ALD Thermal Treatment Receives Nadcap Accreditation
According to this press release commercial heat treater ALD Thermal Treatment of Port Huron, Michigan, USA has received their Nadcap Accreditation for heat treatment, a very impressive feat. Making this doubly impressive is the fact that this location has always been almost 100% focused on the...
How To Extend Alloy Life-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
In this episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast” our articulate, charming and energetic host Mr. Carlos Torres, speaks with Tony Salerno. Tony is President of Steeltech Ltd., an alloy foundry in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the focus of the discussion is on extending alloy life. Did you like this...
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]
Solar Manufacturing Installs Mentor® Furnace in Eastern PA
"Solar Manufacturing recently shipped and installed a Mentor® vacuum furnace for a commercial heat treating and brazing facility in Eastern PA. The Mentor® vacuum furnace has stainless steel chamber, a work zone of 12” x 12” x 18” deep, and a maximum operating temperature of 2400°F with a workload...
In House Heat Treater Reaches Milestone
Over the course of the past few months we have had several press releases about one of the larger in house heat treaters in North America, Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois. The firm is now sharing that their heat treat supervisor, Dan Cover is celebrating a very impressive milestone, 37 years working...
Heat Treating Services Unlimited Talks About Their Unique HT Inventory
"Heat Treating Services Unlimited" (HTSU) of Simpsonville, SC, USA and their subsidiary "Heat Treat Depot" occupy a rather unique position in the heat treatment industry as "The Monty Heat Treat News" saw last week. HTSU launched their "Heat Treat Depot" facility back in 2020 when they claimed it...
Heat Treating of Machine Knives-“The Knife Source”
Last week "The Monty Heat Treat News" was honored to be able to visit "The Knife Source" a manufacturer of machine knives for lumber, panel, wood chips and biomass processing companies. https://www.knifesource.com/ Located in Fountain Inn, SC, USA the company has used a tried and proven heat...
Insolvency Proceedings Initiated Against German Furnace Builder
In October of 2022 German furnace builder Linn High Therm GmbH., declared bankruptcy. It was very unfortunate as Linn has a very distinguished history in furnace building, a history which dates back over 50 years. The firm which is located in Eschenfelden (Bavaria) has always concentrated on 3 core...
Ipsen Announces 2023 Training Dates and Enhancements to Ipsen U Curriculum
"Ipsen’s comprehensive training course in vacuum equipment, Ipsen U, is returning in 2023 with some upgrades. Expanded course offerings will dig deeper into metallurgy, thermal processes, troubleshooting and furnace mechanics. The curriculum will also be tailored for each class based on attendees’...
ECM Synergy Center, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
It is a year now since we had the chance to visit the US headquarters of furnace builder ECM in Pleasant Prairie, WI. Our last visit was to view the company’s brand new Synergy Center, a state of the art R & D facility designed to test customers parts. The Synergy Center consists of the latest...
Where Are They Now-Chris Bixler
Chris has spent his entire life in the heat treating industry; almost 13 years at Applied Process in Livonia, Michigan (Applied recently became part of the Aalberts Group of companies), a short stint at Metlab in Wyndmoor, PA (who boasts some of the largest pit carburizing furnaces in North America)...
Hauck Heat Treatment Eindhoven, The Netherlands
According to "The Monty" https://themonty.com/largest-european-commercial-heat-treaters-february-2019/ Hauck Heat Treatment with 27 plants around Europe is the second largest commercial heat treater in Europe (we will remind out readers that when their parent company Aalberts Industries recently...
ThermTech of Waukesha Open House
Almost exactly one year ago commercial heat treater ThermTech, one of the largest in the US Midwest issued this press release. As an update to this story the company is planning on an open house October 25th of this year to celebrate the completed expansion. “ThermTech Announces Major Expansion,...
Multi Metals Auction-Powdered Metal Factory
In Louisville, Kentucky, USA we see that a company by the name of Multi-Metals has closed with the equipment going to auction this week. This would appear to be a pretty standard PM facility with a mixture of presses, lab equipment, machine tools and you guessed it sintering furnaces. Looks like...
Heat Treating Viet Nam
It's an interesting world these days with manufacturing being truly global. In this case we are looking at a pump manufacturer from Texas who set up shop in Viet Nam-a shop which now boasts a very impressive in house heat treating facility. The equipment is a mixture of used Ipsen equipment...