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...
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]
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...
What are the average salaries for a heat treater right now?
The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners (a US search firm known for being the only recruiting firm in the world working exclusively in heat treating), for over 20 years. That relationship has blossomed into a regularly featured article, “Ask the Heat Treat...
Solar Manufacturing Appoints Nicholas Max as Chief Mechanical Engineer
Solar Manufacturing, Inc. recently announced the hiring of Nicholas Max, BSME Drexel University, as its Chief Mechanical Engineer to head up its vacuum furnace mechanical design group. Nick is also pursuing an MBA at Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA. Nick will be tasked to lead the further...
Chris Constable Joins the Solar Atmospheres of San Diego Team
"Solar Atmospheres’ newest acquisition, Solar Atmospheres of San Diego, is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Constable as their new Vice President of Operations. Chris brings with him nearly 25 years of Heat Treating experience that includes quality, operations, management, plant safety,...
Gas Nitriding Replaces Salt Bath Nitrocarburizing
"T.Ş.T Lift Amortisör recently upgraded its gas spring manufacturing in Bursa, Türkiye, by integrating a Nitrex nitriding/nitrocarburizing system. This move signifies the company’s commitment to adopting environmentally sustainable practices within its operations. Through this upgrade, T.Ş.T Lift...
VCST China Installs Captive Heat Treatment Department
VCST https://bmtdrivesolutions.com/ is a division of the BMT Group of Belgium, a company which supplies gear drives around the world. Our interest in the company stems from the fact that their locations in Belgium and Mexico both have substantial in house heat treat departments which are being...
2020 CQI-9 Heat Treat 4th Edition Rollout Webinar
"Registration is open for the CQI-9 Heat Treat Assessment 4th edition webinar. This event scheduled for September 17, 2020 at 10:00am EST is complimentary for all attendees and will focus on the most significant changes in each section of the new edition. The CQI-9 4th edition, released in June of...
Where Are They Now-Eric Nordin, Sun Steel Treating
For years now we have been running across a fellow by the name of Eric Nordin who is part of a very small, elite group-a sales representative in the commercial heat treating industry. We are not being facetious when we say this, there are few individuals out there whose entire lives have been...
“The Monty” Over 21 Years Old and Still Going Strong
A reader (Allied Heat Treat in Canada to be exact) came across one of our earliest newsletters and sent it over to us. This particular issue dates back to December of 2000 at which point we had been publishing "The Monty" for a little over 2 years. This issue looks rather modest now but it certainly...
The Monty Heat Treat Magazine Now Available
“The Monty Heat Treat Magazine Now Available”. The September 2020 issue of “The Monty” covering the latest news and trends in the worldwide heat treatment industry is now available at https://themonty.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/themontyseptember2020-1.pdf Did you like this article? Click here to...
Solar Manufacturing Adds Met-Pro, Inc. as Michigan Rep
We need to add some background to this interesting press release. Aaron comes from an alloy background having worked with alloy supplier Wirco of Avilla, Indiana for many years. He became a manufacturers rep a few years back taking over the rep business of John Hansen. We rummaged through our files...