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...
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]
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...
Chain Manufacturer Inaugurates New Batch IQ Line
For over 85 years "THIELE" ( https://www.thiele.de/en/) in Iserlohn, Germany has been a leading manufacturer of round steel chains and forgings in the areas of conveyor and lifting technology. During that time the company has long recognized that one of their core competencies has been heat treating...
Furnace Builder Sells Induction Division
According to this press release Aichelin Group one of the largest furnace builders in the world has sold their induction division "EMA Indutec". Read on for more details. "AICHELIN Group, specialised in industrial heat treatment of metallic parts and components, is consolidating its group of...
ECM ECO Furnace-What the Heck is It?
Last week furnace builder ECM issued a press release about an ECO furnace, a furnace which they feel is a very interesting alternative to a batch IQ or Sealed quench furnace. The press release caught our attention and we asked Dennis Beauchesne General Manager of ECM USA a few questions-these are...
What’s It Worth-2 Bar Quenching Horizontal Vacuum Furnace
From time to time we play the "what's it worth" game about the value of a used heat treat furnace, today we look at quite an unusual item. What we are looking at is an unused horizontal vacuum furnace with working dimensions of 36" X 48" X 30", an operating temperature of 2500F, a diffusion pump, 2...
Wickert Press Quenching-An Interview with Mr. Hans-Joachim Wickert
Press Quenching (also known as fixture hardening) has long been known as a technology to reduce distortion in parts and is typically found in captive heat treating departments of gear or bearing manufacturers. Today we speak with Mr. Hans-Joachim Wickert, Managing Director of Wickert Maschinenbau...
Heat Treating in Mexico vs; The USA
Hector Ibarra has been involved in both captive and commercial heating in Mexico and the USA, most recently he worked with ALD Thermal Treatment, one of the largest commercial vacuum carburizing companies in the world. In this article he talks about the differences between heat treating in the two...
Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry, Inc. Launches Aerospace Compliance Software, LTD,
Aerospace Testing & Pyrometry, Inc. (ATP), based in Bethlehem, PA, is happy to announce its latest venture, Aerospace Compliance Software (ACS), a customized pyrometry platform that streamlines the process for achieving accurate and timely electronic records of instrument calibration and...
ECM ECO Furnace-What the Heck is It?
Last week furnace builder ECM issued this press release which at least with us has prompted a lot of questions. Well we will have answers to our questions shortly and will give you a few more details about what the heck an ECO furnace is. "ECM Technologies announces the release of a new furnace...