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...
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]
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...
Fastener Manufacturer Installs New Exothermic Generator
“UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, recently installed an ExoFlex™ gas generator for Jomarca, a long-time customer and one of the biggest manufacturers of fasteners, bolts, nuts, and fixing elements in Brazil. The generator will supply exothermic gas to a continuous wire annealing furnace, which is...
Martin’s Metal Service-A New Game in Town
You can certainly be forgiven if you have not run across the name Martin's Metal Service previously as this is a very new entry into the US commercial heat treating market (kind of)-lets explain. For many years there has been a commercial heat treater in Springfield, Ohio by the name of Certified...
Monday Morning Briefing
COVID-19 Update. It’s easy to get bogged down with the endless stream of bad news about the corona virus however at the end of the day the heat treating industry is very much alive and functioning. We have not run across a single commercial heat treater who has shut down either temporarily or...
Enhance your Hearth Series, Part 2 Hearth Height Adjustment
From Bob Grammer of Grammer Vacuum Technologies a US supplier of Molybdenum and TZM alloy mill products we have the this article about Hearth Height Adjustment in vacuum furnaces. This is the second of a three part series. "Adjustable Hearth Height for Wider or Taller Load Capability The available...
Largest Pit Nitrider in The World
A long time reader in Michigan posed this question to us earlier this week; “Hello Gord, I hope all is well and that the current crisis is not hindering you too much. Do you know who has the largest pit FNC/Nitride unit in the world and who manufactured such?” It is a very fair, interesting...
Pure Molybdenum vs. TZM For Your Vacuum Furnace Hearth – Part 1
We have an interesting news item today about why TZM alloy is better than pure Molybdenum for your vacuum furnace hearth. This is written by Bob and Ben Grammer of Grammer Vacuum Technologies, Inc.and their contact information can be found at the bottom of the news item. There will be a follow up as...
The Monty Newsletter April, 2020
The link below will take you to the April 2020 issue of “The Monty”, exactly one hundred pages of the latest news and trends in the global heat treatment industry. As the world’s largest heat treat industry news source this “new and improved” edition of “The Monty” features news items about in house...
The Monty Interviews Dr. Klaus Löser ALD, Senior Vice President Heat Treatment
We are very pleased to be able to offer you this interview with Dr. Klaus Löser, Senior Vice President, Heat Treatment, ALD. Dr. Löser talks about the company, future plans and changes within the industry. Klaus, I really appreciate your time. We have...