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...
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]
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...
Turkish Heat Treater Re Certified for NADCAP
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has long followed commercial heat treater Önerler Heat Treatment Ltd., in Bursa, Turkey as one of the largest heat treaters in the entire region. Last year we announced that they had achieved Nadcap Acredidation, the company is very pleased to announce that this has just...
CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry
CO2 Emissions are a hot topic in Europe and becoming more so in North America which has lead to a number of companies in the industry taking a very close look at this subject. Obviously the largest contributing factor to CO2 emissions in the heat treatment industry is the energy required to heat the...
ALD Receives Order for LPC System?
Now this is a very interesting rumor which started floating around just last week. We have been told that ALD in Hanau, Germany has received an order for a LPC (low pressure carburizing) system from a German auto parts supplier for e-drives. ALD is known around the world for their expertise in LPC...
Ramada Aços/Heat Treating in Portugal
March 19 we had a summary about the heat treating industry in Portugal https://themonty.com/heat-treating-in-portugal/ If you recall “The Monty” had planned on visiting the major heat treaters in Portugal this past week, however the COVID-19 put an end to any possible in person visits. However the...
Monday Morning Briefing
We will start off in North Carolina, USA with a story about commercial heat treater East Carolina Metal Treating expanding. Just a year ago we had this story about the company and mentioned that their division in Lynchburg, Virginia, Virginia Metal Treating would soon have a new building. Well the...
COVID-19 And What We Learned About “Essential Businesses”
We at “The Monty” would have to say that it is probably very fortunate that we have never had to put much thought into what constitutes an essential business-the past few days though have certainly educated us. From far and wide we have been receiving notices from US companies announcing that in...
SECO/WARWICK New Orders
“SECO/WARWICK received an order from a machine-tool manufacturer for two vacuum heat-treatment furnaces. The manufacturer purchased a multi-chamber vacuum furnace with oil quench and a high-pressure gas-quench vacuum furnace for its recently created captive heat-treat department. All of the...
In House Heat Treating-Sutton Tools Australia
A regular feature of “The Monty” is our articles profiling manufacturing firms which do in house heat treating, today we feature an Australian company by the name of Sutton Tools. The best background from the company comes directly from their website https://www.suttontools.com/ “Sutton Tools...