Two Leading Heat Treat Technology Companies Integrate to Create Better Customer Outcomes
"Effective immediately, C3 Data’s real-time pyrometry compliance software enables digital uploading of certificate data of all TT Electronics thermocouples. TT Electronics is a leading UK provider of thermocouples and design-led advanced electronic technologies for performance critical applications...
Heat Treating of High End Power Transmission Components (Originally Published June 7, 2022)
Auburn, Indiana, USA is home to Auburn Gear LLC a very progressive manufacturer and captive heat treater who recently invited “The Monty Heat Treat News” to inspect their manufacturing facility and in house heat treat department. “Auburn Gear, LLC is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom...
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]
North American Tooling Supplier Opens Multi Million Dollar Heat Treating Facility
Back in early 2021 “The Monty Heat Treat News” posted a rumor about a North American manufacturer placing an order with several furnace builders for what amounted to a multi million dollar investment. Subsequently we posted the news that the company in question is the Castool division of Exco...
Happy Thanksgiving!
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“Terry” Profughi, HI TecMetal Group, Obituary
Yesterday we mentioned the very unfortunate passing of Mr. Terry Profughi, founder of " HI TecMetal Group". What follows is his obituary and details about the service https://www.marcfburrfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Terry-Profughi/#!/Obituary "Terence C. Profughi, age 76 of Chardon passed away Nov....
Aluminum Extruding Company Adds Second Nitriding System
Aluplast - ZTG, an Altest company, recently expanded its production capacity with a second Nitrex nitriding system. The Bulgarian aluminum extruder experienced a big manufacturing boost after installing new extrusion presses to meet customer demand for its extrusion profiles used in residential and...
German Heat Treater Orders New Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace
"Oetzbach Edelstahl, a commercial heat treating facility that has been providing metal heat treatment services for almost one hundred years, has purchased another furnace from SECO/WARWICK. The system on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas hardening and the option of...
Terry Profughi/HI TecMetal Group-A Giant in the HT Industry
We understand that this past Sunday, November 20th, 2022 the North American heat treat industry lost a giant-Mr. Terry Profughi, Chairman of the Board of HI TecMetal Group. A very colorful and well known member of the industry Terry founded commercial heat treater HI TecMetal Group (HTG) a...
Groupo TTT in Spain Buys Seco Warwick Vacuum Furnace
SECO/WARWICK vacuum heat treatment and brazing system equipped with high pressure gas quench will be added by Grupo TTT, one of the leaders in heat and surface treatments, to their Bergara, Spain facility to run a variety of processes. One vacuum system for a variety of processes.SECO/WARWICK’s...
Mountain Rep Hires Additional Sales Rep
John R. Young joined Mountain Rep, a 35 year old manufacturing rep firm (www.mtnrep.net) as the Area Manager covering the northern Midwestern U.S. John has been part of the heat treat industry for 40 years and is known by many. He received his BS in Metallurgical Engineering at Michigan...
Bodycote to Open New North American Heat Treatment Facility in North America
Now this is a really interesting news item, as a matter of fact we would rate it as a 9 out of 10 on the interest scale for heat treat related press releases. And why? If you read the press release and see the technologies that Bodycote will be investing in you will quickly realize that this...
An Introduction To The Carburizing Process
Basic Simple Principle of Carburizing.Carburizing is not a new process. Its presence has been known since mankind began to work iron, which was approximately 4500 years ago. Copper mining and the working of copper can trace its origins back some 8,000 years. Carburizing is perhaps the oldest of all...
Monday Morning Briefing
We see that Jim Montemagno became President of alloy supplier Alcon Industries of Cleveland, Ohio, USA a few months back. Jim has been with Alcon for as long as we can remember and certainly knows his stuff. If you recall we mentioned not that long ago how the founder of the company and President,...
ECM USA
"ECM USA is excited to announce that we have performed our 100th development engineering load in our new NANO in the new SYNERGY CENTER in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin. This furnace has been designed with single piece and small continuous batch operations in mind. The 20 bar gas quench system has...