SECO/WARWICK to Install Vacuum Furnace in Brazil
Commercial heat treater Nitrion do Brasil - the largest nitriding service provider in the region - has purchased another SECO/WARWICK Vector vacuum furnace. The solution will operate in a new production hall and will handle their increasing order volume. Nitrion do Brasil is another commercial heat...
Ipsen USA Welcomes Max Stormo to Souderton, PA
Ipsen welcomes Max Stormo as the new Ipsen Customer Service (ICS) Operations Manager as the company streamlines its aftermarket services in Souderton, PA. Stormo comes to Ipsen after an extensive career working as a manufacturing operations leader in Texas, and a recent role as Vice President of...
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]
Heat Treat Assets Auctioned Off
In 2023 MT Heat Treat in Mentor, Ohio, USA was forced to close with the assets ceased by the bank and sent to auction just last week (our original stories are below). With the auction now concluded we can give you an update. As expected all of the ancillary equipment which included a number of...
Nitrided Titanium Alloys vs Nitrided Stainless Steels Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski of Advanced Heat Treat Corp.
Applications of stainless steel (SS) have been known for over a hundred years. Enhancing tribological properties of these alloys can be achieved by using nitriding [1, 2]. However, the standard nitriding process has limited abilities to improve corrosion resistance of SS unless it is used at very...
Avion Europe a Growing Force in the German Heat Treat Market
A recent visit by “The Monty Heat Treat News” to AVION Europa GmbH & Co., based in Hagen, Germany revealed to us a firm which is thriving as a provider of heat treating sales and services to the German heat treatment industry-both captive and commercial. Our hosts, co owners Mr. Roland Caminades...
Aichelin Enters Vacuum Furnace Market
Yesterday we had a press release from Austrian furnace builder Aichelin Group about the firm forming a joint venture with Turkish furnace builder Sistem Teknik to "produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe"...
Furnace Builder Aichelin to Offer Vacuum Furnaces
"The AICHELIN Group and Sistem Teknik have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Austria. This joint venture will produce and distribute industrial vacuum heat treatment technologies and services in Europe. The AICHELIN Group is thus adding a promising segment to its existing product...
New Commercial Heat Treat in Tennessee
According to this press release a German company by the name of BorTec will be setting up a commercial heat treat facility in Johnson City, TN. Once completed the facility will offer "boronizing"; "Boriding, or Boronizing, is a thermo-chemical surface hardening process used to improve the life and...
Vacuum Furnace Auction
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 a well publicized auction was held in Canon City, Colorado, USS which featured a nice Abar Ipsen vacuum furnace which came out of a Parker Hannifin facility. The system appeared to be in good shape and well maintained, the only real drawbacks were the age and the size-small...
So What Do You Process in a HIP Unit?
Hot Isostatic Pressing (Hipping) has been much in the news the last couple of years with a number of large systems installed around the world. But what the heck do you put in them? Launcher is a company in Brooklyn, NY, USA who is developing a rocket to deliver small satellites into orbit. One of...
Kuczma Hardening Plant, Poland to Install Vacuum Furnace
According to this press release commercial heat treater Kuczma in Poland will be installing a SECO/WARWICK vacuum furnace; "Vector is the most popular vacuum technology for heat treatment selected by commercial plants worldwide. This vacuum furnace is a very efficient and versatile system used for...
Solar Manufacturing Builds Its First Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA (SAWPA) understands the need to expand their material hardening repertoire by adding oil quenching capabilities. The question has been - how to make this process safer and greener? The explosiveness of the protective endothermic gas along with the flammability of...
Jones Metal Products-In House Heat Treating
From time to time we have a close look at captive heat treat departments, in this case we are looking at Jones Metal in West Lafayette, Ohio, USA. Jones Metal is a 97 year old metal forming company whose customers are mainly in the aerospace industry. Many years ago the company brought their heat...
Monday Morning Briefing
Today we start off with a news item from ALD Thermal Treatment in Port Huron, Michigan, USA one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America as ranked by “The Monty” https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/. “ALD Heat Treat Services, one of...