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...
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]
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...
Cincinnati Radiator Brings Aluminum Brazing In-House with New Ipsen VAB Furnace
Cincinnati Radiator, a leading American manufacturer of radiators and cooling products, has recently expanded its production capabilities at its Fairfield, Ohio facility with the addition of a new Ipsen Vacuum Aluminum Brazing (VAB) furnace. This investment enables Cincinnati Radiator to perform...
New “Ipsen” Sealed Quench Installation
Three generations of "Montgomerys" at "The Monty Heat Treat News" have been seeing images such as this one and it never gets tiring. What you are looking at is a fairly new "Ipsen" XXL Model, Sealed Quench (Batch IQ for our North American readers) furnace line in Europe that we viewed just the other...
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters North America-Thermetco?
We continue our project to assemble a list of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America by sales and today we look at another possibility, this time a company in Quebec, Canada. Thermetco is a second generation heat treater, the President and owner is Mr. Vincent Houle who took over...
50 Largest Commercial Heat Treats in North America-Euclid Heat Treating
As we put together our list of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon annual sales we are looking at one of the oldest on the continent, family owned Euclid Heat Treating Company in Euclid, Ohio, USA. A summary of the company, from where they started to where they are...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Interviews & Podcasts
Over the past 25 years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has interviewed many of the most influential and well know individuals in the global heat treatment industry. These discussions cover furnace manufacturing around the world, captive heat treating, technical talks and the effects of globalization on...
50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters-Zion Industries
Our regular readers will be well aware that we are in the process of compiling our list of the “50 Largest Commercial Heat Treater in North America” (Our 2020 list of the 30 largest can be found at Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2020 | The Monty). To this end “The Monty Heat Treat...
US Manufacturer Investing $4 million USD in New Heat Treat Department
Hardinge Inc., Elmira, NY, USA Invests in New Heat Treat Department In Elmira, New York USA Hardinge Inc., a supplier of metal cutting solutions recently made the decision to bring manufacturing back from their facility in Asia and at the same time invest in a brand new heat treating department (the...
US Furnace Builder & German Furnace Manufacturer Agree To Form Partnership
McLaughlin Furnace Group Based in the US & Rohde Schutzgasoefen Located in Germany Announces Partnership. Furnace manufacturer Rohde Schutzgasoefen of Germany and McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avila, Indiana, USA have announced a partnership for servicing equipment and also for furnace...