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...
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]
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,...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” April 2023 Edition
The link below will take you to the April 2023 Edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News”, for almost 30 years offering the most up to date information about the global heat treatment industry. In this 92 page edition you will find these stories and more; https://fliphtml5.com/gvbzt/xrop Busch Vacuum...
Change in Management at Thermal Process Holdings
Thermal Process Holdings is ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” as one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America-find out their ranking at The Monty Heat Treat News – 50 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats 2022 | The Monty Effective March 30, 2023 the President and CEO of...
HK 2020
The largest heat treating exhibition in Europe in 2020 with be the HK 2020 event to be held October 20-22 in Cologne, Germany. We at "The Monty" have been attending this event for years and in our humble opinion no other heat treatment exhibition in Europe matches this one. The exhibitors are...
NTN Bearings Investing in Heat Treatment in Anderson, Indiana, USA
We actually mentioned this a few weeks back but this announcement adds a few more details. Bearing manufacturers rank amongst the largest in house heat treaters on the planet and their heat treating methods span pretty much every type of heat treating there is; pit furnaces, batch IQ’s, vacuum...
Hubbard-Hall Promotions
Hubbard Hall a supplier of heat transfer and heat treat salts is pleased to announce these promotions. Their ad can be found on the right hand side of this page. “Hubbard-Hall Inc. Appoints Jeffrey Davis Senior Vice President of Business Development and Distribution Waterbury, Connecticut-...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Adds Another Heat Treatment to its Nadcap® Accreditation
We would have to call Advanced Heat Treat Corp., “The King of Plasma Nitriding in the US” based upon how much of it they do. To see who the company stacks up in size compared to other commercials in the US we would suggest this link...
Buehler 2020 Webinar Series Starts in March with Hardness Testing on Surface Hardened Parts
Buehler, an ITW Company and a global industrial manufacturer metallographic equipment and the Wilson hardness tester line announces the 2020 Hardness Webinar Series. The first webinar in the series will be conducted in English, German and French and offered on several dates, and time zones...
Why Do Captives Choose Vacuum Technology?
A manufacturer in the US approached us today with what will soon be a surplus vacuum carburizing system. To be exact it is an older 3 cell ECM system which one of these days will not longer be needed due to a change in direction when it comes to their heat treating requirements. Looking at these...