ROHDETHERM GmbH/Hanau, Germany
As mentioned over the course of the next 10 days "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be visiting a number of firms involved in the heat treatment industry in Europe. First up is a quick look at furnace builder ROHETHERM in Hanau, Germany. In spite of a slow German economy the firm reports strong sales...
Dana Inc., Lafayette, IN- “Top 15” Captive Heat Treater
Each year “The Monty Heat Treat News” puts together a list of the largest and most impressive single location, captive (in-house) heat treats in North America (the list and our criteria to be considered can be found at https://themonty.com/project/15-largest-captive-heat-treats-north-america/). It...
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]
Charlie Hushek & Ceramic Diffusion Technologies
Charlie Hushek is a 5th generation heat treater at family-owned commercial heat treater Phoenix Heat Treating in Phoenix, Arizona, USA-so why the heck did he just announce that he is now co-founder of Ceramic Diffusion Technologies? We believe the answer can be found in the description below and...
Employment Opportunities in the Heat Treat Industry & Heat Treat Exhibitions
Josh Hale and Jessica Maier of "International Search Partners", a heat treat recruitment firm in the USA are without a doubt the experts in the industry when it comes to employment. We have always appreciated their input on everything from "Salaries" in the industry to "Will the Heat Treat Industry...
Top Heat Treatment Stories for the Week of September 23
These are the top 3 heat treatment industry news stories for the week starting September 23, 2024 as ranked by our readers; "Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems Introduces New Product Development Manager; Gasbarre, a leader in industrial furnace equipment, is pleased to welcome Dan Hill as...
“VIM” Vacuum Furnace Goes to Research Network
"Łukasiewicz – the Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, a member of the Łukasiewicz Research Network, selected SECO/WARWICK as the supplier of a VIM vacuum furnace for melting metals and metal alloys on a laboratory scale as a result of a tender for the supply of research equipment. It will be used to...
“Top 50” Heat Treater Invites “The Monty” to 65th Anniversary Party
September 23rd we had the news item below about Vac Aero International, one of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America (https://themonty.com/project/the-montys-50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treaters-2024/) celebrating their 65th year in business; "Vac Aero...
Now This Is Heat Treating!
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit one of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America (the list can be found here 50 Largest), an experience which turned out to be fascinating. What you see in this photo is a 12' long part weighing several thousand pounds...
International MIM Manufacturer Chooses Ipsen Again for 17th & 18th Vacuum Furnaces
Based on a foundation of trust and service excellence, an international leader in Metal Injection Molding again chose Ipsen to supply furnaces capable of both debinding and sintering for their growing fleet. The partnership with Ipsen, an ongoing iterative process, has resulted in a total purchase...
Bodycote Issues Trading Update Covering the Four-Month Period from 1 January to 30 April 2021
Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater, issued a trading update covering the four-month period from 1 January to 30 April 2021 and a brief summary can be found below with the full report available at Trading update - Bodycote Plc. As usual it makes for very interesting reading as it...
Heat Treating Costs Rising-Kanthal Announced Price Increase
In what is becoming a sign of the times and as mentioned in “The Monty Heat Treat News” Cost of Heat Treating Going Up! | The Monty Kanthal has just announced a price increase. Kanthal is a global supplier of electric heat treating elements and according to this press release effective June 7, 2021...
The Heat Treat Podcast Talks Hot Isostatic Pressing-Doug Puerta, Stack Metallurgical
In this weeks installment of “The Heat Treat Podcast” Carlos Torres has a discussion with Mr. Doug Puerta, CEO of Stack Metallurgical Services in Portland, Oregon about HOT Isostatic Pressing. Doug is like many of us in the industry in that he was born with heat treating in his blood, his father...
Metal Finishing Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Out in Wichita, Kansas, USA we see that Metal Finishing Company is proud to announce that we have been approved by Northrup Grumman for Heat Treatment to AMS 2759/3. In addition to this photo we have this summary of the company from 2016; "Metal Finishing began aerospace and commercial heat treating...
Park Thermal International Auction-The Final Act (Maybe)
Park Thermal based in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada has been supplying the heat treatment industry since 1938 which is a quite remarkable record. Alas as we previously mentioned this supplier of quench salts and new and used heat treating furnaces recently closed their doors for good. Today...