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...
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]
“Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter”
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is proud to work closely with “International Search Partners” the premium recruiting firm for the North American heat treatment industry. ISP has provided “The Monty” with regular articles about finding and hiring the best people in the industry, typical wages and...
Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?
“The Monty Heat Treat News” has an ongoing series of articles from furnace builder Aichelin about “CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry” which can be found at Articles & Interviews | The Monty. The most recent article was entitled “Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast...
Ipsen USA Increases Focus on Hiring and Leadership Development Initiatives
"To keep up with business growth, Ipsen USA has hired more than 50 new employees over the past year. With continued focus on customer service, hiring initiatives include expanding the parts department and increasing the number of field service personnel. In addition to ramping up its recruiting...
Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO, Aichelin Group-The Interview
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is very excited to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO of furnace manufacturing firm Aichelin based in Moedling, Austria. Christian-I hope it’s OK to call you by your first name, I generally like to start each interview with some...
Why Do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment in House-Castool
In 2022 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced one of the largest new furnace orders in North America, an investment by Castool Tooling Systems which included numerous vacuum and nitriding furnaces (a summary can be found below). This investment begs the question; "Why invest millions in bringing...
Heat Treating a 47,000 Pound Gear
How to Carburize a 47,000 Pound Gear Destined for a Rolling Mill in a Steel Mill-From, Mark Podob, President, Metlab “With the largest pit carburizing furnaces in North America, no one does it better than we do – we quenched this fabricated 47,000-pound gear yesterday afternoon. It was the reverse...
Heat Treating In Texas
Perhaps this item should be entitled “How Real Men Heat Treat”. As we research the largest commercial heat treaters in North America we are coming across some fascinating stories and some interesting photos. These photos are from a commercial heat treat in Texas who will be making our list. While...
Kevin Cyrulik Appointed Quality Assurance Manager at Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
Kevin Cyrulik was just appointed Quality Assurance Manager for commercial heat treater Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, SC, USA. Solar is one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America and will be appearing in our updated list of the largest commercials in North America which will be...
Baker Furnace Provides Solution for Handling Infectious Medical Waste During COVID-19 Pandemic
“Brea, CA – April 16th, 2020 – Baker Furnace, a leading supplier of pollution control equipment, is excited to announce an incineration solution for infectious medical waste. As more and more people are treated for COVID-19, the amount of infectious waste produced will continue to increase. Baker...
Monday Morning Briefing
We mentioned previously that Poclain Hydraulics a manufacturer of hydrostatic transmissions and in house heat treater in Wisconsin, USA is planning on discontinuing carburizing at this location in favor of other technologies. This means their 3 cell ECM vacuum carburizing system will be available...
COVID-19 Images
The COVID-19 situation is generating photos about the heat treating industry which we never thought we would see. Some examples include the ones below. If you have a funny or interesting photo you would like to share we would be happy to post it for you. Plasma Nitriding Furnace manufacturer Ion...
GRUPO ETSA, Mexico
We welcome our most recent advertiser, GRUPO ETSA of Mexico whose banner ad can be found on the right hand side of this page. Founded in 1979, Especialidades Termicas, S.A (ETSA Group) is one of the two largest commercial heat treaters in the country with 6 locations, Guadalajara, Celaya,...