Steel Distributor Increases Heat Treat Capacity
Perhaps this is quite not a first but pretty close to it-a Heat Treatment news item from Finland. According to this press release Sten Steel Oy, a firm in Finland who operates as a steel distributor and commercial heat treater recently added to their capacity in the form of a new "Atlas" sealed...
Vacuum Degreasing Source Wanted
A US company is looking for a source who could vacuum degrease small, stainless steel washers. The volumes are small as this is for testing only but successful testing would lead to an order for a new system. If you are able to help we will be glad to put you in touch directly. Please let Gord...
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]
DeKalb Blowers. Yorkville, IL, USA
Recently Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit DeKalb Blowers in Yorkville, IL., who we know of as a supplier of high temperature fans for the heat-treating industry. Our host was Mr. Eric Johansen, President of the company and it was obvious that he has a...
Heat Treat Appoints General Manager
Aberfoyle Metal Treating in Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada is without a doubt one of the most unusual commercial heat treaters we have ever come across. Why? Because their largest furnace is 82 ft (25.0 m) long by 21.5 ft (6.6 m) wide by 23 ft (7.0 m) high, with a weight capacity of 400 tons and a...
Vacuum Furnace Builder Has Record Sales
According to this press release Italian furnace builder TAV had record breaking sales in 2023-good for them, very impressive. To go with this press release we have this photo taken in 2023. In it we see a new a new TAV installation at Standard Motor Products in Greenville, SC. Standing in front of...
Solution Heat Treat Furnace Available-Free!
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has always been known to have some of the best prices in the industry for quality heat treat equipment. Now here is an offer impossible to beat-a solution heat treat furnace available for the price of removal. If you have an interest please let Jordan Montgomery know,...
HTA Brisbane Announces Launch of Australia’s First Rubig Plasma Nitriding Service
"HTA Brisbane, a leader in advanced surface engineering, is proud to unveil a groundbreaking addition to their suite of services with the introduction of its new state-of-the-art Plasma nitriding service. This technology, featuring the first Rubig furnace in the country and the largest plasma...
Norm Sousa, “Sousa Corp., Newington, CT., USA
It is with sincere regret that we mentioned the very unexpected passing of Mr. Norm Sousa, Chief Metallurgist at commercial heat treater "The Sousa Corp" of Newington, CT. We will provide more details as they become available. More details about Norm's life and his business can be found below and...
Safety in the Heat Treatment Industry-An Example of What Can Go Wrong
Our previous news item spoke of a very interesting booklet from Germany outlining safety in the German heat treat industry and the regulations that surround it. Unfortunately sometimes an accident is just that, an accident and almost impossible to prevent-this example from a SKF bearing facility in...
GE Aviation to Auction Off Vacuum Furnace
GE Aviation recently auctioned off some very nice heat treating furnaces, now we have learned they will be offering another one in the near future. Manufactured by GH Induction Atmospheres of Rochester, NY this is a very unusual item, an Induction Heating Vacuum Furnace built in 2019. This...
Thomas Persson New Sales Applications Engineer at North American Cronite Inc.
It has come to our attention at "The Monty Heat Treat News" that Thomas Persson has just been hired as a sales engineer for North American Cronite. Previous to this Thomas had some heat treat background with HTF furnaces of Wisconsin, a small furnace builder who we run across from time to time but...
Ion Heat Announces US Plasma Nitriding Retrofit Order
Ion Heat, one of the largest suppliers of Ion (Plasma) Nitriding systems is pleased to announce that they recently received an order for a “Glowfit” System from a heat treater in the US Northeast. While the company is best known for new systems they recently started offering retrofits for older...
Heat Treatment News-Equipment Changes
Bati Heat Treat in Monterrey, Mexico just installed and commissioned a new gas nitrider from German furnace builder KGO this week. Bati is a commercial heat treater headquartered in Izmir, Turkey-the Mexico facility was inaugurated in 2018. The company now has 5 of these systems, 4 in Turkey and...
Why is Rich Ott of Linamar Gear So Happy?
So why is Rich Ott of auto parts supplier Linamar Gear positively dancing with joy? Because Rich just finished reading the April 2021 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News Magazine” The Monty Magazine April 2021 - Flipbook by The Monty | FlipHTML5 and now he is up to date on all the news and trends...