Top 50 Heat Treater Adds Gas Nitriding System
"Aalberts Surface Technologies" is ranked by "The Monty Heat Treat News" as one of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America-find out where at https://themonty.com/project/the-montys-50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treaters-2024/ We mention them today as their Livonia...
Heat Treating in Turkey-DÖNÜŞÜM ISIL İŞLEM
From a regular reader in the Turkish heat treat market about commercial heat treater "DÖNÜŞÜM ISIL İŞLEM", one of the larger in the country; Dönüşüm Isıl İşlem, based in Kocaeli, has one of the most qualified heat treatment facilities in Turkey, which has continued its activities both domestically...
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
Mr. John Levensky has spent most of his working life in sales positions in the commercial heat treat industry in the western US. Just recently he became Business Development Manager at Heat Treatment Australia in Los Angeles. Heat Treatment Australia (HTA) is the largest commercial heat treater in...
Bodycote Greenville (SC) Launches New HIP Facility
Commercial heat-treating giant Bodycote is pretty pleased to launch their new Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) facility in Greenville, SC, USA. "The Monty Heat Treat News" has been fortunate enough to visit this facility several times over the years including in 2023 and it has been fascinating to watch...
How We Doing These Days? Furnace Builder SECO/WARWICK
From furnace builder SECO/WARWICK we have this report about how their various divisions in North America are doing these days. According to this report from the company they are doing pretty darn well-thanks for asking. "SECO/WARWICK USA., the Group’s North American Thermal, CAB, and Aluminum...
Barnes Group Installing Heat Treat Department at Swedish Facility
Barnes Group based in Bristol, CT, USA is a global industrial technology and aerospace manufacturer and service provider whose facilities around the world quite often include in house heat treatment departments. It would appear from this note that Barnes is in the process of adding a state of the...
Gear Manufacturer Adds 4th Nitriding System
"In today’s automotive industry, where innovation and sustainability drive the future of the supply chain, a leading Chinese gear manufacturer stands at the forefront. Recently, this customer expanded its operations by integrating a fourth Nitrex nitriding furnace into its automated gear production....
IHT Appoints Uwe Schmelzing as Chairman
For our many German readers this makes for interesting reading. The Industrieverband Härtetechnik (IHT) is a very well respected organization serving the German heat treatment industry. According to this press release Mr. Uwe Schmelzing will be appointed as the new chairman at IHT's annual general...
“Jimmy” Stewart, VP Akron Steel Treating 1960-2020
It is with genuine regret that we mention the passing of James "Jimmy" Stewart, Vice President of Akron Steel Treating in Akron, Ohio, USA. We met Jimmy a number of times and always had a high respect for the man. Akron Steel Treating is one of the oldest commercial heat treaters in the USA and has...
Vacu Braze Trusts Ipsen for Special Processing Equipment
Vacu Braze, a specialty commercial heat-treating facility, meets the evolving needs of its customers with an Ipsen Turbo2Treater® vacuum furnace specially designed for carburizing and solution nitriding. With high-speed, high-pressure internal gas quenching, the Turbo2Treater® provides...
An Interview with Mr. Scott Puhalsky, Vice President of Sales for Cleveland Electric Laboratories of Twinsburg, Ohio, USA
Scott, I have been looking forward to talking to you and learning more about Cleveland Electric but first I want to ask how you are doing these days? How has COVID affected you and your family? "It has certainly been an interesting year for us all. Each of us has handled things differently; I tend...
Solar Atmospheres Successfully Vacuum Hardens Large H13 Liner
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA successfully vacuum hardened one of the largest aluminum extrusion liners ever produced by Lake Park Tool and Machine located in Youngstown Ohio. The massive H13 liner measured over 100” OAL and weighed a total of 16,000 pounds. The liner was turned on Lake Park’s...
Ignoring Heat Treatment Safety Has Lethal Consequences!
Last Thursday, October 28th we had a news item about heat treatment safety in general, with a specific example in which case ignoring safety guidelines lead directly to the death of two individuals. The article prompted a number of responses, two of which we are including today below the original...
People in the News in the Heat Treatment Industry
We see that Angela Fleming recently became President of Hudapack Metal Treating of Illinois, Inc., in Glendale Heights, IL, USA. Hudapack was originally a three location commercial heat treater in Wisconsin and Illinois, USA owned and run by Earl Pack and Gary Huss, before Thermal Process Holdings...