Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Approval
"Greenville, SC, April 8, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems approval. With this approval, now all five Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with Lockheed Martin requirements for thermal...
Heat Treatment Mexico
April 9, 10 and 11 sees the ASM Mexico Heat Treatment exhibition in Querétaro, Mexico and "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be in attendance. Over the course of the week Gord and Jordan Montgomery will be taking the time to investigate the state of heat treatment in Mexico with visits to some of the...
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]
“The Monty” Visits Furnace Builder “Vac Aero”
Earlier this week Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit vacuum furnace manufacturer "Vac Aero" in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. As we have mentioned before "Vac Aero" is both a commercial heat treater (and one of the largest in North America as ranked by "The...
Will the Heat Treat Industry Embrace a 4 Day Work Week?
Regular Contributor Josh Hale of International Search Partners, the top recruiting firm in the North American Heat Treatment Industry sends us this article entitled "Will the Heat Treat Industry Embrace a 4 Day Work Week?" The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Successfully Relocated to Chesterfield
"Chesterfield, MI, April 1, 2024 – Solar Atmospheres of Michigan has successfully relocated from the old Fraser and Warren facilities to a new, state-of-the-art location in Chesterfield, Michigan. All ten furnaces (both new and existing) are fully operational at the Chesterfield plant, heralding a...
96 Year Old Heat Treat to Close
It is with genuine regret that we mention the upcoming closing of one of the oldest commercial heat treats in North America, Metlab Heat Treat of Wyndmoor, PA, USA; "Metlab was founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aircraft components. As part of the manufacturing process, Metlab created an in-house...
Top 10 Furnace Builder Appoints Manufacturing Manager
Earlier this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" published a ranking of the 10 largest North American furnace builders and in second place on that list you will find AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan. With this preamble out of the way we can say that the company has just appointed a new Manufacturing...
Vacuum Heat Treating Mexico
As business investment in the Mexican manufacturing sector continues to grow by leaps and bounds heat treatment in the country both captive and commercial also continues to grow. We will qualify this statement by adding that the vast bulk of this heat treatment is in "atmosphere" heat treating and...
Aerospace Supplier Egile Group Spain Installs Two New Vacuum Furnaces
French furnace builder BMI recently delivered and commissioned two vacuum furnaces for a Spanish customer, Egile Group. "Egile is a promising new actor on the market of aero transmissions. We have just validated the final acceptance of the furnaces which are both AMS2750F compliant and NADCAP...
Gasbarre Installs Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace
To go with this interesting press release from US furnace builder Gasbarre we have this photo of part of the team which "The Monty Heat Treat News" took at the ASM heat treat exhibition in Mexico in March of 2020. "Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems is pleased to announce the recent commissioning...
Hestia Heat Treat, Racine Wisconsin To Add Nitriding Capacity
Out in Racine, Wisconsin, USA we see that commercial heat treater Hestia Heat Treat which was formerly Racine Heat Treat is making an impressive investment. Darius Szczekocki, the owner recently made the decision to invest in a new Nitrex gas nitriding system. For some background on the company we...
Buehler Introduces Wilson® RH2150 Fully Loaded Rockwell Hardness Tester
"Buehler is excited to introduce its newest Rockwell Hardness Tester, the Wilson RH2150, an updated more advanced Rockwell tester with easy programmability, advanced calculations and even verification reminders to ensure compliance. With the launch of the new Wilson RH2150 Buehler celebrates the...
Certified Heat Treating, Springfield, Ohio/Promotions
January of 2018 Certified Heat Treating in Springfield, Ohio, USA was acquired by Thermal Process Holdings. Since that time the firm has seen some changes, today we are pleased to announce recent promotions. Further down we have an earlier press release from the company. “Certified Heat Treating (A...
Solar Atmospheres of California and Kittyhawk Form Strategic Partnership
Solar Atmospheres of California and Kittyhawk are pleased to announce a strategic partnership for heat treating and hot isostatic pressing services. Kittyhawk, has been providing excellent, timely and economical hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services since 1981 for companies in the aerospace,...