Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry
Now this press release will certainly catch people's attention in the global heat treatment industry-"Aichelin Acquires NTS & UPC business divisions of NITREX" as explained futher down. The whole team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" and indeed many in the industry look forward to seeing the...
Australian Firm to Receive Second Plasma Nitrider
From Heat Treat Australia, the largest commercial heat treater in the country we have this press release; "HTA Group is excited to announce the arrival of a second Rubig Plasma Nitrider at our Melbourne branch! With this addition, we now proudly operate two Rubig plasma nitriding systems 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]
Michigan, USA Heat Treater Reports Excellent Sales
When posing the question of; "how is business these days" to most commercial heat treaters in North America elicits a typical response of: "OK, could be better could be worse" it is a breath of fresh air when one actually says; "business is great!" Such was the case though with "Darby Metal...
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treat in House-A Case Study
"B&D Cold Headed Products" "In 1969, Albert Doyle saw an opportunity to provide better value for businesses requiring high quality fasteners. So he began rolling parts in his garage in Detroit, MI. Soon his hard work and customer focus started paying off. Over the years the Doyle family business...
Robotics in the Heat Treatment Industry-“Thermetco”
Yesterday we reported how a commercial heat treater in the UK, "Wallwork Group" recently invested in a robot for their vacuum brazing line. This prompted the team at "The Monty" to think about other examples of heat treaters investing in robots and automated systems-an example that we came across...
Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry
From commercial heat treater "Wallwork Group" in the UK we have this press release about how the firm recently added robotics to a vacuum braze line at the firm's Cambridge UK facility. This press release prompted the team at the "Monty Heat Treat News" to contemplate robotics in the commercial...
Heat Treating the World’s Largest Forging Ring-48′ Diameter!
A reader sent us a fascinating video of a Spanish company by the name of Iraeta Forgings manufacturing and heat treating the world's largest forging rings-here is the background; In 2019 and 2022, IRAEA successfully produced four seamless forged rings, each with a diameter of 16 meters. Now they...
Heat Treat Giant Touts Advantages of LPC
A recent case study by the "World's Largest Commercial Heat Treater Bodycote" touts the advantages of LPC (Low Pressure Carburizing), in this particular case in an automotive driveline application. Read on for all the details; "In 2023, Bodycote began work on a major new multi-year contract to...
Vacuum Furnace Manufacturer Sees Strong Aerospace Recovery
Nitrex’s G-M Enterprises division in Corona, California, USA continues to gain momentum with new vacuum furnace orders from both longstanding and new customers. Most recently, a long-time repeat customer—one of the top-tier suppliers in the aerospace industry—has placed an order for a 6-bar vacuum...
Solar Atmospheres Launches Testing Facility
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has taken a proactive step toward enhancing operational reliability and workplace comfort by constructing a new temperature-controlled environment around their critical Haas machining centers and Marvel saws. This strategic investment was driven by the upcoming...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Italy
A recent business trip to Italy and Slovenia by "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" led to a series of articles about both captive and commercial heat treaters with a "healthy dose" of furnace manufacturers thrown into the mix. One of those visits was to furnace...
SEW-EURODRIVE Accepts Vacuum Furnace System for Increasing In-House Heat Treat Demands
Congratulations to the SEW-EURODRIVE heat treatment team for the completion of their fully automated in house vacuum furnace system integrated with their patented MOVITRANS® inductive energy power transfer system (pictured parallel with ECM’s transfer system rails). SEWEURODRIVE, prominent global...
“Flame Hardening Acquisition” in the North American Heat Treat Market
While some would consider "Flame Hardening" an older more basic heat treat technology it certainly does have it's place and in some situations it is the best form of heat treating available-this link is as good as any in explaining the "Advantages of Flame Hardening and Where it Should be Used". ...
“50 (2.0) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters”
When "The Monty" publishes our list of the "50 (+2) Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters" the week of April 28th readers will see a new entry in the number 9 position, a company by the name of Ajax Metal Processing. While we have long been familiar with "Ajax" we didn't realize until...