Wm Wright & Associates Now Representing Sajjan Precision Castings
For those in the high temperature alloy component and furnace fixturing industry in North America this is an extremely interesting press release. Wm. Wright & Associates, Incorporated in the Chicago, USA area is one of the oldest heat treat rep firms in North America as they were established in...
AFC-Holcroft Names New Management Team
"As part of a management reorganization, AFC-Holcroft has announced Tracy Dougherty and Ronald Waligora will share leadership responsibility as dual Chief Operating Officers. Dougherty, formerly Vice President of Sales, has been named Chief Operating Officer in charge of Sales, Applications,...
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]
Auto Parts Supplier Closes Facility Auctions HT Furnaces
Japanese auto parts supplier Denso Manufacturing recently closed their substantial facility in Marysville, Tenesee, USA with the end result that all of the equipment is being auctioned off with a deadline for sealed bids today, May 5th. In addition to the machining equipment there was also a...
“The Monty Heat Treat News”, May 2023 Edition
The link below will take you to the May 2023 issue of “The Monty Heat Treat News”. For almost 30 years “The Monty” has offered the most up to date news and trends in the global heat treatment industry. This issue includes these news items which span the globe; We interview Mr. Christian...
Why do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment In House-Part II
April 30th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted a news item entitled "Why do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment In House-Castool". In this news item we pointed out that generally the reasons to bring heat treatment in house have little to do with the actual cost of heat treating...
Heat Treater Brings New Vacuum Furnace on Line
In 2022 we had a posting about one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America investing in a new 6 bar vacuum furnace. We can now say that the furnace is up and running and we have these pictures showing the finished product. "2022 POSTING; Oregon, USA Heat Treater Orders New 6 Bar...
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA Treats Record Load of Titanium
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently vacuum degassed 175,000 pounds of 6Al-4V titanium in their 48-foot-long vacuum furnace. The furnace load consisted of 154 sheets of titanium 40” wide X 240” long. It represented the largest and heaviest single load of titanium ever processed in Solar’s...
SSI Hosts Near Record Attendance Heat Treat Seminar
Controls company SSI of Cincinnati, Ohio hosted a one day heat treat seminar in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Tuesday May 2, 2023. The event featured Bob Fincken and Steve Duban of SSi who covered a wide variety of topics including Nadcap and CQI-9 updates, data logging as well as probe and...
An Interview With Mr. Jean Francois, Cloutier, CEO of Nitrex
Jean Francois I and many others in the industry have been very curious about your acquisition of vacuum furnace builder G-M Enterprises a couple of months back, how it came about and what these means going forward. However, before we get into that perhaps I could ask you a couple of general...
BIG Vacuum Furnace
Last week, April 29th to be exact we had a news item entitled “Unusual Heat Treat Photos”. Included in this offering was a picture of the largest vacuum furnace we have ever personally seen. Vacuum furnace builder Ipsen sent us this photo last week which is rather cool. In the foreground we see a...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Adds Capacity
“Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT) has expanded capacity for Nadcap work at its corporate office and service center located in Waterloo, Iowa. Having added gas nitriding to its Nadcap® accreditation (merit status) this past winter, AHT now offers both Nadcap-accredited gas nitriding and ion nitriding....
Ipsen Craftsmanship
"With over 70 years of experience, Ipsen has perfected our hot zone design to manufacture the highest quality vacuum furnaces with heating elements that last longer and perform better than the competition. Ipsen builds and ships hundreds of hot zones per year and is trusted by customers with...
Auto Components Manufacturer Purchases Series of Ipsen Furnaces
“Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (April 29, 2020) – Ipsen is pleased to announce the receipt of an order for two TITAN® H6 2-bar vacuum furnaces this week from a rapidly emerging global automotive component manufacturer with locations in the United States and Asia. “Despite general market conditions at the...
Sintavia Achieves Nadcap for Aerospace Heat Treating
"Sintavia, LLC, a leading Aerospace & Defense additive manufacturer, announced today that it had achieved National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) approval for heat treatment at both its Hollywood, Florida, and Davie, Florida, locations. Sintavia is the only...