Heat Treating Gears: Comparing Carburizing, Ion Nitriding & Gas Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski, Advanced Heat Treat Corp
Gear failures have been a subject of many engineering articles, also addressing thermochemical methods used for improving performance and longevity [1-11]. Gear failure can be very complex. Many gears fail from bending fatigue as a result of cyclic bending stress at the tooth-root fillet and this...
Top 50 Commercial Heat Treater Accepts Delivery of Vacuum Furnace
March 9th of this year Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” toured the new Solar Atmospheres facility in Chesterfield, Michigan, USA-the details of that visit can be found below. We can now say that the first vacuum furnace has arrived as you can see in this photo. These are the details...
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]
Which Has a Lower Carbon Footprint-Mesh Belt or Cast Link Furnace?
Conveyor Hardening – Mesh Belt versus Cast Link Design: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Costs by: P. Kleinbrod, Aichelin GesmH Conveyor belt furnaces are a proven technology for quenching and tempering fasteners (screws, bolts and nuts). The parts are fed as bulk material and transported on metal...
PWR Advanced Cooling Adding More Heat Treat Capacity
In August of 2022 “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a news item about an Australian based company by the name of PWR Advanced Cooling obtaining their Nadcap accreditation and at the same time adding more heat treat capacity at their facility in Australia and also in the US. This press release from the...
Phoenix Heat Treat Adds a Further Batch IQ Furnace
In November of 2022 Dale and Gord Montgomery had the priviledge of visiting commercial heat treater Phoenix Heat Treat in Phoenix, Arizona, USA-our summary can be found below. Today we are able to give you an update about the company adding more furnace capacity. As we speak the company is taking...
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Adds “Twin Vacuum Furnaces”
The largest captive/commercial heat treater in Portugal is a steel supplier by the name of "Ramada Acos SA". "The Monty Heat Treat News" visited their facility in Ovar, Portugal in 2021 and what we saw was a very substantial and impressive heat treat department with a mixture of atmosphere and...
Easter Good Friday
“The Monty Heat Treat News” will be closed Friday, April 7, 2023 due to Easter Friday. Regular news items will resume Monday April 10. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty. View our recent magazines and podcasts by clicking the following link....
Busch USA Continues Expansion
(Virginia Beach, VA, USA) -- Busch USA is pleased to announce the acquisition of Vac-Tech Inc., a vacuum pump service and sales provider for precision high vacuum pumps in the semiconductor, electronics, and solar markets. Vac-Tech has two locations, one in Phoenix, AZ, and the other in Richardson,...
Dana Corporation, Queretaro, Mexico
Auto parts giant Dana Corporation needs no introduction as one of the largest in house heat treaters in North America. Many years ago the company expanded into Mexico and in 2020 this includes an enormous complex in the Mexican city of Queretaro with several large, seperate in house heat treating...
HK 2020
October 20-22 of this year sees the “New” HK 2020 in Cologne Germany. This is the largest and best attended heat treating event in Europe this year and in our opinion it is very worthwhile attending. If you scroll down to the end of this summary you will find a testimonial about the event from our...
An interview with Mr. Patrick McKenna, CEO of furnace manufacturer Ipsen in Rockford, Illinois, USA.
First up, Pat, I appreciate you taking the time to speak with us. I always like to start with some background information. Last time we spoke, you told us about the foundation you earned while learning the trade and going back to graduate school. You started at Ipsen in the mid-90s, and then...
Abbott Furnace Receives Order for a SS Brazing Furnace-Delivery Scheduled for Q2 2020
“St. Mary’s, PA: Abbott Furnace Company is proud to announce that a diversified global automotive supplier, focused on metal forming, aluminum casting, fluid systems and flexible assemblies to help automakers meet their lightweight requirements, has placed an order with Abbott Furnace Company for a...
Heat Treating Mexico
This is the week for the ASM "Heat Treat Mexico 2020" in Queretaro, Mexico-the exact dates are March 3-5. We at "The Monty" will be attending and taking the opportunity to visit some of the largest in house and commercial heat treaters in the country. This will include captive heat treater "Kerns...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Kokomo, Indiana, USA
It was recently announced that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles would be making an investment of nearly $400 million USD into one of their 3 Kokomo, Indiana transmission plants. The announcement caught our eye as the Kokomo, Indiana plants collectively rank amongst the largest captive heat treats in the...