Aluminum Extrusion Supplier Expands Nitriding Department
"Nitrex successfully completed a second nitriding system installation with Balexco, a leading aluminum extrusion company based in Bahrain. This marks a significant achievement in our enduring partnership, which began in 1995 when Balexco became our very first aluminum extrusion customer in the...
New Hot Isostatic Press Order?
For many years Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) occupied a fairly small but stable portion of the heat treatment market-when we think of the process, we think of castings for the aerospace industry. "Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a proven process for heat treatment, consolidation of powder,...
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]
Solar Manufacturing Ships Two Mentor® Pro Furnaces to Alternative Energy Company
Solar Manufacturing shipped two identical Mentor® Pro vacuum furnaces to a customer developing advanced alternative renewable energy technologies for large-scale industrial applications. The Research and Development team of Solar Manufacturing’s affiliate, Solar Atmospheres, assisted the customer’s...
The “Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Bob Hill of “Solar Atmospheres”
This week our intelligent, handsome and witty host Mr. Carlos Torres of the "Heat Treat Podcast" speaks with Mr. Bob Hill, President of commercial heat treat "Solar Atmospheres of Western PA" and "Solar Atmospheres of Michigan". The entire team at "The Monty Heat Treat News" have known Bob for a...
Chromalox Expansion Includes Gasbarre Continuous Annealing Furnace
In October 2023 "Chromalox" announced that they were making a major investment in their manufacturing facility in Ogden, Utah, USA an investment which includes more heat treat capacity-this announcement can be found further down. Part of this investment included a mesh belt annealing furnace from...
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Stories Week of July 15th 2024
Our top 3 news items for the week starting July 15th/2024 based upon visitors to https://themonty.com/heat-treat-news/ and social media "views" include these three; Heat Treating in Turkey-DÖNÜŞÜM ISIL İŞLEM; From a regular reader in the Turkish heat treat market about commercial heat treater...
Fuel Injector Supplier Adds Nitriding System
"Nitrex has successfully completed the installation of a third nitriding system at a leading manufacturer specializing in high-performance fuel injection systems for diesel engines in maritime vessels. This new investment underscores the customer’s commitment to advancing manufacturing capabilities...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan Facility Expansion
To this interesting press release from commercial heat treater Solar Atmospheres, we can add that Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" was fortunate enough to be able to see this facility at the very beginning. The individual with his thumbs up in one of the photos below is none other than...
Milo, Cambridge Heat Treating, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
For the past 15 years every single visitor to commercial heat treater Cambridge Heat Treating in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada was greeted at the front door by “Milo” the dog. Greg Steiger of Idemitsu, Bob Fincken of SSI, the late Bernie Parry of AFC-Holcroft, Gunner Poschmann (the SECO/WARWICK rep in...
SECO/WARWICK Commissions Solution Heat Treat Furnace in Virginia
"A Virginia manufacturer of high-quality plumbing tube recently commissioned a new SECO/WARWICK solution heat treat furnace, expanding the plant’s capabilities to include aluminum extrusions. This is the first new aluminum processing equipment installation at the plant. The furnace configuration is...
Ohio Metallurgical Fire Update
From “The Chronicle” we have this update on the recent fire at commercial heat treater Ohio Metallurgical in Elyria, Ohio, USA. “ELYRIA, Ohio, USA — Employees at Ohio Metallurgical Service Inc. on Clark Street were back to work Tuesday after a fire destroyed a maintenance building on the property...
Aluminum Drop Bottom Ovens-Auction
Thursday, December 10 Mobex Global in Franklin, Indiana, USA will be auctioning off some surplus equipment including 3 Despatch Aluminum Drop Bottom Ovens. Quite often what you see at these auctions is tired, worn out old junk but in this case this is really nice looking equipment and our...
Ohio Metallurgical Fire
We always hate hearing about fires in the industry but they are a common occurrence unfortunately. Ohio Metallurgical is a family owned company with a long, proud history in the heat treatment industry in the USA. From the "Morning Journal" we have the story; "ELYRIA, Ohio - A fire broke out at...
Technomet Group Inaugurates Bangalore Heat Treatment Facility
Today we go to India for a news item about commercial heat treater Technomet. Technomet is one of the larger heat treaters in India with a total of 15 sealed quench (batch IQ for us North Americans) and 20 vacuum furnaces spread over a number of different facilities around the country. November 5th...