Carburizing of Large Gears
Last week “The Monty Heat Treat News” featured our most recent “Heat Treat Podcast” which featured Mr. Mark Podob, President and owner of Metlab Heat Treat in Wyndmoor, PA, USA-the podcast can be found here Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty What made this podcast especially interesting was the fact...
Aerospace Company to Add Drop Bottom Oven
With great fanfare at least one competing heat treat news website announced that a Canadian Aerospace company by the name of Cyclone Manufacturing Inc., recently installed a “heat treat oven” funded courtesy of the Canadian government. “The Monty Heat Treat News” looked into this and we can add 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]
SBS PARTNERS WITH OBSIDIAN TECHNICAL GROUP
SBS Corporation is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Obsidian Technical Group for Sales and Technical Service across much of the eastern United States. The partnership will add value to SBS customers by providing additional onsite product support capability and turn-key installation...
German Furnace Builder Enters LPC Market
German Furnace Builder IVA Schmetz of Menden, Germany becomes the latest vacuum furnace builder to enter the vacuum carburizing (LPC) market with a product called "CARB PLUS" which utilizes acetylene as the carburizing gas. Their first system is completed, tested and accepted and will be going to a...
Captive Heat Treat Installs Nitrogen Generating System-Is This a Trend?
Fastener manufacturer and captive heat treater Atlas Copco recently installed an in house nitrogen generating system to replace their bulk liquid storage system at a UK location. A summary and the reasons behind this decision can be found below (at the risk of ruining the story cost savings were the...
ABBOTT FURNACE COMPANY ANNOUNCES US AND MEXICO CONTINUOUS FURNACE AND BRAZING SYMPOSIUMS
Abbott Furnace Company is pleased to announce it will be hosting two Continuous Furnace and Brazing Symposiums in May of this year. The first symposium will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 10-12, 2023, at the Francis Marion Hotel. The second symposium will be held in Aguascalientes,...
Ipsen USA Reports Another Record-Breaking Year
"Ipsen USA looks forward to celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, having just completed a record-breaking 2022. Ipsen’s Service, Parts and New Equipment departments each reached historically high sales levels, contributing to record revenue. Apart from 2020 (pandemic), Ipsen has maintained a...
Nihon Parkerizing & The Japanese Heat Treat Market
In the past "The Monty Heat Treat News" has taken a close look at one of the largest and most insular of heat treatment markets, that of Japan. We say insular because the Japanese heat treatment industry lives to support Japanese manufacturers and they do this with Japan built heat treat equipment....
Mr. Tadeusz Swiatek, United Process Controls GmbH
It would appear that United Process Controls GmbH probably the largest furnace controls company in Europe has a new sales manager who will be covering all the German speaking areas of Europe. His name is Mr. Tadeusz Swiatek, he is based in Hagen and he joins the company with 15 years of experience...
Nakal Supplies Roller Hearth Furnace To Vietnam
Furnace builder Nakal delivers a brand new roller hearth furnace to Electronic Informatics Chemical Company (Ho Chi Minh City). With working chamber dimensions of (L x W x H) – 6000 mm Long x 300 mm Wide x 300 mm High, this furnace will be used to heat treat up to 6 meter long pipes. There are 3...
IWT/Bremen, Germany, HT Research Facility
We have yet to see a Heat Treatment research facility anywhere in the world to rival that of IWT in Bremen, Germany. The institute has long had a mandate to further the knowledge of all facets of heat treating and to this end the institute has the an amazing array of the most up to date heat...
Precision Gear Inc., Acquires Arrow Gear Company
This isn't recent news, as a matter of fact it dates back to the December of 2018, however it doesn’t seem to have attracted much attention. We of course are interested for the usual reason-both of these companies have very impressive in house heat treating departments. The one photo here shows...
Thermal Product Solutions Appoints Greg Jennings as President and CEO
New Columbia, PA – June 17 th, 2019 – Thermal Product Solutions, LLC (TPS), a global manufacturer of thermal-processing equipment, has appointed Greg Jennings to the position of President and CEO. Jennings has experience in both Fortune 500 and private companies. He has held the position of Chief...
ROHDE Schutzgasöfen GmbH
We started off our week in Europe with a visit to furnace manufacturer Rohde in Hanau, Germany and have these two photos to prove it. These pictures were taken on their plant floor and show a couple of furnaces fairly close to being completed. We see in the forefront of one of the photos a Pit...