History

American Metal Treating is a family held commercial heat treating company since 1929. Founded by Jessie Teegarden on E. 62nd Street in Cleveland, Ohio, American Metal Treating had modest beginnings.

As a conventional heat treating operation, American Metal Treating foresaw the benefits of a then new induction technology. By the early 1950's, the first induction hardening machines were installed at the E. 62nd St. facility. With several important customers in the mining industry looking for other gear and sprocket tooth hardening methods, AMT purchased new their first Ajax Magnethermic gear hardening machine in 1963. AMT was one of the first commercial heat treaters to purchase such a gear hardener.

By the late 1960's, AMT had four locations around Cleveland, offering a full range of heat treating services as well as a machine shop. Additional gear hardening equipment was acquired as more gear manufacturers began to recognize the advantages of tooth by tooth induction hardening.

As the heat treating market contracted in the late 1970's and early 1980's, AMT refocused the business to strictly induction hardening. Heat treating furnaces were sold to make way for additional induction capacity. By the late 1980's, AMT's reputation in the gear industry was recognized as a leader in tooth by tooth induction hardening services.

Through the 1990's, AMT tooth by tooth induction hardening was such a sought after service that an expansion of capacity was in order. A new building, containing a 15 ton crane bay, was built in 2000 to handle the larger industrial gears as well as add gear hardening capacity. Additional machines were installed to where AMT now has more capacity for tooth by tooth induction hardening than any other commercial heat treaters.

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