Ben Grammer, Grammer Vacuum Technologies-The Interview
We are very pleased to be speaking today with Mr. Ben Grammer of Grammer Vacuum Technologies (GVT) of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA. Ben and his father Bob have spent their entire lives in the heat treatment industry, a large part of which has centered around “Moly” (Molybdenum). Ben I appreciate the...
Furnaces North America 2024… The Clock is TICKING
"Every day the clock of change is ticking. Customer demands, safety and compliance requirements, and maximizing throughput with labor shortages are all pressing every heat treater’s operations. And the pace of change isn’t going to slow down. It’s just going to get faster. The question is, “What...
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]
Heat Treatment Names in the News
On a regular basis "The Monty" offers "Heat Treatment Names in the News", a compilation of individuals in the heat treatment industry who have made recent changes. These names make our list for the week of July 30, 2024. Glenn Ottinger, ThermoFusion. After 16 years with the company Mr. Glenn...
Furnace Builder Ships Two Pit Nitriding Furnaces
Furnace builder ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Hanau, Germany is pleased to announce the shipment of two pit nitriding furnaces to a customer in Switzerland. The furnaces are models TSG 150/200 and SG 70/100, the fully equipped and tested units shipped earlier this week on 3 transport trucks. Natasha...
World’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater Releases Interim Results
UK based "Bodycote" is without a doubt the globe's largest commercial heat treater, the firm just released their interim financial results for the six months to 30 June 2024. While the full details are available at https://www.bodycote.com/investors/ Bodycote Investors - Creating superior...
Supplier Named in Faulty Heat Treating of Ball Studs
Recently "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted a news item entitled "Experimental Heat Treatment Leads to Recall" https://themonty.com/experimental-heat-treatment-leads-to-recall/ While it served as yet another reminder of how important heat treating is to the manufacturing process it was rather short...
Top Heat Treatment News Stories for the Week of July 22/2024
"The Monty Heat Treat News" Team constantly monitors the levels of interest for each of our news items, through our website and monthly magazine and also views on social media. Based upon this we are able to tell you, our readers, the most popular news items for each week. For the week starting...
American Axle & Manufacturing-15 Largest Captive Heat Treats North America
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is rather proud of the fact that for a number of years now we have been offering a heat treat industry exclusive in the form of an annual list of the largest single location captive (in-house) heat treaters in North...
Dan Reardon, Abbott Furnace Company, St. Marys, PA-The Interview
We are pleased to be able to offer you today an interview with Mr. Dan Reardon, Director of Technical Sales, Abbott Furnace Company of St. Marys, PA, USA. Dan tells us a bit about the company it’s products and history and his forecast for the coming year. Dan I have been looking forward to speaking...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Additional Large Furnace Capacity
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) recently added additional large furnace capacity to their already extensive inventory of vacuum equipment. The furnace was specifically designed to process a variety of materials that require optimum performance during controlled heating, controlled cooling,...
Burloak Technologies Completes In House Heat Treating Department
Over the course of this year we have watched with interest as additive manufacturing firm Burloak Technologies in Burlington, Ontario, Canada has developed their in house heat treating department. With the addition of their new Quintus Technologies Hot Isostatic Press (pictured below) the...
SECO/WARWICK Black Friday Deals on Discontinued Vacuum Furnaces
Furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK has several new but discontinued vacuum furnaces available under their "Black Friday" event. Details can be found on our used equipment pages by clicking on the SECO banner ads on the right hand side of the page https://themonty.com/used-equipment/ Did you like this...
Carburizing Furnace Shipped to Captive Heat Treater in New England
"Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a 10-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace to a captive heat treater in New England. The Model HFL-3836-10IQ-VC features high pressure gas quenching and vacuum carburizing. The furnace has a graphite insulated hot zone with a work area measuring 24” wide x 24” high x...
In House Heat Treatment-Feintool US in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Yesterday we had a press release about how fineblanking specialist Feintool was bringing at least some of their heat treating requirements in house. As it turns out the company is quite justifiably proud of what they have accomplished, so proud that they put together a U Tube Video about it. The 3...