California, USA Heat Treater Closes Doors
"In Chatworth, California, USA we find a small commercial by the name of Thermal Technologies who summarize their company thusly; "Thermal Tech, Inc. (TTI) provides thermal processing of materials for a variety of industries including aerospace, automotive and medical. We strive to meet customer...
Furnace Manufacturer Delivers a Nitriding System in Turkey
Arslan Aluminyum recently added three new extrusion presses to its production, increasing the demand for nitriding dies and necessitating a large-capacity nitriding system for the biggest press. Because the plant was upgraded and a new nitriding system furnace was required to help double 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]
Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund February 13, 1957 – March 14, 2023
Longtime Metlab employee Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund of Philadelphia passed away suddenly at his residence last week. Bob was the beloved husband of Sharon, married for over 30 wonderful years. He was the loving father of Anthony and Brianna. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, Alexander,...
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter
The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners, a US search firm which is known for being the only recruiting agency in the world working exclusively in the heat treatment industry, for many years now. In 2023, The Monty is pleased to announce that this relationship...
Colorado, USA Heat Treater Moves to Larger Building, Adds More Capacity
We last mentioned commercial heat treater Metalex in Berthoud, Colorado, in June of 2022 when the company added a deep cryogenic system (the original posting is below). Since that time the firm has moved into a new 10,000 ft facility and added another cryogenic system, again from the same...
Joe Wuenning, WS Thermal Processing Technology Inc.-The Interview
Today Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” Speaks with Mr. Joe Wuenning, President of WS Thermal Processing Technology Inc. Gord Montgomery; I am going to go out on a limb and say unequivocally that the foremost topic in the heat treatment industry these days is that of energy and...
Komatsu Mining Auctions Off Surplus Heat Treating Equipment
Heavy equipment supplier and captive heat treater Komatsu Mining is auctioning off a number of heat treating furnaces which are surplus to their ongoing operations as we speak. Komatsu Mining, West Milwaukee Manufacturing Facility is having an ongoing “on line” auction which features a wide variety...
Captive Heat Treater Completes Installation Of Mammoth Heat Treat Department
Castool Tooling Systems, based in Uxbridge, Canada, designs and manufactures production tooling systems for the extrusion and die casting industries. For the extrusion sector, the company pioneered the fixed dummy block, thermally stable container, single cell die heater, and other innovations....
Energy Efficiency in Heat Treatment Plants-ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH
In Germany electrical costs in 2018 averaged .33 U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour. Compare that to an average of .13 U.S. dollars per kilowatt hour in the USA and you quickly realize that the cost of electricity in Germany is a major concern for all heat treaters. Furnace builder ROHDE Schutzgasöfen...
Monday Morning Briefing
Back in 2016 NTN Driveshaft first announced the construction of a new plant in Anderson, Indiana, USA with an initial investment of $84.5 million and the creation of 300 jobs. Just last week the company announced a $58 million USD expansion of this facility which would bring total jobs to...
Stack Metallurgical Group, Portland, Oregon, USA
Commercial heat treater Stack Metallurgical has made our news section 3 times recently, first when we attended the open house of the firm’s new “HIP” facility in Albany, Oregon, second when we provided a photo of their SECO/WARWICK vacuum carburizer-the largest in North America and the third time...
Rohde Salt Recovery Units
We welcome our most recent advertiser, ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH of Germany whose banner ad can be found on the right hand side of this page approximately half way down. Rohde is best known in North America for their SRU (Salt Recovery Units)...
Every Picture Tells a Story Don’t It?
Each of these photos were taken just last week at heat treating departments in the Northwestern, USA and each has a story attached to it-we will tell you the stories later next week and early next week. Along the same lines we expect to be able to report on the heat treating market in Portugal in...
Gasbarre Commissions a Precision Gas Nitriding and Ferritic Nitrocarburizing Furnace
"Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently commissioned a precision gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing furnace for a prominent commercial heat treating company located in the Midwestern United States. The furnace utilizes Super Systems, Inc. controls for automatic KN and KC control to...