Nutec Group Announces Change of CEO
We are pleased to announce that a good friend of “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been appointed as the new CEO of Nutec Group. While Nutec has a number of different divisions we know them because of their Nutec Bickley division in Mexico which ranks as one of the largest furnace builders in the...
Industry Veteran Pete Kerbel Returns to Ipsen Family in New Role
Want to know more about Pete Kerbel of Ipsen? “The Monty Heat Treat News” interviewed Pete a couple of years back, an interview which can be found at Pete Kerbel, Vice President of Sales, Ipsen-The Video Interview | The Monty “Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (February 1, 2023) – Ipsen USA is excited to...
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]
Busch Outlines Ambitions Plans for the Future | The Monty
"The Monty Heat Treat News" was recently invited to the Mississauga, Canada facility of Busch Vacuum Solutions (2nd largest of three sites in Canada). Busch Group (based in Germany) is one of the world’s largest suppliers of industrial vacuum solutions (pumps, systems, service) and during our visit,...
Furnace Builder Achieves Record Sales and Profit
“2022 was a difficult year for global geopolitics and the economy. Despite this, SECO/WARWICK, the first choice among manufacturers of metal heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy furnaces, can talk about an excellent year. The great results of the Group were influenced by several factors: the growth...
Aerospace Firm Installing Heat Treatment Department
Going way back to 2019 aerospace giant Pratt & Whitney announced a new facility in the Ashville, NC, USA area. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility was held November 16th, you can read the details here further down. As part of this investment oven and furnace builder L&L Special...
Solar Atmospheres Successfully Hardens Massive H13 Extrusion Dies
Hermitage PA, January 30, 2023 – Solar Atmospheres of Western PA successfully vacuum heat treated two massive H13 extrusion dies at their Hermitage PA facility. Their newest high performing Solar Manufacturing 10-Bar 600 Horsepower high pressure gas quench vacuum furnace was able to fully harden two...
Are Salaries in the HT Industry Increasing-Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter
Are salaries in the heat treatment industry in North America increasing? Common perception (or misconception) says that the answer to this question is a resounding yes! However we posed the question to our resident expert and regular contributor Mr. Josh Hale of heat treatment recruiting firm...
USA West Coast Heat Treater Acquired By Trive Capital
“KAL Capital Advises Kittyhawk, Inc.’s Acquisition by Trive Capital” Trive Capital (“Trive”), the Dallas-based private equity firm, is excited to announce its recent investment into Kittyhawk, Inc. (“Kittyhawk” or the “Company”), a leading provider of Hot Isostatic Pressing (“HIP”) services for a...
Complete Metallurgical Lab Available
We have come across a complete metallurgical lab which is available for sale. Located in the USA this is part of a captive heat treating operation which closed down recently. Included in the offering are a New Age Model Identron an ATM Brilliant 250 Precision Saw. An ATM Opal - 460 Mounting Press, a...
Wall Colmonoy Announces Fall Brazing School October 22-24, 2019
“Preserving the tradition originated by the late Robert Peaslee, a brazing pioneer who invented the first nickel-based brazing filler metal, Wall Colmonoy offers a fall session of Modern Furnace Brazing School on October 22-24, 2019 at Wall Colmonoy’s Aerobraze Brazing Engineering Center in...
Troubleshooting Generated Atmospheres for Heat-treatment
AtmospheresThe question is often asked, “What is an atmosphere?” A simple description of an atmosphere is a gas that can be introduced into a thermal process furnace with the objective of providing:A surface protection environmentA controlled oxidation environmentThe introduction of elements for...
And Speaking About Hot Isostatic Pressing-Paulo
It’s always interesting to see trends developing in the industry and certainly the expansion of Hot Isostatic Pressing in the commercial heat treating market can be considered a trend (although with the initial cost of the equipment being quite high we certainly do not expect Joe’s Bar & Heat...
BMI Builds New Giant Furnace For China
As we have mentioned French furnace builder BMI received an order from Aero Engine Corporation of China (a division of AECC). This furnace is a carbottom style which will be used for titanium annealing and stress relieving applications, among other processes. The useful dimensions are 2500 x 2500 x...
Wisconsin Oven Ships 4 Zone Conveyor Oven
“Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of one (1) Electrically Heated Four Zone Conveyor Oven to a manufacturer in the oil and gas industry. The electrically heated conveyor oven has sufficient capability to heat 25 parts per hour with a heating time of 48 minutes and a cooling time of...