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]
Top Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of October 28th
Top Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of October 28th Each week “The Monty” looks back on our news items for the previous week to see which heat treatment news stories proved to be most interesting to our readers. For the week starting October 28th, 2024 these were the three most popular stories; Texas Heat Treating’s Buster Crossley…
Acquisition in the European Heat Treatment Industry
Acquisition in the European Heat Treatment Industry According to this press release HÄRTHA GROUP, one of the larger commercial heat treaters in Europe has made yet another acquisition. Over the years Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been fortunate enough to visit a number of the HÄRTHA locations including Aldenhoven, Germany….
Dr. Troy Greene March 4, 1968 – October 24, 2024
Dr. Troy Greene March 4, 1968 – October 24, 2024 Earlier this week we mentioned the unfortunate passing of one of the most experienced “chain” heat treat engineers we have ever met, Dr. Troy Greene. This obituary provides details of a gathering to remember Troy. “Dr. Troy A. Greene, age 56, of Dixon, died Thursday, October 24, 2024 at…
Vacuum Furnace Builder to Provide 2 Furnaces to USA Lab
Vacuum Furnace Builder to Provide 2 Furnaces to USA Lab “Ayer, MA – August 1, 2024 – AVS has partnered with the national laboratory for engineering, Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, to provide two Horizontal Vacuum Furnaces for one of their production labs. Both systems integrate wet and dry Hydrogen process gas along with all…
“The Monty Heat Treat News” November 2024 Issue.
“The Monty Heat Treat News” November 2024 Issue. The link below will take you to the November 2024 issue of ” The Monty Heat Treat News “, for 30 years the most well recognized brand in the global heat treatment industry. This months issue includes these top stories; Letter of Intent to Buy “Metals Technology Corporation (MTC)”…
Furnace Builder AFC-Holcroft Enters Strategic Partnership
Furnace Builder AFC-Holcroft Enters Strategic Partnership AFC-Holcroft and TOKAI KNETSU KOGYO CO., LTD. Announce Strategic Partnership in Electronics Part and Battery Material Processing Industrial Furnace Business! “Wixom, Michigan, October 25, 2024 – AFC-Holcroft, a prominent North American industrial furnace manufacturer and TOKAI KONETSU…
Captive Heat Treater Precision Castparts to Sell Off Surplus Vacuum Furnace-Is it Good Value?
Captive Heat Treater Precision Castparts to Sell Off Surplus Vacuum Furnace-Is it Good Value? Precision Castparts is a supplier of precision castings largely to the aerospace industry. It is known as a large captive heat treater offering high end processing but due to the slowdown in the aerospace industry it has seen a reduction in business…
Tata Advanced Systems Limited to Install a Third Solution Heat Treatment Line
Tata Advanced Systems Limited to Install a Third Solution Heat Treatment Line SECO/WARWICK will deliver the third Solution Heat Treatment line for a key Indian manufacturer in the defense and aviation sector – Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL). This order will be the largest production line for aircraft skins in the history of both companies….
Hyundai Santa Fe Fires Due to Bad Heat Treating
Hyundai Santa Fe Fires Due to Bad Heat Treating This is the second time in just a couple of weeks that we have mentioned a major automotive company issuing a recall due to incorrect heat treating practices; “Seoul [South Korea], May 6 (ANI/Global Economic): Hyundai Motor recalled 390,000 vehicles from the US and Canada due to the possibility of…
Automotive Heat Treating Slowdown Worldwide
Automotive Heat Treating Slowdown Worldwide Recently we had a news item about how auto assembly was being drastically curtailed by the ongoing “chip” shortage which was in turn effecting parts suppliers which of course has lead to a shortage of automotive heat treating Automotive Heat Treating Slows Due to “Chip” Shortage | The Monty Our original…
Youngstown Tool & Die Plant Exapansion
Youngstown Tool & Die Plant Exapansion Last week we had a press release from Nitrex about a new nitriding application at Youngstown Tool & Die in Ohio. This press release gives us more of an overview of the firm’s expansion plans. “Youngstown Tool & Die (YTD) is continuing the expansion of its operations in Youngstown, Ohio, with the…
Onsite Mass Flow Controller Calibration
Onsite Mass Flow Controller Calibration Recently one of the largest captive heat treaters in North America posed to us a very interesting question, one for which we do not have a good answer; “We are looking for a source to perform onsite mass flow controller calibration to NIST requirements. To date we have not found anybody which can offer this…