“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...
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]
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...
Nitrided Titanium Alloys vs Nitrided Stainless Steels Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski of Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Applications of stainless steel (SS) have been known for over a hundred years. Enhancing tribological properties of these alloys can be achieved by using nitriding [1, 2]. However, the standard nitriding process has limited abilities to improve corrosion resistance of SS unless it is used at very...
Avion Europe a Growing Force in the German Heat Treat Market
A recent visit by “The Monty Heat Treat News” to AVION Europa GmbH & Co., based in Hagen, Germany revealed to us a firm which is thriving as a provider of heat treating sales and services to the German heat treatment industry-both captive and commercial. Our hosts, co owners Mr. Roland Caminades...
GE Aviation, Delaware USA, Auctions Off Surplus Heat Treating Furnaces
Starting January 21/2021 auction company "The Branford Group" was charged with auctioning off surplus equipment located at the GE Aviation facility in Delaware, USA. Included in the auction were 4 heat treat related items with the main one an almost new Ipsen/VFS vacuum furnace-these are the...
Metallurgical Services, Dayton, Ohio-First HT Acquisition of 2021
Commercial heat treater Metallurgical Services in Dayton, Ohio has a new owner, Wilse Inc., an Indiana-based holding company. Metallurgical Services is part of Miller Consolidated Industries (MCI), which provides commercial heat treating, black oxide processing, metallurgical testing and steel...
GE Aviation Approves Heat Treat Supplier
"Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded GE Aviation approval. With this approval, now all Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with GE Aviation requirements for vacuum heat treating and brazing services. Steve Prout, President of...
30 Most Influential People in The North American Heat Treating Industry 2021
For 20 years “The Monty” has published on a biennial basis a list of the “25 Most Influential People in the North American Heat Treating industry”. The basic criteria to make the list is that the individuals named are in positions to influence the heat treating industry in North America either in...
Paulo Adds Heat Treating Capacity to Monterrey Division
This makes for a rather interesting press release. We can add that what this facility really specializes in is FNC processing of brake components in large tip up furnaces. "Paulo Expands Monterrey Division to Support Automotive Industry; Paulo's newest division in Monterrey, Mexico began full...
Heat Treating Podcasts
Perhaps due to COVID "Podcasts" (pre recorded messages using voice and video) have become a very common way of communicating-we have to assume that it has a lot has to do with the fact that it is so difficult to see people in person. An example of one can be found by clicking the link below. In...