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]
“The Monty” Visits Switzerland’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater
“The Monty” Visits Switzerland’s Largest Commercial Heat Treater As a “prelude” to attending HK24, Germany’s largest heat treatment exhibition of 2024 in Cologne, Germany Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” took the opportunity to visit a number of heat treaters in Switzerland, two of which we have already commented…
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Welcomes Charles Caldwell as Quality Manager
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Welcomes Charles Caldwell as Quality Manager Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles (Charlie) Caldwell as the Quality Manager for its new facility in Chesterfield. With over a decade of experience in the commercial heat treating industry, Charlie brings a wealth of…
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of September 30th
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of September 30th The most read heat treatment news items from “The Monty Heat Treat News” for the week starting September 30th according to our readers are these; “Charlie Hushek & Ceramic Diffusion Technologies”; Charlie Hushek is a 5th generation heat treater at family-owned commercial heat…
Manufacturer Successfully Combines Captive & Commercial Heat Treatment
Manufacturer Successfully Combines Captive & Commercial Heat Treatment September 3rd of this year we had a news item about DUAP AG, a Swiss manufacturer of fuel injection systems investing in more Heat Treating Capacity. Based upon this story Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited the firm in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland…
Swiss Heat Treat Preparing to Receive Vacuum Furnace
Swiss Heat Treat Preparing to Receive Vacuum Furnace With an estimated 22 or 23 commercial heat treaters in Switzerland Haerterei Niggli AG, based in the city of Sins would rank as one of the three largest in the country. Founded in 1949 the firm has approximately 25 employees at their main facility with a further 27 at a second location in…
Heat Treatment Switzerland
Heat Treatment Switzerland While Switzerland is known as a manufacturer of precise and “state of the art” manufacturing we very much doubt than anybody has ever taken a close look at the heat treatment associated with it-until “The Monty Heat Treat News” that is. Yesterday “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty” visited the largest commercial heat…
Michigan, USA Company Installs New Gas Nitriding Furnace System
Michigan, USA Company Installs New Gas Nitriding Furnace System Rubig, a furnace manufacturer based in Wels, Austria is in the process of installing a “duo” gas nitrider which can also nitride stainless steels at a company in Michigan. Darby Metal Treating in Plainwell, Michigan is a family owned business and in this picture you see from the…
Solar Atmospheres of California Commissions California’s Largest Commercial Solar + Energy Storage System
Solar Atmospheres of California Commissions California’s Largest Commercial Solar + Energy Storage System “In response to the challenges of California’s energy market, Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) has installed and recently commissioned the state’s largest commercial Solar + Energy Storage System. By combining onsite generation, an…
Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, Caterpillar Inc. Heat Treating, Mexico
Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, Caterpillar Inc. Heat Treating, Mexico Recently we mentioned how Mr. Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, who was Heat Treat Engineering Manager at Caterpillar, Inc., in Monterrey, Mexico made our list of the “Most Influential in the North American Heat Treating Industry” . “ Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera , Heat Treat…
Aluminum Heat Treat Department Available
Aluminum Heat Treat Department Available A North American manufacturer with an in house heat treating department recently found they needed larger capacity equipment to heat treat their aluminum components. Subsequently larger equipment was installed and the existing equipment has become surplus. Due to space constraints the owner had made…
Where Are They Now-John Levensky
Where Are They Now-John Levensky In the North American commercial heat treating industry we find Mr. John Levensky who for a number of years now has been selling heat treating services for companies such as Mil-Spec Heat Treating/ Delta Heat Treating. John very recently made a change and is now working for one of our favorite commercial heat…
Senior Aerospace Calorstat, Dourdan, Ile-de-France Installs New Vacuum Furnace
Senior Aerospace Calorstat, Dourdan, Ile-de-France Installs New Vacuum Furnace We seldom have news items about heat treatment in France so when we received this one we jumped at the chance to use it. Senior Aerospace is a supplier of metal bellows for high end industries such as the aerospace, space and nuclear industries and the company has over…