CO2 Emissions and the Heat Treatment Industry
CO2 Emissions are a hot topic in Europe and becoming more so in North America which has lead to a number of companies in the industry taking a very close look at this subject. Obviously the largest contributing factor to CO2 emissions in the heat treatment industry is the energy required to heat the...
Burloak Technologies Receives ISO 17025 Accreditation
Burloak Technologies, an Additive Manufacturing firm who recently installed an in-house heat treating department has now received ISO 17025 accreditation for it's material Testing Lab. This means the company now has both Nadcap and ISO 17025, a very unusual combination. The one photo below shows 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]
Aerospace Company Adds Vacuum Furnace to Improve Deliveries
"AERO SPACE POWER, a modern European MRO facility with experience in the renovation and energy industry has ordered a custom-made VectorR vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The solution will be utilized for repair solutions for both complex aircraft engines and gas turbines for the energy industry....
Rock Drill Manufacturer Inaugurates Heat Treatment Plant
Back in 2019 Swedish rock drill manufacturer EPIROC announced plans to invest in a new heat treatment plant; “Epiroc has held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new heat treatment plant for rock drills at one of its global manufacturing hubs in Örebro, Sweden.” Just yesterday the firm issued a press...
IHEA Annouces 2023-2024 Board of Directors
“The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced its 2023 – 24 Board of Directors and Executive Officers. Taking over as President is Brian Kelly of Honeywell Thermal Solutions; Vice-President is Jeff Rafter of Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC.; and Treasurer is Gary Berwick of...
Commercial Heat Treater Orders Batch IQ Furnace
Commercial heat treater Metex Heat Treating in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada has consistently made the annual list of the 50 Largest Commercial Heat Treaters in North America as ranked by "The Monty Heat Treat News"-find out how they compare...
Where Are They Now? Mark DeBruin
Mark has spent most of his life in the US heat treating industry, most recently as Techincal Manager with Thermal Process Holdings. Recently he made a substantial career change and entered the world of 3D printing-this is his story; “Mark DeBruin, who was previously with Thermal Process Holdings and...
Heat Treating Gears: Comparing Carburizing, Ion Nitriding & Gas Nitriding Authored by Dr. Edward Rolinski, Advanced Heat Treat Corp
Gear failures have been a subject of many engineering articles, also addressing thermochemical methods used for improving performance and longevity [1-11]. Gear failure can be very complex. Many gears fail from bending fatigue as a result of cyclic bending stress at the tooth-root fillet and this...
Nitriding Of Gears – By David Pye
IntroductionGears have nitrided for many years, yet the subject of nitriding of gears is still very controversial, and continues to be so. The process of nitriding is in reality, process technology. Meaning that it is becoming very a favored thermal process technique due to the low process...
Largest North American Commercial Heat Treats August 2019
With the recent acquisition of Applied Process by Aalberts Industries of the Netherlands it became necessary to update our list of the largest commercial heat treaters in North America. While were at it we took the opportunity to add one new entry to our list and also make a couple of other changes....
Are Alloy Prices Going Up?
As we all know the main factor when it comes to alloy costs is nickel, which means when nickel goes up the cost of baskets, base trays, radiant tubes and everything else goes up. While it hasn’t gone through the roof you can see in this graph that nickel is edging up which means alloys costs will be...
Exactatherm Awarded Nadcap Merit Status
Located in Canada commercial heat treater Exactatherm was one of the first in North America to achieve Nadcap accreditation;"Exactatherm, Mississauga, Ontario, announces that it has been awarded Nadcap Merit status for heat treatment, which means that, instead of having its next Nadcap audit in...
Upcoming Heat Treatment Exhibitions
Typically most heat treatment exhibitions are held in the fall and 2019 is no exception with 3 major shows worth mentioning. Chronologically the first is “13th Heat Treatment – 2019” an annual event being held in Moscow Russia September 17-19. The event bills itself as the only exhibition of thermal...
Delta H Installs Furnace at Kunsan Air Force Base
Well this is rather a cool picture isn’t it? "GUNSAN, SOUTH KOREA—DELTA H commissioned a Dual Chamber Aerospace Heat Treating (DCAHTTM) furnace system to the United States Air Force while visiting Kunsan Air Base in South Korea. These highly specialized furnaces provide crucial heat treating...