UK Heat Treater Adds Low Pressure Carburizing System
Titanium Heat Treat Services is a commercial heat treater in the UK who specalizes in heat treating components for the Motorsport Industry. Started and run by Pawel Danielewicz it appears to have done well over the past few years by adding new equipment and technologies. The firm is very proud of...
Metex Heat Treating Ltd. Announces a Strategic Acquisition of Exactatherm Limited
Recently “The Monty Heat Treat News” alluded to a substantial acquisition within the Canadian commercial heat treat industry, we are now in a position to print this press release. To this press release we will add that Metex Heat Treat is ranked as one of the 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in...
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]
Chinese Heat Treater Expands
While “The Monty Heat Treat News” hasn’t posted any items about the growing heat treatment market in China we do keep in touch with a number of individuals heavily involved in that market including Mr. Byron Stewart. Bryon is an Australian fellow who followed in his father’s footsteps, Tom Guler who...
What is Case Hardening? Written By Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Case hardening heat treatments, which includes nitriding, nitrocarburizing, carburizing, and carbonitriding, alter a part’s chemical composition and focus on its surface properties. These processes create hardened surface layers ranging from 0.01 to 0.25 in. deep, depending on processing times and...
Furnace Builder Appoints Regional Sales Manager
Vacuum furnace builder G-M Enterprises which is part of the Nitrex group of companies has just appointed a Regional Sales Manager for the US Southeastern area. Mr. Jay Jefsen has a long history in the North American commercial heat treatment industry and as of January 2024 he has switched direction...
Say it Ain’t So Bill! Bill St. Thomas
It is hard to believe but a living legend in the North American heat treat industry is retiring. Bill St. Thomas has been selling new heat treat furnaces for 55 years for companies such as Aichelin, AFC-Holcroft, ECM, Seco and a host of others with his career starting and ending with Lindberg...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” June 2023 Issue
The link below will take you to the June 2023 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News”. For almost 30 years “The Monty” has been offering more news and trends about the global heat treatment industry than any other news source in the world. Our reach is global and most of our news is exclusive, meaning...
Stephen Harris, Bodycote CEO to Step Down
This news item goes hand in hand with the release on this page about Bodycote's Trading Update for the first 4 months of 2023. "Bodycote said Wednesday that Chief Executive Officer Stephen Harris will retire next year and that revenue rose for the four-month period ended April 30 as it backed its...
IHEA July Executive Economic Report
Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) is a US based organization which does a very good job of tracking the US economy in general and the heating portion of manufacturing in particular. “There is one positive aspect when it comes to a dramatic drop as experienced in March and April of...
Abbott Furnace Installs & Commissions a Roller Hearth Tube Annealing Furnace
St. Mary’s, PA: Abbott Furnace Company has recently installed and commissioned a roller hearth tube annealing furnace at an aerospace and defense products manufacturer that fabricates the most critical precision tubular products. The high temperature roller hearth furnace quench anneals superalloy...
Elk County Heat Treat Fire-The Cause
Generally when we hear about a fire in the heat treating industry we do not hear about the cause. In the case of the recent fire in St. Marys, PA we do know what the cause is and it is right in line with what we previously reported; The owner of a St. Marys heat treating plant recently reached out...
CFC fixtures –Quality Fixturing For Vacuum Heat Treating
Written by Rolf Terjung. Furnace fixturing made of CFC (carbon fibre reinforced carbon) are the state-of-the-art standard in vacuum heat treating these days. A significant quality feature of the vacuum heat treating process is the shape and dimensional stability of heat treated components. This...
Solar Atmospheres Builds a Future for Vacuum Oil Quenching
"The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted every industry and business across the globe. Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) is no exception. “We have had to think on our feet, find innovative solutions and pivot quickly, to change protocols to protect our employees and to safeguard...
Bodycote Changes
We understand there has been a change at the top level in Bodycote North America. Bill Sandstrom had been Vice President of Operations, AGI NAA until he recently parted ways with the company. Our understanding is the Mike Boyle will be taking over this position. Mike is a good man who we have met a...