Purchases Two Vector Vacuum Furnaces
If you're a regular reader of "The Monty" this news item might seem familiar because we mentioned this a few months ago, but we now have additional details. Below is the official press release for Heat Treatment Australia purchasing two new Vector vacuum furnaces from SECO/WARWICK. Very recently...
Who Starts a New Heat Treat During a Pandemic – Salto Heat Treat
So who in their right mind starts up a heat treat in the middle of a pandemic-especially in one of the northern most parts of North America-Salto Heat Treat in Coniston, Ontario, Canada-thats who. There is little in the way of heat treating in the northern part of North America as there is little...
Benjamin Rassieur, Paulo-The Future of Heat Treat
In this week's edition of "The Heat Treat Podcast" the guest is Mr. Ben Rassieur of Paulo, one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America and the topic is "The Future of Heat Treat". Ben is a fellow we are proud to say we have known for a number of years and an individual we have long...
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters By Sales Volume
Monday of next week "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be publishing our long awaited list of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales volume. While there will be some changes amongst the top 30 (including the addition of Dowa Thermotech and a couple of others)...
Largest Vacuum Furnace In Texas Being Installed
In Texas we see that Lark Heat Treat is starting to install what will be the largest vacuum furnace in the state. The bottom load vacuum furnace was originally built by Ipsen for a Pratt & Whitney facility in Florida and has working dimensions of 72" diameter X 96" tall. As you expect because...
A Manufacturer of EV Chassis Components Orders Furnaces For In-House Tooling
An international electric vehicle automaker has ordered high-pressure gas quenching (HPGQ), tempering and nitriding furnaces for heat treatment of large high-pressure casting dies which will be used in the production of aluminum underbody components for electric vehicles. SECO/VACUUM,...