Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! Happy 4th of July! The offices of WG Montgomery Ltd., “The Monty Heat Treat News” will be closed Friday, July 3rd due to the USA July 4th celebration. Regular news items will resume Monday, July 6th.
Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line
Fastner Manufacturer Installs Automated “Ipsen” Batch IQ Line For this news item we go to Brazil where we see that fastener manufacturer Hassmann S.A has just commissioned a fully automated chamber furnace line (batch IQ to our North American readers) provided by Ipsen of Kleve, Germany-we will let “Ipsen” tell the rest of the story; “Hassmann…
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]
Hurricane Milton & SBS Corp
Hurricane Milton & SBS Corp Florida based SBS Corp. is known around the world for their air cooled quenched oil coolers. From George Smith, President of the company we have this report about two substantial orders the company just shipped and how the company weathered the recent hurricane. “On Monday we shipped 4 coolers to US and Canadian…
“Haerterei Technik” Ludenscheid, Germany
“Haerterei Technik” Ludenscheid, Germany Heat Treating doesn’t get much more “high end” than this-heat treating of components for Formula1 Race Cars. Commercial heat treater “Haerterei Technik” in Ludenscheid, Germany operates a top-notch shop catering to a variety of industries, one of which just happens to be heat treating of…
USA Commercial Heat Treat Facility to Close
USA Commercial Heat Treat Facility to Close “The Monty Heat Treat News” is seeing very unstable times around the world these days in the commercial heat treat industry with far more closures of plants than the normal attrition rate. A recent example would be in California, USA where we understand the “Bodycote” facility in Westminster will be…
Heat Treating as it Should Be-SFS Group AG
Heat Treating as it Should Be-SFS Group AG Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” had the absolute pleasure of visiting one of the finest examples of an “in house” heat treat department that we have ever seen- SFS in Heerbrugg, Switzerland. Lets start off with this summary of SFS; “SFS is a worldwide leading supplier of…
Cincinnati Radiator Brings Aluminum Brazing In-House with New Ipsen VAB Furnace
Cincinnati Radiator Brings Aluminum Brazing In-House with New Ipsen VAB Furnace Cincinnati Radiator, a leading American manufacturer of radiators and cooling products, has recently expanded its production capabilities at its Fairfield, Ohio facility with the addition of a new Ipsen Vacuum Aluminum Brazing (VAB) furnace. This investment enables…
New “Ipsen” Sealed Quench Installation
New “Ipsen” Sealed Quench Installation Three generations of “Montgomerys” at “The Monty Heat Treat News” have been seeing images such as this one and it never gets tiring. What you are looking at is a fairly new “Ipsen” XXL Model, Sealed Quench (Batch IQ for our North American readers) furnace line in Europe that we viewed just the…
Batch IQ Furnaces-Can You Spot The Problem?
Batch IQ Furnaces-Can You Spot The Problem? Well the problem in this very short video clip is a warped door on an older batch IQ furnace. As all experienced heat treaters know a gap of just a few thousands of an inch is going to cause exactly what you see here, namely flames leaking from around the door. Luckily the fix is pretty simple, remove…
Chamber (Integral Quench) Furnaces-The Types & Differences By Dirk Joritz of Ipsen
Chamber (Integral Quench) Furnaces-The Types & Differences By Dirk Joritz of Ipsen In today’s world, metallic components have to meet ever greater requirements, for example regarding wear or corrosion resistance. To ensure corresponding quality even with comparatively inexpensive raw materials, the components are often subjected to…
ALD Ships MonoTherm Vacuum Furnace in Record Time
ALD Ships MonoTherm Vacuum Furnace in Record Time “ALD’s recent order for a single chamber high vacuum furnace with high pressure gas quenching was finalized in record time within six months. The project also included a separate vacuum tempering furnace with built-in nitriding capability and auxiliary equipment. The equipment will be part of a…
John Hansen, Met Pro Inc., 1943-2021
John Hansen, Met Pro Inc., 1943-2021 We are saying good bye today to a very good friend, Mr. John Hansen who passed away unexpectedly February 15, 2021. John lived in Michigan, USA and was a manufacturers rep for the heat industry which is how we at “The Monty” met him almost 40 years ago. He was one of best salesman we ever met, mainly because…
Ipsen USA Consults with More Than 250 Customers in January
Ipsen USA Consults with More Than 250 Customers in January “Ipsen’s North American Customer Service Team continues to conduct necessary in-person and remote appointments amid pandemic-related restrictions. In January, Ipsen logged more than 150 field service visits, which included vacuum furnace installations, start-ups, relocations, hot zone…
ZF South Carolina to Add More In-House Heat Treating Capacity?
ZF South Carolina to Add More In-House Heat Treating Capacity? ZF Friedrichshafen, the world’s 5th largest auto parts supplier just announced a major investment into their Gray Court, South Carolina, USA transmission facility. As can be read below the plan is to expand production of their eight-speed automatic transmission which leads to the…