Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! Happy 4th of July! The offices of WG Montgomery Ltd., “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be closed Friday, July 3rd due to the USA July 4th celebration. Regular news items will resume Monday, July 6th.
Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line
Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line For this news item we go to Brazil where we see that fastener manufacturer Hassmann S.A has just commissioned a fully automated chamber furnace line (batch IQ to our North American readers) provided by Ipsen of Kleve, Germany-we will let “Ipsen” tell the rest of the story; “Hassmann…
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]
Bob Fincken Talks About The Evolution & Future Of Furnace Controls
Bob Fincken Talks About The Evolution & Future Of Furnace Controls Today we have Bob Fincken, Vice President of Sales for Super Systems Inc. (SSi) and Carlos Torres discussing furnace control technology. Discover insights into how furnace control technology has evolved and what the future holds for this essential field. Did you like this…
ECM Reorganizing
ECM Reorganizing “The ECM Group is reorganizing its companies and structuring its business into four distinct divisions to strengthen its agility, resilience and capacity for innovation. One of the main areas of this reorganization concerns its capital goods manufacturing business. This involves the merger of ECM Technologies, ECM Greentech and…
Top Heat Treat News Items Week of November 4
Top Heat Treat News Items Week of November 4 Every week “The Monty Heat Treat News” looks back at our news items from the previous week to see what our most popular heat treatment news items were based upon our readers responses, social media views and “hits” on “The Monty Heat Treat News”. When we look back upon the week starting November…
“The Monty” Rumor Proves Correct!
“The Monty” Rumor Proves Correct! From time to time “The Monty Heat Treat News” publishes rumors about the heat treatment industry-not to “blow our own horn” but generally these rumors prove to be correct, this one is no exception. Earlier this year we spoke about “HIPPING” (hot isostatic pressing), how it was a growing technology in the global…
Remembrance Day November 11th
Remembrance Day November 11th Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honor armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. The day is also marked by war remembrances in several other non-Commonwealth countries. In most countries, Remembrance Day is observed on 11…
Vacuum Pump Supplier Makes Another Acquisition
Vacuum Pump Supplier Makes Another Acquisition Busch Group, one of the world’s largest suppliers of vacuum pumps for the heat treatment industry, has made a number of acquisitions over the past few years and it would appear they are continuing to do so. Two examples as pointed out by “The Monty Heat Treat News” would include ” VESCO-McLaughlin,…
Eaton Vehicle Group to Close Nebraska Plant-Move All Operations Including Heat Treat to Mexico
Eaton Vehicle Group to Close Nebraska Plant-Move All Operations Including Heat Treat to Mexico Eaton Vehicle Group in Hastings, Nebraska, USA has announced plans to close the gear manufacturing facility and move production to San Luis Potosi, Mexico-details can be found in the press release below. Part of the reason for the move according to the…
SSI Sintered Specialties of Wisconsin, USA Adds Heat Treating Capacity
SSI Sintered Specialties of Wisconsin, USA Adds Heat Treating Capacity Out in Wisconsin, USA powdered metal component supplier SSI Sintered Specialties is going to add more heat treat capacity in the form of a high-temperature refractory metal-lined vacuum furnace from Elnik Systems. The furnace, which is scheduled for installation in September…
Mr. John Hubbard/Thermal Process Holdings/Bodycote
Mr. John Hubbard/Thermal Process Holdings/Bodycote To start off the week we have this “human interest” story featuring Mr. John Hubbard, Chairman of the Board of Thermal Process Holdings and previous to that CEO of commercial heat treating giant Bodycote. Anybody who knows John knows that he has always been a fanatic on motorcycles. So much so…
Automotive Heat Treating To Come Roaring Back July 2021
Automotive Heat Treating To Come Roaring Back July 2021 May 2021 we had a news item about how heat treating of automotive components has seen a dramatic decrease worldwide over the past 2 months due to assembly slowdowns caused by a global “chip” shortage (the original news item is below). As automotive heat treating is the largest segment of…
The Heat Treat Podcast Speaks with Paul Cairney of South Tek
The Heat Treat Podcast Speaks with Paul Cairney of South Tek This week “The Heat Treat Podcast” speaks with our good friend Mr. Paul Cairney of South Tek, one of the leading providers of on site nitrogen generating systems. We are very familiar with the company and the technology and would highly recommend this technology for any company using…
Accurate Brazing Installation of Second HIP Unit Almost Complete
Accurate Brazing Installation of Second HIP Unit Almost Complete Back in 2019 Accurate Brazing in Greenville, SC, USA announced that they were committing to a second Hot Isostatic Press system. According to the company installation of the second system is almost complete as can be seen in this photo. Fond out how large Accurate Brazing is on our…