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...
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]
Bill Disler, CEO Of AFC Holcroft Leaving
“The Monty Heat Treat News” searched through our archived photos for our most recent picture of Bill and we came across this one taken in October of 2022 at the heat treat exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Bill is on the left, flanked by the former CEO of Aichelin, Peter Schobesberger, Christian...
Bodycote 2022 Financials
Commercial heat treat giant UK based Bodycote has just released their full year results for year ended 31 December 2022 and they are impressive. The highlights are below and the full report (which makes for fascinating reading about the global heat treating market) can be found here;...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Announces Expansion Of Austempering Capabilities In Ohio And Arkansas
"Aalberts surface technologies - HIP | braze | heat treatment announces a significant expansion of its austempering capabilities and capacity in Canton, OH and Ft. Smith, AR. Three atmosphere-to-salt furnaces will be added at the existing facility in Canton, OH. This expands the number of...
Induction Heat Treating Corp., Makes Acquisition
Located in Chrystal Lake, Illinois, USA Induction Heat Treating Corp., is a very rare type of commercial heat treater in that the company only offers Induction heat treating. Founded in 1946 it now has over 60 employees working out of a 35,000 square foot facility. Induction Heat Treating -...
Captive Heat Treater Finishing Installation of 3rd Mesh Belt Line
Recently we have had several stories about chain manufacturer and captive heat treater Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA expanding their heat treat department. In a November 2022 posting we told how the company was installing a third mesh belt furnace line. These photos show the existing two...
Ipsen Repurposes Ceramics Facility for Hot Zone Production
Pecatonica, ILLINOIS (March 15, 2023) – Ipsen in Pecatonica, Illinois (formerly Ipsen Ceramics) is being repurposed for vacuum furnace hot zone assembly. The plant is currently undergoing major refurbishments, including new lighting, HVAC, roofing, and other interior and exterior upgrades. The...
Bill Pociask, P&L Heat Treating, Youngstown, Ohio, USA
P & L made our news section approximately 1 year ago when the company was acquired by Thermal Process Holdings. As a follow up to that story we have this interview with the founder of the company Mr. William Pociask, an interview which appeared in a local newspaper “The Business Journal” of...
Scott Bodemann and Paul Cairney, South-Tek Systems Interview
We are pleased to be able to offer you this interview with both Mr. Scott Bodemann, President and Mr. Paul Cairney, Heat Treat market manager, of Nitrogen Generation Technology company South-Tek Systems of Wilmington, NC, USA. I always like to start off our interviews with a bit of background, for...
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Diablo Furnaces, Rockford, USA-The End of the Line
Based in Rockford, Illinois, USA Diablo furnaces appeared almost from nowhere back in 2017 to start offering heat treat furnaces, primarily Batch IQ furnaces. The company claimed business was quite good and that they were rapidly gaining widespread acceptance in the North American heat treating...
Bodycote Acquires Ellison Surface Technologies
"Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has entered into an agreement to acquire Ellison Surface Technologies (‘Ellison’), creating one of the world’s largest providers of thermal spray and engineered coating surface technology services...
Recent Trends and Developments in Vacuum Furnace Processing Technology for the Heat Treatment of Steel by David Pye
"Recent Trends and Developments in Vacuum Furnace Processing Technology for the Heat Treatment of Steel. The future of metallurgical thermal processing technology is changing on almost a daily basis. This development has been necessitated towards clean critical heat treatment, as well as...