Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO, Aichelin Group-The Interview
“The Monty Heat Treat News” is very excited to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Christian Grosspointner, CEO of furnace manufacturing firm Aichelin based in Moedling, Austria. Christian-I hope it’s OK to call you by your first name, I generally like to start each interview with some...
Why Do Manufacturers Bring Heat Treatment in House-Castool
In 2022 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced one of the largest new furnace orders in North America, an investment by Castool Tooling Systems which included numerous vacuum and nitriding furnaces (a summary can be found below). This investment begs the question; "Why invest millions in bringing...
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]
Heat Treating a 47,000 Pound Gear
How to Carburize a 47,000 Pound Gear Destined for a Rolling Mill in a Steel Mill-From, Mark Podob, President, Metlab “With the largest pit carburizing furnaces in North America, no one does it better than we do – we quenched this fabricated 47,000-pound gear yesterday afternoon. It was the reverse...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT, Part II
Over the years "The Monty Heat Treat News" has visited some of the largest captive heat treaters in the world, one which we mentioned yesterday was tractor supplier AGCO/FENDT in Germany. Today in Part II we over some more details about this truly impressive in-house heat treater. "APRIL 2020; In...
Fascinating Heat Treats-Captive Heat Treater AGCO/FENDT
From time to time we search through our archived pictures of heat treat facilities around the world and present some of the more memorable ones. Today we look at one of the more memorable ones we have come across tractor builder AGCO/FENDT in Marktoberdorf, Germany. AGCO/FENDT is memorable for the...
Bodycote Greenville, SC, USA Continues With Investment
Going back to late 2021 heat treating giant Bodycote announced that they were investing in Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) capability at their facility in Greenville, SC, USA. This is the original press release; "November 2021; Bodycote increases Hot Isostatic Pressing capacity in the USA; Bodycote,...
Aluminum Mill Orders 4 More Furnaces From SECO/WARWICK
"ASSAN ALÜMINYUM, one of the leading flat rolled aluminum manufacturers in the world, has ordered 4 additional aluminum coil annealing furnaces, which are equipped with an even more efficient VortexR 2.0 system. The company already owns 17 furnaces with SECO/WARWICK Vortex systems. VortexR is a...
Ipsen Installs TurboTreater Vacuum Furnace at Taiwan Hodaka Technology
"Ipsen recently completed the installation of a TurboTreater vacuum furnace for a customer in Southeast Asia. Established in 2002, Taiwan Hodaka Technology Co., Ltd. is an aluminum extrusion supplier, specializing in high-end aerospace aluminum alloys. They also produce products used in the sporting...
How is decarburization evaluated? Presented by David Pye
Firstly, how does decarburization occur? Decarburization can be caused by any of the following pre-existing conditions. Insufficient machining of the raw bar stock to remove any surface decarburization caused by rolling, forging, or preheat treatment conditions.Decarburization can be caused also by...
Furnace Builder McLaughlin Furnace Group Expanding
Furnace manufacturing company McLaughlin Furnace Group based in Avilla, Indiana, USA is certainly growing these days as you can see in this press release. Over the past few years the company has grown from a small service company to a 2 location firm with international partnerships. The photo below...
25 Most Influential People in The North American Heat Treating Industry
Many years ago (in the early 2000’s to be exact) “The Monty” put together a list of the 25 most influential people in the North American Heat Treating Industry-a list which was updated several times in subsequent years. It was a fun little exercise, so much fun in fact that we are in the process of...
BMI Ships Vacuum Furnace To Turkey
Now isn't this a wild color for a vacuum furnace? This furnace was built by vacuum furnace manufacturer BMI of France and will be shipped to a Technological area near Izmir, Turkey. The area is a joint venture between Celal Bayar University-Manisa and some private investors with the goal of...
Steve Thompson & Jim Oakes, Super Systems Inc. Interview
We are excited to have this interview with Mr. Steve Thompson, President of controls company Super Systems Inc., in Cincinnati, Ohio and Mr. Jim Oakes, Vice President Business Development and future President of Metal Treating Institute (MTI). Steve you got into this business for the same reason as...
75th HeatTreatmentCongress 22 – 24 October 2019, Cologne, Germany
HK 2019• 500 congress visitors• 3000 fair visitors• 180 exhibitors• 13000 m2 exhibition space• Event website: www.hk-awt.deThe event is the largest annual European forum on topics relating to heat treatment and materials technology. Each year, around 3000 specialists from hardening shops, the...