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...
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]
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....
Metal Finishing Company Steel Heat Treat Installs Large Air Age Oven
"Metal Finishing Company just added a new larger Air Age oven on 3/17/23. The Next Gen Air Age Oven was supplied by McLaughlin Furnace Group. The furnace will have a work zone of 60” x 192” x 60” with a temperature range of 300F – 1400F with a +/- 10F range. This furnace meets AMS2750G and allows...
Circuit Breaker Manufacturer Orders Three Vacuum Furnaces
“A Chinese manufacturer of a wide variety of vacuum circuit breakers trusted SECO/WARWICK for the second time by ordering vacuum furnaces for metal heat treatment. This order includes three Vector vacuum furnaces that ensure a very high vacuum level and temperature uniformity within the entire load....
Vacu Braze Expands Capabilities With Clean Processing Furnace
“Quakertown, PA - Vacu Braze, a precision heat treatment facility, recently purchased and installed an American-manufactured vacuum furnace to expand its clean vacuum processing capabilities. The new furnace is now fully operational and already yielding benefits in the company’s state of the art...
Commercial Heat Treating-A Family Affair
It is estimated that there are several hundred commercial heat treaters in North America, probably at least half of these are small and medium sized family owned and run businesses-such is Cambridge Heat Treat in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1982 by Bob Robbins, it is now owned and run by...
Monday Morning Briefing
To start off the week we are pretty excited to have an interview with Mr. Jeff McLaughlin, founder, owner and CEO of Mclaughlin Furnace Group based in Avilla, Indiana, USA. When we searched around for a cool picture to go with this story we came across this recent photo showing Jeff doing a furnace...
Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnaces
January 29/2020 we had the news item below about bottom loading vacuum furnaces and at the time we promised more details to come. We can now share with you that these furnaces are located at Stack Metallurgical in Portland, Oregon, USA and they were provided by furnace manufacturer Ipsen. The first...
Largest Vacuum Carburizing Furnace in North America
Here is a trivia question for you-what is the largest vacuum carburizing furnace in North America? We believe it to be this SECO/WARWICK unit located at Stack Metallurgical in Portland, Oregon, USA. With working dimensions of 72" X 72" X 72", oil quenching and a weight capacity of approximately...
Heat Treatment 2000 Ltd./UK Expansion
Lets go to the UK for an announcement about a major investment in an aluminum processing facility. We actually visited this company back in 2013 shortly after they had installed a new 6,000 pound an hour mesh belt furnace line (you can find the 2013 announcement further down). The company provided...
Nitrex Installs System at Gas Springs Manufacturer
According to this press release Nitrex sold and installed a gas nitriding system to a gas spring manufacturer in Poland, a system which entered production just over a month ago. The system would have been built at the Nitrex location in Poland, a facility which we visited a little while back. The...
Bottom Loading (Vertical) Vacuum Furnaces
It would be interesting to know what % of new vacuum furnaces built each year are bottom loading (vertical) as opposed to horizontal loading. It is certainly very much in the minority as they are largely relegated to the aerospace industry and seldom seen in other vacuum hardening applications such...