Circuit Breaker Manufacturer Orders Three Vacuum Furnaces
“A Chinese manufacturer of a wide variety of vacuum circuit breakers trusted SECO/WARWICK for the second time by ordering vacuum furnaces for metal heat treatment. This order includes three Vector vacuum furnaces that ensure a very high vacuum level and temperature uniformity within the entire load....
Vacu Braze Expands Capabilities With Clean Processing Furnace
“Quakertown, PA - Vacu Braze, a precision heat treatment facility, recently purchased and installed an American-manufactured vacuum furnace to expand its clean vacuum processing capabilities. The new furnace is now fully operational and already yielding benefits in the company’s state of the art...
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]
Commercial Heat Treating-A Family Affair
It is estimated that there are several hundred commercial heat treaters in North America, probably at least half of these are small and medium sized family owned and run businesses-such is Cambridge Heat Treat in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1982 by Bob Robbins, it is now owned and run by...
Commercial Heat Treater Adds Nitriding System
According to this press release a commercial heat treater in Turkey by the name of Saglam Metal has recently installed a new, pit style gas nitriding furnace as can be seen in the PR below. Largely due to a substantial presence of automotive suppliers in the county Turkey boasts a large, varied and...
AVION Europe Adding Location
AVION Europa GmbH & Co. KG is German company supplying various parts and components to the heat treatment industry (incidentally there is an AVION Heat Treatment Equipment in Ohio also). The company recently announced they opened another facility in the Lower Rhine area of Germany as we can see...
Laser Heat Treating, Additive Manufacturing LLC
Laser heat treating represents a miniscule portion of the heat treating market but it is one that we run across from time so it was with great interest that Gord Montgomery of "The Monty Heat Treat News" recently visited a company in Clinton Township, Michigan, USA who offers laser heat treating....
Heat Treatment Vietnam
In our quest to see Heat treatment departments around the world, Gord and Dale Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” are visiting Laos and Vietnam. While this photo has nothing to do with heat treating it is rather interesting. This is “The Gateway to Heaven” located on the China/Vietnam border....
John Sheahan Joins Busch VFE Ltd
In the UK we see that Mr. John Sheahan very recently joined Busch VFE, a division of Busch Vacuum (odd that the Busch name comes up again today, we have had several news items about the company recently). John brings a lifetime of experience to his new position as Senior Technical Manager -...
Ipsen North America
While we think of furnace manufacturer Ipsen in North America as vacuum people, this note from a senior member of the Ipsen USA Team would suggest that the atmosphere side of things is growing for the company. “Gord, During a recent visit to our facility in Rockford, Illinois, your son Jordan...
Monday Morning Briefing
We mentioned yesterday how Dave Strand was retiring from TPS and Wisconsin Oven. We were a little ahead of the curve-here is the official press release; "In 1986, Dave Strand was hired by Wisconsin Oven Corporation as a shop worker. In 2019, he retires as President & CEO of Thermal Product...
Dave Strand Wisconsin Oven
We mentioned yesterday how Dave Strand was retiring from TPS and Wisconsin Oven. We were a little ahead of the curve-here is the official press release; "In 1986, Dave Strand was hired by Wisconsin Oven Corporation as a shop worker. In 2019, he retires as President & CEO of Thermal Product...
Dave Strand, TPS/Wisconsin Oven Retires
After 33 years in the industry Mr. Dave Strand, President & CEO at Thermal Product Solutions and Wisconsin Oven Corporation has retired. All heat treaters in North America will have run across some of their products since they include brands such as Lindberg/MPH, Baker Furnace, Blue M,...
Commercial Heat Treat Shop For Sale
We have been asked to find a buyer for a small commercial heat treating shop in the Northern USA. This plant offers processes such as stress relieving and annealing and has sales of between $500,000 USD and $1 million USD. The company has several long time, experienced employees and is profitable....
French Aerospace Company Falsifying Heat Treat Data?
Recently we had a brief note about how a component on Boeing 737Max airplanes called a “slat track” was possibly defective due to improper heat treating. We posted the story and promptly forgot all about it until a reader sent us this article. This very well written and researched article comes from...