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...
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]
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...
Vacuum Furnace Builder Appoints New COO
Centorr Vacuum Industries, a very specialized builder of new vacuum furnaces has just promoted a long time employee to the position of Chief Operating Officer. “Centorr Vacuum Industries, headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA, has promoted Randy Fellbaum to the position of Chief Operating...
Is Heat Treating one of the Most Physical Jobs in America?
For what it is worth a recent survey came up with the 50 most physical jobs in America, the results of which can be found at 50 most physical jobs in America | Entertainment News | wfmz.com. For what it is worth the individuals who put together this ranking claim it was based upon information...
What On Earth Is This?
Recently we did an appraisal of some operating heat treat furnaces which included a number of vacuum furnaces. Amongst the items we looked at was this furnace, one which still has us scratching our heads. At first glance it appeared pretty standard, an older VFS vacuum furnace-really nothing out of...
Can-Eng To Supply Rapid Heating Furnace
“Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited was recently awarded a contract from a research organization for the supply of a Rapid Heating Furnace to be used for Light Weight Hot Stamping & Formed Aluminum Automotive Component product development. This organization will integrate the aluminum sheet...
Michael Cousin/Diablo Furnaces, LLC
Looks like Michael Cousin very recently started with furnace manufacturer Diablo Furnaces, LLC., in Machesney Park, Illinois, USA as Director of Technology. Michael has had a long distinguished history in the heat treating industry having worked at companies such as AFC-Holcroft and most recently...
Monday Morning Briefing
For today August 18, 2019 we are going to start out with an updated news item from Germany. Bach in March of this year we mentioned that Jens Baumann & Edgar Falkowski in Germany had parted ways with controls company UPC (the UPC ad can be found on the right side of this page). As it turns out...
Distortion and its possible causes
Distortion and its possible causesThe heat treatment of steel is necessary in order to manipulate the mechanical strength and metallurgy of the steel the manipulation of physical characteristics of the steel is necessary for prior machining and for the successful performance of the finished machined...
Milacron LLC Updates Furnace Controls
This is the second time we have mentioned captive heat treater Milacron LLC., in Ohio in our news section. The first was back in 2012 when the company replaced their Nitrogen/Methanol system with a new Endothermic generator. "Super Systems, Inc. recently completed major upgrades to the heat treating...