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...
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]
Crio, Mexico Top 5 Mexican Heat Treat
It has been 4 years since “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited commercial heat treater “Crio” ( https://www.criomx.com/ws/services.html) in Querétaro, Mexico and we welcomed the opportunity for another visit last week. What we found was a company which has invested heavily since then both in terms of...
Aerospace Company Completes Expansion Which Includes Vacuum Brazing
Aerospace company Barnes has just completed the expansion of a new facility in East Granby, Connecticut, USA. This facility boasts several vacuum brazing systems. "BRISTOL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Barnes Aerospace proudly announces the completion of its newly expanded Maintenance, Repair, and...
Aerospace Heat Treating-Safran Group S.A.
Querétaro, Mexico, April 12, 2024; Safran S.A., is a French multinational aerospace and defense corporation that designs, develops and manufactures aircraft engines, helicopter engines, spacecraft propulsion systems as well as various other aerospace and military...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Adds Nitrex System
Aalberts Surface Technologies, the second largest commercial heat treater in the world recently added more nitriding capacity at their Telford, UK facility in the form of a Nitrex system. "We're thrilled to announce the latest addition to our range of cutting-edge technologies at Aalberts...
Snap On Tools to Install L & L Oven
"L&L Special Furnace Co. has shipped a model QDD29 economical dual-chamber heat-treating and tempering oven to an equipment provider located in the Midwest. The furnace will ultimately be installed in a Snap On production facility servicing tool and die support within the company's production...
Dana Corporation, Queretaro, Mexico-Top 11 Heat Treater
Auto parts giant Dana Corporation needs no introduction as one of the globe's largest suppliers of auto and truck parts (and of more interest to us at “The Monty Heat Treat News” one of the largest in house heat treaters in the world). As an example of how much heat treating the company does we can...
Pyromaitre Builds Largest Tempering Oven in Their History
Familiar with oven builder Pyromaitre? Pyromaitre is based in Quebec City, Canada which is not exactly a hotbed of manufacturing but one of the nicest cities in North America in our opinion. The company has been around for a number of years and has made a real name for themselves in a very...
Aerospace Manufacturer Orders Two Horizontal Vacuum Furnaces
TAV Vacuum Furnaces of Italy will design, build and ship two horizontal vacuum heat-treatment and brazing furnaces to a manufacturer of aircraft structural components that specializes in spherical bearing solutions. The furnaces have useful dimensions of 600 mm wide x 600 mm high x 900 mm deep (23.5...
Solar Atmospheres Installing Carbottom Vacuum Furnace
Yesterday we had a news item about Solar Atmospheres in South Carolina, USA installing a vacuum furnace as we speak. Well this is what it looks like now partway through being installed. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
Solar Atmospheres in South Carolina Receives 12 Foot Horizontal, Car Bottom-loading Vacuum Furnace
Solar Atmospheres receives a 12 foot horizontal, car bottom-loading vacuum furnace, capable of processing up to 50,000 lbs of material. Below you can see the original tweet from Solar Manufacturing along with the video of them shipping the furnace. 12 foot horizontal, car bottom-loading vacuum...
Austempering-This Simple Idea Would Have Prevented a Death
As part of an occasional series about "Safety In a Heat Treatment Department" we present this cautionary tale involving austempering. Back in 2011 an individual working in the heat treat department of manufacturer Fisher Barton South Carolina, Inc., was tragically killed while adding salt to a...
Names In The News
We see that long time ALD Vacuum Technologies employee Mr. Joachim Boss very recently received a well deserved promotion. Joachim was Sales Manager, Heat Treat for the company, recently he became Head of Heat Treatment. ALD based in Hanau, Germany is both a manufacturer of new furnace system,...