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...
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]
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT, Part II
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has visited some of the largest captive heat treaters in the world, one which we mentioned yesterday was tractor supplier AGCO/FENDT in Germany. Today in Part II we over some more details about this truly impressive in-house heat treater. "APRIL 2020; In...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT
From time to time we search through our archived pictures of heat treat facilities around the world and present some of the more memorable ones. Today we look at one of the more memorable ones we have come across tractor builder AGCO/FENDT in Marktoberdorf, Germany. AGCO/FENDT is memorable for the...
Bodycote Greenville, SC, USA Continues With Investment
Going back to late 2021 heat treating giant Bodycote announced that they were investing in Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability at their facility in Greenville, SC, USA. This is the original press release; "November 2021; Bodycote increases Hot Isostatic Pressing capacity in the USA; Bodycote,...
Aluminum Mill Orders 4 More Furnaces From SECO/WARWICK
"ASSAN ALÜMINYUM, one of the leading flat rolled aluminum manufacturers in the world, has ordered 4 additional aluminum coil annealing furnaces, which are equipped with an even more efficient VortexR 2.0 system. The company already owns 17 furnaces with SECO/WARWICK Vortex systems. VortexR is a...
Ipsen Installs TurboTreater Vacuum Furnace at Taiwan Hodaka Technology
"Ipsen recently completed the installation of a TurboTreater vacuum furnace for a customer in Southeast Asia. Established in 2002, Taiwan Hodaka Technology Co., Ltd. is an aluminum extrusion supplier, specializing in high-end aerospace aluminum alloys. They also produce products used in the sporting...
Busch Vacuum Partners With SSi For Heat Treat Seminar
In an industry first, vacuum pump supplier Busch Vacuum has partnered with controls company SSi of Cincinatti, Ohio to provide a 1 day heat treatment seminar. The event will take place May 2, 2023 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada at Busch's brand new, state of the art service center and training...
In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part I)
FENDT Tractors (Photo1), a division of AGCO is known around the world as a top end manufacturer of tractors. Manufactured in Germany the company makes many of the components in each tractor including drive train items in house. Today we are looking specifically at the Marktoberdorf, Germany facility...
Bargains During the COVID-19 Age
Granted there are few companies in North America looking to add heat treating capacity, however for those companies which need more capacity there are certainly bargains to be had. As an example we would point to this surplus mesh belt furnace line which is being replaced by a new, larger mesh belt...
Rhode Island Heat Treating Services-New Owner
Commercial heat treater Rohde Island Heat Treating Services has a new owner. Just a few weeks back experienced, long time heat treater Joel Poirier purchased the company from the previous owners Mary Emerson and her husband. Rohde Island Heat Treating Services is a very typical commercial heat treat...
Bodycote in the Era of COVID-19
The world's largest heat treater yesterday announced that they had completed their acquisition of North America based Ellison Surface Technologies. At the same time they issued a statement about the current economic climate. "Macclesfield-based Bodycote announced the completion of its acquisition of...
Thermal Product Solutions Moving To Prove Efficacy of Dry Heat Sterilization on PPE and N95 Masks
"New Columbia, PA – April 6th, 2020: Thermal Product Solutions, LLC (TPS), a global manufacturer of thermal-processing and sterilizing equipment, announced they are working with hospitals to prove the efficacy of their Gruenberg product line for dry heat sterilization on PPE and N95 masks for...
Bodycote Completes Acquisition Of Ellison Surface Technologies
Bodycote, the world’s largest provider of heat treatments and specialist thermal processing services, is pleased to announce completion of the acquisition of Ellison Surface Technologies. The acquisition creates one of the largest providers of thermal spray and engineered coating surface technology...