Top Heat Treatment News Items for the Week of October 28th
Each week “The Monty” looks back on our news items for the previous week to see which heat treatment news stories proved to be most interesting to our readers. For the week starting October 28th, 2024 these were the three most popular stories;
Texas Heat Treating’s Buster Crossley Awarded MTI’s Most Prestigious Award; MTI is excited to announce this year’s industry award winners. Recipients were honored during the Final Night Awards Dinner on October 16th, at the 2024 Fall Meeting in Columbus, OH. Service and volunteering are true investments in the industry, by any individual and company. Each volunteer commits their time and expenses to participate on committees or the Board of Trustees. MTI volunteers truly believe in being a part of a movement bigger than themselves. MTI thanks all of our volunteers for their dedication to making MTI a world-class organization for its membership. Following is the full list of individuals and companies who were recognized for their excellence, leadership, and service in the heat treating industry:
Aalberts Surface Technologies, Remscheid, Germany; If you are involved in commercial heat treating in Europe or North America, we can guarantee that you have run across the name “Aalbert Surface Technologies” as Aalberts is the second largest commercial heat treater on both continents (https://themonty.com/project/the-montys-50-largest-north-american-commercial-heat-treaters-2024/). So it was with eager anticipation that Gord Montgomery of “The Monty Heat Treat News” looked forward to visiting one of their larger locations in Europe located in Remscheid, Germany.The last time we visited this location was over 20 years ago and we expected changes and changes we found. The facility is still the same size, a very impressive 10,000 square meters (110,000 square feet) but the nature of the equipment has changed over the years to reflect changes in commercial heat treating. As an example, this facility used to have a very substantial number of continuous style furnaces, this has now changed to more batch type systems. This includes a total of 11 batch IQ furnaces, 3 vacuum nitriders and two mesh belt furnace lines.
The whole facility even “feels” different in that most of the plant is cleaner, brighter and more spacious. While their main customers remain the auto industry it is obvious that the plant is looking at “diversifying” which most commercial heat treaters in Germany are also looking at.
The Plant Manager “Mr. Marcus Reuter”, gave us a very in depth tour the highlight of which is a brand new “sealed quench” (batch IQ for our North American readers) line provided by Ipsen. It features two new “XXL” units with companion tempers, endothermic generators and a “HEMO” washer. The entire line is completely automated and entered production fairly recently. We commend Marcus on what he has done, it is obvious that he has a vision-a vision which he is turning into reality.
North American Auto Parts Suppler Adding 5th Nitriding System; Auto Parts giant “Linamar Corp.” has been named to the list of the “15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America” by the “Monty Heat Treat News” for almost 10 years running now and their heat-treating capabilities keep increasing. Their location in Guelph, Ontario, Canada is now in the process of adding their 5th vacuum nitrider. The firm added vacuum nitriding to their capabilities a few years back with the acquisition of 2 ALD units, since that time the company has added two new systems from KGO of Germany with the third system about to be installed. Did you like this article? Click here to subscribe to The Monty.
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