Weston (Wes) Gregory, R & G Services
We regret to mention the passing of a long time member of the North American heat treatment community, Mr. Wes Gregory. Wes for many years ran R & G Services of Joliet, IL, USA a firm which offered both new and used furnaces along with rebuilding and maintenance services. "WESTON GREGORY...
Jim Grann, Technical Director, Ipsen-The Interview
It makes our day to present to you our readers an interview with Mr. Jim Grann, Technical Director of furnace builder Ipsen. Jim is based in the Rockford, Illinois, USA facility and has the distinction of being the second longest serving employee of the company-by only one month we hasten to add. We...
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]
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Today we have two prominent names in the news in the heat treatment industry, one in the USA the second in Austria. Mr. Cole Coe who was president of one of the larger commercial heat treaters in North America, Hi TecMetal Group https://htgmetals.com/ recently moved to the southern US which meant...
Furnace Builder Gasbarre Investing/Expanding
“Governor Tom Wolf announced that Gasbarre Products, Inc., an industrial furnace manufacturer, will create and retain 172 total jobs in multiple Pennsylvania counties as part of a planned expansion at the company’s facility in St. Marys, Elk County. The company is investing $5.8 million into the...
Why Are Commercial Heat Treats in North America Closing?
The commercial heat treatment industry in North America has had their ups and downs in the past few years but generally it has been fairly stable. An acquisition here, an acquisition there, an occasional closing but generally not too many changes-any changes this year can be found at this brief...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Adds Several Quality Lab Equipment Listings
"The Monty Heat Treat News" has just added several quality pieces of lab equipment to our used equipment listings. Among these listings you will find automated polishers, semi-automatic polishers, wet saws and precision saws. For information and pictures about the lab equipment listings scroll...
European Captive/Commercial Heat Treaters Invests in New Furnaces
Three times over the past 2 years we have reported on an impressive captive/commercial heat treater by the name of Ramada ACOS located in Ovar, Portugal-indeed “The Monty Heat Treat News” was able to visit the facility a little less than one year ago. Two of our previous reports on the company can...
Is It Possible to Bar Code Heat Treat Fixtures? (Things we Learned at the German Heat Treat Show)
"The Monty Heat Treat News" learned lots of things at the recent heat treat exhibition, HK 22 in Cologne, Germany and amongst the things we learned is that it is possible to bar code furnace fixturing. A German foundry by the name of Friedr. Lohmann GmbH, one of the largest suppliers of heat...
Gasbarre Furnace Group Offering Nitriding Furnaces
Gasbarre Furnace Group Offering Nitriding Furnaces Ask us what the fastest growing heat treat process is and our answer will be instantaneous-Nitriding. Gas nitriding, vacuum nitriding, plasma nitriding, any type of nitriding. So with that being said it is no surprise that more and more furnace...
Bodycote, Rotherham, UK Official Opening Ceremony
Bodycote, Rotherham, UK Official Opening Ceremony Back in February of 2018 it was announced that commercial heat treater Bodycote would be opening a new facility in Rotherham, UK late 2018. Well the plant is now operational with the Official Opening Ceremony being held Thursday November 29th of...
Lake City Heat Treating Adding More “HIPPING” Capacity
Lake City Heat Treating Adding More “HIPPING” Capacity We’re always surprised that more commercial heat treaters do not offer “Hipping” as it can be quite a profitable business. On the other side of the coin the high cost of the equipment and potential issues (hey anything operating at 30,000 psi...
Jorgensen Forge Corporation, Seattle, Washington, Closed
Jorgensen Forge Corporation, Seattle, Washington, Closed In the world of heat treating there has been so much good news recently that a bad news item is a real shock to our systems. For 78 years this foundry in the US Northwest has been offering forgings for the aerospace, oil & gas and steel...
People News
People News Mike Harper very recently became Corporate Sales Manager for Paulo Heat Treating, Brazing and Metal Finishing. Mike actually spent 12 years with Paulo in the Tennessee, USA area before spending the past 3 years as Regional Sales Manager for Solar Atmospheres, Inc., in the Greenville, SC,...
Vacuum Annealing-Captive Heat Treat Shop
Vacuum Annealing-Captive Heat Treat Shop We ran across a rather interesting captive heat treat operation in the US Midwest last week which is worth mentioning. A manufacturer of a strip product for cutting applications required that the product be annealed in a vacuum furnace. Consequently the...