Mark Heninger, Ipsen-The Interview
Today we are speaking with Mr. Mark Heninger, an individual whose experience in the vacuum heat treating industry is almost unsurpassed. Mark lets start off with your background-how you came to work for Ipsen, your positions over the years and what your current position entails. My Career Path:...
New Heat Treat Investment for Mexico Facility
In February of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" reported that hydraulic pump supplier Bosch Rexroth was investing in a new in house heat treatment department at their facility near Queretaro, Mexico (original story is below). We speculated at the time as to what form this heat treat would take,...
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]
Induction Hardened Case Depth Measurement Using Ultrasonic Backscattering By Miguel Equihua, InTech NDT, USA
Induction hardening is a critical process in the manufacturing of automotive, agricultural and aeronautical components, such as crankshafts, camshafts, constant velocity joints, axle shafts, etc. The procedure for the evaluation of metallurgical characteristics is carried out in the laboratory and...
Bodycote Update & The 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treats
Next week "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be publishing our list of the "50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats-2024". This years list will feature a USA commercial heat treater we have not mentioned before along with a number of changes. We won't keep you in suspense, the largest by a...
Ipsen USA Invests in Parts Department Growth and Process Improvements
"Ipsen USA continues its commitment to the growth of the Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Parts Department, expanding staff and implementing strategic initiatives to meet a growing demand. Christina Connelly, Parts Manager for Ipsen in Cherry Valley, joined the team in 2022, and has since hired six...
Aichelin Group Sales
From furnace builder Aichelin Group based in Mödling, Austria we have this summary about how the company did in 2023-it would appear that they did quite well. "The globally positioned AICHELIN Group based in Mödling increased its turnover to EUR 214 million in 2023, an increase of 16 % after EUR...
Happy Memorial Day
We wish our friends in the USA a very memorable Memorial Day 2024. "Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. Memorial Day 2024 will occur on Monday, May 27. Originally known as Decoration Day,...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”-June 2024 Issue
The link below will take you to the June 2024 issue of "The Monty Heat Treat News"-for almost 50 years the premier source of news and trends in the Global Heat Treatment industry. A few stories in this issue include these; Aichelin Group to Enter Vacuum Market Munitions Supplier Adds Heat Treating...
Ipsen USA Consults with More Than 250 Customers in January
"Ipsen’s North American Customer Service Team continues to conduct necessary in-person and remote appointments amid pandemic-related restrictions. In January, Ipsen logged more than 150 field service visits, which included vacuum furnace installations, start-ups, relocations, hot zone replacements,...
ZF South Carolina to Add More In-House Heat Treating Capacity?
ZF Friedrichshafen, the world's 5th largest auto parts supplier just announced a major investment into their Gray Court, South Carolina, USA transmission facility. As can be read below the plan is to expand production of their eight-speed automatic transmission which leads to the...
Who Reads “The Monty Heat Treat News”?
On a regular basis we get asked; Who reads "The Monty Heat Treat News", where these readers are and what they like reading-all information which we have at our fingertips. Lets answer the question "Who Reads The Monty Heat Treat News" first; the answer is overwhelmingly in house heat treaters first...
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems Opens Technical Center in Livonia, Michigan
"Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems is pleased to announce the opening of a 7,700 sq. ft. technical center in Livonia, Michigan. With locations in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Michigan, the addition of the technical center completes another step in the process Gasbarre announced a little over a...
The Heat Treat Podcast #004-Gas Nitriding
In the fourth Heat Treat Podcast we enjoy a stimulating conversation between Mr. Carlos Torres of furnace builder MATTSA and Mr. Steven Christopher of controls company SSi. During the conversation we learn about the basics of gas nitriding, its growth in the heat treat industry and where the...
Furnace Manufacturer Appoints New Sales Representative
To the press release below we can add that Mr. Tim Josephs is a very experienced sales rep who in a previous life worked with another North American furnace manufacturer, AFC-Holcroft of Michigan so he brings a wealth of experience to this position. Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had...