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....
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]
Metlab-The Heat Treat Podcast
Earlier this week we had our most recent “Heat Treat Podcast”, this one featuring Mr. Mark Podob, President and owner of Metlab Heat Treat of Wyndmoor, PA, USA (this and all of our previous “Heat Treat Podcasts” can be found at Magazine & Podcasts | The Monty ). What made this podcast so unique...
Heating Systems From The Point of View of Sustainability Written By Klaus Buchner of Aichelin
Energy efficiency measures as well as emission reduction have become a top priority for large energy consuming industrial sectors like the field of industrial furnaces and kilns. The change in the international energy policy has important significance for the industry in terms of reducing CO 2...
Ultra Large Gear Carburizing-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is absolutely ecstatic to present to you today the latest “Heat Treat Podcast” in which are handsome host Mr. Carlos Torres speaks with Mr. Mark Podob about carburizing of ultra large gears. Mark is President of Metlab Heat Treat of Wyndmoor, PA, USA a heat treat which...
Captive Heat Treater Dynametal Technologies Closes-Furnaces Being Auctioned
August 1st, 2022 Dynametal Technologies of Brownsville, TN, USA filed for Chapter 11 Protection with liabilities equal to or greater than assets. Dynametal was a producer of powdered metal components and as such had a reasonably large heat treat/sintering department which was fairly typical of a...
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan’s Future Home
Solar Atmospheres of Michigan, formerly Vac-Met, has recently purchased 18,000 square feet of plant space on four plus acres in Chesterfield Michigan. The new building is 20 miles Northeast of the two existing Vac-Met facilities which are currently located in Warren and Fraser Michigan. Bob Hill,...
Partnership With Oregon Induction Leads to New Testing Lab
We have this interesting article about a relatively new testing lab in the US Northeast which started as a partnership with one of the larger commercial heat treaters in the Region-Oregon Induction. “It all started in early 2018, when a “rush” sample on its way to an external laboratory got lost in...
Monday Morning Briefing
We mentioned yesterday how Dave Strand was retiring from TPS and Wisconsin Oven. We were a little ahead of the curve-here is the official press release; "In 1986, Dave Strand was hired by Wisconsin Oven Corporation as a shop worker. In 2019, he retires as President & CEO of Thermal Product...
Dave Strand Wisconsin Oven
We mentioned yesterday how Dave Strand was retiring from TPS and Wisconsin Oven. We were a little ahead of the curve-here is the official press release; "In 1986, Dave Strand was hired by Wisconsin Oven Corporation as a shop worker. In 2019, he retires as President & CEO of Thermal Product...
Dave Strand, TPS/Wisconsin Oven Retires
After 33 years in the industry Mr. Dave Strand, President & CEO at Thermal Product Solutions and Wisconsin Oven Corporation has retired. All heat treaters in North America will have run across some of their products since they include brands such as Lindberg/MPH, Baker Furnace, Blue M,...
Commercial Heat Treat Shop For Sale
We have been asked to find a buyer for a small commercial heat treating shop in the Northern USA. This plant offers processes such as stress relieving and annealing and has sales of between $500,000 USD and $1 million USD. The company has several long time, experienced employees and is profitable....
French Aerospace Company Falsifying Heat Treat Data?
Recently we had a brief note about how a component on Boeing 737Max airplanes called a “slat track” was possibly defective due to improper heat treating. We posted the story and promptly forgot all about it until a reader sent us this article. This very well written and researched article comes from...
Safety in Heat Treatment By David Pye
Safety in heat Treatment touches each and every one who works in either a captive or a commercial heat treatment shop. We all have a responsibility to each other to minimize the risk of accidents and injuries (no matter how minimal or extensive that injury might be). The two area’s that this...