AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative
AICHELIN Americas Appoints Wm. Wright & Associates as Regional Representative (Editors Note; Wm. Wright & Associates has represented AFC-Holcroft in their US Midwest territory for many years. What is new is that they will now also be representing some of the other companies under Aichelin’s banner including Nitrex, G-M and UPC-Marathon)….
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace
Tool Manufacturer Overhauls “ECM” FLEX Vacuum Furnace Longstanding ECM USA customer, Andis (Sturtevant, WI family-owned professional grade electric hair clipper/handheld grooming tools manufacturer), recently successfully finalized their FLEX vacuum furnace system PLC upgrade with a top-of-the-line processor and communication network. This 3-cell…
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]
North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction
North American Furnace Builder Changing Sales Direction “AFC-Holcroft” of Wixom, Michigan (part of the “Aichelin Group” of Austria) has since their inception used a sales model shared by most North American furnace builders, namely using a combination of independent sales representatives complimented by a few direct sales people. Up until…
Do Manufacturers Make Good Commercial Heat Treaters? Kern Liebers
Do Manufacturers Make Good Commercial Heat Treaters? Kern Liebers Yesterday “The Monty Heat Treat News” had a story entitled; ” Mercury Marine Opens Heat Treat Department to Commercial Heat Treating ” which summed up how “Mercury Marine” in Wisconsin, USA was now offering commercial heat treating services. Over the years “The Monty” has…
Mercury Marine Opens Heat Treat Department to Commercial Heat Treating
Mercury Marine Opens Heat Treat Department to Commercial Heat Treating “Mercury Marine” (the outboard motor people) in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA has always had a large, diversified in house heat treatment department, a department which is characterized by a mix of older, conventional furnaces and new state of the art systems. In a very…
Increased Defense Spending Leading to New Heat Treat Investments
Increased Defense Spending Leading to New Heat Treat Investments With defense spending increasing around the world “The Monty Heat Treat News” has long felt that this added spending with increase armament manufacturing and consequently heat treatment. Already we have seen two examples of this in the past year, one in New York State, USA and one…
The Evolution of Commercial Heat Treating-“The Heat Treat Podcast”
The Evolution of Commercial Heat Treating-“The Heat Treat Podcast” Today “The Monty Heat Treat News” digs deep in our “Heat Treat Podcast” archives to come up with this golden nugget-an interview with the most enthusiastic commercial heat treater we have ever met-“Mr. Steve Kowalski” of “Kowalski Heat Treating” in Cleveland,…
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treatment In-House Due to Long Lead Times
Manufacturer Brings Heat Treatment In-House Due to Long Lead Times “The Monty Heat Treat News” has long maintained that the #1 reason manufacturers bring heat treatment in house (as opposed to sending it out to a commercial heat treater) has very little to do with costs and a lot to do with lead times and control over the process. This is yet…
Where Are They Now-Logan Glines
Where Are They Now-Logan Glines “Logan Glines” is a true Sales Professional having worked with a number of different companies in the steel/heat treating industries. We understand that Logan just joined commercial heat treater “Bluewater Thermal” with the title of New Business Development Manager effective September 8, 2025. Logan will report…
Don’t You Hate Seeing Good Furnaces “Scrapped Out”
Don’t You Hate Seeing Good Furnaces “Scrapped Out” July 30th “The Monty” had a news item about a “Timken Bearing” facility in the US “Auctioning Heat Treat Furnaces”, in August we had a follow up to this story ” Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys!” in which we suggested that most likely most of…
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA
Bodycote Opening New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA August 19th, 2025 “The Monty” had this news item about a new USA location for commercial heat-treating giant Bodycote; “Bodycote to Open New Facility in Fairfield, Ohio, USA”. At the time of posting details were in short supply but we did promise updates as they became available, that…
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace
Midwest US Firm to Install Massive Vacuum Furnace A recent article by “The Monty Heat Treat News” focused attention on a Michigan, USA commercial heat treater by the name of “Darby Metal Treating” – “Profile of a Thriving North American Heat Treater-“Darby Metal Treating” In that article we suggested the firm might be installing a very…
Philip Reese, “Reese Hardening” Talks Heat Treating of Large Parts
Philip Reese, “Reese Hardening” Talks Heat Treating of Large Parts Today we are very pleased to be speaking with Mr. Philip Reese, Co-Owner of commercial heat treater “ HÄRTEREI REESE” of Germany. Philip right off the bat I have to say that my German is non-existent, am I correct in saying that “Reese” is pronounced “Razor”? That is…
How Do I Get a Consistent Linear Leak Rate Measurement? By Jim Grann Ipsen Technical Director and Janusz Kowalewski Ipsen Sales Director for Southeast Asia
How Do I Get a Consistent Linear Leak Rate Measurement? By Jim Grann Ipsen Technical Director and Janusz Kowalewski Ipsen Sales Director for Southeast Asia “There is no such thing as a perfect vacuum. Even outer space has a few stray atoms and molecules floating around. A linear leak rate measures the rate at which gas atoms or molecules enter…