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...
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]
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...
Furnace Manufacturer Poised to Deliver 2 Mesh Belt Furnace Lines
We move to Italy for this news item. Meapforni is a manufacturer of a variety of different styles of heat treatment furnaces, covering everything from sealed quench to mesh belt furnaces with a number of different styles in between. They are very pleased to announce that they are just completing two...
Controlling the Nitriding Layers and Process with Metallography By Dr. Edward Rolinski, Jesse Hyder & Mike Woods
Nitriding is the thermochemical process for producing surface layers in ferrous alloys, such as steels and cast irons used for making various mechanical components and tools [1]. Ferritic nitrocarburizing (FNC) is a process of nitriding doped with a small amount of carbon [1]. Producing the best...
Ipsen USA Hires David Choate as Director of Field Service to Expand Customer Support in North America
"Ipsen USA is pleased to announce the hiring of David Choate as Director of Field Service. David oversees all field service operations in North America, including repairs, installations, relocations, retrofits and the teams supporting those activities including field service, warranty and technical...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Surplus Heat Treat Equipment
Since 1995 “The Monty Heat Treat News” has maintained one of the largest lists of surplus heat treat equipment available in the world. Currently we have almost 200 listings ranging from Batch IQ Furnaces, to Lab Items, Vacuum Furnaces, Table Blast Machines and a host of other listings all related to...
RUBIG Installing Their Two Largest Nitriding Furnaces Ever
“RUBIG Industrial Furnaces, a leading manufacturer of heat treating furnaces, is actually putting the two largest nitriding furnaces in their company history into operation! Both of them are MICROPULS® Everest DUO plasma nitriding furnaces - the technological flagship of the Austrian company. The...
New director at IWT Bremen, Germany
IWT Bremen, Germany is a research organization jointly funded by the German government and private industry to research materials and heat treating processes. We have been fortunate enough to be able to visit their facility in Bremen several times over the years and have been suitably impressed as...
Marc Ruetsch, Managing Director of AFC-Holcroft European Operations to Retire
"AFC-Holcroft announces the retirement of Marc Ruetsch, Managing Director of European Operations, on May 29, 2020. Ruetsch, who joined AFC-Holcroft in 2008, spent his entire career spanning nearly 50 years working exclusively with materials and heat treatment equipment, never leaving the industry...
HK 2020 Cologne, Germany
We have always said that one of our favorite heat treat events in the world is the annual HK 2020 Congress held October of each year in Germany. We are now getting word that due to COVID 19 there will be substantial changes made and that this year the HK Congress will take place as an online event....
In House Heat Treating-SEW EURODRIVE , Bruchsal, Germany
Readership of "The Monty" has always been a mix of in house heat treaters, commercial heat treaters and industry suppliers with the largest group, in house heat treaters accounting for approximately 65% of our readership. Because of this we have been very fortunate over the years to have had the...
Istanbul Heat Treatment Offering Plasma Nitriders
Interesting press release from Istanbul Heat Treatment Inc., about how they are offering new Plasma nitriding systems. “Istanbul Heat Treatment Inc. has been serving for heat treatment services in the field of Plasma Nitriding since 1993, started to serve for the same industry by manufacturing...