Furnace Manufacturer Delivers a Nitriding System in Turkey
Arslan Aluminyum recently added three new extrusion presses to its production, increasing the demand for nitriding dies and necessitating a large-capacity nitriding system for the biggest press. Because the plant was upgraded and a new nitriding system furnace was required to help double the...
Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund February 13, 1957 – March 14, 2023
Longtime Metlab employee Robert J. (Bob) Swanlund of Philadelphia passed away suddenly at his residence last week. Bob was the beloved husband of Sharon, married for over 30 wonderful years. He was the loving father of Anthony and Brianna. He will be sadly missed by his grandchildren, Alexander,...
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]
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter
The Monty Heat Treat News has worked closely with International Search Partners, a US search firm which is known for being the only recruiting agency in the world working exclusively in the heat treatment industry, for many years now. In 2023, The Monty is pleased to announce that this relationship...
Colorado, USA Heat Treater Moves to Larger Building, Adds More Capacity
We last mentioned commercial heat treater Metalex in Berthoud, Colorado, in June of 2022 when the company added a deep cryogenic system (the original posting is below). Since that time the firm has moved into a new 10,000 ft facility and added another cryogenic system, again from the same...
Joe Wuenning, WS Thermal Processing Technology Inc.-The Interview
Today Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” Speaks with Mr. Joe Wuenning, President of WS Thermal Processing Technology Inc. Gord Montgomery; I am going to go out on a limb and say unequivocally that the foremost topic in the heat treatment industry these days is that of energy and...
Komatsu Mining Auctions Off Surplus Heat Treating Equipment
Heavy equipment supplier and captive heat treater Komatsu Mining is auctioning off a number of heat treating furnaces which are surplus to their ongoing operations as we speak. Komatsu Mining, West Milwaukee Manufacturing Facility is having an ongoing “on line” auction which features a wide variety...
Captive Heat Treater Completes Installation Of Mammoth Heat Treat Department
Castool Tooling Systems, based in Uxbridge, Canada, designs and manufactures production tooling systems for the extrusion and die casting industries. For the extrusion sector, the company pioneered the fixed dummy block, thermally stable container, single cell die heater, and other innovations....
Metal Finishing Company Steel Heat Treat Installs Large Air Age Oven
"Metal Finishing Company just added a new larger Air Age oven on 3/17/23. The Next Gen Air Age Oven was supplied by McLaughlin Furnace Group. The furnace will have a work zone of 60” x 192” x 60” with a temperature range of 300F – 1400F with a +/- 10F range. This furnace meets AMS2750G and allows...
Harterei Tandler, Bremen, Germany
Let's have a look at a company which largely does captive heat treating. Harterei Tandler GmbH & Co. KG., is a privately owned manufacturer of gears based in Bremen, Germany. The company produces gears for a wide variety of industries including the aerospace industry. It would be hard to...
Solar Atmospheres Adds All-Metal Hot Zone Furnace
Solar Atmospheres recently installed another unique, all- metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its 1969 Clearview Road facility in Souderton, PA. This is Solar’s third all-metal hot zone furnace installation for their climate- controlled room. The additional furnace increases Solar’s capacity for...
Sławomir Woźniak, SECO/WARWICK
There has been some speculation recently about the new CEO of furnace manufacturer SECO/WARWICK. We can now tell you that it is Mr. Sławomir Woźniak a longtime SECO employee. Sławomir has an electrical background and started his career with SECO 20 years ago as a sales engineer. Over the years he...
Thermprocess, Dusseldorf, Germany
We are now at the "Thermprocess" exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany which bills itself as the largest heat treat exhibition in the world. Held every four years at the same venue in Germany our first thought is that very unfortunately the event this year is being held amongst record breaking...
HARTHA Hardening Industries, Aldenhoven, Germany
What you are looking at in this photo is a brand new Schmetz vacuum furnace with a capacity of 2500 Kg and 10 bar quenching. We lie a little bit as it has been in operation for a few months now but close enough. Accompanying the furnace is Mr. Ralf Einenkel, Engineering Manager. This is just a...
HK 2019, Cologne, Germany
We are getting ahead of ourselves a bit mentioning the October 2019 Heat Treat Exhibition in Cologne, Germany while we are at the Thermprocess show in Germany but October is not that far away. From the organizers of the event we have these notes.75th HeatTreatmentCongress – Ticket shop launch; The...