Burner Company “Noxmat” Formally Enters North American Market
"Noxmat Industrial Heating Technology" formally entered the North American market March 1/2023 when they set up a brand new facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA. Noxmat based in Germany has long been a significant player in the global heating technology industry with locations in Europe,...
Unannealed Pinions Causes Ford To Recall Vehicles
"Ford’s quality control appears to be getting worse. The Dearborn-based automaker somehow forgot to anneal the front axle pinions that equip certain F-150, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. By not receiving the proper heat treatment, said pinions are prone to fracture, resulting in the...
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]
Busch Acquires VESCO-McLaughlin-A Pattern
Earlier this week "The Monty Heat Treat News" was the first to announce the acquisition of the VESCO Division of McLaughlin Furnace Group by Busch Vacuum Solutions US. The news was not unexpected and represents a very good business decision by both groups in the humble opinion of "The Monty Heat...
Cincinnati Steel Treating Appoints Operations Manager
Cincinnati Steel Treating enjoys a long and very impressive history in the commercial heat treating industry which goes back to 1941. Their capabilities include nitriding, hardening, induction, carburizing and aluminum processing to name just a few CST: Heat Treating Services & Metal Treating of...
Titanium Foundry Adds Furnace
"L&L Special Furnace has delivered a highly uniform, front-loading box furnace to a northeastern US supplier of titanium castings for the aerospace and power generation fields. The company deals with exotic metals such as nickel and cobalt-based alloys that are ideal for superior products using...
UPC-Marathon awarded Pit Furnace Controls Upgrade at Overton Chicago Gear
"Obsidian Technical Group and Dana Liebelt with the support of UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex Company, have secured a contract to upgrade the furnace controls for Overton Chicago Gear, a leading US manufacturer of gears and gearboxes. The project will include all-new carburizing controls for a large pit...
Busch Vacuum Solutions U.S. Acquires VESCO-McLaughlin, Inc.
Last week "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a press release about an acquisition within the global heat treatment community. We are now in a position where we can mention the names of the companies involved. Below you will find the official press release. "Busch Vacuum Solutions U.S. has announced...
Cincinnati Steel Treating Adding Batch IQ Capacity
Lets start with some background on commercial heat treater Cincinnati Steel Treating one of the largest in the Ohio area; “The Cincinnati Steel Treating Company was founded in 1941 to accommodate the gear industry’s metal treating needs in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. By 1950 CST had diversified and...
Lance Miller, Metal Treating Institute
For those of you who aren’t familiar with MTI (Metal Treating Institute) it is the largest organizations of commercial heat treaters in North America. Doug Peters of Peters Heat Treating in Meadville, PA has these very touching comments about the passing of Lance Miller, who was Executive Director...
Ipsen To Ship Large Pusher Furnace
In Kleve, Germany furnace manufacturer Ipsen is preparing to ship this very impressive 2 row pusher furnace. We have few details to add except to say that it is for a captive heat treater in Europe. This is what the furnace looked like when we visited this facility just a few weeks back....
Bodycote Trading Update – 20th November 2019
Bodycote, the world’s largest commercial heat treater issued a trading update for the 4 month period from July 1 to October 31, 2019. As always it makes for interesting reading as it gives us a real insight into which areas, both geographic and sector wise are doing well and which are not doing as...
Ashland Precision Tooling LLC., Ashland, Ohio, USA
Just yesterday there was an auction at Ashland Precision Tooling LLC, in Ohio, a company which described itself as a “Forge Tooling & Bearing Component Manufacturer”. The equipment being auctioned off included all the usual blah, blah, blah stuff but also some heat treating equipment most...
Bernie Parry
It is with great regret that we mention the passing of Mr. Bernie Parry truly a legend in the North American heat treatment industry. Originally from Wales Bernie’s entire working life was spent working with the best known furnace manufacturers in North America and consequently many, many captive...
Accurate Brazing Adds Second Hot Isostatic Press from Quintus Technologies
“Västerås, Sweden, November 19, 2019 – Accurate Brazing, a full-service provider of specialized heat treating solutions, added Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) to its thermal processing capabilities earlier this year. “Based on overwhelming feedback from the marketplace, we are pleased to be moving...