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....
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]
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 -...
AICHELIN Modernizes SKF Plants in Lüchow, Germany
"Retrofit of 5 Roller Hearth Furnaces Increases Production Reliability and Performance. Retrofitted AICHELIN roller hearth furnaces (© AICHELIN Service GmbH). Mödling/Ludwigsburg/Lüchow (ptp/22.03.2023/08:00) - SKF GmbH produces different roller bearing products in their plant in Lüchow in Lower...
Heat Treat Technical Seminar With SSi Being Held In Mississauga, Ontario
Enhance your understanding of the heat treating industry! This unique opportunity will give you the chance to network with fellow heat treaters and listen to how others are attacking industry specifications, addressing everyday problems, and looking to innovate in the future. There is a link to the...
Captive Heat Treater Makes Substantial Heat Treat Investments
Chain manufacturer and captive heat treater Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA has graced the pages of "The Monty Heat Treat News" several times in the past because of their substantial investments in their heat treat department. Another recent investment has been into their metallurgical lab...
Captive Heat Treater Celebrates 35 Years of Production
The Honda “Anna Engine Plant” in Anna, Ohio is one of the largest engine builders and consequently one of the larger in-house heat treaters in North America. The company recently celebrated 35 years of production with this summary of where the plant has come from and where it is going. Of most...
Solar Atmospheres of California Installs Large Car Bottom Air Furnace
"Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) successfully installed a brand new 14 foot long car bottom Air Furnace with a total load capacity of up to 30,000 pounds. The furnace was surveyed in accordance with AMS2750 and is uniform within ±10°F (Class 2). The furnace has a working zone that is 60-inches...
SISTEMAS AUTOMOTRICES DE Mexico/New Pusher Line
Back in February of this year we told you the story of auto parts supplier SISTEMAS AUTOMOTRICES DE Mexico installing a brand new pusher furnace line. Well the story is almost finished as the line is now ready for final acceptance and run off as you can see in the one photo below. To really complete...
Epiroc To Build Captive Heat Treat Department
It is seldom that we run across heat treat news items from Sweden but this makes the second within a week. Since we could only find one “Epiroc”photo to go with this item (showing one of their products) we widened our search to find another photo from the Swedish heat treating industry and seized...
Oerlikon Huntersville, North Carolina, USA
There is a lot of blah, blah, blah stuff here but to a long story short this brand new facility will have high pressure vacuum furnaces which is what interests us; "Oerlikon, a global provider of surface solutions, equipment, advanced materials and materials processing, is inaugurating a new $55...
SSi Travelling Road Show
On June 5, controls company Super Systems Inc. (SSi) will be hosting a one-day training seminar in Mississauga, Ontario which talks about lots of heat treating "stuff" including NADCAP and CQI-9. SSi has been doing these events for years around North America with pretty good success. We will snap a...
Kimber Manufacturing Moving to Alabama-Trends in the Heat Treating Industry
Kind of in passing last week we learned that gun manufacturer Kimber Manufacturing was closing down most or all of their production in Yonkers, NY and moving to Alabama. This story very much got our attention because it was not that long ago when we mentioned that fellow gun...
Monday Morning Briefing
McLaughlin Furnace Group Announces Pusher Furnace Order. McLaughlin Furnace Group based in Fort Wayne, Indiana is pleased to announce that they have received an order from a major truck component manufacturer for a two row, gas fired pusher furnace. The president and owner of the company Mr. Jeff...