Gearbox Manufacturer Adds Endo Generators
"NGC Gears, one of the world’s largest wind power gearbox manufacturers, has completed the installation of two additional EndoFlex generators from UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, at its new facility in Jinhu, China location. This acquisition brings the total of generator sets to five since 2022,...
Furnace Builder Appoints Managing Director/Head of Sales
As a long-standing employee of the AICHELIN Group, Philipp Krenn will not only be responsible for strategic and operational management in his new role, but also for the sales activities of AICHELIN Ges.m.b.H. in Mödling. Philipp Krenn started his career at the AICHELIN Group in 2012 and has since...
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 Stories to Tell
"The Monty Heat Treat News" is looking forward to telling our readers about two success stories in the heat treatment industry, both stories originating in Europe. "Avion Europe" headquartered in Hagen, Germany was formed in 1994 as a heat treatment manufacturer representative firm and while it...
Furnace Builder Enters “Rebuild Market”
It is relatively unusual for a furnace builder to actively enter the used/rebuilt furnace market but that is exactly what furnace builder Vac Aero is doing. Under their new management the company has become much more aggressive about every aspect of their business from commercial heat treating to...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine – May 2024 Issue
The link below will take you to the May 2024 issue of "The Monty" for 30 years the world's largest source of news and trends about the heat treatment industry. In this months issue we cover these stories amongst others; Carburizing of Large Gears – Haerterei Reese “Cronite” Talk “Alloy” For the Heat...
Heat Treatment of Auto Transmissions-Tremec, Queretaro, Mexico
During a recent tour of some of the largest captive heat treats in Mexico, Gord and Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" had the opportunity to visit "Tremec" a global supplier of automotive transmissions; About Tremec; "Welcome to TREMEC, a leading manufacturer of torque transfer...
Munitions Supplier Adds Heat Treating Capacity
It is well known that the war in the Ukraine has put enormous pressure on increasing production of munitions, and at the top of the list this would include 105 and 155 mm artillery shells. This "war pressure demand" was bound to increase production in western countries of munitions which would...
Surplus Mesh Belt Furnace Lines Sold?
Earlier this year we had a news item about Commercial Steel Treating in Madison Heights, Michigan, USA closing-the initial news item can be found below. One of the biggest questions about this closing was what would happen with the surplus equipment, in particular the three Can Eng, 4,000 pounds per...
Jan Massholder Appointed Managing Director at Furnacare
Jan Massholder was recently appointed Managing Director for vacuum furnace provider Furnacare. Based in Spartanburg, SC, USA Furnacare is the US marketing, sales and service division of TAV Vacuum Furnaces. TAV is a long established furnace manufacturer and the largest in Italy. Jan brings with him...
Hubbard-Hall Forges Strategic Alliance with SAFECHEM To Distribute Modified Alcohol Solvents for Precision Cleaning of Industrial Components
“Hubbard-Hall and SFECHEM have forged a strategic distribution alliance to supply U.S. customers with SAFECHEM’s DOWCLENE™* 16-Series of modified alcohol solvents, test kits and stabilizers, through Hubbard-Hall channels. These high-performance solvents have excellent properties and are suitable for...
Press Quench Supplier “Wickert” to Expand US Operations
The world of press quenching (or Fixture Quenching as it is called in Europe) is a small one with just a handful of equipment suppliers. These systems are not commonly found in commercial heat treats but are quite common amongst manufacturers of gears or bearing races. Companies such as Treat All...
Largest Horizontal Vacuum Furnace in the UK
What you are looking at is what will be the largest horizontal vacuum furnace to be installed in all of the UK. As you can see it is not yet installed but it soon will be. We will have more details about the installation and the furnace later on this week. [bsa_pro_ad_space...
Nitrex Changes & More Heat Treat News
Last week, Wednesday May 13 to be exact we published our 2020 list of the 30 Largest North American commercial Heat Treaters https://themonty.com/project/largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treats-august-2020/ For over 20 years we have been publishing this annual list but this year we vastly...
Nitrex Unveils New Brand Identity
Montreal, Canada – May 12, 2020 – Nitrex, a Novacap portfolio company and the leading global provider of fully integrated heat-treating solutions and technologies, unveiled its new corporate brand identity today. This change comes at a time when the company is forging new paths, retooling its...