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...
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]
Furnace Builder Celebrates 60th Anniversary With Record Order Backlog
Furnace Builder Can Eng Furnaces International of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada celebrated a very significant milestone this week-the 60th anniversary of the company and in consequence held an open house Thursday, June 20 at their Niagara Falls location. With very substantial attendance the crowd...
Doncaster Precision Castings Receives New Tempering Furnace
"Aston, PA, June 15th, 2024: L&L Special Furnace is pleased to announce the delivery of the second FB435 model furnace to Doncaster Precision Castings of Groton CT, a global leader in the aerospace, industrial gas turbine, and automotive markets. This advanced furnace will bolster Doncaster’s...
Foundry Adds Second Vac Aero Vacuum Furnace
Domite® Wear Technology Inc., a foundry based in Paris, Ontario, Canada has made a very impressive name for themselves over the years by offering laminated Chrome-White-Iron wear products. A portion of their process requirement requires vacuum heat treatment, traditionally sending their heat...
Chain Manufacturer Continues to Expand Heat Treat Department
Few manufacturers are as open about their in-house heat treatment capabilities as chain manufacturer Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA. Over the course of the past two years "The Monty" has had a number of updates about how the company continues to invest and grow their heat treatment...
Aluminum Drop Bottom Oven to the Aerospace Industry
"Wisconsin Oven is pleased to announce the shipment of one (1) Electrically Heated Drop Bottom Furnace with traveling quench tank and maintenance platform. This system will be used for the solution heat treatment of aluminum parts for the aerospace industry. The drop bottom furnace has a maximum...
10 Largest North American Heat Treat Furnace Builders
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to present our list of the 10 largest North American furnace builders as ranked by 2023 sales. Before we get to our list we would like to make some points about how we arrived at these rankings; · It is important to note that this list only includes furnace...
Rohde Schutzgasöfen GmbH Delivers Salt Recovery Unit To U.S. Manufacturer
Rohde Schutzgasöfen GmbH is pleased to announce the delivery of an SRU 80 to a captive heat treater located in North West, USA. The SRU 80 will be used to recover quench salt from an austempering process and reduce the overall salt expenses each month. There are additional details below along with...
Nitrogen: Time for a New Game Plan
The recent pandemic forced many companies into survival mode: reducing head-count, cutting costs where possible and establishing new health and safety protocols, all while trying their best to carry on with business as usual. But what about the next crisis? Will your company revert to survival mode,...
Congressman Fitzpatrick Visits Solar Manufacturing
"Sellersville, PA, September 14, 2020 – Recently, Brian Fitzpatrick, District 1 US Congressman, Bucks County, Pa., toured the Solar Manufacturing plant in Sellersville, Pa. He also addressed the facilities 55 employees outdoors in their front parking lot, discussing his top priorities in Congress –...
Vacu Braze Installs TM Vacuum Furnace, Chromalloy UK adds “Titan” Furnace and More Heat Treatment News
Recently we mentioned how Chromalloy in the UK was installing a new Titan vacuum furnace. We now have an official press release from Vacuum & Atmosphere Services in the UK who sold and installed the system; "VAS are extremely pleased to announce the delivery, build up and install of a brand new...
An interview with Mr. Shlok Sundaresh , Engineering Manager-TS USA (HEF Group-North America).
HEF Group, one of the worlds leading providers of Liquid Nitriding and Physical Vapor Deposition Technologies. Today we have An interview with Mr. Shlok Sundaresh, Engineering Manager-TS USA (HEF Group-North America). Shlok to start off perhaps you could give us some background information about...
Used Vacuum Furnace Systems Immediately Available at ECM USA, Inc.
"Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, September 9th, 2020 --- ECM USA has recently acquired two used Flex 600 TG Vacuum Furnace Systems. Both systems are available from 2 to 8 cells with top-down 20 bar nitrogen gas quenches; optional oil quench. The first system was built in 2003, but completely renewed in...