New Commercial Heat Treat in Tennessee
According to this press release a German company by the name of BorTec will be setting up a commercial heat treat facility in Johnson City, TN. Once completed the facility will offer "boronizing"; "Boriding, or Boronizing, is a thermo-chemical surface hardening process used to improve the life and...
Largest North American Captive Heat Treats-Tinker Air Force Base
As we work towards our 2024 list of the "15 Largest Single Location Captive Heat Treats in North America" we have another new listing, one that has not appeared on our previous lists and a very unusual one at that. Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma is one of the largest US Air Force bases in the...
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]
Largest Captive Heat Treaters North America-Dana Fairfield
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has for a number of years been publishing a list of the largest single location captive heat treaters in North America-our 2023 industry exclusive list can be found at https://themonty.com/project/11-largest-captive-heat-treats-north-america-an-industry-exclusive/ This...
Gearbox Manufacturer Adds Endo Generators
"NGC Gears, one of the world’s largest wind power gearbox manufacturers, has completed the installation of two additional EndoFlex generators from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, at its new facility in Jinhu, China location. This acquisition brings the total of generator sets to five since 2022,...
Furnace Builder Appoints Managing Director/Head of Sales
As a long-standing employee of the AICHELIN Group, Philipp Krenn will not only be responsible for strategic and operational management in his new role, but also for the sales activities of AICHELIN Ges.m.b.H. in Mödling. Philipp Krenn started his career at the AICHELIN Group in 2012 and has since...
Heat Treat Stories to Tell
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is looking forward to telling our readers about two success stories in the heat treatment industry, both stories originating in Europe. "Avion Europe" headquartered in Hagen, Germany was formed in 1994 as a heat treatment manufacturer representative firm and while it...
Furnace Builder Enters “Rebuild Market”
It is relatively unusual for a furnace builder to actively enter the used/rebuilt furnace market but that is exactly what furnace builder Vac Aero is doing. Under their new management the company has become much more aggressive about every aspect of their business from commercial heat treating to...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine – May 2024 Issue
The link below will take you to the May 2024 issue of "The Monty" for 30 years the world's largest source of news and trends about the heat treatment industry. In this months issue we cover these stories amongst others; Carburizing of Large Gears – Haerterei Reese “Cronite” Talk “Alloy” For the Heat...
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania Completes Major Vacuum Furnace Rebuild
"Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania recently completed a hot zone replacement on one of their larger horizontal car bottom vacuum furnaces. This is the second hot zone rebuild over the 17 years of furnace operation. The furnace, with a work zone measuring 54”W x 54”H x 144”L and a load...
Are These The Nicest Used Furnaces You Have Ever Seen?
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has been asked to publicize an upcoming auction in the USA which features some heat treating furnaces. The equipment is located at an aerospace facility and without a shadow of the doubt it is the nicest used equipment we have ever run across. There are 3 or 4 items of...
AFC-Holcroft to Enter Vacuum Carburizing with Oil Quenching Market?
Recently we have had several posts asking the burning question “Is Vacuum Carburizing with Oil Quenching a Growing Trend in the Heat Treatment Industry”? The post below from December 18/2020 started our conversation. We posed the question as furnace builders SECO and ECM both introduced new concepts...
Mark Hemsath, SECO/WARWICK-The Interview
We are very pleased to be able to offer an interview with an individual we very much respect, Mr. Mark Hemsath, VP Super IQ and Nitriding, SECO Vacuum. Describe your position and history with SECO/VACUUM. Hi Gord, I am currently the North American lead for two of our signature...
McLaughlin Furnace Group Appoints WG Montgomery Ltd., as Exclusive Representatives
Effective January 4, 2021 McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana, USA has appointed independent manufacturers representative firm WG Montgomery Ltd., as exclusive representatives for the territories of Canada and New York state. Jeff McLaughlin, founder of the company had this to say; "We are...
Wolfgang Schmahl GmbH & Co. KG Expands Low Pressure Carburizing (LPC) Department
In Velbert, Germany gear supplier Wolfgang Schmahl GmbH & Co., has long been a believer in low pressure carburizing (LPC) and to prove it they have added more capacity. The company had an existing system from IHI and to close out 2020 they completed installation of two more IHI VCB Furnaces. To...