Philadelphia Mint Awards Service Contract to SECO/WARWICK
"National Mints are institutions of high trust and high expectations not only of the product (furnaces) only but also of a complete service. That's why the Philadelphia Mint asked for furnace upgrades from SECO/WARWICK, the partner with proven experience and cooperation with national mints. The...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at AFC-Holcroft’s Reopening
"Following an extensive, nearly yearlong full facility remodel, AFCHolcroft held a formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at their World Headquarters building in Wixom, Michigan. In addition to the celebration by the company’s employees, representatives of Berndorf AG were on hand, as were CEO Christian...
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]
Laser Heat Treating of Automotive Dies
Laser heat treating is an unknown technology to most individuals in the heat treating industry. In this article Aravind Jonnalagadda CTO and Co-Founder of Synergy Additive Manufacturing LLC tells us how the technology is applied to automotive dies for electric vehicles. Aravind Jonnalagadda (AJ),...
Abbott Furnace Partners With Eric & Jason Jossart
Several months ago "The Monty Heat Treat News" speculated on the future plans of Eric & Jason Jossart of "Atmosphere Engineering" fame. Subsequent to that we posted that the two brothers had formed a new organization "Obsidian Technical Group". It would appear according to this press release...
European Auto Parts Supplier Installs Chamber Furnace Heat Treat Line
From Austrian Furnace Builder Aichelin we have this report of a new installation for the company at auto parts supplier "Hirschvogel Group". As a special bonus feature which compliments this press release our second news item for today is a summary about the firms heat treating capabilities. This...
Hirschvogel Automotive Group-In House Heat Treating
Our other news item today for "The Monty Heat Treat News" concerned a recent sealed quench furnace installation at auto parts supplier "Hirschvogel Automotive Group" in Denklingen, Germany. As it happens Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" toured this facility in 2018 and we have this...
CO2 Footprints and the Heat Treatment Industry
"The Monty Heat Treat News" published this article earlier this year but in 2023 we will be publishing a new series of articles related to CO2 emissions in conjunction with the "Aichelin Group". In conjunction with the “Aichelin Group”, “The Monty Heat Treat News” has an ongoing series about CO2...
US Manufacturer to Invest in New Location-Included Heat Treatment
USA based Osmundson Manufacturing Co. has carved a global niche in the equipment business by forming ground-engaging tillage parts from raw steel in its Perry, Iowa, facility. While the Osmundson name isn't as well-known as John Deere, Great Plains, Landoll or Kinze, it's not uncommon for their...
National Heat Treat, Houston, Texas, USA
In keeping with our top news item today about Caterpillar in Texas we also have this news item from Texas. National Heat Treat is one of the larger commercial heat treats in the area and boasts a number of different processes. Recently the company has been adding experienced people and this includes...
The Edge of the World
Well it's not quite the edge of the world but you can certainly see it from here. During a recent trip to Chile which involved some heat treat related business Dale and Gord Montgomery of "The Monty" had the chance to visit Ushuaia, Argentina at the southernmost tip of South America, a city which...
Combustion Burners Long Delivery Times
Furnace manufacturer Diablo Furnaces is having a very frustrating experience getting gas combustion burners on time as we can see from this note; “I want to address the Chairman and CEO of Honeywell as I have tried to reach out and email him to no avail. Perhaps this will somehow reach him... We...
Dowa THT America Inc., Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
This article appeared in a Toledo, Ohio, USA newspaper “The Blade” March 22, 2019. We will add that Dowa is the largest furnace builder in Japan and also the largest commercial heat treater in the country. In addition they have 100’s of furnace installations in North America.“BOWLING GREEN – The...
From the Archives/Tony WU
Last week we had several older photos from the industry as part of a news item we entitled "From the Archives". One of these (which you can see here) had to do with an ALD TT plant in South Carolina and one of the individuals in the photo was Tony Wu who we mentioned was now working with Bodycote in...
European Springs & Pressings
A reader in the UK asked that we mention how a spring manufacturer in Cornish has added some more heat treating capacity. We are happy to oblige although this press release tells us little.“Over the last year, European Springs & Pressings, has spent about GBP2m on their two Cornish factories...