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...
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]
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...
Michigan, USA Fastener Manufacturer to Install 3 Mesh Belt Lines?
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a news item about a Turkish company by the name of Norm Fasteners investing in a new fastener manufacturing facility in Lansing, Michigan. The original news item can be found below and as our readers can see we mentioned at the time that it would...
Metlab HT Closing Giving Gear Suppliers “Headaches”
The recent closing of commercial heat treater "Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA (the original news release can be found below) has had lasting ramifications on the gear industry in North America-let us explain. Metlab in size we would have considered to be "average" in terms of annual sales...
We Need Your Votes To Determine The Top 25 Most Influential People In The Heat Treating Industry in 2020
Who are the 25 Most Influential People in the North American Heat Treating Industry? Who are the individuals who decide which technologies will succeed and which will fail? Who are the people who decide which brand of furnaces to buy? On a semi annual basis "The Monty Heat Treat News" has for over...
Names in the News in the Heat Treatment Industry
We see that Ramiro Canales is back as a Field Service Engineer for Canadian furnace manufacturer Can-Eng Furnaces of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Ramiro worked with the company from 2015 to 2019 before taking a short break from the industry. We don't know Ramiro personally but he certainly has an...
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Issues Update
Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater issued a trading update November 26, 2020 covering the 4 month period from July 1 to October 31. Our feeling at “The Monty Heat Treat News” is that there is no better summary of the heat treating industry than a Bodycote financial report by dint of...
Can-Eng Furnaces to Deliver Furnaces for Closed Die Forgings
"Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. has received orders to deliver a number of different furnace types to multiple customers in the United States and Canada for the heating and heat treatment of aluminum and steel closed-die forgings. The furnace configurations either being built in the company...
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Heat Treatment Australia to Install Vacuum Aluminum Brazing Furnace
To give you some background to this story we can say that family owned Heat Treatment Australia is the largest commercial heat treater in Australia. Over the years the firm has grown tremendously by investing in the accredidations, approvals and equipment necessary to supply the aerospace and...