Metlab HT Closing Giving Gear Suppliers “Headaches”
The recent closing of commercial heat treater "Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA (the original news release can be found below) has had lasting ramifications on the gear industry in North America-let us explain. Metlab in size we would have considered to be "average" in terms of annual sales...
Crio, Mexico Top 5 Mexican Heat Treat
It has been 4 years since “The Monty Heat Treat News” visited commercial heat treater “Crio” ( https://www.criomx.com/ws/services.html) in Querétaro, Mexico and we welcomed the opportunity for another visit last week. What we found was a company which has invested heavily since then both in terms of...
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]
Aerospace Company Completes Expansion Which Includes Vacuum Brazing
Aerospace company Barnes has just completed the expansion of a new facility in East Granby, Connecticut, USA. This facility boasts several vacuum brazing systems. "BRISTOL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Barnes Aerospace proudly announces the completion of its newly expanded Maintenance, Repair, and...
Aerospace Heat Treating-Safran Group S.A.
Querétaro, Mexico, April 12, 2024; Safran S.A., is a French multinational aerospace and defense corporation that designs, develops and manufactures aircraft engines, helicopter engines, spacecraft propulsion systems as well as various other aerospace and military...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Adds Nitrex System
Aalberts Surface Technologies, the second largest commercial heat treater in the world recently added more nitriding capacity at their Telford, UK facility in the form of a Nitrex system. "We're thrilled to announce the latest addition to our range of cutting-edge technologies at Aalberts...
Snap On Tools to Install L & L Oven
"L&L Special Furnace Co. has shipped a model QDD29 economical dual-chamber heat-treating and tempering oven to an equipment provider located in the Midwest. The furnace will ultimately be installed in a Snap On production facility servicing tool and die support within the company's production...
Dana Corporation, Queretaro, Mexico-Top 11 Heat Treater
Auto parts giant Dana Corporation needs no introduction as one of the globe's largest suppliers of auto and truck parts (and of more interest to us at “The Monty Heat Treat News” one of the largest in house heat treaters in the world). As an example of how much heat treating the company does we can...
Andreas Fritz of HEMO Talks Cleaning Systems
We are very excited to be speaking today with Mr. Andreas Fritz, CEO of cleaning system experts "HEMO". In our opinion "HEMO" offers the most advanced cleaning technology solutions in the heat treatment industry. Read on. “The Monty Heat Treat News” is very excited to be speaking with Mr. Andreas...
ALD Receives Order for LPC System?
Now this is a very interesting rumor which started floating around just last week. We have been told that ALD in Hanau, Germany has received an order for a LPC (low pressure carburizing) system from a German auto parts supplier for e-drives. ALD is known around the world for their expertise in LPC...
Ramada Aços/Heat Treating in Portugal
March 19 we had a summary about the heat treating industry in Portugal https://themonty.com/heat-treating-in-portugal/ If you recall “The Monty” had planned on visiting the major heat treaters in Portugal this past week, however the COVID-19 put an end to any possible in person visits. However the...
Monday Morning Briefing
We will start off in North Carolina, USA with a story about commercial heat treater East Carolina Metal Treating expanding. Just a year ago we had this story about the company and mentioned that their division in Lynchburg, Virginia, Virginia Metal Treating would soon have a new building. Well the...
COVID-19 And What We Learned About “Essential Businesses”
We at “The Monty” would have to say that it is probably very fortunate that we have never had to put much thought into what constitutes an essential business-the past few days though have certainly educated us. From far and wide we have been receiving notices from US companies announcing that in...
SECO/WARWICK New Orders
“SECO/WARWICK received an order from a machine-tool manufacturer for two vacuum heat-treatment furnaces. The manufacturer purchased a multi-chamber vacuum furnace with oil quench and a high-pressure gas-quench vacuum furnace for its recently created captive heat-treat department. All of the...
In House Heat Treating-Sutton Tools Australia
A regular feature of “The Monty” is our articles profiling manufacturing firms which do in house heat treating, today we feature an Australian company by the name of Sutton Tools. The best background from the company comes directly from their website https://www.suttontools.com/ “Sutton Tools...