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...
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 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...
Largest Vacuum Furnace in Turkey Commissioned
December of 2023 "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted a news item about the installation of what has been promoted as the largest vacuum furnace in Turkey, this item can be found below. We can now finish this story by adding that the furnace has entered production and that it has working dimensions of...
New Heat Treat For Tennessee, USA
It has been announced that Surgoinsville, TN, USA will be the future home of a new commercial heat treat by the name of Vulcan Thermal. Vulcan has declared that they will be investing $5 million USD in a 15,000 square foot facility at 390 Phipps Bend Road in Surgoinsville which will create about 30...
USA Heat Treat Rep Firm Adds Partner
In North America the vast bulk of capital goods sales in the heat treatment industry are done through independent sales representative organizations (this would include furnace sales, alloy, controls and coolers to name just a few). One of the more successful organizations is MetalPro Resources...
Furnace Builders Unite to Offer Engineering Services?
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has learned that two manufacturers of new thermal processing systems are in serious discussions to jointly offer engineering services not just to the heat treatment industry but all industry around the world. McLaughlin Furnace Group of Avilla, Indiana and ION HEAT...
Alugen Aluminum Turkey Installs Nitrex Nitriding/Nitrocarburizing System
Nitrex supplied Alugen Aluminium with a high-performance compact nitriding/nitrocarburizing system allowing the company to bring all manufacturing operations in-house for more optimal work planning and quality control. Turkish aluminum extrusion company, Alugen Aluminium, recently expanded their...
German Furnace Manufacturer Simplon Files For Bankruptcy
Unfortunately twice in the past week we have heard about German furnace manufacturers filing for Insolvency. In this case Simplon-Werk in Aue, Germany a supplier of heat treatment systems mainly for the automotive industry recently entered insolvency proceedings. The company will continue under...
An interview with Mr. Mrinal Nandi of Hofmann Engineering in Australia
Back in 2018 we ran across a very interesting fellow by the name of Mrinal Nandi who at the time was a metallurgist in India who was looking for a change. Fast forward and today Mrinal is a metallurgist in Australia who is going to tell us a bit about the heat treatment industry in Australia amongst...
USA Commercial Heat Treater Sold
Commercial heat treat Metalex Thermal Specialties in Colorado, USA has new owners. This is a plant which has been in business for quite some time offering vacuum heat treating, oil hardening, stress relieving, annealing and many other processes, under the direction of Greg Alexander. The new owners...
Can-Eng Furnaces Commissions 6,000 Pound Per Hour Mesh Belt Furnace Line
According to this press release Canadian furnace builder Can-Eng Furnaces recently started up a 6,000 pound per hour mesh belt furnace line; Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., recently commissioned a 6,000-pound/hour mesh belt furnace to a supplier of safety-critical automotive fasteners. The...
Canadian Thanksgiving Monday, October 12 2020
Monday October 12th us Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving. Consequently the offices of "The Monty Heat Treat News" will be closed with regular heat treatment news updates resuming Tuesday October 13th. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty. ...