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...
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]
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...
UK Heat Treater Investing in More Equipment
From one of the largest heat treaters in the UK we have this press release; "FEBRUARY 15/2023; Extra Nitriding Capacity added to Wallwork Birmingham. Increasing the total units to 8 for the group, this 940mm diameter x 1100mm deep unit will vastly increase capacity for the site and group, and help...
Winston Heat Treating Purchases 2 New Tempering Furnaces
"The Monty Heat Treat News" would like to share the press release below about Winston Heat Treating purchasing 2 new temper furnaces from Delta H. Below that we have a previous article about Winston Heat Treating making the list of largest commercial heat treaters in North America. Dayton, OH: ...
Vacuum Brazing, Aalberts surface technologies
Earlier this week "The Monty Heat Treat News" profiled one of the 3 locations Aalberts surface technologies’ HIP | braze | heat treatment division maintains in the Greenville, SC, USA region (https://themonty.com/aalberts-surface-technologies-invites-the-monty-heat-treat-news-to-visit/) Today we...
Countdown for HK 2019 – 22 – 24 October in Cologne, Germany
The event is Europe’s largest annual forum for experts in the field of materials technology, with a particular focus on heat treatment processes. This year a high quality congress program will be provided. The program jury were able to select the speakers from more than 50 submissions. Main topics:...
Thomas Doppler, Aichelin GesmbH, Austria
We are excited to be able to offer you this interview with an individual we have a very high opinion of Mr. Thomas Dopler, CEO of furnace manufacturer Aichelin GesmbH based in Moedling, Austria. Thomas I am always curious about how people end up in the heat treatment industry. Could you share with...
Bodycote, New York, USA
While we mentioned this news item recently, this article from Syracuse.com provides a few more details about the new location. Please note the interesting comment about the new location being able to “perform heat treatment processed not currently available in the United States.” "Geddes, N.Y. -- A...
Monday Morning Briefing
Back in March 2018 we had a press release about Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) making a major investment in their facility in Cudahy, Wisconsin-the press release is below. We have been lead to believe that what this means in terms of heat treating is an investment of roughly $15 million USD in a...
Tool Steel and its Heat Treatment Part I By; David Pye
This presentation is the first of three parts and is focused on the heat treatment of tool steels. The complete presentation will address the categorization of tool steels, followed by heat treatment practice and concluding with troubleshooting, which will address some failures due to;Tooling...
Schaeffler Installs Heat Treat Line at South Carolina Facility
This press release tells us about the 50th anniversary of the Schaeffler Group USA facility in Cheraw, SC, USA and talks about the investments the company has made in the plant which includes a new heat treat furnace. The heat treat furnace the press release refers to is a mesh belt line which is...