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...
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]
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’...
Peter Callert March 15, 1961- February 17, 2023
The North American Heat Treat industry lost a very good man yesterday, Mr. Pete Callert of Shelby Township, Michigan, USA. For almost 30 years Pete was President of Heat Treat Reps, Inc., an independent manufacturers rep firm servicing the North American thermal treatment industry. If we had to sum...
L&L Special Furnace Delivers a Box Furnace
L&L Special Furnace has delivered a highly uniform box furnace to a distributor of equipment to maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities located throughout the world. The L&L Model XLB124 has working dimensions of 11” wide by 10” high by 22” deep. The furnace is capable of...
The Heat Treatment of Tool Steels Part 3 By David Pye
Alloying elements in Tool Steels Iron (Fe) This element is the primary ingredient to make the tool steel. Iron is obtained naturally from the earth's crust in the form of: Magnetite Hematite Iron Pyrites amongst other forms of iron rich ores. Manganese (Mn) Manganese is present in all steels,...
Monday Morning Briefing
We are going to start out in Mexico where we are anxiously awaiting a press release from a company by the name of Metalsa Commercial Vehicles in the Monterrey area. Metalsa is a Tier 1 supplier of components to the auto and truck industries and the company is in the process of buying a new furnace...
Regal Beloit, Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
There has been a great deal of turmoil at bearing manufacturer Regal Beloit in Valparaiso, Indiana with a two month long strike tuning into a decision by the company to close the plant which in turn lead to further negotiations-the details are below. It is of interest to us as this location...
Parker Trutec, Inc. $1.4 Million Expansion Completed
In Springfield, Ohio Parker Trutec just completed an expansion of their heat treatment facility. Parker Trutec is a subsidiary of Japan based Nihon Parkerizing one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Japan and like many Japanese companies largely services the Japanese automotive manufacturers...
Joern Rohde, ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH Interview
In the European heat treat market Joern Rohde of furnace builder ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH is quite a well known figure. Recently he provided an interview to the German heat treat magazine ”Der Wärmebehandlungsmarkt” (The Heat Treatment Market) a publication which comes out 4 times a year. The...
Bluewater Thermal Solutions Kitchener, Canada Closes
As ranked by "The Monty" Bluewater Thermal Solutions https://bluewaterthermal.com/ is one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America with 12 different heat treating and brazing facilities in the USA and Canada. Unfortunately we have been informed that yesterday, September 30th 2019 the...