“ITAR” Compliance an Important Accreditation For Commercial Heat Treaters
“ITAR” Compliance an Important Accreditation For Commercial Heat Treaters June 23rd, we had this story about “Texas Heat Treating” becoming “ITAR” registered earlier this year; ” USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered “. As it turns out “Texas Heat Treating” is the second commercial heat treater in the state to become “ITAR” Registered, “Lark…
MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days
MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) has announced that its 2028 YES (Young Executives Society) Leadership Development Program sold out in just five days after registration opened on July 1, making it one of the fastest-selling classes in the program’s history. 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]
Carlos Torres, TORSA Group-The Interview
Carlos Torres, TORSA Group-The Interview 1) Today we are very pleased to be able to offer this interview with Mr. Carlos Torres, CEO of the TORSA Group and perhaps best known for his series of “Heat Treat Podcasts”. Carlos for those who might not know you could you please give us some background, the companies you are involved with and how they…
Norman W. Sousa Jr., 1949-2024
Norman W. Sousa Jr., 1949-2024 Earlier this week we mentioned the passing of Mr. Norm Sousa of commercial heat treater “The Sousa Corp.”, of Newington, CT, USA https://themonty.com/norm-sousa-sousa-corp-newington-ct-usa/. Details about commemorating Norm’s life can be found…
Steel Distributor Increases Heat Treat Capacity
Steel Distributor Increases Heat Treat Capacity Perhaps this is quite not a first but pretty close to it-a Heat Treatment news item from Finland. According to this press release Sten Steel Oy, a firm in Finland who operates as a steel distributor and commercial heat treater recently added to their capacity in the form of a new “Atlas” sealed…
Vacuum Degreasing Source Wanted
Vacuum Degreasing Source Wanted A US company is looking for a source who could vacuum degrease small, stainless steel washers. The volumes are small as this is for testing only but successful testing would lead to an order for a new system. If you are able to help we will be glad to put you in touch directly. Please let Gord Montgomery know;…
DeKalb Blowers. Yorkville, IL, USA
DeKalb Blowers. Yorkville, IL, USA Recently Gord Montgomery of ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” had the opportunity to visit DeKalb Blowers in Yorkville, IL., who we know of as a supplier of high temperature fans for the heat-treating industry. Our host was Mr. Eric Johansen, President of the company and it was obvious that he has a passion for…
Heat Treat Appoints General Manager
Heat Treat Appoints General Manager Aberfoyle Metal Treating in Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada is without a doubt one of the most unusual commercial heat treaters we have ever come across. Why? Because their largest furnace is 82 ft (25.0 m) long by 21.5 ft (6.6 m) wide by 23 ft (7.0 m) high, with a weight capacity of 400 tons and a maximum operating…
Monday Morning Briefing
Monday Morning Briefing We will start off with a bit of “people” news. First up we see that Jesús Gerardo Calderón Reyna recently became Vice President of Operations at ALD TRATAMIENTOS TERMICOS SA DE CV in Mexico. ALD TT (Thermal Treatment) is a commercial heat treater specializing in vacuum carburizing and Jesús has been with the company a…
Mercer Technologies Press Release
Mercer Technologies Press Release Below we have a press release from Mike Mercer Sr. regarding the status of Mercer Technologies in these challenging times. “For all Mercer Technologies customers: Subject: Critical Infrastructure Continued Operations during the COVID-19 crisis Mercer Technologies , Inc. is a supplier for companies such as…
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! “The Monty” Will be closed Friday April 10 for Easter holiday’s. We will resume regular news updates on Monday April 13. Happy Easter!
In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part II)
In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part II) Yesterday we looked at part of the in house heat treating department of FENDT Tractors in Germany, specifically we took a look at the immaculate “pusher” furnace department. Today we look at the other part of the department which consists of a number of batch IQ furnaces with an…
Obituary for David Miles Kailburn
Obituary for David Miles Kailburn We very much regret mentioning that David Miles Kailburn recently passed away. Dave’s entire working life revolved around the commercial heat treating industry in Upstate, NY, USA working with companies such as Jasco Heat Treating and Rochester Steel Treating Works . We found this photo of Dave (on the right)…
In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part I)
In House Heat Treating, AGCO/FENDT, Marktoberdorf, Germany (Part I) FENDT Tractors (Photo1), a division of AGCO is known around the world as a top end manufacturer of tractors. Manufactured in Germany the company makes many of the components in each tractor including drive train items in house. Today we are looking specifically at the…