Cincinnati Steel Treating Appoints Operations Manager
Cincinnati Steel Treating enjoys a long and very impressive history in the commercial heat treating industry which goes back to 1941. Their capabilities include nitriding, hardening, induction, carburizing and aluminum processing to name just a few CST: Heat Treating Services & Metal Treating of...
Titanium Foundry Adds Furnace
"L&L Special Furnace has delivered a highly uniform, front-loading box furnace to a northeastern US supplier of titanium castings for the aerospace and power generation fields. The company deals with exotic metals such as nickel and cobalt-based alloys that are ideal for superior products using...
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]
UPC-Marathon awarded Pit Furnace Controls Upgrade at Overton Chicago Gear
"Obsidian Technical Group and Dana Liebelt with the support of UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex Company, have secured a contract to upgrade the furnace controls for Overton Chicago Gear, a leading US manufacturer of gears and gearboxes. The project will include all-new carburizing controls for a large pit...
Busch Vacuum Solutions U.S. Acquires VESCO-McLaughlin, Inc.
Last week "The Monty Heat Treat News" had a press release about an acquisition within the global heat treatment community. We are now in a position where we can mention the names of the companies involved. Below you will find the official press release. "Busch Vacuum Solutions U.S. has announced...
Cincinnati Steel Treating Adding Batch IQ Capacity
Lets start with some background on commercial heat treater Cincinnati Steel Treating one of the largest in the Ohio area; “The Cincinnati Steel Treating Company was founded in 1941 to accommodate the gear industry’s metal treating needs in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. By 1950 CST had diversified and...
Josh Longenette Appointed VP Operations at Bodycote
Josh Longenette was recently appointed Vice President of Operations at heat treating giant Bodycote. Josh previously worked at Bodycote before taking a brief hiatus outside of the heat treating industry. He follows in the footsteps of his father Don Longenette who after a long career with companies...
Ask the Heat Treat Recruiter-Should Potential Employees be Tested?
Jessica Maier, Sr. Recruiter at recruiting firm International Search Partners is a regular contributor to “The Monty Heat Treat News”. Today she answers a question posed by a large furnace OEM-Should we implement the use of testing to make hiring decisions or otherwise utilize assessments during my...
University Installs Vacuum Furnace
"Korea Institute of Materials Science Expands Vacuum Processing Capabilities The Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has invested in a new NITREX vacuum furnace to bolster its vacuum heat-treating capabilities....
Alu Menziken Extrusion AG, New Nitrex System
“The Swiss corporation Alu Menziken Extrusion AG, a manufacturer of aluminum profiles and complex extrusion press products, chose a Nitrex nitrocarburizing system for its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in northwestern Romania. Nitrex Metal delivered and installed a...
Caterpillar, Inc., Waco, Texas, USA
We can now provide an update on this news item from yesterday. The AFC-Holcroft UBQ furnaces have indeed already been purchased and removed from the auction. We understand they were bought by a used equipment dealer so they will be popping up on the used market in the near future we are sure.“Back...
Caterpillar, Inc., Waco, Texas, USA
Back in February of 2018 Caterpillar announced that they would be closing their Work Tools facility in Waco, Texas-a facility which made buckets, couplers, and hammers. The plant did indeed close with production moved to a Caterpillar location in Wamego, Kansas or outsourced to external suppliers....
National Heat Treat, Houston, Texas, USA
In keeping with our top news item today about Caterpillar in Texas we also have this news item from Texas. National Heat Treat is one of the larger commercial heat treats in the area and boasts a number of different processes. Recently the company has been adding experienced people and this includes...
The Edge of the World
Well it's not quite the edge of the world but you can certainly see it from here. During a recent trip to Chile which involved some heat treat related business Dale and Gord Montgomery of "The Monty" had the chance to visit Ushuaia, Argentina at the southernmost tip of South America, a city which...
Combustion Burners Long Delivery Times
Furnace manufacturer Diablo Furnaces is having a very frustrating experience getting gas combustion burners on time as we can see from this note; “I want to address the Chairman and CEO of Honeywell as I have tried to reach out and email him to no avail. Perhaps this will somehow reach him... We...