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...
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]
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...
Aichelin Enters Vacuum Furnace Market
Yesterday we had a press release from Austrian furnace builder Aichelin Group about the firm forming a joint venture with Turkish furnace builder Sistem Teknik to "produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe"...
Furnace Builder Aichelin to Offer Vacuum Furnaces
"The AICHELIN Group and Sistem Teknik have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Austria. This joint venture will produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe. The AICHELIN Group is thus adding a promising segment to its existing product...
Ipsen USA Continues Momentum, Awarded Early 2021 Orders
Coming off a year where they shipped more than 50 new vacuum furnaces, Ipsen’s Vacuum Technology Excellence Center continues the momentum by being awarded two new furnace orders in just the first week of the New Year. One of the orders is for a well-recognized and innovative power tool manufacturer...
Salvador Alvarado Murillo Promoted to GM, SSi Mexico/In House Heat Treating Mexico
Our top news item for Thursday, January 20/2021 is two pronged and looks into the heat treatment industry in Mexico. First up we see that Salvador Alvarado Murillo, formerly Operations Manager for SSi Mexico (controls) was just promoted to General Manager. Salvador is one of the hardest working...
SECO/VACUUM Furnace Sales in 2020-A Year in Review
“In stark contrast to a generally cautious economy upset by a global pandemic, farsighted OEMs have their horizons set well into the future as they develop plans for ground breaking transportation technologies. One example is the purchase by a major aerospace contractor of SECO/VACUUM’s single-piece...
Nitrion Do Brasil Vastly Expanding Vacuum Nitriding Capacity
Our understanding is that commercial heat treater Nitrion Do Brasil, with two location in Brazil is making a major investment in expanding their vacuum nitriding department. 6 months ago the company invested in a new KGO system out of Germany, two more are being installed as we speak and rumor has...
Heat Treat Podcast Episode# 001, Carlos Torres and Jim “Jimmy” Oakes
Welcome to the first episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” with our host Carlos Torres talking to Jim “Jimmy” Oakes about the basics of CQI-9 and Nadcap, what is unique about them and their similarities and differences. Our host, Carlos Torres is President of furnace builder Mattsa and Jimmy Oakes is...
Medical Device Manufacturer Brings Heat Treating in House
It is rather interesting the stated reasons for this manufacturer bringing their heat treating requirements in house-shorter lead times and improved process controls. We at "The Monty" have always said that costs have little to do with manufacturers bringing heat treating in house, the number one...