Laser Heat Treating, Additive Manufacturing LLC
Laser heat treating represents a miniscule portion of the heat treating market but it is one that we run across from time so it was with great interest that Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" recently visited a company in Clinton Township, Michigan, USA who offers laser heat treating....
Heat Treatment Vietnam
In our quest to see Heat treatment departments around the world, Gord and Dale Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” are visiting Laos and Vietnam. While this photo has nothing to do with heat treating it is rather interesting. This is “The Gateway to Heaven” located on the China/Vietnam border....
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]
John Sheahan Joins Busch VFE Ltd
In the UK we see that Mr. John Sheahan very recently joined Busch VFE, a division of Busch Vacuum (odd that the Busch name comes up again today, we have had several news items about the company recently). John brings a lifetime of experience to his new position as Senior Technical Manager -...
AICHELIN Modernizes SKF Plants in Lüchow, Germany
"Retrofit of 5 Roller Hearth Furnaces Increases Production Reliability and Performance. Retrofitted AICHELIN roller hearth furnaces (© AICHELIN Service GmbH). Mödling/Ludwigsburg/Lüchow (ptp/22.03.2023/08:00) - SKF GmbH produces different roller bearing products in their plant in Lüchow in Lower...
Heat Treat Technical Seminar With SSi Being Held In Mississauga, Ontario
Enhance your understanding of the heat treating industry! This unique opportunity will give you the chance to network with fellow heat treaters and listen to how others are attacking industry specifications, addressing everyday problems, and looking to innovate in the future. There is a link to the...
Captive Heat Treater Makes Substantial Heat Treat Investments
Chain manufacturer and captive heat treater Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA has graced the pages of "The Monty Heat Treat News" several times in the past because of their substantial investments in their heat treat department. Another recent investment has been into their metallurgical lab...
Captive Heat Treater Celebrates 35 Years of Production
The Honda “Anna Engine Plant” in Anna, Ohio is one of the largest engine builders and consequently one of the larger in-house heat treaters in North America. The company recently celebrated 35 years of production with this summary of where the plant has come from and where it is going. Of most...
Solar Atmospheres of California Installs Large Car Bottom Air Furnace
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) successfully installed a brand new 14 foot long car bottom Air Furnace with a total load capacity of up to 30,000 pounds. The furnace was surveyed in accordance with AMS2750 and is uniform within ±10°F (Class 2). The furnace has a working zone that is 60-inches...
HALEX acquires Härterei Aribert Conrad
In Germany we see that commercial heat treater Halex with 15 plants around Europe has acquired yet another, in this case a facility by the name of “Härterei Aribert Conrad”. Over the past couple of years we at “The Monty” have had the chance to visit a number of their plants and can truthfully say...
Beechcraft Explosion, Wichita, Kansas, USA
Last week we had a news item about an explosion at a Beechcraft facility in Wichita, Kansas. It made our news section because of the possibility that it was related to heat treating the company does. As it turns out it was an autoclave furnace with nitrogen addition and this photo shows what a...
Uni-Cast New Hampshire, USA Adds Drop Bottom Ovens
Back in April of 2019 we had this news item about investment casting company Uni-Cast in Londonderry, NH, USA adding two drop bottom ovens. Well one of them is now installed as you can see in this photo. "April 11 2019 Uni-Cast is expanding their factory located in Londonderry, NH and they chose...
Onejoon Thermal Solutions Buys Eisenmann Thermal Solutions
We received a press release this morning about how a Korean manufacturer of furnaces, Onejoon Thermal Solutions was buying a German furnace builder by the name of Eisenmann Thermal Solutions. The press release went on to say that the dal would be concluded January 15th and that Eisenmann Thermal...
Solar Atmospheres, Western PA Awarded Gulfstream Approval
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania is proud to announce their recent Gulfstream approval for material process specifications GAMPS 5101 and 5102. Specification GAMPS 5101 relates to the heat treatment of low alloy steels, and GAMPS 5102 is associated with the annealing and precipitation...
Monday Morning Briefing
We are going to start off in Europe for our Monday Morning Briefing-Eindhoven, Netherlands to be exact. The photo you see below was taken at commercial heat treater Hauck in Eindhoven and entered production just a couple of months ago. It has an all metal hot zone and working dimensions of 1.2 X 1.2...