“Cronite” Talk “Alloy” For the Heat Treatment Industry
Today we are very pleased to be speaking with Mr. Radek Houdek, Cronite Group VP Sales & Marketing and Mr. Erick Garcia, President, Cronite North America. Both individuals bring a lifetime of experience in providing high temperature alloy components to the heat treatment industry. The photo to...
USA ADI Facility Now Closed
Back in 2018 US commercial heat treater "Applied Process" (now part of Aalberts Surface Technologies) announced a new facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, US which would perform ADI (austemper ductile iron-a relatively uncommon process). Earlier this year Aalberts stated that this facility would...
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]
KGO, Wetter, Germany
During a visit to a number of heat treat industry suppliers and heat treaters in Germany, Gord and Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" took the opportunity to visit a well known furnace builder in Wetter, Germany by the name of "KGO". At this point we should probably correct what we...
Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Team Expands to Support Growing Aftermarket Needs
Ipsen bolsters its aftermarket team with the addition of two new Regional Sales Engineers. Tyler Free will support customers in the Midwest, while Charlie Preston will serve the Southeast region. They join a seasoned team, including Steve Mondorf (West), Tom Sutherland (South), and Chad Mehmel...
Automotive Company Orders Second EndoFlex Generator From UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex Company
"An automotive company in South America has recently placed a follow-up order for a second EndoFlex generator from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company. Following the successful installation of a 200 m³/h EndoFlex unit last year, the new generator, boasting a similar capacity, aims to enhance stability,...
SSi Mexico
Recently Jordan and Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" attended the ASM 2024 Heat Treat exhibition in Queretaro, Mexico during which time they were able to visit a number of in house and commercial heat treaters in area. For many of these visits their hosts were the local SSi team-they...
German Fastener Manufacturer Adds Mesh Belt Furnace Line
Today (April 22, 2024) "The Monty" was able to visit a large German manufacturer of automotive and aerospace fasteners. What made this visit very memorable was that the company is just days away from starting up a brand new mesh belt furnace line with a capacity of 1,000 kg/hour (2,200 pounds). ...
“The Monty” Visits “Top 11” Captive Heat Treater
For a number of years now "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been putting together an annual list of the "Top 11 Captive Heat Treaters in North America". This list includes what we believe to be the 11 largest single location captive heat treaters in North America. One that we visited last week in...
HTS Ameriteck Fire, La Porte, Texas, USA
At “The Monty” we pride ourselves on knowing virtually every commercial heat treater in North America however this company down in Texas we have never heard of before. Several readers mentioned to us this fire which occurred over the weekend, we have no further details we can add. “LA PORTE, Texas —...
ALP Aviation Turkey to Install Vacuum Furnace
"ALP Aviation is increasing its production capacity and expanding process capability with the purchase of an additional Vector vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. This purchase is the 4th installation for this client during 13 years of successful cooperation. The first order for vacuum technology...
Commercial Heat Treater Paulo Makes Changes in Their Sales Department
North Americas second largest commercial heat treater as rated by "The Monty" Paulo has made some changes in their sales department. https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/ "The COVID-19 Pandemic has been transformational to many businesses. As...
Colfor Manufacturing Plant to Close
Back on September 24, 2020 we mentioned a massive fire at the Colfor Manufacturing facility in Malvern, Ohio, USA. While the cause of the fire was nothing to do with heat treating Colfor and AAM are very large captive heat treaters. As a follow up to this story the fire was so severe that the plant...
Dan Reardon, Abbott Furnace Company, St. Marys, PA-The Interview
We are pleased to be able to offer you today an interview with Mr. Dan Reardon, Director of Technical Sales, Abbott Furnace Company of St. Marys, PA, USA. Dan tells us a bit about the company it’s products and history and his forecast for the coming year. Dan I have been looking forward to speaking...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Additional Large Furnace Capacity
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) recently added additional large furnace capacity to their already extensive inventory of vacuum equipment. The furnace was specifically designed to process a variety of materials that require optimum performance during controlled heating, controlled cooling,...