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...
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]
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...
European Manufacturer Adds Nitriding System
"Kuźnia Jawor S.A., a European company specializing in the production of hot forged and CNC machined components for the automotive, machinery, mining, and piping industries, has enhanced its manufacturing capabilities through a substantial plant modernization. Located in the southwestern region of...
US Heat Treat Fire Blamed on Foreign Sabotage?
In almost 30 years of reporting news about the global heat treatment industry "The Monty Heat Treat News" has reported on many fires and whenever possible the cause. However this is the first time we have run across a fire in a heat treat department possibly being blamed on foreign sabotage-read on...
Burloak Technologies Completes In House Heat Treating Department
Over the course of this year we have watched with interest as additive manufacturing firm Burloak Technologies in Burlington, Ontario, Canada has developed their in house heat treating department. With the addition of their new Quintus Technologies Hot Isostatic Press (pictured below) the...
SECO/WARWICK Black Friday Deals on Discontinued Vacuum Furnaces
Furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK has several new but discontinued vacuum furnaces available under their "Black Friday" event. Details can be found on our used equipment pages by clicking on the SECO banner ads on the right hand side of the page https://themonty.com/used-equipment/ Did you like this...
Carburizing Furnace Shipped to Captive Heat Treater in New England
"Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a 10-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace to a captive heat treater in New England. The Model HFL-3836-10IQ-VC features high pressure gas quenching and vacuum carburizing. The furnace has a graphite insulated hot zone with a work area measuring 24” wide x 24” high x...
In House Heat Treatment-Feintool US in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Yesterday we had a press release about how fineblanking specialist Feintool was bringing at least some of their heat treating requirements in house. As it turns out the company is quite justifiably proud of what they have accomplished, so proud that they put together a U Tube Video about it. The 3...
Hofmann Engineering Australia Carburizes Their Largest Gear Ever
Just a few short weeks ago we had an interview with Mr. Mrinal Nandi, an experienced metallurgist with gear manufacturer and captive heat treater Hofmann Engineering in Perth, Australia https://themonty.com/project/mr-mrinal-nandi-of-hofmann-engineering-in-australia/. Now comes word that the...
Feintool US in Cincinnati, Ohio Brings Heat Treating in House
Based in Switzerland, Feintool International has facilities around the world doing fineblanking, an example of this would be clutch plates in automotive applications. Over the years the company has outsourced their heat treating requirements to commercial heat treaters however this has been slowly...