“The Monty Heat Treat News” Magazine-December 2022
What is the entire team at Thermal-Vac, Arizona grinning from ear to ear? Because they just read the December 2022 edition of "The Monty Heat Treat News" and they now know everything they need to know about the global heat treatment industry. Want to be as happy as Thermal-Vac-we would suggest this...
Solar Atmospheres of California Adds Honeywell Approval
"Solar Atmospheres of California is pleased to announce we are now Honeywell approved to heat treat Austenitic Steels, Martensitic Steels, PH Steels, Tool Steels, Nickel Alloys, Cobalt Alloys, Titanium Alloys, and Magnetic Alloys. The complete list of over 160 specifications covered in this approval...
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]
Aalberts Surface Technologies Appoints Plant Manager for Oshkosh Facility
Aalberts Surface Technologies, one of the largest commercial heat treaters in the world recently promoted Connor Montgomery to the position of Plant Manager at their Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA facility. Connor has been with the company for a number of years including a period of time when this location...
Management Changes at Press Quench Specialist Wickert
From Press Quenching experts Wickert in Landau, Germany we have this press release about management changes. To learn more about the company we would suggest this "Monty Heat Treat News" interview with Mr. Hans-Joachim Wickert...
Somebody’s in Trouble! Navistar Recall Due to Bad Heat Treating
According to this press release Navistar has been forced to recall over 5600 buses because hex flange lock nuts in the steering and suspension systems were not heat treated properly. Once again it is proven that heat treating is a crucial component of almost all types of manufacturing. "Navistar...
North American Manufacturer Invests in New Quench & Temper System
“Can-Eng Furnaces International Limited was recently contracted to engineer and commission a Continuous Quench and Temper Furnace System for a North American producer of mining, construction, and materials handling products. The purchase of this equipment is part of a larger plant expansion and...
European Mint Invests in New Vacuum Furnaces
“Two Vector® vacuum furnaces are scheduled to be delivered to a national Mint in Europe. This is the eighth mint to choose SECO/WARWICK solutions. The Vector furnaces will be used to harden the dies necessary for the production of coins for both circulation and collector series. Vector vacuum...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Speaks with Mr. Simon Powell of Fluke Process Instruments
In this months home page interview Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” speaks with Mr. Simon Powell, Business Unit Manager at Fluke Process Instruments. One of our topics of converstion is about a brand new Acoustic Imaging system just being introduced by the company. And what may you ask...
Tom O’Flynn/Ipsen, Rockford, Illinois, USA
After 39 years with furnace manufacturer Ipsen Tom O'Flynn recently retired. Tom most recently was Senior Service Engineer and after a career of this length we can't imagine there is anything on a vacuum furnace which Tom has not seen. While we wish him the best in his retirement the industry is...
Monday Morning Briefing
November of last year we had this news item; "Big Changes at Retech Systems LLC. Since 1963 Retech Systems has been manufacturing vacuum melting systems in Northern California…but that is all about to change. The next step in the story of Retech comes with a transition of much of the manufacturing...
Rob Albonetti, Bodycote, Burlington, Canada
We would like to introduce you to the new General Manager of Bodycote's Burlington, Ontario, Canada facility, Rob Albonetti. Rob started just 3 weeks ago and comes from a very strong automotive background having worked with such well known companies as Linamar and Stackpole. The world's largest...
Management Changes at Gasbarre
Thomas G. Gasbarre has stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Gasbarre Products, Inc. He has held the position since 1990 when his father, George Gasbarre, the founder of the company, retired. During his tenure as CEO, Tom has done an exceptional job of steering the company in a forward...
CIEFFE Industrial Furnaces Rumor
Shortly before Christmas we posted this rumor about Italy’s largest furnace builder CIEFFE Industrial furnaces (our original story is below). The long and short of it is that yes this rumor proved to be correct and we will have more details about this and CIEFFE in the near future. In the meantime...
Where Are They Now?
Al Gunow. Spending time with some of the people at furnace manufacturer ECM a couple of weeks ago lead to the topic of Al Gunow and where is he now-we will explain. Al (Sandy) was a long time heat treat manufacturers rep in Michigan, mainly selling for Solar Manufacturing but also repping for ECM...