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...
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]
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...
Hurricane Milton & SBS Corp
Florida based SBS Corp. is known around the world for their air cooled quenched oil coolers. From George Smith, President of the company we have this report about two substantial orders the company just shipped and how the company weathered the recent hurricane. "On Monday we shipped 4 coolers to...
“Haerterei Technik” Ludenscheid, Germany
Heat Treating doesn't get much more "high end" than this-heat treating of components for Formula1 Race Cars. Commercial heat treater "Haerterei Technik" in Ludenscheid, Germany operates a top-notch shop catering to a variety of industries, one of which just happens to be heat treating of...
USA Commercial Heat Treat Facility to Close
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is seeing very unstable times around the world these days in the commercial heat treat industry with far more closures of plants than the normal attrition rate. A recent example would be in California, USA where we understand the "Bodycote" facility in Westminster will...
Heat Treating as it Should Be-SFS Group AG
Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the absolute pleasure of visiting one of the finest examples of an "in house" heat treat department that we have ever seen-SFS in Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Lets start off with this summary of SFS; "SFS is a worldwide leading supplier of...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine-the July 2021 Edition
The July 2021 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News", all 80 pages is now available on line at https://fliphtml5.com/gvbzt/wzro In this issue you will find the absolute latest news and trends in the global heat treatment industry, much of it exclusive to "The Monty"! After 25 years of publishing we...
GM Enterprises Vacuum Furnace 48” X 48” X 60”-2Bar
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" added a vacuum furnace to our used equipment listings-a vacuum furnace which is relatively uncommon on the used market mainly because of its size 48" X 48" X 60". While it is complete and ready to run it will certainly require work on the hot zone. Currently the...
Memorial Day
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ECM Completing Installation of New Vacuum Carburizing System
Almost exactly one year ago Nitrex Heat Treating Services announced that they would be installing a new vacuum carburizing system provided by ECM at their Illinois, USA location (to learn how Nitrex compares in size to other North American heat treaters we would suggest this list as compiled by "The...
The Heat Treat Podcast Talks Basic Metallurgy
In this weeks episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” Carlos Torres speaks with Mr. Chuck Thomas about basic metallurgy. This is episode 20 and most can be found at Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty along with back issues of “The Monty Heat Treat News Magazine going back to 2017. Did you like this...
An Interview with Mr. Jim Demarest, VP Sales & Marketing at Alloy Supplier North American Cronite
Jim you and I have known each other for some time now-it actually dates back many years to when we were both working with furnace builder AFC-Holcroft. However in spite of this long history I don’t believe I have ever asked how you got into this industry. Could you give us some background? I got my...