Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News”
Heat Treatment Industry “Names in the News” On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” informs the industry about individuals in the industry making career changes-promotions, retirements, changes in direction-these are the individuals who make our headline for Friday, June 19th 2026; Steven Sumner Retiring; Steven has spent most of his…
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story
Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America? We Continue the Story Earlier this year “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an in-depth article entitled; “Is There a Shortage of Large Pit Carburizing Capacity in North America?” . The story provoked such an avalanche of interest that we are providing regular updates on this…
Used Furnace And Equipment Listings
“The Monty” has one of the largest listings for used heat treating equipment in North America. Below you will find our two most recent additions and also a categorized listing by furnace type. If you don’t find what you are looking for let us know and we will find it for you. Have equipment to sell? We are here to find you a buyer, just drop a line to [email protected]
Robotics & Automation in the Heat Treat Industry
Robotics & Automation in the Heat Treat Industry August 10th of this year we had a story entitled ” Robots in the Heat Treatment Industry-Wallwork Group” which came from a UK heat treater who recently installed a robot to help with a vacuum braze line. The press release prompted us to look at other examples of automation and robotics in the…
SECO/WARWICK Lands 9th Furnace Order from Gas Turbine Producer
SECO/WARWICK Lands 9th Furnace Order from Gas Turbine Producer SECO/WARWICK , a world leader in heat treatment technology, has signed another contract with a Global Partner from the energy industry for the delivery of a single-chamber Vector vacuum furnace with gas cooling up to 6 bar abs. This is the ninth device delivered by SECO/WARWICK to…
Auto Parts Manufacturer Reverses Course on Vacuum Carburizing
Auto Parts Manufacturer Reverses Course on Vacuum Carburizing “McGard Industries” manufactures anti-theft devices like lug nuts, wheel locks, and marine security products, and is a leading manufacturer of mechanical anti-theft devices. The firm maintains a very large, clean and modern manufacturing facility in Orchard Park, New York, USA which…
“Hi-Tech Steel Treating” Invites “The Monty” to Tour Their Plant
“Hi-Tech Steel Treating” Invites “The Monty” to Tour Their Plant Recently “Mr. Kevin Stone” of commercial heat treater “Hi-Tech Steel Treating” in Saginaw, Michigan, USA invited “Gord Montgomery” of “The Monty Heat Treat News” for a tour of his facility, a tour which took place Thursday August 14, 2025. Founded in…
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys!
Bearing Company Auctioning HT Furnaces-Call in The Scrap Guys! Timken Bearings is auctioning off a great deal of equipment at two North Carolina, USA facilities later this month-the auction includes a number of heat treat furnaces-if it didn’t include heat treat furnaces the auction mention would not grace the pages of “The Monty Heat Treat News”…
Darius Szczekocki Obituary
Darius Szczekocki Obituary Last week we mentioned the very surprising and upsetting passing of Mr. Darius Szczekocki, a very well-known figure in the North American heat treat industry-below is his obituary. “Darius Szczekocki Obituary; With heavy hearts and deep love, we announce the passing of our beloved husband and father,Darius Andrew…
PowerMax Providing “Monster” Batch IQ Furnace
PowerMax Providing “Monster” Batch IQ Furnace Based in China furnace builder PowerMax was acquired by Fengdong back in 2017-Fengdong is in turn a mammoth Chinese furnace builder, certainly one of the largest in China. PowerMax is currently manufacturing a batch IQ furnace, with a controlled atmosphere and oil quenching with a capacity of 4.5…
Lucifer Furnaces-The Official Press Release
Lucifer Furnaces-The Official Press Release Lucifer Furnaces, a leading manufacturer of heat treating furnaces and ovens for the last 80 years, has added Brett Wenger to its leadership team as Vice President of Sales. Brett will lead all sales activities for the company and will work closely with the rest of the leadership team on all aspects of…
Daimler Truck AG Optimizes Furnace Insulation to Increase Energy Efficiency
Daimler Truck AG Optimizes Furnace Insulation to Increase Energy Efficiency The new brickwork for two industrial furnaces required due to wear provided an opportunity for AICHELIN Service in late 2022 to fundamentally optimize the thermal insulation of the plants together with the customer. AICHELIN Service has successfully implemented similar…
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Hosts Uddeholm Heat Treat Academy
Captive/Commercial Heat Treater Hosts Uddeholm Heat Treat Academy Uddeholm is known around the world as a leading manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools and as such has state of the art heat treating facility around the globe. Just last week they held their “Business Academy – Heat Treatment” at their partners location, Ramada ACOS in…
Hestia Heat Treat, Wisconsin, USA Update
Hestia Heat Treat, Wisconsin, USA Update Over the course of the past couple of years we have reported on the progress of commecial heat treater “Hestia” in Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Their most recent developments included adding several used batch IQ furnaces, the photo attached shows that installation of the furnaces is almost complete. “JANUARY…
Furnace Manufacturer Poised to Deliver 2 Mesh Belt Furnace Lines
Furnace Manufacturer Poised to Deliver 2 Mesh Belt Furnace Lines We move to Italy for this news item. Meapforni is a manufacturer of a variety of different styles of heat treatment furnaces, covering everything from sealed quench to mesh belt furnaces with a number of different styles in between. They are very pleased to announce that they are…