The Grieve Corporation Celebrates 75th Anniversary
A leading designer and manufacturer of industrial ovens and furnaces, The Grieve Corporation is currently marking its 75th year in business. Begun in 1949 as a small job shop in Chicago, the company now occupies a 100,000 square foot facility in Round Lake, Illinois. Grieve ovens are utilized for a...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Used Equipment Additions
"The Monty" is looking forward to a number of additions to our Used Equipment listings later this week including a 10 Bar Quenching Vacuum Furnace, a carbottom and several batch IQ furnaces. These items will join our 100's of used furnace listings which can be found at Used Equipment. Stay tuned. ...
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]
Live From Columbus, Ohio-“Furnaces North America”
It's a big week in the North American heat treatment industry with "Furnaces North America" being held in Columbus, Ohio, USA from October 14-16th. For 2024 this is far and away the largest event in the North American industry and of course "The Monty Heat Treat News" team will be in attendance and...
“The Monty” Visits Controls Company “Stange Elektronik GmbH”
During a visit to a number of heat treaters around Europe last week, Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit one of the largest suppliers of furnace control systems "Stange Elektronik GmbH", located in Wiehl, Germany. "Stange" was formed in 1976 as a supplier of...
Heat Treatment in Germany & HK24
The HK24 heat treatment exhibition in Cologne, Germany was concluded last week and is now in our rearview mirror. As always, the exhibition gave us a great deal of insight into the heat treatment market in Germany and there is no other way to say it, except to say the market is not good. ...
Part Cleaning System Supplier Making Major Investment in USA Market
For years now "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been coming across cleaning systems from a German company by the name of "HEMO". Forget about standard Dunk/Spray washers and cheap conveyor type cleaning systems-these guys make some really, really impressive systems. Granted they are not cheap but they...
William Potts, Vac Aero November 28, 1961-October 9th, 2024
It is with sincere regret that we mention the passing of an individual we have known for years, Mr. William Potts; "Will Peacefully passed away on October 9, 2024 surrounded by his family, after a brave fight with pleural mesothelioma. He is survived by the love of his life, Lisa. Loving father to...
ATP Opens Northwest Location
Our good friends at ATP (Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry) who offer instrument calibration and testing of thermal processing equipment have just opened a new USA location in Seattle, Washington. To this press release we will add that Mr. Andrew Bassett, President of the company is on the left in...
Wolfgang Brosche Promoted to Head of Sales for Furnace Builder Aichelin
Mr. Wolfgang Brosche, who has worked with furnace builder Aichelin of Austria for many years was recently promoted to Head of Sales for the company on an interim basis. Prior to this Wolfgang was Business Development Manager for the company and he is an individual who we at “The Monty” have always...
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North American-Sun Steel Treating
A company that will almost certainly be making our list of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America is a firm based in South Lyon, Michigan, USA by the name of Sun Steel Treating. While the company is a “full service” organization they are best known for their Ion Nitriding, Vacuum...
Where Are They Now-Harvey Hornung
We see that long time heat treater, Harvey Hornung just started as a Sale Engineer at furnace builder Surface Combustion, Inc., of Maumee, Ohio, USA. Harvey's career has spanned quite a number of years and includes several as General Manager at Nevada Heat Treat and a stint with another furnace...
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters North America-Metallurgical Processing Michigan
Located in Warren, Michigan, USA Metallurgical Processing in Warren, Michigan, USA has been in business since 1954 https://www.metallurgicalprocessing.com/index.html Being located next door to Detroit it is absolutely no surprise that the company is almost exclusively dedicated to the auto industry....
GE Aviation to Auction Off CI Hayes Continuous Vacuum Furnace
August 5th of this year GE Aviation will be auctioning off a 2016 continuous vacuum furnace manufactured by CI Hayes. This is a beauty of a furnace, however it is so specialized it is hard to predict how the auction will go. We will update you after the auction. "2016 CI Hayes Vacuum Furnace Model...
An Ammonia Leak Can Ruin Your Entire Day
In the case of a heat treater near Grand Rapids, Michigan the accidental leak of ammonia (required in nitriding applications) caused a great deal of concern as you can read below. To those use to the smell it is no big deal, however to the uninitiated the first whiff can be a rather scary experience....