Vacuum Degreasing Source Wanted
A US company is looking for a source who could vacuum degrease small, stainless steel washers. The volumes are small as this is for testing only but successful testing would lead to an order for a new system. If you are able to help we will be glad to put you in touch directly. Please let Gord...
DeKalb Blowers. Yorkville, IL, USA
Recently Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit DeKalb Blowers in Yorkville, IL., who we know of as a supplier of high temperature fans for the heat-treating industry. Our host was Mr. Eric Johansen, President of the company and it was obvious that he has a...
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 Treat Appoints General Manager
Aberfoyle Metal Treating in Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada is without a doubt one of the most unusual commercial heat treaters we have ever come across. Why? Because their largest furnace is 82 ft (25.0 m) long by 21.5 ft (6.6 m) wide by 23 ft (7.0 m) high, with a weight capacity of 400 tons and a...
Vacuum Furnace Builder Has Record Sales
According to this press release Italian furnace builder TAV had record breaking sales in 2023-good for them, very impressive. To go with this press release we have this photo taken in 2023. In it we see a new a new TAV installation at Standard Motor Products in Greenville, SC. Standing in front of...
Solution Heat Treat Furnace Available-Free!
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has always been known to have some of the best prices in the industry for quality heat treat equipment. Now here is an offer impossible to beat-a solution heat treat furnace available for the price of removal. If you have an interest please let Jordan Montgomery know,...
HTA Brisbane Announces Launch of Australia’s First Rubig Plasma Nitriding Service
"HTA Brisbane, a leader in advanced surface engineering, is proud to unveil a groundbreaking addition to their suite of services with the introduction of its new state-of-the-art Plasma nitriding service. This technology, featuring the first Rubig furnace in the country and the largest plasma...
Norm Sousa, “Sousa Corp., Newington, CT., USA
It is with sincere regret that we mentioned the very unexpected passing of Mr. Norm Sousa, Chief Metallurgist at commercial heat treater "The Sousa Corp" of Newington, CT. We will provide more details as they become available. More details about Norm's life and his business can be found below and...
“Top 50” Heat Treater Invites “The Monty” For a Visit
Ever since "The Monty Heat Treat News" started publishing our list of the "50 Largest Commercial Heat Treats in North America" almost 30 years ago Advanced Heat Treat Corp., headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, USA has been included on this list...
Heat Treatment in Mexico/HT-MX Profile
September 24th we had a news item entitled “Heat Treating Mexico-Globalization to Regionalization”. The item was about a commercial heat treater in Mexico who was finding business to be very good partially because US manufacturers appear to be bringing their supply chains closer to home-namely...
Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System?
Even after all these years of publishing “The Monty” we are still puzzled why some articles attract so much attention and others do not. For instance September 23 we had an article entitled Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System-the basis of the article was that Endo generators are a much...
Nitrex Webinar, Why Would Anybody Run a Nitrogen/Methanol System in a Heat Treat And More Heat Treat News
Remember the large fire at Colfor Manufacturing which we mentioned last week? Well it had nothing to do with the in house heat treating department as you can see in the press release; “The fire that ripped through the Colfor Manufacturing plant earlier this week did "multi-millions" of dollars worth...
Fire at Colfor Manufacturing in Malvern, Ohio, USA
The press release below tells us about a devastating fire at Colfor Manufacturing in Ohio and the effect that it might have on it's automotive customers. We mention this today as our understanding is that this facility has an in house heat treatment department consisting of Batch IQ equipment....
Heat Treating Mexico-Globalization to Regionalization
Within the next few days we will be “profiling” a commercial heat treat facility in Mexico, a facility which has made some major investments recently and for some very interesting reasons. Their feeling is that with all that is happening in the world right now with the pandemic and the current...
Did Furnaces North America Just Dodge a Bullet?
The largest heat treat exhibition in North America in 2020 is the MTI sponsored Furnaces North America show scheduled for September 30th to October 2 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. As most in the industry are aware this show has gone the route of all trade shows in 2020-it is now virtual. Perhaps...