Top Heat Treatment News Items For the Week of January 13th
“The Monty Heat Treat News” constantly monitors our news stories to see which are the most popular amongst our readers. This is based upon reader feedback and social media viewings. For the week starting January 13th, 2025 these were are 3 top stories;
Commercial Heat Treater Moving Into New Facility; Aalberts Surface Technologies, the second largest commercial heat treater in North America as ranked by “The Monty Heat Treat News” is making very substantial investments into their North American facilities these days, this does not include their recent planned acquisition of Paulo Products late in 2024. In this case the firm just announced that their Manchester, CT, USA team is moving into a new, upgraded space – a 199,000-square-foot facility in Windsor Locks, CT. This former office and lab building is about to get a major makeover prior to the move. Big building for a commercial heat treat!
Furnace Builder Can-Eng Announces Promotions; Can-Eng Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is excited to announce the promotion of two long-standing, highly valued employees to new leadership roles in 2025. These promotions reflect CAN-ENG’s continued commitment to strengthening its leadership team, with a focus on advancing state-of-the-art thermal processing systems and enhancing our ability to serve our customers worldwide.
Jason Clay has been promoted to Manufacturing Operations Manager. Jason joined CAN-ENG in 2004 as a Project Leader within the Engineering group. Through his dedication to improving equipment designs and customer service, Jason has progressed through several key roles, including Project Leader, Project Manager, Quality Manager, and Senior Project Manager. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Technologist diploma from Niagara College and a Bachelor of Technology degree from McMaster University. As Manufacturing Operations Manager, Jason will oversee the future direction of CAN-ENG’s manufacturing strategies, further improving our ability to exceed customer expectations.
Adam DeCiccio has been promoted to Purchasing and Logistics Manager. Adam has been with CAN-ENG since 2003, initially joining the Application Engineering and Sales group. His ability to support customers and contribute to the company’s success led to roles as Senior Technical Buyer, Purchasing Manager, and now, Purchasing and Logistics Manager. Adam holds a diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology from Niagara College and has completed Planning & Scheduling programs at Ryerson University. In his new role, Adam will focus on implementing innovative strategies and improvements within purchasing, supply chain, and inventory planning to support the ongoing growth CAN-ENG has experienced over the past decade.World’s Most Popular Internal Quench Vacuum Furnace? Furnace builder Ipsen, the “Largest New Furnace Builder” in North America is quite rightly very proud of the fact that their popular “Turbotreater” line of vacuum furnace iss celebrating 40 years of production. This piqued the interest of the team at “The Monty” and prompted us to find out how many of these furnaces have been sold over the past 40 years. As it turns out Ipsen has built and installed over 750 of these units globally meaning it is probably the most popular Internal Quench vacuum furnace ever. Read on for the history;
“On January 14th, NBC’s morning news program “Today” debuted with host Dave Garroway in 1952, and Elvis Presley’s record-setting concert “Aloha from Hawaii” was broadcast live via satellite in 1973. In places that use the Julian calendar, the New Year is celebrated on January 14th, and we celebrate the birthdays of Roman general Mark Antony, director Steven Soderbergh, actor Jason Bateman, and Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift.
Here at Ipsen on January 14th, we celebrate the birthday of the TurboTreater® vacuum furnace, the date when its trademark was first filed in 1985. Designed by Ipsen’s Chief Engineer Craig Moller, the TurboTreater is one of the most popular vacuum furnace platforms, known for its fast and uniform internal quenching system.
“I had been with the company for five years,” recalled Moller, “when I was approached with a challenge. A competitor named Abar offered a furnace with an external quench system and a round hot zone that was having success in the aerospace market. At the time, we offered a furnace (the VFC) that was an internal quench system with a rectangular hot zone. We were challenged to design a furnace incorporating an internal quench system that could also offer a round hot zone. That was the drive behind the TurboTreater.”
The first prototype of the TurboTreater was assembled in 1984, a 2-bar internal quench furnace with a round hot zone. “In the process of designing and developing the TurboTreater, Ipsen’s engineering team was able to patent four new ideas essential to making the TurboTreater a success,” Moller recalled.”
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