Schaeffler Adds Hydrogen Capable Burners to Roller Heath Furnace
“In 2007, an indirectly heated roller hearth furnace (built by Wienstroth Wärmebehandlungstechnik GmbH) with energy-efficient REKUMAT® burners was put into operation at a Schaeffler plant in Germany. These burners were serviced last fall at WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH in Renningen and adapted in...
NOXMAT Expands with Subsidiary in the US
NOXMAT USA, Inc. supplies industrial heating technology and services directly to US customers NOXMAT GmbH, based in Oederan, Saxony, Germany, has founded a US subsidiary at the end of 2022. NOXMAT USA, Inc, in Sterling Heights, Michigan, will support US customers as well as European customers with...
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]
European Heat Treaters Continue to Shift to Electrically Heated Furnaces
For a wide variety of reasons including higher costs, supply concerns and CO2 emissions associated with natural gas European heat treaters are continuing to look more and more at electrically heated furnaces. This interesting article originally printed by "The BMW Group" talks about an electrically...
PowerMax Providing “Monster” Batch IQ Furnace
Based in China furnace builder PowerMax was acquired by Fengdong back in 2017-Fengdong is in turn a mammoth Chinese furnace builder, certainly one of the largest in China. PowerMax is currently manufacturing a batch IQ furnace, with a controlled atmosphere and oil quenching with a capacity of 4.5...
Lucifer Furnaces-The Official Press Release
Lucifer Furnaces, a leading manufacturer of heat treating furnaces and ovens for the last 80 years, has added Brett Wenger to its leadership team as Vice President of Sales. Brett will lead all sales activities for the company and will work closely with the rest of the leadership team on all aspects...
Daimler Truck AG Optimizes Furnace Insulation to Increase Energy Efficiency
The new brickwork for two industrial furnaces required due to wear provided an opportunity for AICHELIN Service in late 2022 to fundamentally optimize the thermal insulation of the plants together with the customer. AICHELIN Service has successfully implemented similar projects in the past at the...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Hosts Uddeholm Heat Treat Academy
Uddeholm is known around the world as a leading manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools and as such has state of the art heat treating facility around the globe. Just last week they held their "Business Academy – Heat Treatment" at their partners location, Ramada ACOS in Portugal. We have...
Hestia Heat Treat, Wisconsin, USA Update
Over the course of the past couple of years we have reported on the progress of commecial heat treater "Hestia" in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Their most recent developments included adding several used batch IQ furnaces, the photo attached shows that installation of the furnaces is almost...
Solar Manufacturing Builds Its First Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) understands the need to expand their material hardening repertoire by adding oil quenching capabilities. The question has been - how to make this process safer and greener? The explosiveness of the protective endothermic gas along with the flammability of...
Jones Metal Products-In House Heat Treating
From time to time we have a close look at captive heat treat departments, in this case we are looking at Jones Metal in West Lafayette, Ohio, USA. Jones Metal is a 97 year old metal forming company whose customers are mainly in the aerospace industry. Many years ago the company brought their heat...
Monday Morning Briefing
Today we start off with a news item from ALD Thermal Treatment in Port Huron, Michigan, USA one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America as ranked by “The Monty” https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/. “ALD Heat Treat Services, one of...
McLaughlin Furnace Group-New Building
McLaughlin Furnace Group in Avilla, Indiana, USA is getting closer to moving into their new facility. This photo shows the progress on their new building, a building which the company is moving into later this year. To find out more about the company we would point you to an interview we did with...
Will Furnaces North America Go Ahead?
The largest North American heat treat show of 2020, Furnaces North America (FNA) is scheduled to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, USA September 30th to October 2nd of this year. Due to COVID 19 the question on everybody’s lips these days is; will the show go ahead as planned or will it share the...
Youngstown Tool & Die Upgrades In House Heat Treatment
To this rather interesting press release from SECO/WARWICK we can add that Youngstown Tool & Die has some very big plans these days. The company is planning on investing at least $10 million USD in the near future and part of this expansion includes taking over another facility. Currently the...