Worldwide Heat Treat Appoints Business Development Manager
Commercial Heat Treater Worldwide Heat Treat in Houston, Texas, USA recently appointed Mr. Scott Licklider to the position of Business Development Manager. Scott brings with him a lifetime of heat treating experience having worked at companies such as FPM Heat Treat and Bodycote. Worldwide Heat...
Batch Austemper Line Installed in US
In 2022 furnace builder AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, MI announced that they had received an order from a manufacturer of mining and construction components in the US Midwest for a relatively unusual item, a batch austemper line. The salt quenching line is now installed as you can see in this photo. A very...
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]
In House Transmission Components Heat Treating Mexico
From time to time "The Monty Heat Treat News" reaches back in our photo archives to review fascinating heat treats we have visited over the years. One that would fit the bill is a very large supplier of transmission components by the name of Tremec in Mexico. Their Pedro Escobedo location in Mexico...
Captive Heat Treat Installs New Endothermic Generator
Nordic Traction Finland, a manufacturer of traction chains and tracks for forestry and agricultural machinery, recently upgraded their heat treatment operations by installing a new EndoFlex™ S endothermic gas generator system. Nordic Traction relies on endogas to carburize its traction chains. The...
Mr. Dave Farmery, President of Vac Aero-The Interview
“The Monty Heat Teat News” is very pleased to offer this interview with Mr. Dave Farmery, President of vacuum furnace builder and commercial heat treater Vac Aero. Dave’s background includes almost 30 years in the aerospace industry and in this interview he brings up some very interesting points...
Aalberts Surface Technologies Forms New HIP/Braze/Heat Treatment Business Unit in US
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is pleased to say that next week we will be visiting the Aalberts Surface Technologies facility in Greenville, SC and doing an in depth profile of the company. "Aalberts surface technologies - specialized heat treatment US and Aalberts surface technologies - accurate...
The Monty Heat Treat News February 2023 Edition
The link below will take you to the February 2023 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News”-for over 25 years the largest source of heat treatment news and trends in the world. The Monty Heat Treat News February 2023 Edition In this exciting 80 plus page edition you will the absolute latest news from...
MTI Educational Foundation Scholarship Application Process NOW OPEN
Every industry is hungry for the next generation of workers. The Metal Treating Institute launched its new career recruitment website in 2022, HeatTreatCareers.com. It is a central digital resource for anyone looking for a career can see what heat treating is, the impact of heat treating and why...
Has Anybody Seen This Furnace?
We have now run across this furnace several times. It is a big Abar Ipsen horizontal vacuum furnace 66/72 built in 2000 and used in an aerospace facility in the Carolinas in the US. We have nothing to do with the selling of this furnace but it is certainly becoming famous because of the marketing...
Hydro Plant In Poland Installs Nitrex System
We found the last sentence of this news item quite interesting; “Today, the company operates over twenty Nitrex nitriding systems in seventeen countries including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, UK, and...
Ipsen Fills Workforce Gap to Increase Field Service Presence
"Ipsen USA announces its next Corporate Academy class for training Field Service Engineers, part of a fast-track development strategy to continue increasing technical service capacity in the field. "We realize the importance of supporting our customers for decades after they purchase new equipment,"...
Wisconsin Oven Press Release
“Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of one natural gas fired conveyor oven to the automation industry and will be used to cure a resin formed mat. This conveyor oven has sufficient capacity to handle up to a 104” wide x 32” long mat weighing up to 0.19kg. The industrial conveyor oven...
25 Most Influential People In The North American Heat Treating Industry
Yesterday we had a news item entitled “25 Most Influential People in The North American Heat Treating Industry – Looking Back”. It would appear that we were not as clear on this list as we should have been and this caused some real confusion. The list we posted yesterday was one that we put together...
Vacuum Process Technology (Number 2); An over view of the Technology presented by David Pye of Pye Metallurgical International Consulting
Trends and developments in vacuum furnace technologyAn overview of the technologyNew technologies seem to center around a paradox; on the one hand they are welcomed as better methods to attain much improved and better results, and an enhanced quality of life. Yet on the other hand some industries...