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Introduction
Worldwide Heat Treating/Financial Armageddon. In my last introduction I
pondered on the effects of the disaster in financial markets and how it
would effect the heat treating industry (if you recall at that time the US
government was still arguing over whether a $700 Billion USD bailout was
necessary, subsequently of course it was approved). So what are the
effects going to be? We of course have no crystal ball but we can tell you
what we are seeing and hearing. First and foremost the general
consensus amongst captive and commercial heat treaters at the recent
Furnaces North America show in Nashville was cautious optimism (you
could of course argue the point that heat treaters doing poorly are not
going to attend a show, hence skewing the results) but overall from
conversations we have had around the world most heat treaters are doing
reasonably well with the glaring exception of the auto industry. In the
same vein industry suppliers such as furnace builders and control
companies are reporting an excellent year to some extent based upon
increased exports but still with significant orders domestically.
Agriculture, Oil and Gas, power generation, mining and defence are all
areas that still remain strong. Let’s look at the other side of the coin.
Personally and from conversations with other reps and manufacturers
there is an increase in orders being cancelled, in some cases as a result
of decreased sales but in a lot of cases “fear”- the “we’re not spending
anything until we see what happens” attitude. Not to harp on automotive
heat treating but this is the weakest link in the chain with many captive
and commercial heat treaters involved in the domestic heat treating
market laying off employees, shutting down furnace lines and selling
surplus equipment. If there is any bright spot in this situation it is the fact
that more and more good condition, well priced furnaces are popping up
on the used market and consequently prices are slowly starting to
decline.
While many used equipment brokers are finding the phones ringing less, from a personal standpoint we
see used equipment sales to be staying reasonably strong. Again I wish I did have a crystal ball and
could tell you what tomorrow will bring, my best guess is that things will be slower in the near future,
will continue to be slow for some time but that a few industries will continue to grow and prosper and
that at some point everything will improve after some minor bloodletting. The biggest hurdle to be
faced is credit; whether companies that need to add equipment will be able to find financing. We get
over this hurdle and time will take care of the rest. Things will get better, they always do.
Heat Treat News
Belcher Robinson/Alexander City, Alabama, USA. It’s hard to say whether this is a sign of the
times or an example of a company that didn’t react quickly enough to the changing times. Belcher was
a 100 year old plus foundry located in South Easton MA that made cast auto parts. In 2007 they
relocated to Alabama based upon lower operating costs however as of October 3/08 they have
terminated operations and closed the plant permanently with 2 secured parties Wells Fargo Band and
General Motors taking over the assets. As a captive heat treater they had a number of batch IQ
furnaces some of which were sold to an auto parts company in Monterrey, Mexico, the others going to
the plant in Alabama where presumably they still sit. October 31/08
Ipsen International/Blanchard Metals Processing. Another new order for Ipsen in Rockford,
Illinois, USA who rumour has it is stacked to the roof with new orders, you can read the details below,
personally we love the fact that this furnace is called a “Tiny Turbo”. Excellent name but our personal
feeling is that it would be hard to justify a multi thousand dollar purchase to your boss when it is called
a “Tiny Turbo”. Still love the name though. October 31/08
"Ipsen Delivers TinyTurbo™ Vacuum Furnace to Blanchard Metals Processing Co. (Cherry Valley, IL)
Ipsen, Inc. announces order from Blanchard Metals Processing Co. for one (1) Model H2424 6-Bar
TinyTurbo™ furnace. The TinyTurbo™ is a versatile furnace that requires minimal floor space for easy
integration into existing operations and manufacturing cells. This unit will be used for commercial heat
treating of aerospace components at their Salt Lake City, Utah facility. Blanchard Metals Processing Co.
is Nadcap™ Accredited, ISO 9001 as well as AS9100 Registered, and services major aerospace
companies in the US. A key factor in the favorable decision for Ipsen was quick delivery and previous
Ipsen furnace purchases. The TinyTurbo™ has a work zone 18” wide x 14” high x 24” deep with a gross
load capacity of 400lbs at 2400ºF and meets the requirements of AMS 2750D. The unit is equipped with
a highly efficient all graphite insulated hot zone assembly with graphite heating elements in a 360º
configuration, convection assisted heating for reduced heat-up times and vacuum tempering
capabilities and gas quench capabilities to 6-Bar. The Ipsen CompuVac® control system with 17” color
touch screen, DIGITRIM® tuning feature is housed in a Nema 12 enclosure that is UL listed. Ipsen, Inc.
offers innovative solutions and technical expertise to improve the efficiency and performance of your
heat treating applications. Ipsen, Inc. maintains manufacturing plants in Rockford, IL, Souderton, PA,
Kleve, Germany, Calcutta, India and Shanghai, China."
FNA/Nashville, Tennessee, USA. We still have a few more photos from the recent Furnaces North
America show in Nashville, TN, this one is excellent! You are looking at from left to right Lisa Profugi,
Terry Profugi (owner and President of one of the larger heat treat companies in North America, Hi
TecMetal Group Inc. a multi location facility based in Cleveland, Ohio), Debi Hubbard and John Hubbard
(as CEO of Bodycote International John was voted last year by our readers as the most influential
individual in the worldwide heat treating community).October 31/08
ALD/ECM. If you don't recognize the names AMG is the parent company of ALD (vacuum carburizing
systems) and the target of their recent acquisition Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble S.A. is (or
was) part of ECM (again vacuum carburizing systems). Tight knit industry isn't it? October 30/08
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ("AMG", EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") announces that its
Engineering Systems Division has acquired the remaining 50% of its nuclear joint venture, Furnaces
Nuclear Applications Grenoble S.A. ("FN") for approximately EUR 3 million. FN was formerly a joint
venture with a privately held French company. AMG will now consolidate these operations under the
Engineering Systems Division. Furnaces Nuclear Applications Grenoble S.A. designs and produces
sintering systems for a number of nuclear applications. As previously announced, FN was recently
awarded a contract with Shaw Areva MOX Services LLC for the detailed engineering of two sintering
furnaces for the Shaw Areva MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site, in Aiken, South
Carolina, USA. These vacuum-type sintering systems will be used in the production of mixed oxide
(MOX) uranium and plutonium nuclear fuel for light water reactors. In addition to its sintering systems
for nuclear fuels and the contract with Shaw Areva MOX Services LLC, Furnaces Nuclear Applications
Grenoble S.A. has the world's leading vacuum furnace engineering team specializing in nuclear
technologies. AMG intends to use FN as a platform for its further expansion into the growing nuclear
energy field.
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Furnaces North America/Nashville, Tennessee, USA. We continue on with our photos from the
recent heat treating show in Nashville, Tennessee, the largest such show in North America in 2008.
October 30/08
Crystal Crawford, Jeff Hemmer, Dan Lang and Ben
Crawford (all with Bluewater Thermal the largest
US based commercial heat treater in North America)
& Gord Montgomery, themonty.com
Two and a half Titans of the Heat treating
Industry? The half is on the right in this photo.
Bill Jones, Solar Atmospheres; John Hubbard,
CEO Bodycote& Gord Montgomery,
themonty.com
The Show
Gord Montgomery, themonty.com & A real nice
fellow from Dana in Glasgow, Kentucky - we are
vey embarrassed to say we don't know his
name).
Caitlin Montgomery, Ed Boll, Heat Treat
Rep US North East &
Gord Montgomery, themonty.com
Steve Thompson, SSi,John Hansen(rep in
Michigan)and his son Denis)
Chad Schwartztrauber, Certified Measurement
Services LA, Nate Wright (Tru Cal) and Josh Harvey CF
Thermal, Carolinas
Bob Fincken, SSi andScott Johnstone again SSI.
www.htsu.com
AFC-Holcroft. Below is their latest press release. October 30/08
'AFC-Holcroft Names Northern Refractory as Authorized Refractory Contractor.
(October, 2008) AFC-Holcroft of Wixom, Michigan, has named Northern Refractory its Authorized
Refractory Contractor.
AFC-Holcroft builds industrial heat treating furnaces such as UBQ (Universal Batch Quench) furnaces,
pusher furnaces, roller hearth furnaces, mesh belt conveyor lines, rotary hearth furnaces, Controlled
Atmosphere Aluminum Brazing (CAAB) furnaces and many others, all of which contain an interior lining
of refractory critical to the quality of the finished parts. This refractory lining must be replaced over
time, or when it becomes damaged, heavily contaminated, or the firebrick in any way affects the
mechanics of the furnace or the quality of the product. “The most common refractory-related service
call we get involves sooting of the furnace, which can cause the furnace hearth rails to misalign or warp
and trays to track improperly, sometimes causing catastrophic interior damage. Door jambs can begin
to seal improperly. Zone arches can eventually slip and fall, which also necessitates a service call” said
Dan McMann, Manager of Aftermarket Sales. “When we get these types of calls, we coordinate our
service with our Authorized Service Contractor, Northern Refractory.” McMann added, “We provide
quality OEM replacement materials identified specifically for heat treating equipment. If a custom brick
shape is needed, AFC-Holcroft references the customer’s specific mechanical drawings and bills of
material. Northern Refractory can make special shapes based on our original designs if they are not
stock items. Northern Refractory services all the brand names under the umbrella of AFC-Holcroft,
including Atmosphere Furnace Company, Holcroft, Pacific Furnace Company (PIFCO), Standard Fuel,
Dow Furnace, and ThermAlliance. They have collaborated on numerous projects in the course of a 35+
year relationship – from equipment moves to minor brick repairs and replacements to complete furnace
rebricking and preventative maintenance repairs and inspections. “Heat treating furnaces have unique
requirements in terms of materials and construction, and Northern Refractory service people have the
type of experience and know-how that we rely on. Their performance reflects a high degree of skill and
understanding that can only be gained by extensive hands-on experience with this type of process” said
Jim Foote, AFC-Holcroft’s Field Service Supervisor. The workmanship and the materials are guaranteed
for a full year after day of completion. Along with their knowledge of brickwork, Northern Refractory
service personnel are certified in several safety programs including Confined Space, Lockout/Tagout
Procedures and CPR. “Safety has always been our top concern” says Loren Angel of Northern
Refractory. Northern Refractory is located in Toledo, Ohio, approximately a one hour drive from AFCHolcroft’s world headquarters in Wixom, Michigan.'
Furnaces North America/Nashville, Tennessee, USA. We continue on with our coverage of the
recent FNA show in Nashville, Tennessee, USA with these photos. As far as continued verbiage about
the show we have none (it’s been summed up already) but pictures of the show we will keep posting.
October 29/08
Laurens Sack, Dibalog North America (Energy
Optimization Systems), Dale Montgomery, Caitlin
Montgomery and Gord Montgomery themonty.com
Avion Manufacturing (we didn't realize that this is a
Gord Montgomery and the real friendly guys from
Smart Skim (oil separators).
multi national company-check out their banner ad
on this page)
Gord Montgomery, Ernie Lackner, Vice President
of ALFE Heat Treating Inc.
Damien Bratcher, International Sales Manager, SSI Gord Montgomery, Dan Lipnicki (formerly of Euclid
playing bartender at the Dibalog, HTSU, SSI dinner
HT in Euclid, Ohio)
www.smartskim.com
Twigg Corporation/Mercer Technologies. Twigg (captive heat treating) recently went with Mercer
Technologies of Terre Haute, Indiana for a refurbished hot zone for a large Ipsen vacuum furnace. Get
the details below. October 29/08
"Mercer Technologies Inc. has completed an order from Twigg Corporation, Martinsville, IN for a
completely refurbished HL6872 Hot Zone with a free work area of 48”w x 48”h x 72” deep. The Hot
Zone has many M-Tech design enhancements which provide longer Hot Zone life as well as ease of
replacement. (You can actually change an element support in the rear of the Hot Zone with out
removing the zone). While M-Tech was rebuilding the hot zone it’s highly trained service staff was
cleaning out the water jacket to include replacing all of the PFT penetrations and replacing all water and
pneumatic hoses. This order was placed due to M-Tech Hot Zone design features and the multi faceted
approach that M-Tech has taken toward meeting the requirements of its customers."
Used Equipment Available. A real beauty which is recent is a 10 year old 2 Bar Vac Aero Vacuum
furnace with working dimensions of 36" X 30" X 48" and an asking price of $180,000 USD! It's
probably a sign of the times that we are being asked to list quite a number more used furnaces, some
of them very attractive offerings. As an example our new items include a Surface Combustion
Carburizing furnace, a "HeviDuty" Electric Box Furnace & a C.I. Hayes Electric Box Furnace.
Also and not in as high demand is a Park Thermal Salt Line. New to the Misc Page are three items:
Vacuum Furnace Fans, Vacuum Pump Assembly & FPE Dry Transformer. On the batch page: a
complete, ready to go Dow Batch IQ Line with an excellent asking price of $79,000 USD, a well
maintained Surface Combustion “Super 30” Allcase Line, 2 Surface Combustion "Super 30"
Allcase Furnaces & on the Generator page 5 Surface Combustion 5,400 CFH Endothermic
Atmosphere Generators. How about these items-a 36” X 48” X 42 Williams Temper Furnace and
a Surface 5600 CFH Endo Generator. We now have an asking price for a good condition W
Wellman 6 Bar Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnace and the vendor will consider terms which are
quite unusual in this industry. Carbottoms are relatively hard to find but we now have two more to offer
on our Batch Page. An exciting offer based upon the enormous amount of demand for pit furnaces are
two very large, excellent condition pit tempering furnaces. If you don't see what you are looking forask! October 29/08
Mid-South Metallurgical/Murfreesboro, TN, USA. As commercial heat treaters go, this is quite an
interesting company. Not a large operation, it has been around for quite some time but until it was
bought a couple of years ago by a non-heat treater by the name of Clif Coleman, it really hadn’t
changed very much over the years. Clif is an interesting guy with a good head on his shoulders and a
great deal of common sense which will take you a long way. After getting a good grasp of the industry,
he has recently added an addition to the building which will house his latest acquisitions a 24” X 24” X
40” 10 bar vacuum furnace and more Induction heating capacity. In all of these endeavours he has
been assisted by Steve Jefsen’s (Plant Manager) a long time heat treater who has worked with such
companies as Woodworth Industries in Michigan, one of the largest commercial heat treaters in North
America. Unfortunately, the photo below is not what we wanted but you can see Clif’s back, Gord
Montgomery’s front and Steve’s back. At least you will know what Clif looks like when he is walking
away from you. October 28/08
ALD-HOLCROFT. Below is a "Good News" article about growth which you aren't hearing much about
these days. October 28/08
'September 2008: ALD-Holcroft has had a year of record growth mandating an office expansion beyond
expectations. The newly constructed offices accommodate the growing staff and project base of the
company. Square footage is several times larger than the original space ALD-Holcroft had occupied and
should provide for the company well into the future. The new offices house Project Management,
Software Engineering, Aftermarket Support and Executive Management. “A year ago, this office
expansion could not have been anticipated. But the growth of ALD-Holcroft truly mandated this
significant investment,” says Jason Sisler, ALD-Holcroft President. ALD-Holcroft is a joint venture
between AFC-Holcroft, LLC, Wixom, MI, and ALD Vacuum Technologies AG, Hanau, Germany. ALD is a
global leader in vacuum metallurgy, vacuum heat treating, low pressure carburizing (LPC), and high
pressure gas quenching (HPGQ). AFC-Holcroft is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of
atmosphere heat treating furnaces. Both companies have more than 80 years of thermal processing
experience.'
Business Opportunities. Pyrometry Technicians and a Vacuum Heat Treatment Operator
Wanted. We have a gentleman looking for a position as a General Manager/Director of Quality & a
company looking for a Product Sales Manager, yesterday we posted a gentleman looking for a Heat
Treating Manager/Sales position. The President of Bodycote International, America's operations,
Martyn Wilton has announced that he is leaving the company and a replacement is needed. Have a
desire to run the largest commercial heat treater in North America? Check out our business
Opportunities page. We have a Heat Treating QA Manager with over 20 years of work experience
and is willing to relocate. We have an immediate opening for a Senior Vacuum Project Engineer.
We have two new positions available the first is a Mechanical Engineer with Premier Furnace
Specialists and the second a Sales Rep for Solar Manufacturing. How about a captive heat treater in
the Chicago area that has Annealing Capacity Available. It might work out very well for another
manufacturer with medium quantities to anneal. While we never planned on becoming a site for the
latest positions available in the heat treating industry it would appear to be happening as we are adding
4-5 new positions available per week suck as a Regional Sales Manager position with ABM Induction,
a Product Sales Manager for a company located on the west coast and a large heat treat facility in
New England looking for a Quality Control Manager. Ipsen needs a Technical Manager interested in
developing market-changing technologies NADCAP is looking for Aerospace Experienced Consultant
Auditors for their heat treating program. Phoenix Heat Treating Inc is looking for Sales/Marketing
Individual. Experienced Fastener Professional Engineer with 35 years of experience is looking for
employment. Klein Tools is looking for a Heat Treating Supervisor with at least 5 years of
experience. A commercial metal heat-treating company located at Pomona, California is looking for an
Maintenance Engineer. October 28/08
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Broadwind Energy Company. Please excuse us for beating to death the topic of wind energy but it is
a topic that manufactures and heat treaters cannot afford to ignore these days. At the recent heat treat
show in Nashville probably the top topic was heat treating of large gears, primarily for wind energy but
also for industries such as railcars and mining. First some background on Broadwind
www.broadwindenergy.com October 27/08
"In 2007, Brad Foote Gear Works was acquired by Broadwind Energy, Headquartered in Naperville,
Illinois. Broadwind Energy's mission is to oversee, direct and provide a unifying vision for platforms of
companies, aggressively built through acquisitions and organic growth. Broadwind Energy is
determined to lead in the production, construction, repair, and delivery of components and services
related to wind energy development and generation. Broadwind Energy is a publicly traded company."
Now for the fun part; what does the heat treat department of a large gear producer look like? The
photos below show Broadwind Energy, Brad Foot Gear Works-Pittsburgh Division. As you can see
Broadwind has taken the pit carburizing approach and while we can't tell you the exact size of all the
furnaces and the number trust us that this is an extremely impressive location with quite possibly the
coolest control room we have come across. So for you folks that do not yet have experience with heat
treating of large gears this is what you can expect to see in a captive operation (although cleaner than
most).
Furnaces North America/Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Now that we have had some time to
contemplate the recent Furnaces North America show in Nashville it’s time for a review. Excellent!
Many exhibitors had expressed real reservations before the show as to attendance based upon current
economic concerns, as it turned out it is as though heat treating is to some extent completely
disembodied from the rest of the world (we realize this is certainly not true but based upon the general
cautious optimism that is the feeling an outsider would have walked away with). We did not speak with
one exhibitor that was not pleased with attendance. As an example, walking in at the opening bell on
Tuesday morning found the aisles packed. However there was one glaring exception-automotive. We
did not run across one single individual from GM, Ford or Chrysler or even from any of the foreign
automakers for that matter. Possibly we missed a few individuals from the auto industry but if they
were there they were in short supply. A lot of commercial heat treaters, gear manufacturers, some auto
parts suppliers and a smattering of other industries. Again to sum up a very productive show and well
run (except for the stupid scanners at each booth that had a mind of their own). October 24/08
Mike Riley of Eaton Corporation, Dale Montgomery, Gord Montgomery, TJ Wright (retired but there are
Gord Montgomery (HTSU, Dibalog, SSI Sponsored a number of Wrights in the industry at companies
dinner party)
such as Wirco and TruCal)
Gord Montgomery, Jim Litzinger and J.Gary
Childress of TempTAB (Temptab has a very cool
product for temperature uniformity studies)
Ben Rassieur of Paulo Products, Roger Jones of
Solar Atmospheres (2 giants in the industry
unfortunately not a flattering photo of either)
Laurie Bastian, Caitlin Montgomery, Mike Bastian
of Accurate Steel Treating Inc., California, Dale
Montgomery, Gord Montgomery
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Mike Laplante, Flame Metals Processing Corp.,
Milwaukee. Mike gave an excellent talk about Batch
IQ Processing at the SSI dinner. Ron Sviben, rep to
his left
Furnaces North America. Below is a picture and a brief write up from the Furnaces North America
Show about a change in personnel at Rubig, compliments of Terry Bachmeier of Rubig
Engineering. Austrian based Rubig is as many people know one of the largest providers of Ion Nitriding
systems in the world and is a company that we hold in high esteem. In the photo below you see from
the left Terry Bachmeier, Albert Weigerstorfer and Gord Montgomery. Starting tomorrow we will have a
full update about the show and a number of pictures.
October 23/08
"Albert Weigerstorfer, chief engineer for Rubig Engineering division has committed to Rubig sales in
North America and will travel extensively with Pat Sinnott in the USA and Terry Bachmeier in Canada.
Mr. Weigerstorfer's extensive back ground in management and design and build of advance thermal
treatment equipment for the heat treat industry is an integral part of Rubig's strategy in N.A.
Rubig Engineering equipment line up include; 1.) Vacuum Hardening furnaces VH 6 and 10- Bar
Vacuum convection furnaces employing nitrogen and helium quench c/w recovery. 2.) Surface
Treatments such as Gas and Plasma Ion Nitriding "PLASNIT & PLASOX" and Hard Coatings "PLASTIT, a
PACVD plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition. 3.) Parts Cleaning Systems, "HYDROVAC
POWERCLEAN" environmentally advanced solutions offer our customers the ability to clean parts before
surface treatments or after quench. HV employees the principals of aqueous fluids in a vacuum
pressure injection chamber."
Terry Bachmeier, Albert Weigerstorfer, Gord Montgomery
www.avionmfg.com
(AMM) SSAB settles on Alabama for new heat-treat plant. A news item of marginal interest to us
but still having to do with the heat treating industry, this article is from www.metalsbulletin.com
October 23/08
'It's on to Mobile, Ala., for Svenskt Stal AB's (SSAB's) new heat-treating plant. The Stockholm,
Sweden-based steelmaker and owner of the former Ipsco Inc. said Tuesday it has selected Mobile as
the site for a new steel plate heat-treating facility, which will increase quenched and tempered steel
capacity at its Mobile plate mill to 400,000 tonnes per year from 100,000 tonnes.
The investment is part of a program launched by the steelmaker in August. SSAB in April announced
plans to increase its U.S. steel plate heat-treating capacity. That announcement was made in Mobile,
sparking immediate speculation that the new heat-treating facility would be located there. Company
executives had refrained from making a location decision, also considering putting the facility at SSAB's
plate mill in Montpelier, Iowa. After reviewing financial incentive packages proffered by state and local
governments, the Alabama site emerged as the winner. "This reaffirms SSAB's focus on our valueadded quenched and tempered steel and our commitment to meet customers' growing demand for such
products," Olof Faxander, SSAB's chief executive officer, said in a statement. "SSAB will further develop
its strong production base both in Mobile and Montpelier, and we will continue to strengthen our
strategy to be the global leader in high-strength steel." The heat-treatment facility will produce
quenched and tempered steel plate used in the manufacturing and construction sectors in applications
where properties such as strength, hardness and toughness are required beyond those available in
commercial grades. The $460-million investment program comprises a new quenching line, advanced
finishing facilities, control and roll-shifting technology for the rolling mill and a vacuum tank degasser.
The investment is part of the program announced for SSAB in August. "This investment develops our
market position in quenched and tempered steel," David Britten, president of the company's SSAB
North America Division, Lisle, Ill., said in a statement. The project will create about 180 new jobs, with
construction set to begin in 2009 and production beginning in 2011, SSAB said.'
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Applied Process/Wind Energy. Personally we are not entirely convinced that wind energy is going to
be able to keep up with worldwide energy demands or even to make a noticeable difference in the
current and future energy mix however we are as usual bucking the trend and the bottom line is that
an enormous number of wind turbines will be built and installed in the near future which means an
awful lot of large gears that need to be heat treated. The article below culled from the internet
http://www.record-eagle.com/statenews/local_story_295094025.html has Applied Process
(Chip Keough) in Livonia, Michigan, USA considering getting into the heat treatment of large gears for
the wind energy business. An impressive company Applied Process we have no doubt but that if they
want to get into this business they will be successful at it. October 23/08
'Wind turbines are on the horizon for some Michigan manufacturers.
Recent passage of a law requiring utilities to use 10 percent renewable energy by 2015 opens up the
state's manufacturing industry to wind energy equipment, including turbines. "The goal of renewable
portfolio standards is to ensure a market for renewable energy generation devices," said Mark Beyer,
director of communications and outreach for NextEnergy, a nonprofit organization in Detroit dedicated
to adding state jobs in renewable energy. "Big wind manufacturers won't deal with states that don't
have renewable portfolio standards." With the new standard, Michigan manufacturers are looking to
cash in on the new market for wind energy equipment. Michigan's renewable energy standard and
manufacturing background puts the state in a good position to license wind technologies from original
equipment manufacturers, said Eric Shreffler of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. "We know
how to make things in Michigan and develop our own system of technology," said Shreffler, MEDC
development specialist for new markets. But Michael Johnston, vice president of government relations
for the Michigan Manufacturers Association, said wind energy would be a small piece of the state
economy. "We will attract some investments," Johnston said, but "we've lost 20,000 jobs in the last
month. Wind energy is no savior to Michigan's economy." Utility turbines each require about 8,000
parts, which can all be manufactured in Michigan, Beyer said. Steven Sumner, the plant manager of
Applied Process Inc. in Livonia, said wind energy is going to be a growing market. He said his company
is considering providing a heat treatment service for parts used to build utility wind turbines. The
company's England location had been providing the service successfully for years. "Now that the U.S. is
interested, why not use something that's successful in Europe and do it over here?" Sumner said.
"We're always looking at what markets are out there." The U.S. Department of Energy has named
Michigan one of four states that could create 30,000 jobs in the wind sector, according to the
governor's office. Rep. Howard Walker, R-Traverse City, said those jobs could be added in the next five
to eight years. "It will be a shot in the arm for our economy," he said. "It's not going to be the answer
to our economic problems but it's going to be a huge positive."
www.ald-holcroft.com
Colin Dennis, H & S Heat Treating. H & S Heat Treating in Port Robinson, Ontario, Canada is a
family owned business and one of the largest commercial heat treaters in Canada. The announcement
below is pretty straightforward, but we will add some personal comments. We have known Colin for
many years as both a customer and a friend and we will sincerely miss him in the heat treating
industry. A nice guy, excellent heat treater and businessman the industry will miss him and we at
“TheMonty.com” will very much miss seeing his friendly face. Along the same lines we understand that
Colin is thinking about becoming a ski instructor, having spent some time on the slopes with Colin we
would very respectfully suggest that he sleep on this possible career decision. October 22/08
"Colin Dennis, President and General Manager of H&S Heat Treating (Port Robinson, ON Canada), will
be retiring from H&S and leaving the heat treating industry effective the end of this month. H&S Heat
Treating is a 40 year old family-owned commercial shop started by Colin’s father, Phil Dennis whom is
still acting CEO. H&S is pleased to announce that Tony Valeriote, a very capable senior employee of the
organization who has served in multiple capacities with the company, has accepted the position of
General Manager and will be responsible for H&S’s Port Robinson operation."
Furnaces North America. As many readers know this week marks the FNA show in Nashville,
Tennessee, USA undoubtedly the largest get together of heat treaters in North America in 2008. After
the first day we can confidently say that attendance is quite good in spite of the generally poor
economy. We will have a number of pictures over the next few days, the ones below were taken at the
SSI Sales Meeting Monday night. October 22/08
CK Lee, South Korea &
Gord Montgomery, themonty.com
Scott Johnstone, SSI, Kyle Favors, CF Thermal
& Kevin Duffy, The Duffy Company.
Steve Thompson, President SSI &
Caitlin Montgomery, themonty.com
Fred Specht, Tocco (Induction Heating) &
Gord Montgomery , themonty.com
RA 330 Pricing. For heat treaters watching the price of nickel is like watching the price of natural gas,
nitrogen or molybdenum, it has such a direct bearing on bottom line that it is necessary to know where
pricing is going. This past week we had a brief note about how nickel has plunged dramatically over the
past few months. However, a reader pointed out to us that while this is true, it hasn’t had as much
bearing on the price of RA 330 material as we would expect. The graph below shows nickel pricing on
the left axis (red) and the SS price on the right axis (blue). Surprisingly enough while RA 330 material
has dropped in price it has not dropped at such a rate as nickel. We fully understand that there are
other factors in play here and that commodity price changes take a while to work their way through the
system, but still you would expect to see more of a drop in price. October 21/08
CEC/New Order. CEC down in Georgia, USA has landed another order for their basketless aluminum
heat treating furnace system. We’ve never seen one in person but it would appear that they have sold
several of these recently. October 21/08
www.solarmfg.com
"CEC Receives Order for CleanCast® Basketless Heat Treat System Kennesaw, GA
(September 30, 2008) -An international manufacturer of automotive components has signed a
contract with Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC) for a CleanCast® Basketless Heat Treatment
System for diesel cylinder heads . This purchase was initiated due to the need for additional capacity in
order to produce a new diesel head product.
Once the decision was made to purchase a new line for the foundry in Mexico, the company began an
evaluation of whether to go with a conventional roller hearth with baskets or the newer basketless
systems. This evaluation revealed the clear advantages of going with the CEC CleanCast® basketless
system. Other considerations that swayed the decision to the CleanCast® system over other systems
were lower operating costs, flexibility to adapt to engine blocks if that should become necessary, future
expandability by adding modules, the ability to remove sand from the castings and the ability to
perform temperature uniformity surveys during production.
Once this system is up and running, it will add the capability of processing about 730,000 cylinder
heads per year. This equipment is the first of its kind in this foundry to air quench diesel heads using
individual nozzles for each head resulting in minimal part to part variation. It is also this company's first
system to eliminate the use of baskets. The individual castings are loaded and unloaded directly on a
conveyor which will result in better part to part uniformity."
Equipment Wanted. A very large commercial heat treater is looking for this item. If you find you have
this surplus please let us know and we will be more than happy to put you in touch. “I am looking for
a Leco PR-32 Hot Press Mount 1 ¼ head.” October 21/08
Furnaces North America Oct. 21-22/08. Tuesday marks the beginning of Furnaces North America in
Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Without a shadow of a doubt this is the largest heat treat event of the year
in North America. As is typical of every show the debate rages over whether this event will be well
attended especially in light of a looming recession in the US. At this point in time based upon
registration it would appear that this is going to be a very well attended event. We will be there
providing you will pictures of the show the latest news. October 20/08
Super Systems/Metals Technology. Super System Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio is providing Metals
Technology Corporation of Carol Stream, IL with a control system for gas nitriding
Metals Technology is upgrading the controls on a gas nitriding pit furnace to
provide automated process control for precise metallurgical results and to provide
a traceable, repeatable nitriding process. The Super Systems Inc. Model 5000
nitriding system will provide the furnace with the ability to run recipes for one or
two stage gas nitriding cycles and control the necessary parameters to achieve
precise metallurgical results. The easy to use programmable controller includes a touch screen interface
with a built in data logger where historical data is logged to a flash memory device.
“The SSi system is a cost effective solution for us to automate our 2-stage gas nitriding process” says
Brandon Bell of Metals Technology Corporation. “We are continuously investing in technology to deliver
quality to our customers. The upgrade to our gas nitriding equipment gives us the ability to
automatically control Kn, temperature, back pressure, soak time, gas flows and data log everything for
complete traceability.” Metals Technology Corporation, a member of MTI, has been offering diversified
heat treating services since 1963. The family owned and operated business takes pride in the quality
and professional services it provides. The ISO9001:2000 registered company has a team of
metallurgists and heat treating services that include gas nitriding, gas carburizing, carbonitriding, low
temperature nitrocarburizing, neutral hardening, austempering, vacuum high pressure quench, vacuum
carburizing and induction. For the last decade, Super Systems Inc. based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been
developing and manufacturing products for the metal treating industry. SSi’s products include probes,
analyzers, controllers, software solutions and engineered systems. With over a hundred years of
combined experience, SSi has been addressing industry demands with technology to aid customers to
be more efficient and produce better quality products. For more information on SSi’s capabilities please
visit our website at www.supersystems.com October 20/08
www.rolledalloys.com
Bodycote International/Sale of Testing Division. It would appear that Bodycote has been
successful in selling their Testing division http://www.bodycote.com/ Our take on this is that it will
be a good thing for the entire heat treating industry. In far too many cases heat treating is a forgotten,
underfunded portion of manufacturing which gives all heat treaters a bad name. Bodycote has stated
that the proceeds of this sale will be largely invested back into their heat treating plants, which will
include new equipment and processes. Any time that large investments are made in new heat treating
equipment it can only help us all. October 20/08
"COMPLETION OF DISPOSAL OF TESTING BUSINESS. Bodycote plc, the specialist thermal processing
company, is very pleased to announce that it has completed the disposal of the group's Testing
Strategic Business Unit to Clayton Dubilier & Rice for a cash consideration of £417 million. A circular
dealing with the prospective return of capital is expected to be sent to shareholders for their
consideration in November. Alan Thomson, Chairman of Bodycote plc, said: 'We are very pleased to
have completed this value crystallising transaction,
especially given the current financial market conditions. It is an excellent result for our shareholders.
The Group will now be focussed on developing the wide ranging opportunities for the Thermal
Processing business'
Heat Treatment of Gears. A very interesting topic these days as one growing area for captive and
commercial heat treaters is that of gears and large bearings. We have had numerous comments about
this over the past number of months, David Pye now gives us some information about what controls
the quality of gears during heat treating. October 20/08
"Why is it necessary to maintain an accurate control of surface carbon potential during the processing
of large gears manufactured from AISI 8620 during the carburizing process and at the final
austenitizing procedure immediately following the carburizing sequence? Answer: When carburizing
large gears (in fact, any gear) the surface carbon content is of critical importance to success and
performance capabilities of the completed carburized gear. Further, it is important to understand the
reasons for the carburizing procedure:
·
-To create compressive stresses at the tooth surface
·
-To create a hard wearing surface on the tooth profile
·
-To create properties within the gear that will support the carburized case
www.ask4csi.com
There are other properties that are created, however it is felt that the above are perhaps the most
important. The carburizing conditions within the process furnace will determine the success of the final
heat-treated product. The important process control parameters are:
·
-Process temperature
·
-Process cycle time
·
-Process atmosphere carbon potential
·
-Quench medium condition (clean oil)
·
-Quench medium temperature (to form martensite and reduce distortion)
·
-Effective cooling rate of the quench medium to form fresh surface martensite in the gear tooth
·
-Effective post cleaning after quenching
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-Final tempering procedure, (process temperature and process cycle time)
The process carbon content during the carburizing cycle will determine the following:
·
-The formation of fresh surface martensite
·
-The potential to reduce the formation of returning austenite
·
-Carbon gradient from surface to transition zone
The surface carbon content of the gear is generally controlled between 0.8% up to approximately
1.1%. There are various methods of controlling the carbon potential within the furnace process
chamber, the choice of which will be dependent on:
·
-Investment availability
·
-Process control accuracy
·
-Type of process furnace (batch type, integral quench, low-pressure carburizing or plasma
carburizing)
It is felt that because of the urgent necessity to find alternative forms of energy, not only for North
America but globally, the need for power transmission will grow dramatically. This means that the gear
manufacturing industry will begin to enjoy a potential increase in business. However, this does mean
that metallurgical process control will need to be of primary consideration for the gear to be successful
in its performance and working environment.
www.afc-holcroft.com
Hightemp Furnaces India. Many of the world’s heat treaters might be rather nervous about what the
future holds in store but there are companies out there that see good times ahead. Such is the case
with Hightemp Furnaces in Bangalore, India http://www.hightemp-furnaces.com/ As a
manufacturer of new furnaces (continuous, batch and vacuum) they are planning on doubling the size
the size of their facility with the addition of another 50,000 square feet. Looking at the commercial heat
treating side of the business we see 4 current locations around India with new sites being added. While
Indian financial markets have seen turmoil just as all countries are experiencing these days the
manufacturing sector in the county continues to grow and heat treaters are growing also. October
17/08
Solar Atmospheres/Landing Gear. Interesting news item below. If we understand this correctly
Solar has achieved the same results from gas quenching Aerospace landing gear as has been
traditionally done for many years in vacuum furnaces with oil quenching. We have a high opinion of
Solar and if this is true (and we have no reason to believe it is not) this could potentially make quite a
change in the heat treatment of aerospace landing gear. October 17/08
"New methods of metal thermal processing have been verified as Solar Atmospheres (Western, Pa.)
and Metalex Manufacturing Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio. teamed up to thermally process landing gear for a
military version of the Boeing 737. Key landing gear components (made from 4340 and 4340M) which
typically would have been oil quenched, were processed in a vacuum furnace utilizing inert gas
quenching. After several successful progressions, Solar Atmospheres was able to replicate the exact
results of an oil quenched process while keeping parts bright and clean, and limiting distortion to
enable close or near net shapes. This was accomplished by helium quenching at 10 bar pressure with a
300 HP blower motor running in excess of 5000 RPM. The success of the inherently uniform vacuum
thermal technology resulted in a process change of the landing gear after Boeing engineers confirmed
Solar and Metalex’s work with a series of mechanical, dynamic and fatigue testing results. “This
process was a product of hard work and dedication by all parties involved.” said Bob Hill, President of
Solar Atmospheres (Western PA). Solar Atmospheres twenty-five years of experience collaborating with
research teams and companies to produce the best product results has been a work of passion. “to
create continued success with our vacuum thermal processing capabilities”, Hill continued. Solar
Atmospheres, with furnaces up to 36 feet long, is working on new development projects to prove the
advantages of vacuum thermal processing."
Nickel Pricing. Regular readers of “The Monty” are no doubt aware of our nickel chart on the top right
of this page. As nickel is the most costly ingredient of high temperature furnace fixturing and
components the price of nickel directly effects the price of your alloy purchases. We point it out today
because at roughly $5.00/pound nickel is at prices far below their peak of roughly $23.00/pound not
that long ago. A small ray of hope in a turbulent industry. October 16/08
www.mtiacademy.com
Quench oil maintenance. David Pye of Pye Metallurgical gives us his thoughts on Quench Oil
Maintenance. October 16/08
"We are now seeing not only oil price increases but now we have to deal with the existing financial
crunch which is being felt on an international basis.
The oil quenching medium is a most important aspect of thermal processing particularly when
quenching is necessary. We can control the furnace atmosphere very accurately simply because we
have electronic systems that will measure the conditions of the atmosphere. Based upon those results,
we can adjust flowmeters to compensate deviations that might be observed on the electronic
instrumentation. The signal received from the furnace regarding the conditions of the furnace
atmosphere can be transmitted to the flowmeters to adjust gas flow up or down.
However, we have no such instrumentation that will analyze and evaluate the condition of the quench
oil. Yet the quench oil will determine how well or how badly we have controlled the furnace atmosphere
and the process temperature. Yet most heat-treaters do not control accurately, other than controlling
the quench oil temperature, agitation, and perhaps water control to reduce the risk of water
contamination in the quench oil.
A number of things are happening to the quench oil each time a processed load is quenched in the oil.
Below is listed some of the occurrences that take place as a result of repeated quenching:
• Oil oxidation
• Oil decomposition at high operating quench temperatures
• Oil contamination by iron oxides from baskets, trays and furnace furniture
• Oil contamination by soot resulting from high carbon potential levels during carburizing
• Potential water contamination of the oil
The maintenance of the quench oil is of paramount importance and will ensure the success of process
control as a result of good quenching practice.
• Clean out oil filter cartridges on a regular basis
• Do not run your oil circulation system without filter cartridges
• Do not run your oil temperature at higher medium temperatures than is necessary to obtain the
metallurgical results and reduction of distortion
• Regularly check the oil quench medium by laboratory analysis for viscosity, fatty products, water
contamination, oxides (oil oxides and metallic oxides)
• On a regular basis, de-sludge the quench tank
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As you are quenching your work from process temperature down to quench medium temperature, there
will be a rate of rise of the quench medium temperature. Care should be taken that the temperature
rise is not sufficient so as to potentially cause damage to the oil quench medium.
Further, with each successive quenched load, the oxide particulate fines increase. Those fines are
changing the effectiveness of the quench medium each time a load. The fines are insoluble. They
disperse throughout the quench medium. As the level of fines increase, they are reducing the
effectiveness of the quench medium in a very slight manner with each successive load that is
quenched.
There is no doubt that oil price’s (including quench medium oils) will increase significantly during the
coming months. Other causes of price increases to the quench oils will be the additives to the quench
oil that enable the quench oils to be more effective.
If you neglect the maintenance of the quench oil sooner or later it will begin to affect the quality of your
final heat treatment by perhaps causing:
• Soft spots
• Low surface hardness’s
• Slack quenching
• Work surface cleanliness
And perhaps many other potential problems which can arise from the lack of quench medium
maintenance. We pay a great deal of attention to equipment maintenance, but often miss the obvious.
If you maintain your quench medium it will have longer life, better metallurgical results, more
consistent and repeatable metallurgical results."
Atmospheres and Quenching Seminar. During a one-day Atmospheres and Quenching Seminar on
Nov. 11, advanced atmosphere options for heat treating ferrous materials will be presented by top
engineers from two leading voices in the heat treating and surface engineering community: Air
Products and Surface Combustion. Presented in association with the Houston Chapter of ASM
International, The Materials Information Society, the seminar will be held at Brady's Landing in
Houston. Expert presenters will include Air Products engineers Mark Lanham and Steve Ruoff; Surface
Combustion engineers Ralph Poor and Bill Cleary; Houghton International technical specialist Scott
MacKenzie, and "The Heat Treat Doctor," Dan Herring. Presentations will cover atmosphere options for
annealing, nitriding, sintering, and brazing, and will also describe quenching care, vacuum, carburizing
and maintenance processing. The influence of atmosphere composition on product quality, process
controls and flammability limits, and atmosphere troubleshooting and safety considerations will also be
discussed. Air Products and Surface Combustion engineers have refined the seminar content to provide
value for materials procurement specialists, machine shop personnel, heat treaters, design engineers,
manufacturing engineers, manufacturing managers, technicians, quality control inspectors, and
marketing personnel. The seminar will particularly benefit those who are new to heat treating, as well
as those who want to update their knowledge by meeting and talking with leaders in the heat treating
industry. For more information about the Nov. 11 seminar, including how to register, visit
http://www.asmhou.org. The mission of the Houston Chapter of ASM International, The Materials
Information Society, is to inform, educate, and stimulate discussion in materials science and
engineering. October 16/08
www.bluewaterthermal.com
Financial Markets-how will it affect Heat Treaters? The big question mark these days for
everybody in the heat treating industry is how will the turmoil in world financial markets affect heat
treaters? A reader sent us this note about how it is affecting Bodycote International (commercial heat
treating) and their Turkish subsidiary and commercial heat treater Istas. For the full article
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=117383 October 15/08
“The stagnation facing world markets due to the worldwide financial crisis has led global industrial firms
to take action, in turn affecting investments in Turkey. British firm Bodycote, which has a 60 percent
share of Istaş, Turkey's leading heat treatment group, demanded the firms should cancel their debts
and stop working without making profits. Meanwhile, Greek chemical firm Eastchem decided to
introduce energy savings of 25 percent in its Turkey factory. Switzerland-based screw giant SFS Intec
halted its Turkey-based growth operation, while Thailand-based poultry firm CP is closely monitoring
sales and financial movements. Bodycote, which offers services to automotive supply firms with 300
heat treatment facilities in 25 countries, sent a message to its enterprises about savings. The 85-yearold Bodycote said in its note that the contraction of the automotive industry would inevitably affect heat
treatment firms. The British firm's warnings and measures were of great importance, said Tamer
Taşkın, chairman of the Aegean Regional Chamber of Industry and partner in the firm. “Automobile
sales are declining worldwide, distressing the supplier industry. The stagnation is also affecting heat
treatment facilities, which offer services to the automotive supply industry. Therefore, we have taken
necessary measures.”
TS 16949 requirements/Gage R&R on Hardness Testers. For reasons completely unknown to us
this question about TS 16949 requirements struck a cord with many of our readers and we had
numerous very informative replies. Two of the most articulate are below. October 15/08
"Good Morning Gord, Question for shops that have TS 16949 requirements. Has anybody been required
to do Gage R&R on Hardness testers? We are being asked to do this by the TS auditor, but we have
never seen a method for Gage R&R on Hardness testers. Can anyone offer any methods? Thanks.
October 14/08
"I have had auditors require a Gage R & R on my hardness testers. We continue to do it annually. They
are notoriously incapable due to the tester variation, the part variation, and the operator variation. It
is a useless study, regardless TS and ISO auditors sometimes require it. Generally these auditors know
nothing about hardness testers. We use a sample of ten pieces and three operators. Each operator
takes samples from each sample and the readings are recorded. We use the graphical method found in
AIAG’s, APQP4. I have attached a copy as an example for your readers review." (editors note-we did
indeed receive an example from this reader but do to space limitations have not yet been able to use
it).
"Gord, The correct answer is neither short nor simple ... Gauge R&R measures the amount of variability
induced in measurements that comes from the measurement system itself and compares it to the total
variability
observed
to
determine
the
viability
of
the
measurement
system.
these
links
provide
some
technical
background
...
http://nvl.nist.gov/pub/nistpubs/jres/105/4/j54lig.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOVA_Gage_R&R
Basically, due to a variety of causes, the instrument may not provide "correct" hardness readings. For
example a Rockwell tester can yield false data due to a) dirt under the anvil or between the indentor
and holder, b) chipped indentor c) damaged weight application system (these being the most common
causes).
Typical Gage R&R is performed by having at least 2 (preferably 3) observers each measure the same
feature on 10 different (but as much as possible "identical" ... i.e. same material batch) parts, three
times. The total of 60 (90) results are then analyzed to determine the accuracy of the measurement
system.
Think of the results from an analogy of firing a gun at a target, the centre of which is the "truth" in
terms of measurement ... 3 people each take 10 shots 3 times. We can analyze accuracy in several
ways:
- for each shooter, how close are the shots to each other for the first time they shoot?
- for each shooter, how close is the grouping from the first set of shots to the 2nd? ... to the 3rd?
(repeatability)
- for one shooter compared to another is one high to the left, and another dead centre?
(reproducibility)
The analysis reveals the spread of all of the shots and allows us to infer the Gage R&R (repeatability &
reproducibility).
Hardness testing should be analyzed using nested ANOVA since this method allows for the fact no two
readings can be obtained in precisely the same location (one indentation on top of another)."
www.tflhouston.com
Talking Business. Some well known faces in the world of vacuum heat treating. From the left we have
Jeff Pritchard, CEO of Oakville, Canada, Vac Aero (looking rather dour), his wife Jane, Pratap Ghorpade,
VP, Hightemp Furnaces, Bangalore, India, Goldie and Scott Rush of Vac Aero (Scott is President), Gord
and Dale Montgomery (themonty.com), Gopal Mahadevan, President of Hightemp Furnaces and B.
Subramaniam, General Manager -Marketing with Hightemp Furnaces. If you recall Vac Aero and
Hightemp entered into a partnership some time ago. October 15/08
Premier Furnace Specialists, Inc. We run across Michigan, USA based Premier Furnace from time to
time as a furnace rebuilder and new furnace manufacturer. We run across them today because they are
bragging about a brand new gas fired box furnace. Read on. October 14/08
"As part of a building expansion at a leading copper and aluminum forging and machining specialist,
Premier Furnace Specialists, Inc. has just installed a Gas-Fired, Box-Type Furnace capable of operating
in the temperature range of 750°F to 1975°F. The furnace is capable of handling a load size of 8’-8”
wide x 6’-0” deep x 3’-4” high and weighing 6000 lbs."
Rolled Alloys/Weir Materials Press Release. Why should we care what Rolled Alloys is doing? As
the best known provider of heat resistant alloys in the world chances are every heat treater around is
using Rolled Alloys material in their furnace fixturing and components. October 14/08
"Rolled Alloys announces the recent acquisition of Weir Materials, located in Manchester England. The
new company formed will be called RAMaterials. RAMaterials will offer ZERON 100, a high strength,
corrosion resistant, super duplex stainless steel. RAMaterials is an international stockist and supplier of
contract managed pipe work system packages and fabrications. RAMaterials supplies a complete range
of all product forms of ZERON 100 manufactured, inspected and tested to oil and gas industry quality
levels or to customer specific requirements. This acquisition will partner Rolled Alloys’ extensive range
of branded stainless steel, nickel and titanium alloy products, service and processing portfolio and
global distribution facilities, with RAâMaterials and ZERON 100. Together, Rolled Alloys and
RAâMaterials will globally target the oil and gas, desalination, chemical process, pollution control and
mining markets. Specifically, RAMaterials will target those customers seeking technically supported,
fully serviced, high alloy metal product supplies. RAâMaterials will continue to market, sell and grow its
core ZERON 100 products, develop new products and penetrate new markets. RAMaterials will operate
a warehouse, metallurgical and corrosion testing laboratory in Manchester, England and provide strong
technical support to their global customer base and other Rolled Alloys’ companies. Rolled Alloys is an
internationally recognized supplier of heat resistant alloys, corrosion resistant alloys, aerospace alloys
and branded stainless steels. Rolled Alloys operates facilities in Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Connecticut,
California, Illinois, Oklahoma, Canada, China, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, The
Netherlands, Scotland, Singapore and Spain."
www.supersystems.com
David Pye on Distortion. Sept 30/08 we had some excellent comments from David Pye about
distortion. To his comments we added some further ones which you will see below. In response to this
we had two readers share their opinions. Read on to find out more about distortion. October 10/08
"David Pye on Distortion. David Pye of Pye Metallurgical tells us that distortion is to some extent part of
heat treating, a statement which we won’t argue with. It is interesting that last week at the ALD
Vacuum Carburizing symposium the topic of distortion came up and what causes it. What really caught
our attention was the FACT that most distortion comes from machining stresses as opposed to heat
treating. As all heat treaters will tell you they get more blame about distortion than they are entitled to.
September 30/08"
"Hi Gord: I have to take issue with the use of the word "fact." Unless I've seen conclusive data, I would
be more inclined to use the word "claim." I have seen this claim before and still have strong doubts
about it. All it would take is to have some machined parts annealed, carefully measured, then heat
treated. It has been widely acknowledged that austenitizing temperature, grain size, intensity of
quench, uniformity of quench, and so forth contribute to some degree to heat treating distortion. Even
part geometry and uniformity of case are major factors. Gears are relatively radially symmetric, but
thickness variations can cause the teeth to camber with respect to the hub. Fuel injector pump bodies
sometimes have a squarish section with a round bore that tends to become oval on quenching. The
diameter change is actually more predictable with a fast quench (oil) than with a mild quench (gas).
Consider also the low distortion typical of salt quenching, which I attribute to the lack of boiling (more
uniform heat transfer than oil) and the temperature hold just below the Ms temperature. This cannot
relate to machining stresses. Best regards, Joe"
"For metallurgy David’s teaching is on target. Practically, processing in vacuum furnaces has a number
of advantages for less distortion than David commented. Heating rates are controlled with allowance for
thermal holds to accommodate specific alloys, and phase changes, providing less thermal stress on
heating. Cooling generally is in gas with less thermal shock over oil, salt, or water, avoiding cracking
and distortion. Die blocks can be loaded on work grids or baskets and positioned to favor gas
impingement. Since tool steels are placed on flat hearths one can see this advantage. Thermocouples
are placed onto parts and the work load tracked with data processors, with feed back to temperature
programmers, to optimize the heat treating cycle. Placing work T.C.’s onto parts processed in other
types of furnaces is a challenge, and avoided because of moving work loads for quench. William R.
Jones, CEO, Solar Atmospheres Inc."
www.totaltracsystems.com
Andy Melville/FCC. The press release below describes Andy Melville as an “icon”. Personally I tend to
think this means old, which is not especially complimentary but in this case the term is more literal, an
individual who has become very well known for what he has contributed and Andy has contributed quite
a bit to the furnace controls business. You can read all the details below about Andy leaving FCC-what
he is up to next is up in the air but we do know that he is moving to the Carolinas, USA and we have no
doubt but that he will remain in the heat treating industry in one form or another. October 9/08
"It is with great regret that I announce the departure of Dr. Andy Melville from Waukee Engineering
and Furnace Control. An icon of the heat treat industry for more than 35 years, Dr. Melville's most
important achievements include the introduction of the first practical oxygen probe to the US heat treat
market, as well as dew point measurement of carbon bearing atmospheres. In 1975 Andy formed
Furnace Control and developed and patented the Accucarb® Carbon/Oxygen Probe series. He sold
Furnace Control to Waukee Engineering and stayed on as president of both companies, which were
acquired by United Process Controls in 2007. We at United Process Controls wish Andy continued
success in his future endeavors and hope that he remains in our industry to continue to provide us with
his immense knowledge and experience. On a personal note, it is rare to find an individual with this
combination of knowledge, skill, and drive who is also one of the finest individuals one could ever
encounter. Paul Oleszkiewicz, Vice President, United Process Controls."
Jay Litcher (Heat Treat Corp. of America)/Don Sparks (Furnace Equipment & Repair Services
LLP). How on earth do we make a news item out of one photograph-we’ll wing it. Jay is a long time
commercial/captive heat treater in Chicago that we have known for some time now. Don Sparks is a
very colourful used heat treat equipment dealer that we have also know for some time and have a high
opinion of (he also previous to the used heat treating equipment business was a commercial heat
treater). Recently I had the opportunity to spend a few hours in Chicago, Illinois, USA and really
appreciated the opportunity to have a great lunch with these two individuals and Don’s business
partner Mary. Good people and if you want to get in touch with them feel free Jay Litcher
[email protected] or Don Sparks [email protected] October 9/08
Jay Litcher, Don Sparks, Gord Montgomery
Used Equipment Wanted. Today, October 9, we are looking for two rather specific and rather
unusual heat treating items. The first are press quenching systems, specifically 2 used Hess presses
(for small ring gears) and 1 used Gleason (or Hess) press for small drive wheel gear. The second is
rather more specific and we will let the potential buyer tell you exactly what he is looking for. “I am
looking for a high temperature (2600 C – Induction heated) somewhat large vacuum furnace. The key
element is that it has to reach 2600 C. I will probably end up taking a shell + power supply and
converting it to my application if the price is right. The pumps are somewhat more complicated.
(Typically 2 each Tuthill 2000 CFM pumps or equivalent will do what I need). I may even not need
pumps but usually it is part of the package as you may know more than I do. My dream hot zone : 36”
ID hot zone and somewhere 40-60” high.” If you have any of these items available as surplus
equipment please let us know and we should be able to find a home for them. October 9/08
Graziano Transmission/India. September 26/08 we had this very unfortunate news item. As a
follow up to this we can say that a mob of 200 individuals lynched the CEO, Mr. Lalit Chaudhary and
threatened 5 Italian consultants who were working in the plant at the time. The mob consisted of
workers who had just lost their jobs. Apparently Mr. Verma (Heat Treat Department Manager) also
sustained some injuries although minor. All in all a very unfortunate and extremely unusual incident.
October 9/08
Previous News Item. Weird Heat Treat News/Graziano Transmissions, India. Within the past few
days the Indian Director of Italian based Graziano Transmissions (a very large captive heat treater with
a shop in India) was beaten to death by angry employees. Three months ago, Graziano Transmissions,
manufacturer of systems and engines for automobiles, had announced that they would interrupt some
lines and dismiss more than 200 employees who then destroyed some parts of the factory during
violent protests. Earlier this week employers and workers were discussing the limits of the lay-offs
when the incident happened. As one industry wag described it “obviously, the workers did not like the
limits so they killed him-who would have known that heat treating could do this to people”. Before any
readers accuse us of having a geographical bias we will point out that we have reported in the past
workers throwing their partners into heat treating furnaces in North America. We don't believe that
heat treating brings out the worst in people but you have to sometimes wonder. September 26/08
Stephen Harris/Bodycote CEO. We have told you (see news item below) who the new CEO of
Bodycote is going to be, now we have a photo to go with the name. October 9/08
Ion Nitriding/North America. We just spoke about the largest commercial Ion Nitrider in North
America, Advanced Heat Treat Corp. and from Bill Jones of Solar Atmospheres we received these ideas
about the size of the market in North America. October 8/08
"My estimate there are about 20 commercial heat treat companies running ion nitriding furnaces in
North American and possibly nearly 100 ion furnaces. The process works and works well for many
metal materials but not all. Ion nitriding can not run those alloys that will seriously temper the core
alloy at 900f and above, for example grade A2. Alloys like 4140, 4340, H13 and the nitro-alloys all
work very well. Stainless steels will nitride more easily in ion as opposed to gas nitriding but both
processes will reduce corrosion resistance. There are some newer high temperature nitriding processes
coming along that seem to have much better promise here. Ion nitriding works well for low alloy metals
for large auto stamping dies for developing what we call a thin white layer to improve wear and
increase lubricity. However, small part tooling with complicated holes and geometry can present a
challenge to furnace operators because of what we call hollow cathode or potential for locale areas of
overheating. Parts presented for ion nitriding must be carefully clean and absolutely free of dirt, grit,
and the like, particularly in holes, cavities, and slot like machine grooves. Gas nitriding in this respect
is more forgiving. Multiple parts must be located and placed carefully on ion furnace hearths as
opposed to standard gas nitriding where parts can be easily dense loaded in baskets with little regard
to position and such. Both processes have specific advantage and are each devoted to specific process
requirements. William R. Jones, CEO, Solar Atmospheres Inc."
Where are they now? Dan Lipnicki. It did not take long to hear what Dan is up to these days (in
response to this note from October 3/08). Dan promptly called us to say that he is no longer with Euclid
HT and if you would like to get in touch with him he can be reached at 440-318-5366 or e-mail Dan
Lipnicki at [email protected]. October 8/08
www.datapaq.com
RAD-CON Press Release: "RAD-CON Relocates Corporate Offices to Lakewood, Ohio USA RADCON, Inc. (Cleveland, OH USA), a leading manufacturer of industrial furnaces used in the metals
industry since 1966, has moved its corporate offices to Lakewood, Ohio USA, from its previous location
in nearby Bay Village. The new location is part of a refurbished industrial property managed by Omni
Lakewood Corp. The space was configured to accommodate RAD-CON’s growing staff of engineers and
programmers, as well as to consolidate its warehouse activities. Exports have been the main driver for
company growth to steel industries throughout the world. RAD-CON, Inc. is a leading supplier of belltype batch annealing furnace (BAF) equipment that uses a protective atmosphere of 100% hydrogen.
The annealing process softens metal which is a key operation within coldrolling and finishing mills that
produce coils of strip and wire. The 100% hydrogen protects the metal and makes the process more
efficient. In addition to the equipment, RAD-CON provides design, installation, and operational support
of complete annealing facilities. The equipment is manufactured primarily at affiliated companies in
Cleveland, Ohio USA. Some equipment is also manufactured in qualified partner shops located near the
markets served. Equipment designs are complemented by the decades of experience in annealing
various alloys to specific finish requirements, for both ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. A major portion of
RAD-CON’s business also involves increasing efficiencies of annealing facilities through software
models. Its CAPS™ software predicts furnace heating and cooling performance, and directs the batch
scheduling accordingly. The results are significant improvements in throughput while also reducing
utility costs and improving quality. CAPS™ is regularly supplied as an add-on for a variety of OEM
furnace brands, replacing less efficient schemes, and has become the leading supplier of thermal
modeling systems for batch annealing. For information contact: Cleveland, OH USA RAD-CON, Inc. 1
October 2008 13001 Athens Ave., Ste. 300 Cleveland, OH 44107 USA +1.440.871.5720 [email protected]" October 8/08
www.heatbath.com
Stephen Harris/Bodycote International. Taken directly from the Bodycote website
http://www.bodycote.com/ we find that Bodycote has announced the replacement for retiring CEO
Mr. John Hubbard. Details are below but to sum up Bodycote has chosen an individual from outsider
the industry with strong experience in increasing profitability in International companies. October 7/08
“Bodycote Plc, the specialist thermal processing company, is delighted to announce the appointment of
Stephen Harris as Chief Executive. He will initially join the Board as Chief Executive Designate on 01
November 2008 and take over from John Hubbard in the first quarter of 2009. Stephen, 50, was
previously a main board Executive Director at Spectris plc, responsible for the operational supervision
of a number of the group's trading companies. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Brixton Plc. His
past roles include seven years as Divisional CEO and main board director of Powell Duffryn plc and,
before that, was resident in the USA for twelve years where he held several senior positions within APV
plc. Stephen has an Engineering degree from Cambridge University and an MBA from the University of
Chicago, Graduate School of Business. He is a Chartered Engineer, a member of the Institute of
Measurement and Control, and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Stephen is
a keen skier and scuba enthusiast and was an accomplished oarsman, winning medals at the Royal
Canadian Henley Regatta, the US Open Rowing Championship and the Empire State Games. Stephen
has a strong track record of improving financial and operational performance in multinational
businesses, ideally equipping him to lead Bodycote as it enters a new period in its strategic
development. Following the disposal of the Testing business, Stephen will concentrate on enhancing the
performance of Bodycote's core business, Thermal Processing, enabling it to deliver its full potential.
Bodycote expects to accelerate the improvement in the financial performance of the Thermal Processing
Business by increasing the amount of high added value and speciality processes it offers; further
expanding in emerging markets; and restructuring underperforming facilities. Alan Thomson, Chairman,
says: 'We are delighted to welcome Stephen Harris to Bodycote. I look forward to working closely with
him as we take Bodycote forward in this new phase of its development. Stephen has an impressive
track record. His management experience and achievements will be invaluable to Bodycote as the
company focuses on its global network of Thermal Processing services.”
Ion Nitriding Advanced Heat Treat Corp. While not one of the most common heat treating
processes in North America, Ion Nitriding in North America has become an accepted form of heat
treating mainly due to one individual, Gary Sharp, Owner and President of Advanced HT Corp., based in
Waterloo, Iowa, USA. First a history lesson though. Ion Nitriding has long been known and reasonably
widespread in Europe but for a variety of reasons when it was introduced to North America some years
ago the technology promptly got a black eye. Reasons for this differ; the most common one we have
heard is that it was oversold-customers expected more than it delivered. Be that as it may Gary Sharp
started Advanced almost 30 years ago based upon Ion Nitriding and the result is Advanced HT
http://www.ahtweb.com/ with 2 locations in Waterloo, Iowa, 1 in Monroe, Michigan and a brand
new facility in Cullman, Alabama. While the company was started based upon Ion Nitriding and remains
far and away the largest player in North America, Advanced offers other processes such as Batch IQ
work and Induction Heat Treating, as you can see from the pictures below (note the new Tocco
Induction Scanner in the one picture). Ion Nitriding is like most types of heat treating, in the right
situation it can’t be beat, but not every part lends itself to Ion Nitriding. Just last week we were
fortunate enough to have a tour of the two plants in Waterloo and the result is the photos below and
some good memories of the wonderful hospitality in Waterloo, Iowa. October 7/08
Front (left to right): Bill Cowell, Manufacturing Manager;
Tekin Damirgi, Chief Metallurgist;
Jeremy Elbert, Sr. Lab Technician
Back (left to right): Gord Montgomery, themonty.com; Gary
Sharp, President/CEO;
Mikel Woods, Director of Sales and Marketing;
Kody Kottke, Sr. Heat Treat Technician
Jeff Thompson, VP-Operations;
Gord Montgomery, themonty.com
Solar Manufacturing/US Mint. Looks like a new order for Solar Manufacturing of Souderton, PA, USA. One
thing that we forget sometimes is that Solar Atmospheres (vacuum heat treating) has been around for quite
some time, Solar Manufacturing (new vacuum furnaces) is not that old a company but has made very
impressive gains in just the past few years.
October 7/08
'SOLAR ATMOSPHERES MANUFACTURING WINS ORDER FROM U.S. MINT Solar Manufacturing, Inc. has
received a contract to build a vacuum heat treating furnace for the United States Mint, for the purpose of heat
treating coining dies of A9 tool steel. The contract was secured after first running extensive tests for the A9
dies as trials with the parent company Solar Atmospheres, Inc. heat treating plant, also located in Souderton,
Pa. According to Peter Reh, Vice President of Sales, “the new furnace will have an operating temperature of
2000°F with a circular hot zone, mounted in a 304SS ring, to encompass an effective work area 18”W x 14” H
x 24” deep.” The hot zone is comprised of multiple layers of graphite felt insulation, Flexshield hot face, and
360 degree surround full circular graphite heating elements. The super insulated hot zone is designed for the
highest energy efficiency and to provide temperature uniformity of less than ± 10° F throughout the work
zone. Of equal importance is the two bar rapid nitrogen quench gas design driven by a 30hp radial fan wheel
to multiple forward tapered gas nozzles, in a multiple 360 degree quench ring arrangement” Shipment is set
for April 15, 2009."'
www.hightemp-furnaces.com
Roger Fabian/ASM International. Today Roger Fabian of Bodycote International will become President of
ASM International. All the details are below but a point we would like to mention is that Roger is only the
second commercial heat treater to be elected President of ASM, the first being George Bodeen, former CEO of
Lindberg Heat Treating, who was President in 1983. We have a photo of Roger below looking very
“Presidential”-we’d vote for the guy. October 6/08
"On October 6 during the ASM Annual Business Meeting at MS&T in Pittsburgh, Roger J. Fabian will be elected
President of ASM International, The Materials Information Society. Roger is Business
Development Managerfor Bodycote Thermal Processing in Berlin, Conn. Roger is a past
President of the ASM Heat Treating Society, an Affiliate Society of ASM, and a long-time
member of both societies. He is also a past President of the Metal Treating Institute (MTI),
an ASM Fellow and a past chair of the ASM Technical Programming Board. He received his
B.S. in metallurgical engineering and his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He
began his career with Lindberg Corporation in 1962 as a plant manager at Lindberg’s Boston
Division, and in 1964 transferred to the Berlin Division, where he was named chief
metallurgist and quality control manager. He was promoted to division manager at Berlin in 1979. In 1985,
he was named Vice President of Lindberg Heat Treating Company, and in 1992, manager of the Lindberg Heat
Treating Divisions in Berlin and Waterbury, Conn. When Lindberg was purchased by Bodycote Thermal
Processing in 2001, Roger was named Eastern Region Sales Manager. Roger has participated in ASM and HTS
conferences and chapter meetings, and organized sessions and presented papers on vacuum heat treating,
vacuum brazing and other areas of heat treating and metal joining. He also edited a book, Vacuum
Technologies, for ASM. He’s currently a director-at-large industrial liaison for the Center for Heat Treating
Excellence (CHTE).
"What is ASM? It’s been a leading authority on materials for nearly a century. “We were founded in 1913 as
the Steel Treaters Club in Detroit – a group of heat treaters, engineers and salesmen who felt that sharing
information was the best way to stay ahead of industry’s increasing demand for metallurgical advances,”
Roger explained. The society moved to Cleveland in 1920 and became American Society for Metals in 1933,
reflecting its membership’s widening interests in all metals and processes. By 1985, the society’s
international and materials scope resulted in a new name, ASM International. Today, the 38,000 members of
ASM are involved in “Everything Material,” gathering and distributing information and expertise on metals and
other engineering materials, particularly with respect to the manufacture, processing, characterization,
selection, understanding, use and lifecycle of engineered materials. “For a guy who has spent his entire career
in the heat treating and metals joining business, becoming President of ASM is a real honor,” Roger said.
Roger’s also a past President of ASM Heat Treating Society, an Affiliate Society of ASM created in 1994 to
meet
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For
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www.asminternational.org."
US Economy/Heat Treating. We put out some thoughts last week about how the state of the US and
worldwide economy would effect the heat treating industry-we got mail! The most complete and articulate
response comes from Bob Hill and Roger Jones of Solar Atmospheres (vacuum heat treating) who
unfortunately has seen a slowdown in heat treating. Incidentally since we first aired our thoughts the US
bailout bill has passed, although what effect this will have remains to be seen. While we are staying away
from politics it is interesting to note that out of all the comments we received, 100% were against this bailout
package. A couple of examples are below; October 6/08
“Hi Gord, There is no credit crisis here except for the crooks. They want the bailout so they can continue
business as usual. But the banks are really stuck. They have all this money and half their market for loans
has suddenly gone away. They dare not lend to each other because they know themselves only too well and
they can’t give mortgages any more that they know the folks will never be able to repay. So what are they
doing? Monday, at the height of the crisis, I got an email from Bank of America telling me I’m such a good
and preferred credit risk they’d like to lend me $19,000. Same day my, dog trainer who is breaking up with
her partner and buying him out of the business gets financing on the spot for the deal and it includes a
house. She’s a single woman who once declared personal bankruptcy but has paid her bills ever since.
Sounds to me like normal folks and small businesses are just fine. Like you say, there are two worlds and the
foxes in the ivory towers of New York and Washington want the rest of us in fly-over country to restock the
chicken coup after they’ve eaten all the chickens.”
“Gord, Lets hope the economy turns around and the strike at Boeing is resolved. Otherwise, I see tough times
ahead for the aerospace industry. Thank you.”
"Suggestion regarding your comments about the US financial crisis and has it “connected” with the
commercial heat treating market: trust your logic. We at Solar Atmospheres (both facilities on each side of
the Pennsylvania state) have felt the effects. I also know we are not the only ones either. According to the
MTI analysis of billings for the month of August 2008 only three (3) districts out of nine (9) shows a positive
growth in all of North America (Canada along with Pennsylvania was one of the six (6) in the red). This is
something that I have not seen before. As you know in my facility, Hermitage, in Western PA, we are
primarily driven by the aerospace market. When our country’s largest exporter, Boeing Commercial Aircraft,
has had numerous delays building the hottest selling aircraft ever (787 Dreamliner), coupled with a work
stoppage that is now exceeded 30 days, bad things are happening. There is an estimated 15,000 to 20,000
metric tons of heat treatable titanium (40% of the world’s current supply of this metal) shuttered up in
warehouses around the world. This is not the only market affected. Roger Jones, Souderton, in Eastern, PA,
and I both see softness in the medical, tool and die, fasteners, instruments, tube and pipe, electronic, and
chemical markets. These markets are remarkably down approximately the same percentage as the aerospace
market. Despite all of this confusion in the States Gord, complicated by a convoluted presidential election, the
Solar Atmospheres Company’s sales and operating profits are down. However we are proud to say that our
companies remain significantly profitable and we will continue to build our Southern California heat treating
plant, in spite of the current economic conditions as we are in business for the long pull not just today. Bob
Hill, President, Solar Atmospheres Inc., Western Pa. Roger Jones, Corporate President, Solar Atmospheres
Inc., Souderton, Pa."
www.group-upc.com
Quench Oil Analysis. The question one reader asked last week had to do with where you go to get your
quench oil tested? It struck a nerve with our readers as you can see from the responses below. Interesting
that two companies suggested Idemitusu. October 6/08
"I would recommend the captive source contact their quench oil supplier. From my past experiences with oil
quench suppliers, they have this capability and most of them will check these conditions for free. If they are
seeking a new quench oil supplier, I would suggest putting the required tests in the RFQ."
"We send our samples to Houghton and the phone # is (888) 459 9844. Hope this helps."
"Gord, we use Idemitsu, the former Appolo America, for our quarterly quench oil testing. We send in 10
samples each round. http://www.apolloamerica.com/ila_lab/quench_oil_testing.htm Haven’t really
shopped around for price. Their service is good."
"For Quench Oil Testing, we use IDEMITSU Lubricants America. (Formally Apollo America Corp). This
company, Japanese owned, has some of the most advanced testing methods in the world. The lab is in
Indiana, Sales office in Detroit. Call Mike Kay with Idemitsu at 248-455-1457." FYI, they are superior in the
Quench Oil business. They have their ducks in a row, if you know what I mean.
"Quench Oil Analysis. So where do you go to get your quench oil tested? A fastener manufacturer and captive
heat treater would like to know. As usual suggestions are appreciated. October 2/08
Dear Sir:
I am looking for a laboratory that would perform quench oil analysis to include:
- Water content
- suspended solids
- viscosit
- cooling curve
- total acid, and
- flash point
I am in need of performing these tests on TEN separate quench tanks, four times per year for a total of 40
tests (analyses) per year. Can you recommend a laboratory that does this work commercially? Thanks."
Ipsen/India. Many manufacturers regard the Asian markets, in particular India and China as growth areas,
areas to offset North America and Western Europe with lower growth rates and consequently tighter profit
margins. Where manufacturing goes heat treating always follows with the end result that furnace
manufacturers, control systems suppliers and a number of other heat treat related suppliers are investing
heavily in Asia. Ipsen has long had a presence in Asia (German companies have a long history of being
amongst the first into new markets) and the note below is further proof that this is a key market as Ipsen is
buying up 100% of their Ipsen/Wesman investment in India. October 3/08
"Ipsen is expanding with 100% ownership in India. Kleve, Germany,
October 1, 2008: Ipsen International GmbH, the world’s leading
manufacturer of heat treatment plants for automated hardening of metal
components, is pursuing its business strategy systematically. By acquiring
the remaining 49% of the Wesman Ipsen joint venture, Ipsen has now
secured its own operational base in India. The joint venture between
Ipsen and the Indian Wesman Group has been in existence since 1994
and has become well established on the Indian market during this time.
With the signing of the contract on September 22, 2008, Ipsen has
secured the remaining shares of this joint venture, resulting in a 100%
Ipsen owned operational base in India. The transaction has been
approved by the authorities in India.
“This acquisition is a logical step for us. On the basis of decades of experience in this market, we are sure that
India offers great potential for international growth”, explains Dr. Hendrik Grobler, CEO of Ipsen International
GmbH.
This decision is part of the long-term corporate strategy. By establishing operational centers worldwide, the
aim is to introduce the Ipsen brand to the markets that value its products. In this way, Ipsen can consolidate
its position as the world’s leading developer of machinery and equipment for the automated hardening of
metal components.
“We are looking forward to continued collaboration with our India executive team headed by Managing
Director Subash Maggu, which has served us well for many years. We are certain Ipsen India will be
integrated successfully into the company's production and sales structure”, says Peter Fleischmann, Managing
Director of Ipsen International GmbH.
For more than 50 years Ipsen has been providing innovative technologies and methods for improving the
properties of steel. Ipsen´s products combine the highest performance with outstanding reliability, which
perhaps explains why our furnaces and heat treatment equipment enjoy an excellent reputation all over the
world. The company has production sites in Europe, America and Asia. This, together with representatives in
34 countries, ensures excellent customer care all around the world. Ipsen´s customers work in automotive,
aviation and aerospace as well as tooling, machining, medical and commercial heat treating."
www.temptab.com
Randy Simmons/CHS-Asia. A regular reader sent this photo of Randy Simmons (CHS-Asia, new furnaces)
doing some fishing in Thailand-he also suggested that we note that the bait is bigger than the fish. Randy,
originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA has spent his entire working life in the heat treating industry and a
number of years ago set up a furnace manufacturing/rebuild company in Thailand that has done quite well
over the years servicing the South East Asian market. October 3/08
Barnes Aerospace/Ogden, Utah, USA. Aerospace manufacturer and captive heat treater Barnes Aerospace
has relocated to a new state of the art facility at Business Depot Ogden, Utah. The new building is 165,000
square feet and at this point only 20% of the move from the old plant to the new has taken place. Barnes
expects that by the end of next year the move will be completed. In the meantime some of the equipment
has been moved and installed and this would include a vacuum furnace for heat treating titanium. Our best
guess is that the furnace is the VFS which we mentioned back in September 2006. October 2/08
“Barnes Aerospace (Ogden, UT). Barnes has now started up their new Vacuum Furnace Systems (VFS)
Corporation Vertical External Quench furnace, Model VEQ-8072-2. We had announced back in January that
they had purchased the furnace. The chamber size is 72” x 72”, and includes VFS’s GraForm™ curved
graphite heating elements, VFS’s exclusive CompuVac supervisory control system, and a 2 bar quench
system. The furnace is cooled with a new Dry Coolers, Inc. water cooling system specifically designed for this
furnace.”
www.heattreatquotemaster.com
Dyson Corporation/ Painesville, Ohio, USA. Fastener manufacturer Dyson Corp. suffered a major fire to
their heat treating department this past Monday evening. Damage is estimated at $2 million USD. While
employees were in the heat treating department at the time of the fire nobody was injured. While very
unfortunate fires in heat treating departments is not an uncommon occurrence. Photos and more details are
available
at
http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=framelink&link=www.newsherald.com%2farticles%2f2008%2f09%2f30%2fnews%2fdoc48e1c12871be0576967135.txt&oas=www.newsherald.com_articles_2008_09_30_news_doc48e1c12871be0576967135.txt October 1/08
Walmil/Ram Loaders. Just yesterday (September 30th) a reader and very large captive heat treater posed
to us the question below “what happened to Walmil Ram Loaders”. Within less than 24 hours we had our
answer. “Gord, Oakland Welding Industries in New Baltimore, MI is a manufacturer of Ram Type Loaders.
Contact is Gary Prudhomme. Phone number (586) 949-4090. Fax. (586) 949-1230.” October 1/08
"Walmil “Ram Loaders”. For years the standard loaders on cast link belt furnaces processing fasteners were
“Ram Loaders” built by the Walmil company of Troy, Michigan. Just 10-15 years ago it was unusual to see
this style of furnace without a “Ram” loader at the front end. They fell out of fashion some time ago due to
their lack of accuracy and Walmil subsequently closed the doors, however, one reader is asking if anybody
still makes “Ram” loaders or an equivalent. If you have any suggestions we would like to hear about it.
September 30/08"
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Item #B246 Hevi Duty Electric Furnace with internal circulating fan. Serial #59068, Type HD364820A. 70 kW 3Phase 230 volt 1750 deg. F. Inside dimensions 36” wide x 48” deep x 24” high.
Nothing fancy however this is reflected in the asking price of $2,500 USD.
Item #B245 C. I. Hayes Electric Furnace. 32” wide x 15” high x 52” deep. Complete. Asking $2,500
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Item #B244 Surface Combustion Allcase Carburizing Furnace. 1980's vintage with working
dimensions of 30" X 48" X 18" high. Gas fired with top cool option. 4 U-tubes. Casemate control. Endo
atmosphere, no quench tank. Used for aerospace work this furnace has been surveyed to +- 10°F.
1750°F operating temperature. Currently installed but not in use. Comes with loading system.
Complete and in good condition. Asking Price: $20,000 USD.
Item #B243 Dow Batch IQ Line With Top Cool. Working dimensions of 30" X 48" X 30". Hardener:
Model # DW304830, Max Temp 1750°F, Date 10-8-84, Max Amp 68, 460 Volts Includes: SBS oil
cooler, Transfer car cooling station, All spare parts. Washer: Model # WOD304830, Max Temp 180°F,
Max Amp 10, 460 volts. Draw oven: Model # BX304830, Max Temp 1400°F, Max Amps 5, 460 volts.
Endothermic generator: Model # EG750G, Max Amps 15, 460 volts. Numerous Spare Parts included.
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Item #B242 Surface Combustion “Super 30” Allcase Furnaces (2 available). These are gas
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1980’s vintage. Both have rear handlers. Set up for Endo atmosphere. Furnaces are in good overall
condition and alloy is good. Currently in heated indoor storage. Asking $45,000 USD each.
Item #B241 Surface Combustion “Super 30” Allcase Line. This is a gas fired Surface Combustion
Batch IQ line with working dimensions of 30” wide X 48” deep X 30” high. 1980’s vintage. Rear
Handler. Set up for Endo atmosphere. Furnace is in good overall condition and alloy is good. Currently
in heated indoor storage. Also included is a gas, direct fired temper rated for 1400F with working
dimensions of 30” X 48” X 30”. 1 double ended double powered charge car. Dunk/Spray washer-steam
heated. Consider all this equipment complete, well maintained and fully operational when it was shut
down. Asking $105,000 USD for the complete line.
Item #B240 Tempering Oven. Car Bottom Style Draw Furnace. Working dimensions of 21’6” long
X 5’ wide X 4’ high. Built in 1978. Operating temperature of 1400F. Two direct fired burners, 1 million
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Honeywell. Interior is fibre board covered with SS sheet. 575V, 30 amp, 3 phase. Temperature
uniformity is 10-15+-. Currently installed and in operation. Asking $35,000.
Item #B239 Tempering Oven. Car Bottom Style Draw Furnace. 1995 vintage, working
dimensions of 12’ deep X 5’ wide X 4’ high. 1 one million BTU direct fired burner firing into a “hot box”.
Interior is fibre board covered in SS sheet. 1 recirculating fan. Capable of a 10,000 pound load.
Currently installed but not in use. Requires a new controller. Asking $20,000.
Item # B238 Batch Austemper Line. AFC batch IQ furnace with working dimensions of 36” x 48 x
30”. Weight capacity of 2,000-2,500 pounds. Model UBQA 364830. This is a complete austemper line
and includes autstemper furnace, preheat, washer, salt reclamation system, charge car, scissors lift
table, trays, fixtures and salt. This is in good condition and was operating until very recently. Complete
and ready to go. Asking $200,000US.
Item #B237 Custom Hydrogen Atmosphere Bell Furnace. Excellent for small brazing jobs,
2250°F, 14" Diameter x 18" High Work Zone, Electric, 230V/2 Phase, FLA 75, Water-cooled base &
Retort Flange, Furnace Outside Dimension is 34" Dia. x 36"H, Pad is 28" Dia. x 10"H, \Overall is 34"
Dia. x 48"H. Single Zone of Control, Control Penel includes Honeywell Chart Recorder and Honeywell
UDC Control/Overtemp, Great unit that needs minor work. Good overall condition. Price: $4,800
Location: West Coast U.S.
Item #B236 Carbottom Furnace. This 25 year old OSI Manufactured furnace has a work zone of
49"w x 66"L x 70"H. Elements need to be verified. Door operation poor. Overall condition fair. Asking
Price: 8,000US
Item #B235 Ipsen T-4 Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace (standard height). 1960 Ipsen
Model T-4-600-CGM Endo Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace, previously certified for doing Boeing
work, work zone: 24"W x 36"D x 18"H, 1750°F, Gas-Fired Radiant Tubes, Has recently had new alloy
burner tubes, new brick and new ceramic hearth. Overall Footprint: 7'W x 15'6"L x approx. 12'H, No Pit
Needed. Pyronics burner control, Carbon Control. Operational. Location: Pacific Northwest Asking Price:
$13,900.00US
Item #B232 Despatch Car Bottom Oven. Working dimensions of 10” 6” wide X 50’ long X 10’ high.
Outside dimensions of 18’ wide X 51’ 4” long X 17’ 3” high. Gas fired with a maximum operating
temperature of 1250F. 480V/3ph/60cycle. Furnace is fibre lined with 2 zones of control. Two doors, one
at either end and two cars. Free standing control panel with Cutler Hammer Panel Mate PLC Controller,
Chessell digital round strip chard recorder, Honeywell digital overtemps. Excellent condition! Asking
price: $137,500.00US.
Item #B231 Lindberg Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace. Lindberg, Model 13-CT-24361818AQ-2 Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace, In/Out Design, Electric Radiant Tube Design, 65kW,
Surveyed Range: 1200°F to 1850°F, Carbon Control System, Quench Oil Cooler, Quench Oil Heater,
Rapid Recovery (from cold to temperature in 2-1/2 hours), Controls: West 6700 and West 6100, Truline
Chart Recorder, Overall Footprint: Approx. 9-1/2ftW x 13-1/2Ft L x 10ft-10"H No Pit is Needed,
Recently Re-bricked, Operational for Demonstration Price: $35,000 Will be painted before removal for
shipment
Item #B230 PKM-75 Atmosphere IQ Furnace. Pacific Scientific, Model PKM-75GRT, Gas-Fired,
Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace, Work Zone: 24"W x 36"L x 22"H, 2100°F max., Straight Thru
design, Eclipse Burners, 615,000 BTU/hr, Quench oil heater, Quench Oil Cooler, Powered Load Table,
Carbon Control System, Quench Oil Filtration, Dual Gas Cooling Fans, 2-Speed Quench Agitation, Brick
Condition: "Good", Overall Footprint: 8'0"W x 20'L x 10'2"H, No Pit is Needed. Manuals and Drawings
Included. Operational for Demonstration. Price: $65,000 Will be painted before shipment
Item #B223 Pacific Scientific 500lb. Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace. Refurbished 1976 Pacific
Scientific Model PKM-50 Electric Endothermic Atmosphere Integral Quench Furnace, with top cool
capability for loading during gas cool cycle, 76 kVA, 480V/3Ph/60Hz, 1950°F, for Carburizing, Deep
Case Hardening, Neutral Hardening and has enrichment gas addition and control for Carbo-Nitriding.
Work zone is 24"w x 36"l x approximately 20"h. It takes a 24" x 36" grid and basket. Outside
dimensions (footprint) are approximately 9'w x 19'l x 11'hl. It has a stand-alone control cabinet that is
5'w x 7'h x 20"deep. Finally, the power panels are approximately 5'w x 8'h x 2' deep. 500 lb. Capacity,
with Quench Oil Temperature Control system with heating and cooling of quench oil (SBS Cooler), Front
end loading and unloading with motorized drive table, Carbon Control System with Honeywell controls
and new SSI Gold Probe oxygen sensor, Brick-Lined and brick is in good condition, Honeywell
temperature control and high limit, operational and can be demonstrated. Approx. 15 spare heating
elements and 6 spare oil heaters. No water cooling (safety issue). All cooling is done by SBS oil cooler.
It is currently set up for using endothermic gas. It has an endothermic gas flow meter, a natural gas
flow meter, an air flow meter, and an ammonia flow meter for carbonitriding. Price: $14,500US
Location: Northwestern U.S.
Item #B218 Surface Combustion Pit Carburizer.
This is a gas fired unit with working dimensions of 36" X 72". Overall in not bad condition, but all the
instruments are missing and will need to be replaced. Currently located in a heat treat shop but not
installed.
Item #B204 Batch IQ Furnaces Ipsen Batch IQ Furnaces.
(2 Available). Available are one Ipsen T-7 with working dimensions of 30" wide X 48" deep X 22" high
and 1 T-8 units with working dimensions of 30" X 48" X 24" high. Both furnaces are electrically heated,
and range from 1982 vintage to 1989, complete and overall in good condition. Currently they are not
installed, they are packed and braced for shipping which means no rigging costs. Each comes with an
SBS quench oil cooler and the Ipsen "Carboprof" atmosphere control system. Asking price for each is
$35,000 USD.
Item #B181 Dayton Process Retort Furnace
with heat source, retort and lid only. Needs a control system and gas panel. Max operating temperature
2000 degrees F. Retort size 46" diameter x 51" deep. Heating elements on sides and bottom. Asking
$19,000 US.
Item #B180 VAC AERO Vertical Retort Furnace
with Avesta 253MA retort working size 32" high X 29" diameter. Retort equipped for vacuum pumping
(pump not included). Max operating temperature 2000 degrees F. Water cooled o-ring seal on retort
lid. Cooling stand. Power supply: Hunterdon transformer 150kVA, 3 phase, 60 Hz, primary input
voltage 575V. Honeywell DCP700 controller. Gas control: 3 rotometers - one Matheson 0-4 scfm air,
two Air Products HA6 0-150 graduation. Attached picture is when the furnace was in production, the
control panel on the right is part of the system. Capable of Nitrogen or Argon addition. Very good
condition. Asking Price: $19,000US.
Item #B152 Pacific Integral Quench Furnace.
PKM-50-CRT. Work Area: 24"W x 20"H x 36"L. Outside dimensions: 96"W X 135"H x 360"L. Max.
Temp: 1900°F. Controls: Honeywell 2000 & 3000 strip chart. With carbon control (Accu-Carb) by
Furnace Control, dual agitators. New Price: $19,500US
Item # B144 Accu-Therm / Thermcraft BHSF-242436-1371 Controlled Atmosphere Heat
Treating Furnace.
Temperature Capability: 1400-2500ºF
Temperature Uniformity: +/- 25ºF. Chamber Size: 24" H x 24" W x 36" L. Flame Supervision
Interlocks. Automatic Flame Curtain Using Natural Gas or Propane. Automatic Ignition of Flame Curtain
and Burn-off. Shell made of continuously welded 3/16" plate steel - front frame of 3/4" steel plate 11/2" thick silicon carbide plates on elevating piers make up the hearth. Wall and roof insulation rated to
2800ºF. New Price: $17,000US
Continuous
Item #C222 AFC Meshbelt Furnace Line. Built in 1992 - Atmosphere Furnace Company Continuous
Mesh Belt Furnace, 2000 lb/hour, harden and Temper designed and built for the Fastener Industry.
Loading equipment is Eriez. Condition of the alloy is good. Belts and tubes are good, brick needs
replacing. Generator is not included. Furnace is set-up for nitrogen methanol. Can be plumbed for
endo easily. Operating temperature of the Temper Oven is 1050 degrees. Pre-wash and post-wash
included and Quench line is complete and was processing parts when it was shut down 1 year ago.
Asking Price: $250,000US. Please contact us for more details.
Item #C221 Aluminum Pusher Furnaces (2 available). Built by Harris Metals/Lindberg. Both are
single row units. Currently in indoor storage but working when removed from service. Overall
dimensions (for shipping) are 8’W x 27.5’L x 11.3’H. Working dimensions (basket size) 24” X 24” X 24”.
Asking $30,000 US each. Please contact us for more details.
Item #C220 C.I. Hayes Hydrogen Mesh Belt Furnace (Humpback Style)
Built in 1996
24” wide belt
2100F Max.
Three zones of control (Honeywell Instruments)
100% Hydrogen atmosphere (could run others as needed)
Water cooled cooling section
Nitrogen purge
Kanthal SiC heat Elements (spares included)
System has mainly been used for high volume annealing of stainless steel. However, other processes
such as brazing or hardening of high hardenability materials is possible as well.
Price: $125,000.00
System is still installed and running if a demo is needed.
Item #C219 ABBOTT MODEL 6ZSCR-18-432HH6-VC-2150. 18" wide belt, 4"+ opening over the
belt, 432" heating chamber (silicon carbide muffles), six zones, 36" long vari-cool with 162" of
additional cooling including two curtain boxes. 2150 deg.F. max temp., piped for dissociated ammonia
atmosphere and nitrogen purge, 335 kw @ 480/3/60,Honeywell UMO 800 controller/programmer, OAD:
84" w x 90" h x 720" l. Currently used for annealing knife blades but with a little effort a metallic muffle
in the front half of the heating chamber could be added for debinding and sintering of PM parts. Asking
price: $160,000.00US OBO
Item #C217 Surface Combustion 36" Cast Link Belt Heat Treat System. Includes automatic
Walmil Parts loader, hardening furnace with quench, rotary drum parts washer and belt temper. Work
Area: 36"W x 6"H x 25' of heating (hardening furnace). Hardening Furnace: 36" Cast Link Hardening
furnace with 25' heating, this unit has fans in zone 2 and 3. Unit is gas fired with Eclipse recuperated
burners and quench tank. Conveyor: Rotary drum washer and Surface Combustion 48" wide tempering
furnace. Tempering furnace Model #E15TR54. This unit is approx. 27' long and has a maximum
temperature of 1500°F. Unit is electric with approx. 12" of clearance over belt. Unit appears to be in
good condition. Includes Nitrogen Methanol panel. Custom built dip/spray washer with unit. BarberColeman controls. Asking Price: $195,000US
Item #C216 AGF Rotary Retort Furnace. Hardening furnace model #280CA. 21' Length x 6' Wide.
400 Pounds per hour. Natural gas operated. Pacific Scientific Company Draw Furnace Model #PE-30185-RD. 21'7" Lenght x 7'9" Wide. Natural gas operated. Currently in storage. Vendor is anxious to sell.
Most offers will be seriously considered.
Item #C215 AGF Rotary Retort Furnace. Hardening furnace model #RC-1814 RV. 23' Length x 5'7"
Wide. 500 pounds pre hour. Natural gas operated. Draw Furnace Model # RCTSD-3018. 24' lenght x
5'4" wide. Natural gas operated. Oil Quench. Currently in storage. Vendor is anxious to sell. Most offers
will be seriously considered.
Item #C214 AGF Rotary Retort Furnace. Hardening furnace model #RC-2414-RV. 25'6" Length x
12' wide. 700 Pounds per hour. Natural gas operated. Draw furnace model #RCTPS-SD-3018. 22'10"
Length x 5' wide. Natural gas operated. Oil Quench. Currently in storage. Vendor is anxious to sell.
Most offers will be seriously considered.
Item #C213 AGF Rotary Retort Furnace line. 11ft 10” Long x 30” dia. hardening retort. Nat. Gas
fired, 15 direct fired burners, North American. 2000°F max operating temp. DC VF Drive. Honeywell
controls and paper chart recorder. Full control panel with contactors. Ran on Endo, Natural gas and
Nitrogen atmosphere. 1980s vintage. Shut down in Oct. 07. It has a 1 yr old retort and trunion assys.,
new chains and sprockets and combustion blower, over $200,000 invested in it in 2006. Rotary feeder
with timers on the charge end. Tube and shell heat exchanger. All 480V 3 phase. Includes quench tank
and conveyor. Seco Warwick quench control panel for temp. and agitation. Spray washer by
MetalWash. CEC, draw furnace. 20ft long x 6ft wide, 10ft high. Electrically heated with 4 controlled
heater banks. Omega controls. Retort has a DC VF Drive. One circulating fan. Furnace is +-2°F, max of
approx. 600°F. 480 V 3 phase. Screw type discharge conveyor. Best Offer.
Item #C212 Holcroft Mesh Belt Annealing Furnace. Nitrogen Atmosphere, 1650°F. Electrically
heated. 72” wide belt, 9” high over belt, 24’ heated section. 8’ cooling section. Consider this in good
overall condition. Asking $175,000 USD.
Item #C211 Holcroft Austempering Lines (3 available). This is a cast link belt furnace, electrically
heated with an operating temperature of 1750F. Belt width is 48” X 21’ long (heated length). Automatic
shaker pan loading system. Salt quench tank with discharge conveyor. Wash tank with conveyor. Rinse
tank w/conveyor. Parts dryer with conveyor. Height over belt 7-3/4". Asking price $210,000 USD
loaded on to a truck.
Item #C210 CM High Temperature Pusher Furnace. Model # 488-120-3Z-480V-3PH-A. Tray
size 8” X 12” X 5/8” alumina. Preheat is 90” long with 3 zones of control, 1100C operating temperature,
66KW. High heat is 120” long with 3 zones of control, operating temperature is 1800C, 135KW. Height
over hearth is 7”. Automatic doors at both ends and atmosphere flushing and burn-off stacks.
Atmosphere is Hydrogen with a Nitrogen purge. There are two cooling sections with a total length of
120”. Screw drive pusher and load return conveyor system. Overall dimensions are 87” high X 132”
wide X 57’ long. The furnace was tested for operation at 1800C but only used for 2 years at 1200C.
Asking price is $310,000 USD or best offer.
Item #C209 Cast Link Belt Line. This is a complete cast link belt line rated at 7000 lbs / HR.
LOADER: Loader is 84” wide x 48” deep x 42” high. This has a mechanical clamp down for the bins.
Bins can be placed in dumper. Bin is locked in Dumper 180º to dump the product in a hopper. Hopper
is plastic lined so as not to damage the fine threads on bolts.
Weight control to the furnace is by Metro weight control system. From hopper product is put on a
vibratory feeder, weighed and goes to another vibratory feeder, weighed again, and then it trickles
down to washer. On the loading system number of lbs required for loading is punched in and computer
updates the files every 20 sec. to give an accurate load to the furnace.
WASHER: Wash tank is 132” long x 46” wide x 51” high. It has a steel belt conveyor 39” wide.
GAP MISER: Parts from washer fall on a gap miser conveyor which feeds parts to the furnace. This is a
mesh belt 226” long. This transfers the part to the cast link belt. With this system parts fall gently on
the cast link belt and gap time is reduced. Parts do not roll off like in conventional cast link belts. Belt is
52” wide and 226” long. 96” of this belt goes inside the furnace. Parts get pre-heated in this area and
belt discharged on to cast link belt. Height of discharge is minimal.
HARDENING FURNACE: This has a cast link belt 52” wide; length of heat zone is 38’ with 4 zones of
controls with Zone 1 9 Burners Zone 2 6 Burners Zone 3 6 Burners Zone 4 6 Burners Tubes are U tube
cast with heat recuperators. Controls of carbon potentials and temperature control is via Honeywell
controllers. SCADA system is by Metro weigh scale. Load can be monitored through the furnace for
temperature belt speeds carbon potential feed rate live with software in the computer. Burners are
Unirad Maxon burners. Belt is supported on 29 rollers on top and there are 17 return rollers in the
bottom. Bearings on the rollers except the drive rollers are carbon bearing.
QUENCH: Quench tank is approx. 7000 gallons with 2 propellers. Pressure from the back of chute can
be utilized for agitation. This eliminates the mixing of parts. Quench conveyor is 60” wide and is steel
Hinged belt. Heat exchanger is air cooled. End of furnace to beginning of pre-wash is 251”.
POST WASHER: Parts from quench fall on a washer conveyor mesh belt 72” wide. Washer belt is 108”.
Tank size is 72” x 57” x 80” high.
TEMPER: Temper has 3 zones of control each with separate safety control. 3 fans with 20 HP motor.
Temper belt is 84” wide mesh belt. Mesh belt rides on steel rod conveyor with side links 3” high.
Temper has a heat zone 39’ long.
SOLUBLE OIL CONVEYOR: This sits at the end of Temper. This is a metal hinged Mayfram belt 30” wide.
This is set 90º to the furnace.
Total length of furnace if put in one line except soluble oil conveyor is 17.5’. Burners tubes and rollers
all can be removed from one side. Furnace can be installed in a U configuration also. Asking Price is
$400,000.00 USD
Item #C208 9" Lindberg Belt Atmosphere Furnace: 1995 Lindberg Belt Atmosphere Furnace,
Currently with 8" Wide belt, Model # 85409, Max. Temperature Rating: 2060°F Electric Heat, Globar™
Heating Elements, 480V/3Ph/ 112 kW (95kW Heating), 271 Amp. New muffle in 2005, new elements in
late 2007, New 314 SS belt in Nov. 2007. 24" Preheat Zone, 72" High Heat Zone, 14ft Cooling Zone,
Currently operating with Endothermic Gas, Overall Footprint Size: 41"W x 69"H x 35ft. 4in. L, Type S
control thermocouple. Marathon Monitors Dual-Pro Controller. Belt Speed Range: 1 to 10 IPM,
Endothermic Gas Consumption: 375 CFH, Overall Weight: 8,500 lb. Cooling Water Requirement: 6.7
GPM at 50 PSI, 55°F Condition Ratings: Overall - Good, Muffle- Good, Insulation - Excellent, Elements Excellent, Belt - Excellent. Furnace can be demo operated until moved into storage. Includes approx.
$5,500 worth of spare parts (List Available). Location: Western U.S. Price: $19,500 Includes loading
onto your truck.
Item #C206 Area Electric (now Sinterite) Sintering Furnace. Built in 1994 this is a Model SRPM
18 – 6Z unit. 18” wide belt with 3 preheat zones, 3 hot zones, and water cooling jackets. SCR
controlled, 265 KW 480V-- 3PH. 2050°F with a hydrogen/nitrogen atmosphere. Length of front drive
end 7’. Preheat section 8’ long. Hot Zone section 16’ long. Cooling section 29’ long. Main control panel
6’L x 20”D x 6’H. Atmosphere panel 5’W x 10”D x 6’ 6”H It does not have a belt but the muffles are in
good shape. Currently in indoor storage. Asking price is $18,000.00 USD.
Item #C205 Pifco Rotary Hearth Sintering Furnaces (2 available). These electrically heated
furnaces are approximately 20 years old and were built by Pifco (now part of AFC-Holcroft). Both units
are the same. Hearth OD is 8’ and ID is 4’8”. Outside diameter is 13’ and height is 8’ 7”. Both furnaces
are capable of 2500F. Atmosphere is Hydrogen / Nitrogen / Nat. Gas, mix manifold /flow scopes on
each zone. Voltage is 460/3 phase. Heating is by U element “Globars”. Spang transformers/SCR’s.
Overtemp controls on each zone. Please note that zone walls have been removed from both furnaces
although they can be replaced. Door opening is 9” X 11”. Furnaces utilize a common control panel.
Hearth drive is a 460V AC frequency drive. Furnace #1 was rebuilt in 2002 and Furnace #2 was rebuilt
in 2001. Furnaces are currently not in operation. Asking $30,000 USD each.
Item #C203 2100°F Belt Atmosphere Furnace. Completely Reconditioned. Lindberg™ 20" Wide x
12" High Belt Atmosphere Furnace, Electric (Globar elements), 2100°F (may be 2150°F) Max.
Temperature, 10ft Heating with 30ft Cooling, Set up for Exothermic (combustible gas) atmosphere,
Burn-off, Guillotine End Doors, SCR Control, Complete rebuild included but was not limited to: new
brick, new cooling muffles, new elements, new belt, etc. Does not require a muffle, Contact us for full
details. Reconditioned, packed and ready for quick shipment. Price: $75,000US Location: Midwestern
U.S. (Harrisburg, MO)
Item
#C202
Electric
Furnace
Co.
EFC,
Roller
Hearth
Annealing
Furnace.
Used for Copper tube annealing. 120ft including charge and discharge roller tables. 20ft heating zone,
75 Ft. cooling zone. Max. 3700 pounds per hr. Used 4% Exo gas. max 1650°F. 10 top, 10 bottom
straight, non recuperative burner tubes, North American burners. 2 roof mounted fans in heating zone,
4 in cooling zone. Stainless steel curtains on charge and discharge. New brick, rolls and most tubes in
1999. Recently cleaned and painted. Unit shut down in Jan. 06. 1964 original model. Spare include 10
rolls, 10 tubes, 1 fan, full change out of cooling tubes and 7K#s of 310ss trays. No water leaks in
furnace when decommissioned. Blower and water cooling tower is included. Controls: Allen Bradley PLC
for roll drives. Waukee flow meters. 2- Honeywell UDC zone temp. controls, 2 Honeywell paper chart
recorders. Asking Price for C202 & C202b (below) is $119,000 USD.
Item #C202b Seco Warwick Exothermic Generator. 20,000CFH max. North American burner and
1999 model flame controls, safeties. Unit decommissioned in Jan 2006 in full working order. 1970
model. Asking Price for C202(above) & C202b is $119,000 USD.
Item #C194 AFC Mesh Belt Austemper Line.
Operating life of equipment was 1979-2005. Equipment was in full production until plant shutdown.
The equipment was refurbished in 2002 by Great Lakes Company (located in the Detroit area). Rework
on the austenitizing furnace consisted of all new Yokogawa temperature control instruments with
paperless temperature and carbon control recording, all new recuperated radiant tube burners, re-work
of cold belt return and water sealing under the furnace. Original AFC hand drawings are available.
Original AFC operating instructions are available.
Technical Details
Austenitizing Furnace
• Production capability is 900 pounds per hour based on belt loading of 10#/ft2 and time in the furnace
of 26 minutes.
• Furnace belt 36” wide x 16’-8” effective length. Roller hearth design with variable speed.
• Three (3) zones of temperature control with one (1) zone of automatic carbon control.
• Paperless recording of temperature and carbon.
• Burner input of 2,500,000 Btu/hour with 5 HP combustion air blower.
Austemper Tank
• Capacity of 85,000 pounds of salt. Insulated tank with a maximum temperature of 750°F.
• Quench conveyor is 42” wide with variable speed control.
• Quench curtain pump is 2 HP. Salt agitation pump is 18” diameter propeller with 7½ HP motor.
• Gas fired heating system is 1,000,000 Btu/hour with 3 HP combustion air blower.
• Individual temperature controls and separate gas safety train.
Holding Tank
• Capacity of 85,000 pounds of salt. Non-insulated tank.
• Gas-fired heating system, 1,000,000 Btu/hour.
• Temperature controls, combustion air blower and gas safety train shared with the austemper tank
through a selector switch.
Wash Tank and Rinse Tanks
• Capacities 1200 gallons of water.
• Mesh belt conveyors 42” wide with fixed speeds.
Asking Price: $250,000 USD.
Item #C193 C.I. Hayes High Temperature Tube Furnace.
Model MY-0002.528. 2-1/2" ID tube x 28" long heating chamber, 1700 deg. C, 10.5 kW, single zone
control with overtemp. Protection, 75"h x 32"w x 91"l, auto tray loader, hydrogen atmosphere with
nitrogen purge. Price: 18,000.00US OBO.
Item #C182 C.I. Hayes 1500°C (2732°F) Atmosphere Pusher Furnace. 1993 C.I. Hayes
Atmosphere Pusher Furnace, Type: MY-040860-60PH, Max. Temp: 96" Long Preheat: 1093°C
(2000°F); 96" Long High Heat: 1500°C (2732°F), Atmosphere: Nitrogen and Dissociated Ammonia,
Opening: 12" Wide x 6" High, Currently using 6" x 6" alumina parts carrier plates. Electrical Rating: 81
kW, 460Volts/3-Phase/60Hz, 305 Amp. Preheat Chamber, High Heat Chamber, Dual Water-Jacketed
Cooling Chambers. Pusher Drive with Automatic Return Conveyor with Indexing, Preheat has Gas-Tight
Metallic Muffle, High Heat has Molybdenum Elements. Price: $110,000US Location: Western U.S.
Item #C179 2400°F Atmosphere Belt Brazing, Sintering, Heat Treating Furnace.
1997 Sinterite™ Model PM12HT-4Z, Atmosphere Belt Furnace, 12" Wide, 8" High Opening, Rated for
2400°F with ceramic belt (not included), currently has 2000°F max. metal belt. Electric Heat, 6 Zones
of Control (2 Preheat, 4 High Heat), 2 Heating Chambers (Preheat & High Heat), Initial Cooling Rate
75°F/min., SCR Power Control, Heating: 182 kW, 480V/3Ph/60Hz, 220 Amps, Control: 2000 VA,
120V/1Ph/60Hz, 16.7 Amp, Cooling Length: 14 feet Gases: Nitrogen 1500 CFH, 1.0 PSI, Typical Usage:
1140 SCFH Hydrogen 100 CFH, 1.0 PSI, Typical Usage: 60 SCFH Natural Gas (if needed): 5 CFH, 1.0
PSI, Typical Usage (if used): 2.5 CFH Utilities: Water - 10 GPM at 10 PSI; Electrical - 220A, 480V/3Ph,
182 kW; Natural Gas (Pilots): 20 CFH at 10 PSI Production Rating: 90 lb/hr up to 2400°F Belt Width:
12", Belt Speed: 1/4" to 1-1/2" per minute Original belt loading density: 12 lb/sq. ft. Max. Opening:
Est. 3" High New muffle, new cooling chamber, new elements recently. New spare belt. Asking Price:
$110,000US Location: Western U.S. New Details
Item #C178 Pacific Scientific Rotary Retort Furnace.
Endothermic Atmosphere Rotary Retort Furnace, Throughput ~300 lb/hr, Owner has gone through the
equipment thoroughly in preparation for start-up. But minor rewiring remains for furnace to be ready to
operate. Pacific Northwest Location. Asking Price: $55,000US.
Item #C167 Shaker Hearth Hardening Line.
400 lb/hr Sunbeam Shaker ("Shuffle Hearth") Hardening Furnace Line, Includes Automatic Part Loader,
Electric Shaker Furnace, 1800°F, 112 kW, Quench Tank with Dragout Belt, Rotary Parts Washer and
1000°F Continuous Belt Temper Furnace, 50 kW. Overall Line Length, if in straight line is approx. 61 ft.
Overall Height is approx. 8ft-6in., Max. Overall Width is approx. 7ft-3in. with piping. Still under power
for demonstration. Extra spare shaker hearth and spare belt for temper. Price: $50,000US whole line.
Item #C128 Ipsen P-6 Pusher Furnace.
24” X 24" X 18" high, holds 6 trays. 1969 Vintage. Three heat zones each with a fan (although the first
zone fan is missing). The second zone needs some rebricking. 16 of the 32 tubes are new. Instruments
include 3 Honeywell UDC 2000 hi-limit controllers. Charge zone has a Honeywell 4500 circular chart
recorder. All 3 zones are Honeywell type digital controllers. The carbon sensor is Honeywell controlled.
All mechanical parts, (quench drives, etc.), were in good working order when shut down. Fair condition
overall. Asking Price: $16,500US
Item #C127 Ipsen P-4 Pusher Furnace.
27” X 30" X 18" High. Holds 4 Trays. 1975 Vintage, in operation until October 2004 when it was shut
down. Excellent operating condition although the front arch needs some minor repair. Front zone
instrument is a Honeywell DR4300 circular chart recorder. The controllers and hi-limits are Honeywell
UDC type. Currently in indoor storage. Asking Price: $22,000US
Item
#C103
Electric
Furnace
Co.
Roller
Hearth
Normalizing
Line.
This line, which was purchased new approximately 10 years ago was only used for a very brief period
of time and is in immaculate condition! Originally sold for $2 million US it is complete and currently in
indoor storage. All electric with heavy duty rolls on 9" centers it has an atmosphere cool and a temper.
Uses 36" X 36" trays. 40" wide work zone, 20" high, 3-4,000 pounds/hr. Brick lined with an operating
temperature of 1650F. Vendor is asking $450,000US. Complete drawings are available on request. If
you are looking for a large normalizing line and are considering new I would suggest that this is a good
way to save $1.5 million. By the way the company that disassembled the furnace took video tape for
reassembly purposes.
Uses a 36" x 36" tray with a 20" high door opening. A typical roller hearth cycles at a preset time and
advances the load, one tray at a time, through the furnace. Based on the dimensions, the normalizing
furnace should hold 13 trays at a time and the tempering furnace should hold 16 trays. If you advance
the normalizing furnace every 18 minutes, you will move a tray through the furnace in about 4 hours.
If you advance the tempering furnace every 15 minutes, you will move a tray through the furnace in
about 4 hours.
Both the high heat and the temper have atmosphere. The high heat max temperature rating is at least
1650°F. New Information & Pictures
Draw/Temper
Item #T184 Surface Combustion Mesh Belt Draw Furnace. 4 zones of temperature control, 54”
wide mesh belt with 30’ of heating. 1200 degree operating temp. Surface model MCB4X30, S/N
BC40162-1. Complete and in good condition. Asking $39,000 USD.
Item #T183 Surface Combustion Continuous Draw. 2 zones of temperature control. 46” wide
mesh belt, 28’ of heating. Direct fired, 1300°F maximum operating temperature. Complete and in good
condition. Asking Price:$39,000 USD.
Item #T182 Williams Temper Furnace. Gas fired with working dimensions of 36” wide X 48” deep X
42” deep. Operating temperature of 1400F. Air operated vertical lift front door. Heat is provided by 2
gas burners firing from the roof and circulated by a belt driven circulating fan. Interior has light weight
refractory walls, door and roof, brick floor and a SS inner shroud. 460V/3PH/60CY. Honeywell UDC
digital temperature and overtemperature controls.
Item #T181 Holcroft Mesh Belt Temper Furnace. Electrically heated with a rated capacity of 8200
pounds/hour (3722 kg/hour). Maximum operating temperature of 800F (426C). Built in 1979, rebuilt in
1988. Overall dimensions 49’ (15 meters) long, 18’ (5.5 meters) wide. Working dimensions of 8’ (2,4
meters) wide, 34’ (10,64 meters) long, 16” (0,4 meters) high. 3 zones of temperature control, Elimko
temperature controls. The oven is still installed, in production and is in good condition. Available
November/December 2008. Location-Eastern Europe. Asking $35,000 USD
Item #T180 Pyradia Draw Ovens (7 available). All approximately 9 years old and currently
installed but not in operation. 6 have working dimensions of 48" X 48" X 57" high. One has working
dimensions of 48" X 96" X 57" high. All are electrically heated. Maximum operating temperature of
500F. Asking price for the smaller units is $4,000 each, for the larger unit $7,000.00. Consider these in
good to very good condition.
Item #T179 Despatch 500F Walk-in Oven.
Despatch Walk-In Oven, 500ºF Max. , Work Zone: 66”W x 72”H x 108”L,
Model: PSC 3-31H, Ser. # 132697, 68 kW Heating, Heating Amps: 81.8
Total Motor Amps: 14.2, 480Volt/3Phase/60Hz,
Overall Size: 104"W (includes panel) x 11'6"H x 9'8"L, Electrically Heated Walk-In Oven with Double
Doors On Both Ends, This ovens is solvent rated and has a powered exhauster mounted on top. Top
mounted heater box with recirculating fan distributes air
horizontally through the oven. Controls: Mounted in an enclosure attached to the side of the oven
includes a Honeywell UDC digital temperature cont- roller, Honeywell UDC digital high limit and
Honeywell digital DR 4200 round chart recorder. All necessary pushbuttons, motor starters, relays,
contactors etc. are also contained in the same enclosure. A fused disc- onnect is mounted above the
panel.
Price: $16,500 Location: Northwestern U.S.
If interested please contact Bob Grammer: [email protected]
Item #T178 Pit Temper Furnaces (2 available). Built by Lindberg in 1987. Model #12-RO-6014414. Serial numbers serial 25913 , 25915. Working dimensions of 60" diameter x 144" deep. The
furnaces are fiber lined and electrically heated. Maximum rated temperature is 1400F. The
recurculating fan in each is in the bottom and the lid is mechanically lifted and then moved to the side
with an electric motor. Excellent condition. Asking $45,000 USD each.
Item #T177 30x30x30 Gruenberg Box Temper Furnace. Gruenberg Model B120c100, Serial #
25629, 1200°F max. Temp., Temper Furnace, Recirculation Fan, Work Zone: 30" W x 30" D x 30" H,
Overall Size: 42"Wx6'Dx5'H, Electric, 230V/3Phase/12kW, Practically new condition, not used by
current owner, Operation has been verified, Controller is European (German?) and owner can't figure
out how to fully operate it. (Controller would be easy and cheap to replace.) New in mid-1990's. OEM
still in business to support this unit. Price: $3,900 Location: West Coast U.S.
Item #T176 Lindberg Pit Temper (Air atmosphere) Furnace. 1250°F, Gas-Fired, Eclipse 600,000
BTU/hr Burner, Work Zone: 32" Diameter x 42" High, Overall Dimensions: 4ft W x 10ft D x 8ft H,
Barber-Coleman 560 Temperature Controller with Honeywell UDC Overtemperature Controller,
Honeywell Circular Chart Recorder, Fair Condition. Interior of furnace is a little banged up, but still
works fine. Location: West Coast U.S. Price: $4,500 Offers Considered
Item #T175 Box Draw Furnace. 1970 vintage, working dimensions of 5’6” deep X 9’6” wide X 4’6”
high. Operating temperature of 1400F. 2 direct fired 1 million BTU burners. Brick lined. Controls are
RKC, Johnson, Honeywell and Fireye. 575 volt, 30 amp, 3 phase. Currently installed and operating.
Best offer.
Item #T174 Aging Ovens (3 available). These precipitation furnaces were used for aluminum
aging. All are identical and 1977 vintage. 1 direct fired 1 million BTU burner in each. Operating
temperature 600F. Controls-RKC, Johnson, Honeywell. 575 volt, 60 Amp, 3 phase. Working dimensions
of 12’6” deep X 10’ wide X 8’ high. One Recirculating fan. Interior is fibre board/mild steel. Units are
installed and operating. Asking $5,000 each.
Item #T173 Tempering Oven. Car Bottom Style Draw Furnace. Working dimensions of 21’6” long
X 5’ wide X 4’ high. Built in 1978. Operating temperature of 1400F. Two direct fired burners, 1 million
BTU’s each firing into a “hot box”. 2 recirculating fans in the roof. Controls are RKC, Johnson and
Honeywell. Interior is fibre board covered with SS sheet. 575V, 30 amp, 3 phase. Temperature
uniformity is 10-15+-. Currently installed and in operation. Asking $35,000.
Item #T172 Tempering Oven. Car Bottom Style Draw Furnace. 1995 vintage, working
dimensions of 12’ deep X 5’ wide X 4’ high. 1 one million BTU direct fired burner firing into a “hot box”.
Interior is fibre board covered in SS sheet. 1 recirculating fan. Capable of a 10,000 pound load.
Currently installed but not in use. Requires a new controller. Asking $20,000.
Item #T170 Precision Quincy Tempering Oven. Model 42-1000. Working dimensions of 42 x 42 x
42 inches. Electrically heated 480V/60/3 phase. Operating temperature of 1000°F. Built in 1985. New
Price: $12,160 USD or best offer.
Item #T168 Despatch Car Bottom Oven. Working dimensions of 10” 6” wide X 50’ long X 10’ high.
Outside dimensions of 18’ wide X 51’ 4” long X 17’ 3” high. Gas fired with a maximum operating
temperature of 1250F. 480V/3ph/60cycle. Furnace is fibre lined with 2 zones of control. Two doors, one
at either end and two cars. Free standing control panel with Cutler Hammer Panel Mate PLC Controller,
Chessell digital round strip chard recorder, Honeywell digital overtemps. Excellent condition! Asking
price: $137,500.00US
Item #T167 Beavermatic Tempering Oven. Model 24x36x24GIT work load area 24" x 36" x 24"h,
750# gross load rating, operating temp. 350-1400 deg. F, 480,000 BTU indirect gas fired, 10,000 BTU
after burner retrofit package, 2 HP alloy circulation fan, NEMA 12 cabinet with Erotherm controllers &
overtemp. Instruments, Honeywell circular chart recorder. Purchased in 2002, has less than 200 hours
use. Overall dimensions are 6'-0"W X 5'-11"D X 8'-6"H. Asking Price: $25,000.00US
Item #T166 Recirculating Air Belt Tempering Furnaces (2 available). While one was built by
Standard Fuel Engineering and the second by Therm Alliance for all intents and purposes both are
virtually identical. Overall furnace width inside 6’ 6”, conveyor width 6’, height above belt 12”, furnace
overall width 11’ 6”, overall furnace length 52’, overall height 11’, furnace length 42’. Capacity at 400F
5,000 pounds/hour. Maximum operating temperature 750F. Electrically heated, maximum heating input
400KW, 480/3 phase/60HZ. Recirculating fan capacity 40,000 CFM. The Standard Fuel Engineering was
built in 1977 and the Therm Alliance was new in 1994. Price at that time was $171,600.00 USD. Both
ovens are in good shape and ready to go although not currently operating. Asking price for the
Standard Fuel unit is $30,000 USD. Asking price for the Therm Alliance furnace is $57,000 USD.
Contact us at The Monty for more detailed information.
Item #T162 Mocco Drop Bottom Furnace. Mocco Thermal Industries, drop bottom, aluminium
solution treatment furnace for sale. Working dimensions 700mm wide x 900mm high x 1,000mm deep
(27" x 35" x 40"). Foot Print: 6,000mmL x 3,000mmW x 6,000mm H. Load Weight: <500kg.
Temperature: 545deg C +/- 5deg C. Power: 76kW Voltage: 240 / 415 V Phase: 3phase Process Gases:
Nil, no atmosphere control required Water Quench: 4,500 litre Agitator: 1kW Heater: 5kW Pump:
3,500rpm Mechanical Drive 1kW. Asking Price: $45,000US. Vendor will dismantle and load into a
container.
Item #T159 Despatch V-34 Standard 500’F MOT batch oven.
E&G. 36”W x 36”D x 36”H inside dims. 3 adjustable shelves, indicating controller, high limit, motorized
exhaust. Refurbished, 90 day warranty. Asking Price: $4150.00US F.O.B.
Item #T148 Pacific Scientific Temper.
Model PKMD-50, 23" wide X 36" long x 18" high, Gas fired. 1972 Vintage. 1250 F operating
temperature. Asking Price $6,000US.
Item #T129 Lindberg Box Temper.
Estimated to be almost 20 years old but surprisingly enough don't think it was ever used and the
internals certainly look brand new. Working dimensions of approximately 12" X 12" X 18" high.
Operating temperature of 1400°F. Asking Price: $6,000 Canadian (a little over $5,000.00 US).
Immaculate condition.
Generators
Item #G146 Surface Combustion 2400 CFH Endo Generators (2 available). 1991 vintage. Gas
fired 2400 CHF capacity. Casemate control system and air cooling. 575V. Installed and in operation.
Excellent overall condition. Asking $10,000 USD each.
Item #G145 Surface Combustion 5,400 CFH Endothermic Atmosphere Generators (5
available). These are gas fired, 3 tube units each rated for 5,400 CFH. All units are identical and were
built in 1980. Air cooling. Well maintained and fully operational at time of de-installation. All
equipment stored in heated facility. Asking $25,000 USD each.
Item #G144 Surface 5600 CFH Endo Generator. Atmosphere control and water cooling. Gas
Fired. Pumps are new, catalyst is new and retorts are in good shape. Please note that in the photos the
top hats have been removed for shipping which of course means a visual inspection of the catalyst and
retorts is very easy. Asking $25,000 USD.
Item #G143 Surface Combustion Endothermic Gas Generator. Surface Combustion Endothermic
RX Gas Generator, Size: S-3-N, 3600 CFH, (currently scaled down to 2400 CFH), 3-Tube unit, One
retort tube needs replacement, S/N AC42245-1, Overall size is 8'W x 7'D x 12'H with cooler (can be
relocated for less height), As-Is, needs minor instrumentation work but combustion equipment is still
intact. Can be rebuilt or used for parts. Air cooled (no water or fans) Location: West Coast US Price:
$4,950
Item #G142 Ammonia Dissociator. Lindberg HYAM Ammonia Dissociator. Type 16-RO-1000HYAM. While we don’t have a great deal of information about this unit it was in working order when it
was removed from service, the lid insulation, breakers and gauges were replaced and overall it is in
good condition. Asking price $5,000.00 USD.
Item #G140 1000 CFH Electric Endothermic Gas Generator. Used Pacific Scientific Endothermic
Gas Generator, Model EN1000, Electric, 120V/2-phase, 15kW, 1 Zone, 1950°F max., S/N P-2214,
Elements in good condition (new in July, 2004), Retort & Catalyst probably due soon for change,
Rebuilt mixing pump installed in May 2003, Air-cooled heat exchanger (no moving parts), Honeywell
controllers, Operations manual & wiring diagrams included. Includes 480V/3phase to 120V/2phase
Transformer. Asking New Price: $3,500US Location: Northwestern U.S.
Item #G138 Seco Warwick Exothermic Generator.
20,000CFH max. North American burner and 1999 model flame controls, safeties. Unit decommissioned
in Jan 2006 in full working order. 1970 model.
Item #G137 Ammonia Dissociator, Sunbeam
Model AME-20, 2000CFH, 36 KW, 480/3/60, Approx. Dim. 90"H x 76"W x 46"D, WT. 4200 #,
refurbished with 30 day warranty. Price $21,500 US
Item #G136 Surface Combustion 5000 CFH Endo generator.
This generator appears to be in excellent condition. Gas fueled. Barber-Coleman strip with digital
recording instrumentation and over-ride controls. Max. temp: 1950°F. Approx. outside dimension:
8'5"W x 10'1"H x 8'11"L. Air cooled. Asking Price: $29,500US.
Item #G127 Gas Atmospheres Nitrogen Generator.
Model HND600. Brand new in 2001. Capacity estimated at 6000 CFH. Some spare parts are also
available. Excellent Condition. New this was just under $200,000. Asking Price: $75,000US
Induction
Item #I137 Inductoheat Lift and Rotate Machine. 40KW, 25 Khz Unipower power supply. Capable
of handling parts 12" long with a maximum weight of 5 pounds. Miller Re-coil inductor mount, single
position tooling. Pneumatic or manual indexing. Fixed AC motor rotation. Solid state quench
temperature control system. Single 450 volt, 3 phase power connection. Unipaq power supply cooling
system. Digit metering of power supply and quench functions. Annunciator type fault control with
individual indicators. Run less than 200 hours. Excellent condition. Asking $12,500 USD.
Item #I136 Inductoheat Uniscan II Units (2 available). These are identical units approximately
16 years old. Models BSP5-75-25 dual spindle scanners with 36" of travel and integrated DI water
circulation systems. 75KW, 25 KHz power supplies which can be converted to 150KW, 10KHz by
changing output transformer, Tank Capacitor and series capacitors. Currently removed from service
and in a heated warehouse. Both units need some work on scanner side (due to transportation
mishandling). This work can be done by any small shop by good maintenance people. S/N of one unit is
L7372. Asking $35,000 USD each. Vendor is available for service and start up assistance.
Item #I134 Denki Kogyo / DENKO Induction Hardening Systems (2). 50Kw 100 kHz TG3-10050 II with integrated gantry parts loaders for Toyota differential line. 2005 “as new“ condition-never in
production. Includes: 2 station HT and parts loading. quench and water cooling unit with 2 heat
exchangers, quench and cooling water circulating system, Showa exhaust system, and touch panel
controls. Mitsubishi PLC Complete set of manuals for each machine. While this is very specialized
equipment we can truly say that it is state of the art and in immaculate condition. Best offer.
Item #I129 Lepel 25kW, Medium Frequency Induction Unit. Used Lepel Model LSP-12,
25kW/30kHz, All Solid State Induction Generator, 460V Input, 3-Phase, 33kVA Typical Applications:
Brazing, Annealing, Soldering, Heat Treating, Price: $16,900US Location: Western U.S.
Item #I126 Lepel Induction Heating Generator. Model T-20-3-KC-TL 46KVA, 480V, 58Amp. 1
extra spare vacuum tube, 1 remote control console with timers for heat and quench cycles.
1 self contained cooling water refrigeration unit consisting of:
- 2ea. 5 ton independent refrigeration units
- Stainless steel glycol tank
- Automatic temperature control of distilled cooling water
- Turbine circulation pump
- Misc. tools including Lepel made induction coils and adapters
- Manuals and schematics
In Excellent condition. Asking $9,900.00 US.
Item #I124 3 kW/ 50-485 kHz Induction Heating Units. 2 Each, (new in 2000) Ameritherm Nova
StarR 3kW, 50-485 kHz Induction RF Heating units, Each has generator, 10 ft cable and heating
station, 220V 3 phase operation, Automatic resonant frequency tuning, Generator Dimensions: 17" x
8.6" x 27.1", Std. Heat Station Dimensions: 4" x 8" x 5". Shipping Wt.: 100 lb. Rack Mountable. Asking
Price: $3,900.00US/each (Terms or Rental/Lease Available). Additional units may become available.
Contact Us.
Miscellaneous
Item #M234 Transformer. FPE Dry Transformer, CAT# 50347-M, Model 36B, 54KVA at 80C, 480 V
60Hz 3 phase LV 208Y/120. New, unused. Best offer.
Item #M233 Vacuum Pump Assembly Stokes 212MBX (212-310) with flex metal bellows and MKS
control valve and Type MKS 152 pressure controller for valve. Like new. Asking $6000US
Item #M232 Vacuum Furnace Fans.
a. KB Fan 67V-3104. IGE Type P/M-25V, 5HP 1730RPM 460V/60 with 17 in. dia fan. Little used, like
new. Asking $1000.
b. KB Fan, IGE Type P/M-40C. 5HP 1150RPM 460V/60. With 23 in. dia fan Little used, like new. Asking
$3000US.
Item #M231 Sigma System Freezer. Sigma Systems Corp. Model M17CC-3 Liquid Nitrogen Freezer,
Ser # 5663, 240V, 20 Amp, Work Zone is 19”W x 19”L x 24”H. Price: 1,450 for quick sale Immediate
Availability, Location: Portland, Oregon
Item #M230 C.I. Hayes Oven. Well below value for quick sale.
C.I. Hayes Air-Circulated Oven, Type : OL, S/N 16264, Work Zone: 24” X 24” X 24” 240V/3ph/60Hz,
14Amp. Price: $1,250 Immediate Availability. Location: Portland, OR
Item #M229 Cast Alloy Trays. 13 ea. 24 x 24” cast alloy trays from a Holcroft Pusher in HU along
with 8 ea. 10” High 330 corrugated boxes. All are new. Trays are HU, boxes are 330 with mesh
bottoms. Market price today: ~ $ 27,000.00 Asking: $ 15,000.00US
Item #M228 McQuay Chiller. Model # ALR050C 50 ton capacity Air Cooled Water Chiller with: 4
Cooling Fans, 2 Compressors for refrigerant (R-22), 1 Heat Exchanger, 2 Water pumps for process and
system control panel for pumps. Unit purchased new in 2003, never installed! Asking Price:
$17,500.00US. If interested, please contact us at TheMonty.
Item # M224 Pit Furnace Fixturing. Available are three never used nesting pit furnace baskets in
RA330 material. Baskets are 20” tall x 51” ID x 54” OD. There are egg crate bottoms with screen on
top of the egg crate. They interlock in a stack, and can be lifted separately, as one. Asking $27,000
USD.
Item #M223 Inconel insert for a pit type furnace. It is in perfect condition and has been used for
Air Tempering only. The side is solid material as the pictures show and the bottom is a heavy cast grate
material. Inside Dimensions: 36" Deep by 33" Diameter. Asking Price $4500.00US.
Item #M221 B.O.C./Edwards Vacuum Pumping System. Blower Stokes Model 900.607-001x5,
Serial# RS 0037762. Pump Ser.# 12297439. 20 HP, 1750 RPM motor. Manufactured 2006. Asking
$18,000.00US
Item #M220 Cincinnati Sub-Zero Freezer. 1988 Cincinnati Sub-Zero Freezer, Model T-21-2-2-EXPS/WC, S/N 88-11124, Certified in range of -30ºF to + 25ºF, Surveyed at +/- 10ºF, 460V, 3-Phase,
60Hz, 15Amp, Work Zone Size: 24"W x 60"L x 26"H Price: $7,500US Immediate Availability, Location:
Portland, Oregon.
Item #M217 Alnor Dewpointer. Used Alnor Dewpointer, Model 7000U, in good working condition.
110V A/C, alt. 6 Volt Battery Operation, circular calculator, filter and filter material, tube connector
Price: $950.00US As-Is, with 30 day right of return for full refund. Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Item #M215 Complete Surface Combustion 7200 CFH Generator Pumping System. Includes
the roots blower, Motor, all regulators, flowmeters that were installed with the system. Also included
will be the motor starter for the mixing pump. Asking Price: $2,500US New Price: $950.00US OBO
Item #M211 Moly Nuts. 1/4-20 Moly nuts 4.50 ea, 3/8-16 Moly nuts 8.00 ea, 1/4-20 x 1" Moly studs
3.00 ea, Prices are F.O.B. South Gate CA.
Item #M203 Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Unit/TURNER ENVIROLOGIC.
A rather unusual item. Very briefly this unit is used to burn VOC's from solvent based coating
processes. This system was new in 2004 and was only used for 6 months. The current vendor
purchased it and never installed it, currently it is being stored in an indoor heated warehouse. It is in
excellent condition, complete and fully operational. A new unit this size would be approximately
$220,000 US, vendor is asking $75,000 US. Please let us know at "The Monty" if you require further
details.
Item #M197 VFS Moly Elements.
(2) new factory moly elements for a model HL36HS vacuum furnace. Asking Price: $800.00US each.
F.O.B. South Gate CA.
Item #M193 ITE Distribution Panel.
1600 AMPS 227/480 Voltage, 11 breakers ranging from 100 to 400 Amps. 1974 Vintage. Excellent
condition. Asking Price $6,000US.
Item #M175 Vanadium carbide system
fits in an area 25 x 50 feet. The coating line measures 8 feet x 28 feet, and consists of a pre-heating
furnace, the vanadium carbide coating vessel, an oil quenching tank and a wash station. Assembled
loads are moved from station to station using an overhead hoist. Controls for the line may be housed in
a remote location.
View of line from pre-heat furnace
The specifications for the production system are as follows:
1. Direct Fired Gas Preheat Furnace.
· Temperature of Operation: 650°C (1200°F) · 425,000 Btu/hr input · Work chamber 36 inches X 36
inches X 36 inches · Automatic cover drive
2. Gas Fired Retort Furnace for VC coating
· Temperature of Operation: 1065°C (1950°F) maximum · Type 310 alloy retort, 24 inch diameter X 36
inch deep, 3/8 inch thick · Two zone gas fired burner system (total 750,000 BTU/hr gross) · Work
locator and support rails for positioning fixtures · Automatic cover drive
3. Radiant Tube Gas Fired Oil Quenching Tank
· Designed to quench 1000 pounds maximum from VC treatment temperature · Operating temperature
200-250°F, variable speed quench agitator · Internal bath size 60 inches X 72 inches X 48 inches deep
( quenching shroud 36 inches X 36 inches X 36 inches),
Oil capacity 850 gallons. · Rated at 300,000 BTU/hr heating capacity · Air cooled quench oil heat
exchanger
4. Radiant Tube Gas Fired Hot Water Rinse Tank
· Internal size 42 inches X 42 inches X 56 inches deep · Rated at 65,000 BTU/hr, 180°F operating
temperature · Submerged spray educator system
5. Load/unload Station for Fixture
6. Variable Speed Mixer for VC Salt
7. The equipment was designed by Metlab. The equipment was manufactured by Upton Industries in
Detroit.
3. The pot size, as shown is 24 inches diameter by 36 inches deep x 3/8 deep. The retort for the
system currently needs repair/and or replacement.
The equipment is approximately three years old, and has seen relatively light usage. Except for the
retort, it is in almost new condition.
Asking Price: $85,000.00US.
Item #M164 AGF D/A Generator.
1500 CFH. Model 7.5 Serial#831341.Natural gas Fired. Retort recharged in 1995 using Koeble nickel
catalyst. At the same time the electrical system and valve system were also rebuilt. Since that time it
has really not been used. Appears to be in good shape although it is missing the controller (an Omega
CN 4401TR-A) and the blower is missing. Shipping weight 2,000 pounds, overall height is 7' 2".
Electrical ladder diagram available. Asking price $9,000 US.
Item #M149 Surface Combustion Charge Car.
Single ended unit for use with a Surface Super 30 Allcase furnace. 575V. In operation until very
recently. Currently in indoor heated storage. Reasonable condition. Asking $9,000 US.
Item #M148 Surface Combustion Washer.
For use with a Super 30 Allcase furnace. Early 1980's vintage, spray only, electric with 2 new heaters.
Model VC-42278-1. 65 KW, 480 Volt. 200F maximum operating temperature. Good condition. Asking
$10,000 US.
Salt
Item #S007 Salt Bath System.
Automatic Upton used for only 3 years. Capable of
Austempering/Martempering. Excellent instrumentation package complete with Pre-Wash, Pre-Heat,
High Heat, Quench, Air Cooled Station, Temper, Post Rinse and wash. Swing arm transfer mechanism,
side mount hoist, rated at 800 lbs/hr complete with canopy enclosure load & unload station. Asking
Price: $135,000.00
Item #S006 Molten Salt Bath. Molten Salt Bath comes with 2 rinse tanks. This system is gas fired. It
comes complete with overhead crane and catwalk. This 4 year old machine has lots of new parts and
was engineering by Kolene Corp. Designed for cleaning parts. Work area of 6’ X 6’ X 6’. Currently
installed but not in use. Salt capacity is 30,000 pounds and the salt is available. New design tank with
angled bottom. Capable of 900F. Comes with numerous spares including 7 new burner tubes. Asking
price $295,000 USD, new this would be approximately $700,000. Excellent condition. Further details
available upon request.
Item #S005 Ajax Salt Bath Furnace. Type HX. Working dimensions of 12” diameter X 24” deep.
Maximum temperature 1650°F. Pot is constructed of Inconel material. Salt Furnace Power: 25Kw,
Volts: 460, 3 Phase 60 Hertz 32 Amps. Also included is some high temperature neutral salt and some
Quick Cure 275 salt from Hubbard-Hall. Purchased new in 2002 for $16,000 USD. Asking $4,600 USD.
Item #S004 Automated Straight Salt Line. Consists of preheat, high heat, quench, draw, rinse an
rust inhibitor tank. Installed but not running. Line was shut down within the past 2 months. Capacity is
800 pounds/hour. High heat has working dimensions of 24" wide X 24" long X 30" deep. Complete,
ready to go and in good condition. All offers will be considered!
Item #S003 Upton Industries Automated Salt Line. This was brand new in 2003 and is currently
installed but not in use. It has a rated capacity of 1200 pounds/hour and the high heat pot has
dimensions of 27" Wide X 23" Long X 30" Deep. The line includes a prewash, preheat, high heat,
quench, draw, rinse, rust inhibitor tank and dryer. The high heat was operating at 1600F and the
quench is rated up to 900F. New in 2003 this line was over $500,000 USD. Best offer. MUST GO
QUICKLY!
Vacuum Furnaces
Item #VF186 Vac Aero 2 Bar Vacuum Furnace. Model 4848, new in 1997. Working dimensions of
36”w x 30”h x 48”lg, 2400 deg F max temperature. Carbon felt with carbon graphoil face, moly
elements. Controls are Honeywell DPR3000 chart recorder, Honeywell DCP 700 controller, Honeywell
UDC 3000 overtemp. Edwards vacuum gauge controller. 600V main power. Quench is a 75 hp motor,
4500 cfm rated system. Selectable for either .85 or 2 bar quenching. Pumping system is a standard
Stokes 1722 package, 615 booster/412 roughing pump. Hot zone is operational, pumps are in
reasonable conditions, overall this furnace is in good condition. Asking Price: $180,000 USD .
Item #VF184 CI Hayes Continous 2 Bar Vacuum Furnace. This is a used, 1985, C.I.Hayes, model
CVPQ-091872, 2 bar pressure quench furnace system rated for 2400'F and continuous, batch-indexing
operation. Every 15 to 20 minutes another completed load exits the furnace and a new load enters the
furnace. Each load is 9" high x 18" wide x 24" long with a gross weight capacity of roughly 125 lbs.
Ideal customers are those who vacuum braze (i.e., fuel filter canisters), who need to thru-harden
machined parts (pins, shafts, tool steels, high speed steels, etc.) or who need to bright vacuum anneal.
The equipment is fully connected and running parts - available for immediate resale. (Note: No vacuum
pump sold with package.... customer wants to hold onto his pump as a back-up for other vacuum
pumps in their shop.) There is a large spare parts list - including a spare, never used, fully relined
heating cage, heating elements, hearth rails, etc.
Item #VF183 Wellman 6 Bar Bottom Load Vacuum Furnace. This is a 6 bar bottom loading
vacuum furnace built in 1988 by Wellman, maximum load weight is 2000 pounds at 2400F. Working
dimensions of 48" diameter x 54" high. Furnace is currently installed but has only run one time since
2001. A few more details; surveyed at +-10F at 2150F. Brand new Stokes 615 MHR. Rebuilt, never
run, Stokes 412 HII. Rebuilt Welch 1402. Rebuilt and cleaned Varian 18” Diffusion pump. Controller,
programmable Honeywell DCP 700. Televac II. GE Series One PLC; Full ladder logic on floppy, CD,
dedicated lap top computer and hard copy ($5,000 new). Furnace has full manual, spare part list,
broken down operations procedures. Hot zone is useable but does require a burnout. Overall in very
good condition. Price to come.
Item #VF182 Ipsen Vacuum Furnace Load Cart for H5448-2 TurboTreater. Ipsen Vacuum
Furnace Load Cart, Manual with hydraulic lift, Fits Ipsen H5448 size TurboTreater vacuum furnace (or
?), New, never used, (hydraulic jack missing), Price: $3,500 Location: West Coast U.S
Item #VF180 Abar 3000ºF, All-Metal HR-20x24 Vacuum Furnace. 1981 Abar Model HR-20x24,
1-Bar Vacuum Furnace, Ser# BM-721, 3000°F Rating (3050°F Short Term), All-metal 6-Layer Moly Hot
Zone in good condition, Work Zone: 18"W x 10"H x 24"D, (wider alternate work zone by raising hearth
level), Moly Elements and Moly Hearth, 400 lb Load Rating at 2400°F, Honeywell DCP-551 upgraded
temperature control (out of panel in photo), Fredericks cold cathode/TC combination vacuum
instrument, Honeywell recorder(s), W-WRh control thermocouples, Single Owner since new, Design
Uniformity: +/- 10°F, Diffusion pumped with refrigerated cryotrap, Varian/NRC Model HS-16 diffusion
pump, Stokes Model 212MB mechanical pump and blower pump package, vane-style holding pump, No
gas-cooling fan or heat exchanger (can be added at additional cost), 80 kVA VRT, heating power with
SCR rectifier, NEMA-12 Control Panel, Abar LT-20 Loader, Utilities: 115 kVA total power,
220V/3ph/60Hz input power, Water requirement is 15 GPM at 60-90 PSI, 90°F min., 80-120 PSI Air, 25
SCF Nitrogen per cycle for backfill, OEM Parts & Service still fully supported by Ipsen (Rockford, IL)
800-727-7625, ext 253 Price: $98,500US (discount available if purchased before moved to storage)
Location: East Coast US
Item #VF178 Ipsen VFC-321 Vacuum Furnace. Ipsen Model VFC-321R Work Zone: 24”W x 36”D x
12”H Max. Design Temperature (with current style hot zones): 2100F Hot Zone Condition: Described as
“excellent, recently new” Hot zone was replaced and only had a few runs before this furnace was put in
mothballs for capacity reasons 3 years ago. Operation was typically in the 1400-1650F range. Has been
stored in place (indoors) and still connected until just recently disassembled for removal. Vacuum
Pumps: 12” Ipsen Diffusion Pump (removed from chamber for shipment) Stokes 212H-11 Mechanical
Pump with Gas Blower (Stokes or Roots) Controls: Honeywell 7700 Temperature Control Current
Status: Disassembled, Shrink wrapped and ready for loading Approx. Shipping Weight: 17,000 lb.
Asking Price: $45,000US (or buy both Item #VF178 and #VF179 together for a discounted package
price
Item #VF177 High-Temp Sintering Furnace. 2006 "The Furnace Source" High-Temperature
Sintering Furnace Barely Used - As New Condition 16" X 16" X 31" Graphite Work Box Pallet full of Misc
Graphite Trays for Production Cold Wall Furnace Argon/Nitrogen Backfill Yokogawa Programmer to 2200
C Max Rated Furnace Operating Temperature C-More Micro-Graphic Programming Software
DirectSOFT5 Programming Software Thermocouple Retractor and Optical Pyrometer This vacuum
furnace is capable of achieving low vacuum levels and 2200 C Temperature Equipped with mechanical
vacuum pump and Roots blower Graphite Heater Elements Operates at vacuum, partial pressure, or
atmosphere The furnace is designed to run in rough vacuum, partial pressure, or atmosphere whereby
all valves and controls are directed by the furnace's PLC. Partial Pressure - 2 Torr Roughing Torr
Setpoint - 1 Torr The "ding" in the lower panel was caused by a rigger - it has since been repaired.
Winner Pays All Freight and Rigging Package Sold "AS IS". Asking Price: $200,000US
Item #VF176 6-Bar Vacuum Heat Treating Furnace. 1996 Vac Aero, 6-Bar Pressure Quench
Vacuum Heat Treating Furnace, Model # VAH 4848 MP6, Work Zone: 36"W x 48"D x 30"H, (Alternate
load size by raising hearth: 48"W x 48"L x 22"H), 2400°F, 200 HP 10,000 CFM External Cooling Blower,
480V/3Phase/60Hz, 285kVA, Hunterdon VRT Power Supply, 2,000,000 BTU/hr Gas Cool Heat
Exchanger, Load Rating: 2500 lb. at 2400°F, Vacuum Pumps: Stokes 412-11 with Roots 615RGS
Blower, Honeywell S9000 Temperature Controller with UDC3000 Hi-Limit, Edwards AGC Vacuum
Control. Currently still installed, but will be removed for storage later in December. Removal costs will
be added to price. Includes water cooling system and Loader Price: $295,000US Location: Midwestern
U.S.
Item #VF174 CI Hayes Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace. Model VSQD091824, built in 1989. Work
zone is approximately 9" high x 18" wide x 24 " long. Capacity approximately 200 pounds. Insulation is
graphite, heating elements are solid graphite. Maximum operating temperature is 2400 degree F.
Hearth level is 48 1/2". Total power 75 KW, connected load 60 KW (heating chamber). Operating range
500 microns. Voltage: 575v.
Footprint:
O/A Width: 12’-2”
O/A Depth: 14’-4” + 26” (Stationary roller table) + 30” (load cart) = 19’-0”
Vessel Height: 3’-0” deep pit + 9’-0” above floor = 12’-0”
O/A Height (with piping and relief valve): 3’-0” deep pit = 11’-2” above floor = 14’-2”
Roller table and load cart heights (from floor with vessel recessed 3’-0” into floor): 48.5”
Our room size: 19’-6” wide x 24’-0” deep
Min. comfortable room size: 16’-0” wide x 23’-0”
Load Cart: Yes, Gas Quenching: Yes
Furnace is currently installed. Overall this unit is in excellent condition! Asking $70,000.00.
Item #VF172 Ipsen Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnace. Model VVFC(BL) 48X60(24)R. For
operating temperatures to 2400°F with inert gas partial pressures: Vacuum Chamber - 76" diameter x
95" high, stainless steel with carbon steel water jacket. Hot Zone - 48" diameter x 60" high, graphite
element Graphite fiber insulation 3,000 lbs. gross load at 2400°F Pumping System - Mechanical booster
pumping system not included 32" diameter, 32,000 l/s diffusion pump. Power Supply - 450 kW, 460
volts, 3 phase, 60 Hertz, VRT. Cooling System - 40hp, recirculated inert gas at 700 torr. Control
Instrumentation - Honeywell DCP700 temperature controller - Honeywell DC300 overtemperature limit
Vacuum Instrumentation - Televac II - 2 station TC gauge. Asking Price: $50,000US
Item #VF169 Ipsen Model VFC-427-R. Built in 1966. Working dimensions of 24” X 36” X 12”.
Operating temperature of 2400°F. 1 Bar Nitrogen quenching. The hot zone has been removed for
maintenance. Construction is Graphite board with graphite rod elements but it will require work. Asking
$20,000US
Item #VF168 Lindberg 2 Chamber Vacuum Furnace. Working dimensions of 24” X 36” X 20”.
Capable of both .85 Nitrogen quenching and oil quenching. Operating temperature of 2150°F. Complete
but in need of some work. Asking $20,000.00
Item #VF167 Ipsen Model VFC-321. Built in 1966. Working dimensions of 24” X 36” X 12”.
Operating temperature of 2400°F. 1 Bar Nitrogen quenching. Hot zone needs work. Asking $20,000.
Item #VF166 Surface Combustion Vacuum Furnace. Working dimensions of 24” X 36” X 12”.
2400°F operating temperature. 1 Bar Nitrogen quenching. Asking $20,000.00. Complete but will need
hot zone repairs.
Item #VF154 Large Diameter Crystal Growth Furnace based on patented process. Can be used as
a large vacuum annealer. 12 foot diameter by 16 foot tall. 2ea 20" diffusion pumps and pneumatic
valves. Comes complete with Allen Bradley Slick 500 control panel with ladder logic controlling two
each 120KW power loops manufactured by Spang Electronics. All schematics included. Vacuum levels
sustained at 0.5mmTorr at temps of 1600°C. Graphite resistive heaters used along with Polycarbon
rigid felt insulation. Asking Price: $110,000US
Item #VF144 CI Hayes Vacuum Oil Quench/Carburizing Furnace. Honeywell control system.
Working dimensions are 48" deep, 30" wide by 32" high. Equipped with an automated vacuum
carburizing system which was retrofitted approximately 5 years ago by CI Hayes. The voltage is 480V
60 Hz. The maximum hot zone temperature is 2200deg F. It uses a 412/615 pumping system which is
capable of 8.0 X 10-3 Torr. The furnace includes two load carts and a batch gas fired wash system.
Furnace is in good operating condition and is currently in heated indoor storage. S/N 16099 Asking
Price: $89,000CDN New Price: $79,000CDN
Vacuum Pumps
Item #VP114 B.O.C./Edwards Vacuum Pumping System. Blower Stokes Model 900.607-001x5,
Serial# RS 0037762. Pump Ser.# 12297439. 20 HP, 1750 RPM motor. Manufactured 2006. Asking
$18,000.00US
Item #VP113 BOC Edwards Vacuum Pump. Specs are: 900-612-030-XS 20 HP. Single motor dual
drive. BOC -900-607-001XS. MFG. Date 6/27/06. Asking Price: $20,000.00US.
Item #VP112 35" CVC Diffusion Pump & Torr Cryotrap. Warranty Rebuilt CVC Model PMC-32C, 35
inch, 50,000 l/s, 440Volt Diffusion Pump, Direct replacement for Varian NHS-35, with minor change in
foreline piping length, Also available: Torr Vacuum Products Model RVS322C Cryogenic Baffle All
components are rebuilt, primed and painted, ready for immediate use. (12 Mo. Warranty) Discounted
price, only if you purchase both at once is $23,900US Total West Coast Location (Coeur d'Alene, ID Zip
83814)
Price: Warranty Rebuilt
35"
Diffusion
Alone
35"
Ref.
Alone
Pump
Cryobaffle
$12,900US Alone
$13,500US Alone
After rebuild.
Business Opportunities
Item #0395 Pyrometry Technicians: We are a nationwide firm specializing in aerospace pyrometry.
We are looking for full time positions in Wichita and CT. Training is provided for up to 2 months. Offer
will include a salary, computer, cell phone, and health insurance reimbursement. All travel is paid for
up front. This individual should be prepared to travel up to 80 percent. Heat treating experience in
aluminum and steel, vacuum heat treating, and familiarity with aerospace specifications is a strong
plus. Please submit any interest to [email protected]
Item #O394 Vacuum Heat Treatment Operator. The applicant should be familiar with Tool Steels
and Aerospace Heat Treatment. This position requires the applicant to work continental evening shifts.
Position is in Southern Ontario, Canada. Interested applicants should send their resume to
[email protected]
Required Skills:
strong communication skills
mechanically inclined
able to lift up to 50 pounds
safe and organized
able to follow instructions
willing to learn
positive attitude
reliable and dependable
training will be provided
Item #O393 Product Sales Manager: Need individual, with promotional potential, to plan and direct
sales and service programs to promote new markets, and improve company's competitive position.
Confers with potential customers to ascertain equipment, supplies and service needs. Works with
Engineering and other technical staff to develop solutions for customer needs. Prepares detail technical
and commercial proposals. Selects and directs activities of international commissioned sales
agents/Reprs. Listens to and advises customers on types of equipment to purchase. Reviews trade
sources to keep abreast of technical developments. Develops cost effective practices for dissemination
of trade info. Advises senior mgt. of new product initiatives and developments.
Company is located in a highly desirable area of the West Coast. Company is engaged in the worldwide
sales of metallurgical equipment designed for the specialty metals industry.
B.S or M.S. degree in Materials/Metallurgical Engineering Or similar engineering degree required. 5-10+
years experience in specialty furnace equipment or similar or related specialty metals industries;
preferably in a Sales and marketing capacity. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills also
required. For consideration for this position email your resume to [email protected] or mail
your resume to A. L. Singmaster Personnel Services; POB 708; Devon, PA 19333
Item #O392 General Manager/Director of Quality.
More than 25 years of hands-on experience in operations, metallurgy and quality in the forging
and foundry industry, related heat treatment and metalworking manufacturing methods.
Implement lean strategies to increase efficiencies in manufacturing output and improve
customer deliveries.
Work closely with personnel at all levels of an organization in order to accomplish set goals and
targets
A well-rounded individual that understands all aspects of a business structure including
operations, quality, marketing and sales and finance and administration.
Proficient in utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project.
Please contact us at themonty if you would like to get in touch with this person.
Item #O391 Heat Treating Manager/Sales. Over thirty years experience in growing a heat treating
business and satisfying customers. Graduate Metallurgist proficient in Atmosphere, Vacuum and
Induction process design. Built and installed quality operating systems ISO and TS Automotive. Design
and commission high volume, automated induction heat treating systems. I can be contacted at 440318-5366 or e-mail Dan Lipnicki at [email protected].
Item #O390 Bodycote America's President. Bodycote America's Thermal Processing President,
Martyn Wilton, has decided to step down after a very long and successful career with Bodycote. We are
searching internally and externally for the very best person to lead our Americas group. This group has
responsibility for over $300,000,000 of sales generated in 50 facilities in 5 countries by over 2,500
associates. Americas is headquartered in Dallas Texas. The President of Americas reports directly to the
Bodycote plc Chief Executive Officer in the UK. The President of Americas will be responsible for
growing the business profitably through operational excellence, customer satisfaction and employee
growth and retention. Critical to the success will be this person’s ability to reach out and engage new
customers and build strong customer loyalty through meeting and exceeding customers expectations
for reliable delivery and consistent quality. The President, along with his or her management team, will
be expected to continue to drive for the next level of performance and meet the increasing expectations
of the group. As a change agent the President will be able to energize, transform and drive the
organization to achieve excellence in the eyes of customers and employees. The ideal candidate will
have an education in engineering, successful track record in leading multiple locations to excellent P&L
performance. Development of people must be a top priority so we can continue to grow our business
successfully. If you believe you have the ability to lead this dynamic business please send your CV to
Alan Madden, Director of Human Resources Americas, by e-mail at [email protected]
www.bodycote.com
Item #O389 Mechanical Engineer. Industrial furnace manufacturer located in
Chicago, IL looking for a mechanical engineer. AutoCad skills are a must.
Experience is a plus. Refer to www.armilcfs.com for more information. Please
send resumes to [email protected]
Item #O388 Heat Treating QA Manager. Looking For A Position QA Professional with over 20 years
experience with heat treating and manufacturing seeking a position with a progressive, growing
company. Willing to relocate to any area of the US for the right package. Expert in the area of heat
treating requirements of the automotive industry, including all related PPAP/APQP documentation, as
well as TS 16949 requirements. I have hands-on experience with nearly every type of heat treatment
process, including vacuum, oil and salt quench, induction, belt brazing, etc. ASQ Certified Quality
Engineer, Certified Lead Auditor, Certified Mechanical Inspector. Trained in Toyota Production System,
Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen. Experienced with magnetic particle and dye penetrant inspection of
heat treated parts and assemblies. If Interested please contact [email protected]
Item #O387 SENIOR VACUUM PROJECT ENGINEER. IMMEDIATE OPENING for a Senior Vacuum
Project Engineer. This Company is an OEM of industrial heat treat equipment with a Vacuum Product
Department. The candidate must have proficient engineering and management skills to effectively lead
the strategy and execution of vacuum furnace sale orders from product design to completion of
installation and start-up. Responsibilities include oversight of project sales, estimating, engineering,
design, and field service. Work with a technical staff of engineers, designers and field service. Analyze
technical engineering problems, and advise department employees of possible solutions. Interface
effectively with customers on critical issues. The Company is looking for a candidate with 7+ years of
mechanical engineering design experience; with 5+ years experience reviewing vacuum furnace
designs for form, fit, and function; with 3+ years knowledge of the United States vacuum furnace
market and customer technical requirements. Competitive market salary, benefits and relocation
offered for the right candidate.
If interested please contact [email protected]
Item #O386 Mechanical Engineer. Premier Furnace Specialists, Inc., an OEM of Thermal Processing
Equipment, is expanding the engineering team. We are looking for a mechanical engineer, preferably
with experience in designing heat treat equipment.
Duties would include:
Mechanical design of furnace equipment and auxiliary components
Research qualified vendors and follow-up on material orders
Assist in preparation of technical proposals and equipment operating instructions
Assist in the de-bug and start-up of equipment
If you are interested, please submit your resume to: [email protected]
23850 Freeway Park Drive
Farmington Hills, MI 48335
Tel: (248) 596-9000
Fax: (248) 596-9001
www.premierfurnace.com
Item #O385 Sales Representatives. Solar Manufacturing, a leading manufacturer of vacuum
furnace systems is expanding the U.S. sales team. We are looking for manufacturer’s sales
organizations and/or sales agents with experience in selling heat treat equipment/supplies. If you are
interested, please submit resume/line card to Peter Reh, VP Sales at [email protected] or mail to
1983 Clearview Rd., Souderton, PA 18964.
Item #O384 Annealing Capacity Available. A captive heat treater in the Chicago area who anneals
stainless steel parts finds they have excess capacity. They process parts in a humpback furnace using a
mixture of 75% hydrogen and 25% nitrogen. This furnace has a 32" wide belt and can handle parts up
to 28" long and 11 3/8" high. If you would like a quote from this experienced heat treater please let us
know at [email protected]
Item #O379 Quality Control Manager. Large Capacity Heat Treat Facility located in New England is
looking for a Quality Control Manager. Qualified candidates should have experience in vacuum and
atmosphere heat treatment, and vacuum furnace brazing with a thorough understanding of Nadcap and
AS9100 requirements.
Ideal Candidate:
Minimum of 5 years experience in quality position within a heat treat facility
Bachelors Degree preferably in Metallurgical Engineering
Familiar with Prime Aerospace and Industry Specifications
Knowledge of an array of corrective action and problem solving methods
APQP Process – PPAP functions
Multi-Tasking
Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage and directly Supervise all laboratory personnel
Company Representative for all audits performed on site
Process Improvement throughout the facility
Maintain quality and corrective/preventative action system
Supervisor pyrometry functions performed internally
Interested candidates should submit resumes to [email protected]
Item #O374 Experienced Fastener (Screws and Bolts) Professional Engineer. 35years of in depth,
initially hands on, background in the production of Specialty Fasteners for a wide scope of industries.
Participated in the actual building and outfitting of a fastener plant starting with a 10,000ft2 and
resulting in a 60,000ft2 state of the art plant for build to print production facility. It has the ability to
fabricate, heat treat, apply electroplated surface finishes and certify the part in the on site accredited
laboratory. To the present day I am involved with many day-to-day activities including General
Administration, Quality Assurance, Forensic Metallurgy, Production Processes, Quotations for Special
Products, Sales and Sourcing of items the plant is not equipped to handle. Some of my specific abilities
include materials engineering, ferrous metals heat treating, failure analysis, Technical Auditor for the
Standards Council of Canada and Honorary Instructor for the Materials Engineering Institute, a branch
of the American Society for Materials of Cleveland, Ohio. Please contact The Monty for a resume –
quoting Item #.
Item #O373 Heat Treat Supervisor. Klein Tools has been a leading manufacturer of hand tools
servicing professionals around the world for over 150 years. We are seeking a heat treating
professional to supervise our batch and continuous heat treating production lines.
The qualified candidate must have at least five years experience in heat treating with leadership skills
in training, coaching, and developing employees. A high school diploma or equivalent work experience
and some form of heat treating school with a certificate of completion is a must. Good analytical and
math skills as related to production are also required.
We offer a competitive salary, 401k, profit sharing, tuition reimbursement, medical/dental/life
insurance, and a challenging work environment. For consideration for this opportunity, email your
resume to [email protected] or mail to Klein Tools, Human Resources, 7200 McCormick
Blvd., Skokie, IL 60076.
Item #O372 Maintenance Engineer. We are a commercial metal heat-treating company with long
history located at Pomona, California, seeking a motivated maintenance engineer to join our key
management team.
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER
Pomona, CA
Mon-Fri: 6.30am-3.00pm (some working outside normal hours)
50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD /year, depending on experiences. Medical, vacation and paid holidays
after three months;
The work is varied and the successful applicant will be responsible for the smooth running and upkeep
of plant and services at the site.
Your main responsibilities will include:
-plan the routine maintenance of plant, equipment and machinery
-attend breakdowns
-diagnose faults
-oversee time-critical repairs
-additional duties as outlined in job description
The successful candidate will have sound mechanical knowledge and a suitable electrical qualification
(IEE 16th Edition or equivalent). In addition to knowledge of industrial electrical installations,
experience of heat treatment furnaces, endo generator or instruments for monitoring and controlling is
an advantage.
You will be practical and self-motivated. Being able to work under his/ her own initiative you will have
excellent communication skills striving to provide the best customer service.
We offer competitive salary and benefit packages commensurate with experience and also the
opportunity for further training and career prospects. We believe in developing our people, harnessing
their enthusiasm and inspiring them to excel.
To apply, send in your CV and Cover letter to: [email protected]
Item #0371 Heat Treating Salesman with twenty plus years in the Industry is seeking employment
with the same as a multi state salesperson covering, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and
Western New york for thermal processing of components made for the Aerospace / Aircraft, Medical
Implants and the Automotive Industries. I am familiar with ISO 9000,TS,NADCAP approvals systems. If
interested please contact The Monty with your interests and forward your company name and contact
information.
Item #O367 Quality Manager. A Heat Treat Company located in the Midwest is looking for a Quality
Manager. This person will be responsible for:
- Maintaining and managing Company quality systems (ISO/TS) to assure that all products
manufactured by the company meet customer specifications
- Interfacing with customers to find resolutions to problems with in-process or final product acceptance.
- Managing a team of quality personnel and document control
Job Requirements:
- 5-10 years experience as a Quality Engineer or Quality Manager in a manufacturing environment.
- Bachelors Degree preferred.
- Extensive knowledge of AS-9100 and all applicable military inspection and quality standards.
- Fluent in root cause analysis and the 5 Why approach.
Interested individuals should contact “The Monty”.
Item #O364 Experienced Heat Treat Consultant. Marty Keylon has almost 30 years of experience
in the California heat treating market. He has done it all from setting up heat treating shops from
scratch, acting as General Manager for commercial heat treating operations, rebuilding furnaces-you
name it Marty has done it when it comes to heat treating. After a brief sabbatical Marty is interested in
different opportunities as a consultant working with different Heat Treat Companies, acting as a project
manager for new projects or possibly accepting a full time position. More information available if
needed. Please contact The Monty if interested - quoting Item #.
Item #O363 Process Metallurgist. To provide leadership and support to all phases of ferrous alloys
(steel and cast iron) heat treat environment at our Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa facility,
including supervision of lab technicians. Degree in Metallurgy or related field as well as 5 years minimum
experience in a manufacturing heat treat environment. Please send resumes to: [email protected].
Check us out at www.ahtweb.com
Item #O361 Metallurgical Engineer with BS and more than 18 Years of Strong Experience in
Induction Heat Treatment Process Development of All Automotive Parts. Expertise in the Following
Areas: • ISO-14001&TS-16949,CQI-9 Audit • PPAP&DEO • Quality, SPC • ISO 9001, QS9000, Ford Q-1
• Design and implementation of Induction Heat treatment • AISI, ASE,ASM Please contact The Monty
for a resume - quoting Item #.
Item #O359 BS Metallurgist with extensive experience in automotive, aerospace, and commercial
products. 30 years experience in heat treating, plating and surface treatments. Extensive background in
Induction hardening, carburizing and carbonitriding (gas and vacuum), nitriding and nitrocarburizing
(gas, vacuum, and ion), through hardening, and annealing. Vacuum furnaces, IQs, Continuous, pits salt
baths, marquenches, car bottoms, bell furnaces, and high and low frequency induction. Expertise in
ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy. Long term experience in NDT- Mag. particle, Penertant (Zyglo and
visible dye), eddy current, Ultrasonics, Acoustic Emmisions, and Radiography (real time and film).
Extensive experience in Quality. Familiar with ISO 9000 and TS 16949 quality systems. Former Quality
Manager and Quality Director. Process and new product development experience. Patents in
Nitrocarburizing, Joining, and Aircraft Propulsion. Willing to relocate for the right opportunity. Please
contact The Monty for a resume - quoting Item #.
Item #O358 An Experienced Engineer primarily in the field of vacuum technology, having worked
for BOC Edwards vacuum for almost 30 years, and am currently looking for a new career. Over my
career with BOC Edwards, I have led many teams of sales and marketing professionals develop sound
and profitable results. I believe I can help any company establish new markets for their products and
services and will endeavour to deliver beyond expectations. In particular, I am an expert in the field of
helium leak detection, and dry pumping, and have taught many classes in the design and proper
operation of all types of vacuum equipment. I also have particular skills in the following areas; Sales
Management Marketing Management P + L Management Key Account Management Strategic Planning
Organizational Development Product Management Channel Strategy Product Development. Please
contact The Monty for a resume - quoting Item #.
Item #O354 Professional Salesperson looking to grow your business. Experienced in all aspects of
heat treating and has gained the respect of top executives in the metal working industry. Along with a
quality background, this gentleman has a proven track record for increased sales. Other qualities include
leadership, training and management skills. If you are looking for a strong and experienced salesperson
contact The Monty for complete details and contact information, please include the Item #.
Item #O348 Materials Engineer, presently employed with one of the leading automotive components
manufacturer since last six (6) years. I have additional two (2) years of hands on experience as a
metallurgist with two other organizations in automotive industry. During these years, I have successfully
led and / or contributed to numerous projects related and to materials and processes development.
While my educational and prior work background has always revolved around heat treating and surface
modifications, I have served on variety of positions (both directly and indirectly) including
manufacturing, quality, product engineering, and research & development.
My educational background includes a masters degree in metallurgical and materials engineering from
one of top schools in Midwest United States. Additionally, I am currently on my way to earn an MBA
degree from another top business schools from New England area. I am confident that having
knowledge of business / operations management is only going to help me excel in my technical job by
leading and managing activities that are in line with organizational and business goals.
I am seeking new career opportunities for mainly two reasons: to diversify my experience by working on
different challenges and to advance my career. With my experience as a materials engineer and
knowledge of business management I am looking forward to take on different opportunities that entail
increasing responsibilities. Presently, I am authorized to work for any employer in the U.S., however, I
am open to relocation anywhere in North America. I am also willing to give a serious consideration to
right opportunities elsewhere in the world.
Please let us know if you would like to see his resume.
Item #O337 Heat Treating Services Unlimited, Inc. (HTSU) is seeking a Technician to perform
calibrations, repair/corrective maintenance services for temperature control systems and
instrumentation at different client locations throughout the Southeast. This field service position
requires a focus on customer service and a quality conscious work ethic. Overnight travel is required.
Our technicians calibrate, troubleshoot, install and service control instruments, as well as perform
temperature uniformity studies on industrial furnaces used for steel processing. Wee utilize state-ofthe-art equipment with a focus on electronic technology for our primary source of data collection,
management and communication
HTSU is a rapidly growing company with aggressive long-term goals. We employ motivated and
organized self-starters and offer opportunities for growth and advancement.
Qualifications
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Must enjoy working with people and solving problems
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Must have good electrical and mechanical aptitude
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Must have basic computer skills for communication
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Have the ability to work with basic hand tools
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Knowledge in the use of test equipment such as millimeters/calibrators
Benefits and Compensation
HTSU provides comprehensive benefits package with competitive wages. Our benefits include:
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Medical Insurance – Healthcare
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Life Insurance
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Paid Vacation
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Personal Days
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Sick Days
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Holidays
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Company Provided Vehicle
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Daily Meal Allowances
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401(k) Plan
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Relocation Assistance (if applicable)
Please apply with résumé to Kevin Ruff eat Treating Services Unlimited, Inc. Email: [email protected]
Item #O324 Experienced Induction Heating Service/Installation Engineer Available.
• Performed equipment and system start-up at customer’s plant.
• Worked on medium frequency (0.7 KHZ – 30 KHZ), high frequency (100 KHZ – 400 KHZ) solid-state
and Tube Oscillators (Power range from 5 KW to 1200 KW).
• Tested power supplies and systems in-house before shipping to customer.
• Conducted equipment runoff in-house as well as at customer’s plant.
• Troubleshoot equipment over phone and also by visiting customers all over the world
• Provided customers with training and support in the operation and maintenance of the installed
equipment.
Available On Contract or as Fulltime employee. Contact The Monty stating Item # if interested.
Item #O250 Metallurgist Consultant.
Recently retired metallurgist wants to apply his knowledge to your problems. This will keep him sharp
and you profitable. Forty-years of experience in the following can be yours: 1. Metallurgical Laboratory
operations and supervision, 2. Heat Treat Process Development from initial concept to finished product,
with all processing, quality, and production standards generated, and capital equipment purchased and
installed, 3. Conformance of all facets of material and metallurgical process to EPA, OSHA, and Quality
Requirements (QS,ISO, Customer Specific), 4. Experience in Vendor/Customer Relations. Vendor
survey, and Approval, 5. Experience in Failure Analysis. Most experience in high- volume, automotive
type product. I am very anxious to provide this service to you on a per-job or part-time basis. Please
contact the Monty & quote the Item# to reach me.
Heat Treat Shops for Sale
Selling of Heat Treat Shops
WG Montgomery Ltd (The Monty.com) is the only company in the world that specializes in putting
buyers and sellers of commercial heat treat shops together. We have been doing this for a number of
years, have an impressive track record and will GUARANTEE that we can send prospective, serious
buyers your way.
Several commonly asked questions are below.
If you are interested in knowing more about what a Commercial Heat Treat Shop is worth click here. Do
you want to sell your Heat Treat Shop? Contact us.
What Is A Commercial Heat Treat Shop Worth?
We're going to have a rather Simplistic look at what a commercial heat treat shop is worth and offer you
a very cost effective way of getting a very precise idea of what your shop is worth. Right off the bat, the
worth of a Heat Treat shop or any business for that matter is based upon performance. A business losing
money is basically worthless, a business making lots of money is worth a great deal. So we're starting
off with the basic premise that the value of a business is based upon profitability. When it comes to
commercial heat treaters, the general rule of thumb is that to a potential buyer it is worth somewhere
between 3 and 6 times EBIDTA (Earnings before Interest, Depreciation, Taxes and Amortization). Keep
in mind though that this multiple is based upon an average profitability over the past 4 or 5 years.
From this starting point we throw in a few other factors such as capacity. A shop running at less than full
capacity (but still making money) is surprisingly worth more than a shop running at full capacity.
Logically this makes sense. A new owner can increase sales and hence profitability without having to
make a further investment into the business in the form of more equipment.
Geography always is an issue. A shop in a growing healthy area seeing an increase in manufacturing will
always be worth more than an operation in an area seeing stagnant growth. From our own experience, I
can tell you that we get a lot of requests for commercial shops in the US South east, an area seeing high
growth and virtually no requests for the US Northeast, an area seeing slow or no growth in
manufacturing.
Capabilities are again another factor that always goes into the mix. Processes that are growing such as
vacuum heat treating, vacuum carburizing and Ion Nitriding will generally appeal to potential buyer's far
more than very basic stress relieving as an example.
Management. While the large HT chains might have the ability to drop in new management to replace
the outgoing owners, I have yet to see a case where having the original management stay for some
period of time was not an enormous plus.
Customers. Show me a shop (and I've seen this in the past) where 60% of the work is coming from one
customer with no long term contract and I will show you an operation that is unsaleable. The best
product mix would be a number of medium sized customers (none amounting to more than 10% of total
sales) involved in a number of different industries such as aerospace and automotive.
Commonly Asked Questions
1) Is my inquiry confidential? 100% guaranteed! In all cases both potential buyer, seller and WG
Montgomery Ltd. will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement before the 2 parties are put in
touch.
2) Is there a fee involved? We charge a modest finders fee for our services. In some cases this is paid
by the buyer, in other cases by the vendor.
3) Will negotiations be conducted through WG Montgomery Ltd? Not unless you wish it. Generally we
put buyers and sellers together but we are not involved in the negotiations.
4) How would WG Montgomery Ltd. go about finding a buyer for our operation? We would first approach
a number of potential buyers that we have worked with in the past. In conjunction with this we would
also put a description of your shop on the site with an overview of your capabilities but not enough
details to identify the shop.
5) As a potential buyer what if I don't see what I'm looking for on your site? Please let us know what
you are looking for and we'll see what we can do. We would like to stress that we are aware of a few
shops for sale which are not mentioned on our site.
6) For more details about our commission structure please let us know using our Feedback Form.
In Parting,
We always enjoy comments, feedback and constructive criticism. Thanks for your feedback and don’t
hesitate to let us know your thoughts. Don’t forget to visit us daily at www.themonty.com.
Gord Montgomery,
W.G. Montgomery Limited
Phone: 905 271-0033 Fax: 905 271-9324
Email: [email protected]