Top Heat Treat News Items for the Week of May 13th
Each week "The Monty Heat Treat News" tracks our most popular heat treat news stories according to "Social Media". For the week starting Monday May 13 these were the top 3 stories with each getting several thousand "reads". Furnace Builder Aichelin to Offer Vacuum Furnaces; “The AICHELIN Group...
Bodycote Covington Georgia Appoints General Manager
Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater has just appointed a new General Manager to their facility in Covington, Georgia, USA. Mr. Shaun Campbell started in his new position April of this year after many years in the heat treat industry with companies such as Walker Heat Treating 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]
“The Monty” Visits Alloy Supplier “Cronite, Mancelle, France”
Recently Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" interviewed Mr. Radek Houdek, Cronite Group VP Sales & Marketing and Mr. Erick Garcia, President, Cronite North America, an interview which can be found at https://themonty.com/cronite-talks-alloy-for-the-heat-treatment-industry/ In the...
Ipsen Global Receives German Innovation Award
The German Design Council, in recognition of Ipsen’s pioneering innovation, has presented Ipsen Global the German Innovation Award for the ATLAS GREEN furnace platform. The award ceremony was held in Frankfurt, Germany on May 14, celebrating the innovators that emerged from a field of 520...
Victoria Day Holiday
Monday May 20th is a National Holiday in Canada celebrating the birthday of Queen Victoria of Britain. Unofficially it is know in Canada as the beginning of summer. The offices of WG Montgomery Ltd., (The Monty Heat Treat News) will be closed with regular news updates resuming Tuesday May 21st with...
SECO/WARWICK to Install Vacuum Furnace in Brazil
Commercial heat treater Nitrion do Brasil - the largest nitriding service provider in the region - has purchased another SECO/WARWICK Vector vacuum furnace. The solution will operate in a new production hall and will handle their increasing order volume. Nitrion do Brasil is another commercial heat...
Ipsen USA Welcomes Max Stormo to Souderton, PA
Ipsen welcomes Max Stormo as the new Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Operations Manager as the company streamlines its aftermarket services in Souderton, PA. Stormo comes to Ipsen after an extensive career working as a manufacturing operations leader in Texas, and a recent role as Vice President of...
Heat Treat Assets Auctioned Off
In 2023 MT Heat Treat in Mentor, Ohio, USA was forced to close with the assets ceased by the bank and sent to auction just last week (our original stories are below). With the auction now concluded we can give you an update. As expected all of the ancillary equipment which included a number of...
Captive Heat Treater Burloak Technologies Approved by Boeing
We have watched with great interest as additive manufacturer Burloak Technologies in Burlington, Canada has installed a brand new state of the art heat treating department (all the details and photos are below). It would appear that their efforts have paid off as the company states that they are...
Thermcraft celebrates its 50th anniversary!
"Thermcraft was born in January of 1971, in a small warehouse space in downtown Winston Salem, NC. From that small startup operation, Thermcraft has progressively grown into a leading international manufacturer of thermal processing equipment, offering industrial and laboratory furnaces, ovens, high...
Aalberts Surface Technologies, Värnamo, Sweden Completes Major Upgrade
Today we are looking at the Aalberts Surface Technologies facility in Värnamo, Sweden part of one of the largest surface treatment and commercial heat treating organizations in the world. Our host today is Mr. Mirko Dandic, who became plant manager in November 2018-Mirko gives us this summary of...
Medical Device Manufacturer in US Southeast Adds More Vacuum Furnace Capacity
“Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a Mentor® vacuum furnace to a medical device and implant manufacturer in the Southeast USA. The Model HFL-2018-2IQ features an all-metal insulated hot zone, a load weight capacity of up to 250 lbs., and a maximum operating temperature of 2400° F. The...
Nitrion Do Brazil Makes Major Investment in Vacuum Nitriding Capacity
Last week we had a rumor about commercial heat treater Nitrion Do Brazil making a major investment in more vacuum nitriding furnaces, today we can say that the rumor was true and at the same time offer a few more details. This photo shows furnaces #2 and #3 which were recently installed at the...
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks with Mr. Tracy Dougherty of AFC-Holcroft
“The Heat Treat Podcast” is the first Podcast dedicated to the heat treatment industry and community. The founder, Mr. Carlos Torres explains that the mission is to deliver heat treat information from the experts to the new generation of heat treaters through social media. “The Monty” is very proud...