Vac Aero International to Celebrate 65 Years in Business
Thursday, September 26th, 2024 Vac Aero International is celebrating 65 years in business with an open house at their location in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The company was founded by Mr. Ross Pritchard in 1959 as Canadian Vac-Hyd Processing Ltd., a subsidiary of Detroit, Michigan-based Vac-Hyd...
Centorr Vacuum Furnace New “Used” Equipment Listing
Very recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" added a rather unusual item to their "Used Equipment Listings" a vacuum sintering furnace with an operating temperature of 2530C (4586F). Manufactured by Centorr Industries of NH the furnace is still installed at a manufacturing facility and has been used...
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]
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Heat Treat Industry Supplier “Fluid Cooling Systems”
It is always interesting to visit the firms that form the backbone of the supply chain for the heat treatment industry so it was with eager anticipation that Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited "Fluid Cooling Systems" of Burton, Michigan, USA earlier this...
(COMPLETE LIST) “The Monty’s” 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters 2024
Since 1999 “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been publishing annually a list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America based upon yearly sales, our 2023 list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/auto-draft-3/ Before we get into our 2024 list we will make a few points; Rankings...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Makes Major Investments
Back in September of 2022 we had a story about commercial heat treater "Dependable Metal Treating" in Kendallville, Indiana, USA finding success through "standardizing"-read about is further down. As an update to this story Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited the facility this...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” to Visit “Top 15” Captive Heat Treater
For a number of years "The Monty" has offered a heat treat industry exclusive-a list of the 15 largest single location captive heat treaters in North America-this list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/15-largest-captive-heat-treats-north-america/ This week Gord Montgomery of "The...
American Isostatic Presses, inc, in Columbus Ohio has Expanded its Manufacturing Facility!
USA Based, premier Design/build manufacturer of Isostatic Presses is excited to announce the recent expansion of our Manufacturing Operations in Central Ohio. This expansion further increases our footprint, capacity and technological capabilities while building custom isostatic pressing systems...
Captive Heat Treater Southwick & Meister Orders Box Furnace
Up in Connecticut, USA we see that Southwick & Meister Inc., a manufacturer of collets, bushings and cutting tools have ordered another small box furnace. The furnace comes from Lucifer Furnaces and will be used to heat treat under a nitrogen atmosphere. The 9-inch-high x 12-inch-wide x...
Zachary Thomas Joins Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania
"We are extremely pleased to welcome our newest member, Zachary Thomas, to our Solar Atmospheres of Western PA team. Zach will be assuming the role of Outside Sales Manager reporting directly to our Sales Director, Mike Johnson. Zach is a Pittsburgh native and has an extensive background in the...
Vacuum Heat Treater Zuraw Technologies Closes
In Georgetown, Canada Zuraw Technologies, a small family owned commercial heat treater recently closed their doors for good. The company offered coating services and vacuum heat treating with the centrepiece being a 1990 GM Enterprises 2 bar vacuum furnace with working dimensions of 48" X 48" X 60"....
Metlab Heat Treats Boat Propellers
When we think of Metlab of Pennsylvania, USA we think of a company which heat treats some of the largest gears in North America. However the President of the company, Mr. Mark Podob would like to point out that large gears are only a small part of their business. “Hi Gord –Hope you are well. It’s...
Watch a 6,000 Pound Per Hour Mesh Belt Furnace Line Being Installed
The link below will take you to a time lapse video of a new, 6,000 pound per hour Can-Eng mesh belt furnace line being installed at Metex Heat Treating. This installation occurred very recently and with this addition the company has the ability to process 300,000 pounds of parts per day in...
Thermal Modifications Appoints Ryan Wilmes to Head Of Induction & Nitriding Departments
Commercial heat treater Thermal Modifications in Oregon, USA made our news section just over 1 year ago when "The Monty" visited their facility-the original posting can be seen below. We now see that Ryan Wilmes has been promoted to Manager of the company's induction and Nitriding departments. Ryan...