New Heat Treat Investment for Mexico Facility
June 2023 Bosch Rexroth announced that they had started production at a brand new facility in Querétaro, Mexico (the announcement can be found further down in this article). When the facility orignally opened it did not include in house heat treating capabilities although long term that was the...
USA Tool Manufacturer to Add More Heat Treatment Capacity
At least to North Americans “Snap-on Tools” is recognized by every single individual who has wielded a wrench at some point in the their life. According to this press release a large investment at the company’s facility in Elizabethton, TN will include more heat treating capacity, most likely in 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]
VAC AERO International and VESCO Unite in Strategic Collaboration for Industry Advancement
Last week “The Monty Heat Treat News” mentioned a collaboration agreement between Vesco and Vac Aero, here is the formal press release. “[East Windsor, January 22, 2024] – VESCO, a company of the Busch Group and leading service provider in the heat treatment industry, proudly announces the...
Circle City Heat Treat Acquired
January 18th, 2024 we announced that commercial heat treater Circle City in Indianapolis, IN had been acquired. We have a few more details to add to that story; “DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to...
AFC-Holcroft Closes Asian Sales Office
Furnace builder AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan, USA recently closed their sales office in Shanghai, China. The company has had a sales facility in China for many years but a change in direction by their parent company directed the closure. AFC-Holcroft was acquired by Austrian based Aichelin of...
Heat Treater Orders Second “HIP” Unit
In 2023 commercial heat treater “Wallwork” in the UK announced that they were making a very substantial investment in “Hot Isostatic Pressing” (the original press release can be found further down). According to this press release this investment has proven to be so successful that the company has...
Vac Aero International/Vesco
This press release makes for quite interesting reading for the North American vacuum furnace industry. Vac Aero International, a 65 year old manufacturer of vacuum furnace systems has signed a collaborative agreement with vacuum furnace service company Vesco of East Windsor, CT, USA. While this...
New Mesh Belt Furnace Almost Ready For Delivery
Last year we had a press release from furnace builder Ion Heat about a mesh belt carburizing line the company was in the process of building. What made the PR most interesting was the fact that Ion Heat is known throughout the industry for their Plasma (ION) Nitriders, not for mesh belts which made...
Surplus ECM Vacuum Carburizing System
Yesterday as part of our “Monday Morning Briefing” we mentioned that there would be a surplus ECM system coming on the market. Well today it is officially on the market. Built by ECM in 2004 and rebuilt in 2017 it is a Flex 600 TG – from 2 to 8 cells, top-down 20 bar nitrogen gas quench; optional...
Surplus Vacuum Carburizing lines and more Heat Treatment News
This week we are going to start off with news about new furnace instillations/orders starting off with a Can Eng mesh belt order. “Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. designed, built and delivered a mesh-belt heat-treatment furnace line to Gallos Metal Solutions of Milwaukee, Wis. The continuous...
Advantages of CFC Fixtures When Case Hardening In Automotive Application
The drive component cited in this article is case hardened in a multi purpose chamber furnace. The surface/weight ratio is low and characterized by a solid cross-section in different sizes. Component distortions due to heat treatment are thus less critical and are not considered further. The largest...
SECO/WARWICK Organizes Heat Treatment 4.0 e-SEMINAR
SECO/WARWICK - the leader in heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy – will hold the industry's first virtual meeting of international specialists, and will share their knowledge and experience online. Expert Wednesday, September 9, includes 3 thematic blocks, speakers from around the world, discussion...
Nitrex Poland Expanding
Scan through this news item and you will see that Nitrex is adding a large expansion to their manufacturing facility in southern Poland. When we at "The Monty" visited this facility a couple of years ago this is what we saw (below). In the pictures you see Gord Montgomery and the founder of Nitrex...
Accurate Brazing, From This to This
Back in December of 2019 we had the press release below from Accurate Brazing in Greenville, SC about adding a second HIP unit. Well it looks to us like the installation is now completed and ready to go. Accurate Brazing Adds Second Hot Isostatic Press from Quintus Technologies “Västerås, Sweden,...