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...
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...
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]
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...
Ipsen USA Promotes Dan Binz to Operations Manager
Furnace builder Ipsen who we are sure needs no introduction has promoted a very experienced employee to the position of Operations Manager at their Rockford, IL, USA facility. Dan Binz has served in a variety of positions at the company and just recently was promoted to the post of Operations...
Trends and Developments In Vacuum Furnace Technology Presented By David Pye
Trends and developments in vacuum furnace technologyFor many years vacuum processing technology was considered to be the ‘Cinderella’ of metallurgical processing technology, having had its humble beginnings in the aerospace industry, and initially used for stress relieving, annealing and normalizing...
Heat Treat Exhibition Scam
Have you received this bogus e-mail yet? Every year like clockwork attendees to the various North American heat treat exhibitions are deluged with e-mails similar to the one below advertising a contact list of all the attendees to the upcoming show. A friend of ours actually paid their money for the...
Jones Metal Products, West Lafayette, Ohio, USA-New Owner
From West Lafayette, Ohio, USA we have this news item about captive/commercial heat treater Jones Metal Products having a new owner. As it happens we are quite familiar with this company and in 2018 we had a note about the company entitled; “Jones Metal Products-Do Captives Make Good Commercial Heat...
Aichelin Heat Treatment Systems/”heatXpress” Furnace
A year ago we visited Aichelin in Austria for a tour of their facility and one of the items that the company was very proud of was a relatively new product for them something called "heatXpress". This is a step chain conveyor furnace with press hardening designed for hot forming of car body parts....
Premier/BeaverMatic Ships 2 Spray/Dunk Washers
“Premier/BeaverMatic Spray/Dunk Washers were recently manufactured and shipped from Premier’s new 40,000 Ft² manufacturing facility in Farmington Hills, MI. The repeat customer is an international aerospace firm, this facility is in southeastern US. The Spray/Dunk Washers are designed to clean...
Bodycote Syracuse, NY, USA Has A New Home
Back in 2016 the worlds largest commercial heat treater acquired privately owned Syracuse Heat Treating in Syracuse, NY in what was an excellent fit for both companies. July 2017 the facility suffered a devastating fire as you can read about in this press release; "Bodycote experienced a fire at its...