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...
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]
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...
“The Monty Heat Treat New” July 2024 Edition
The link below will take you to the July 2024 digital edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" for over 30 years the world's largest source of heat treat industry news. Some stories we in this edition include these; "The Monty" speaks with the voice of "The Heat Treat Podcast"., Mr. Carlos Torres of...
Aerospace Industry Accepts 6,000 Pound Capacity Box Furnace
"Lindberg/MPH, a leading manufacturer of heat-treat furnaces, is pleased to announce the shipment of a rod overbend box furnace with an automated load transfer table to the aerospace industry. This furnace will heat-treat parts under an inert atmosphere. This heat-treating furnace has a maximum...
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Marysville, Michigan, USA Heat Treat Department
Back in 2008 what at the time was Chrysler LLC joined forces with German auto parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG to produce a new axle manufacturing alliance. The partnership utilized Chrysler's new Marysville (Mich.) Axle Plant to build three families of state-of-the-art axles for improved fuel...
Brett Burns, General Manager, Bodycote, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
It is our understanding that Mr. Brett Burns recently became General Manager of the Bodycote, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA facility. Brett was previously at the Canton, Michigan, USA facility. As the world's largest commercial heat treater Bodycote probably needs no introduction from us. The Fort Wayne...
Quick Delivery Vacuum Furnace Available
Vacuum furnace manufacturer Solar Manufacturing has these slightly used vacuum furnaces available. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
Nickel Pricing-The Key to Alloy Pricing
As we all now the main driver of alloy pricing is nickel pricing, in other words what you pay for fabricated baskets, cast radiant tubes, base trays, muffles and every other component which goes into a furnace is largely determined by the price of nickel. At the low end of the scale HK material...
Heat Treatment Safety
It can be easy to forget that heat treating can be a dangerous industry but examples abound of tragedies that have occurred either though equipment malfunctions, carelessness, mistakes or a combination of all of these. Recently we were approached by a captive heat treater who operates a number of...