Captive Heat Treater Finishing Installation of 3rd Mesh Belt Line
Recently we have had several stories about chain manufacturer and captive heat treater Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA expanding their heat treat department. In a November 2022 posting we told how the company was installing a third mesh belt furnace line. These photos show the existing two...
Ipsen Repurposes Ceramics Facility for Hot Zone Production
Pecatonica, ILLINOIS (March 15, 2023) – Ipsen in Pecatonica, Illinois (formerly Ipsen Ceramics) is being repurposed for vacuum furnace hot zone assembly. The plant is currently undergoing major refurbishments, including new lighting, HVAC, roofing, and other interior and exterior upgrades. The...
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]
European Furnace Builder Makes Management Changes
After company founder and long-time CEO of BOSIO d.o.o., Mr. Hugo Bosio, turned to new challenges, the management of the successful industrial company was reorganized on February 1, 2023. As a new addition to the management team of AICHELIN Group, Mr. Marko Klinc will be in charge of production at...
Heat Treat Legend Retiring
Mike Reichling, Operations Manager at Cincinnati Steel Treating in Ohio, USA will be retiring March 17th of this year after 49 years in the heat treatment industry. He leaves with a host of accolades from organizations such as MTI (Metal Treating Institute) and ASM (American Society for Metals)...
Heat Treating in Vietnam
Dale and Gord Montgomery will be visiting Vietnam in mid march of this year with the intention of visiting at least one heat treat. While news about the heat treat industry there is very rare "The Monty Heat Treat News" has spoken in the past about a pump manufacturer in the country who has a very...
Solar Atmospheres South Carolina Facility Awarded Northrop Grumman Approval
"Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC facility is pleased to announce it has been awarded Northrop Grumman approval. With this approval, now all five Solar Atmospheres facilities are an option for our customers with Northrop Grumman requirements for vacuum heat treating services. Steve Prout, President...
Premium Auto Parts Supplier Invests in New Vacuum Furnace
Standard Motor Products, Inc. https://www.smpcorp.com/en is a leading manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive parts to both the aftermarket and original equipment customers. In the aftermarket, SMP's products are used in the maintenance, service and repair of vehicles, and are largely...
Japanese Heat Treater Sees Energy Bill Double to $600,000 USD/Month
Energy Pricing has been an enormous issue to the global heat treatment industry and “The Monty Heat Treat News” has touched on this subject many times. Very recently a Japanese reader sent us this article with a summary that North Americans have little to complain about. Their example is a company...
SECO/WARWICK CaseMaster Vacuum Furnaces
Furnace builder SECO/WARWICK issued this press release about recently delivering two CaseMaster vacuum furnaces. To add to this news item we are including this photo of Jordan Montgomery of "The Monty" standing in front of a CaseMaster furnace which is installed and in operation in North...
William “Billy” Fulton
It is with regret that we mention the recent passing of "Billy" Fulton our favorite heat treat maintenance person. Blunt to a fault, obnoxious and sarcastic as hell but very intelligent and extremely capable with a biting sense of humor-we always really got a kick out of his company. Billy worked...
Monday Morning Briefing
We are going to start off in the booming city of Logansport, Indiana, USA when fastener manufacturer A. Raymond Tinnerman recently made some major upgrades. The original press release included a lot of “blah, blah, blah” stuff about bending machines and packaging stuff but all we care about is the...
Can-Eng Furnaces to Provide Die Casting System
"Can-Eng Furnaces has been chosen to design and commission a high-capacity, heat-treatment system for a Tier 1 Global Automotive Manufacturing Company. The new system provides T-6 and T-7 processing capabilities for lightweight aluminum High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) automotive components. ...
Help Wanted-Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic
Induction heating giant Ajax TOCCO Magnethermic (whose banner ad can be found on the right side of this page) faces a similar dilemma to many manufacturers in North America-where to find good people? As you can see in this note the company is looking for people to fill a number of good, well paying...
Heat Treat Shop For Sale
Ever have a desire to tell your boss to take a hike and run your own commercial heat treat shop? Then we have a solution. Later today we will have some details about a relatively small (but profitable) commercial heat treat shop for sale in the US. While we hesitate to describe this as a "starter"...