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...
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]
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...
Josh Longenette Appointed VP Operations at Bodycote
Josh Longenette was recently appointed Vice President of Operations at heat treating giant Bodycote. Josh previously worked at Bodycote before taking a brief hiatus outside of the heat treating industry. He follows in the footsteps of his father Don Longenette who after a long career with companies...
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter-Should Potential Employees be Tested?
Jessica Maier, Sr. Recruiter at recruiting firm International Search Partners is a regular contributor to “The Monty Heat Treat News”. Today she answers a question posed by a large furnace OEM-Should we implement the use of testing to make hiring decisions or otherwise utilize assessments during my...
Gasbarre Supplies a Car Bottom Furnace to a US Based Manufacturer of Excavating Equipment
"Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems recently manufactured and commissioned a High Temperature Car Bottom Furnace for a Southern US Manufacturer of Excavating Equipment. The furnace has a work zone of 84 inches wide by 144 inches long by 48 inches high with a 16,000 lbs. load capacity. The operating...
The Heat Treatment of trying Tool Steels Part 5 By David Pye
Stress Relieving During the manufacturing process of the tool, considerable machining stresses are generated on the surface. These stresses are known as induced residual stress raisers. Thus, the more the tooling is machined, the more induced mechanical stresses are generated. The induced residual...
Kern Liebers, Mexico Adds More Vacuum Nitriding Capacity
This week we start off with a news item from Mexico about captive/Commercial heat treater Kern Liebers in Queretaro adding some more vacuum nitriding capacity. “Rohde Installs New Vacuum Nitriding Furnace at Kern Liebers Mexico Plant; In these pictures we see a brand new Rohde furnace that has been...
Mike Arnold
Mike Arnold, Heat Treat Engineer at ALD Thermal Treatment in Port Huron, MI., USA has parted ways with the company to try new challenges. ALD in Port Huron is one of the largest single location heat treats in North America and specializes in vacuum carburizing of automotive transmission components....
Steve Hutchinson, Braddock Metallurgical
Down in the US Southeast Braddock Metallurgical are the “big boys” on the block when it comes to heat treating-we have this people news from the company; “Braddock Metallurgical Aerospace Services congratulates Steve Hutchinson, General Manager - Boynton Beach, FL facility on his retirement. We...
Heat Treat Equipment Auctions
For reasons completely unknown to us there appears to be a significant number of auctions featuring used heat treat equipment coming up in the near future. The details of two of these auctions can be found in the “Hilco” banner ad. The one auction features an enormous Abar Ipsen vacuum furnace which...