Midwest USA Commercial Heat Treater Closes Down Rotary Retort Furnaces
Going back a number of years Rotary Retort Furnaces were a common fixture in the heat treatment industry around the world-for a number of reasons the technology has largely fallen out of favor although in some applications they are still the technology of choice. As an example, automotive parts...
Ipsen Expands U.S. Service Network with New Texas-Based HUB
Ipsen announces the launch of its seventh regional Service HUB, strategically located to support customers in East Texas, as well as parts of Oklahoma and Louisiana. Officially launched in April 2025, the new HUB provides regional customers with a single point of contact for routine maintenance,...
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]
Parts Discolored? Answer These Questions First – Written By Ipsen
One of the most frequently asked questions by vacuum furnace operators is “Why are my parts discolored?” While many customers may believe they’ve thoroughly tested and inspected their equipment before reaching out to us, there are often areas that might be overlooked during the inspection process. ...
Vacuum Furnace Manufacturer Sees Strong Aerospace Recovery
Nitrex’s G-M Enterprises division in Corona, California, USA continues to gain momentum with new vacuum furnace orders from both longstanding and new customers. Most recently, a long-time repeat customer—one of the top-tier suppliers in the aerospace industry—has placed an order for a 6-bar vacuum...
Solar Atmospheres Launches Testing Facility
"Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has taken a proactive step toward enhancing operational reliability and workplace comfort by constructing a new temperature-controlled environment around their critical Haas machining centers and Marvel saws. This strategic investment was driven by the upcoming...
“Cieffe Thermal Systems” Italy
A recent business trip to Italy and Slovenia by "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty Heat Treat News" led to a series of articles about both captive and commercial heat treaters with a "healthy dose" of furnace manufacturers thrown into the mix. One of those visits was to furnace...
SEW-EURODRIVE Accepts Vacuum Furnace System for Increasing In-House Heat Treat Demands
Congratulations to the SEW-EURODRIVE heat treatment team for the completion of their fully automated in house vacuum furnace system integrated with their patented MOVITRANS® inductive energy power transfer system (pictured parallel with ECM’s transfer system rails). SEWEURODRIVE, prominent global...
“Flame Hardening Acquisition” in the North American Heat Treat Market
While some would consider "Flame Hardening" an older more basic heat treat technology it certainly does have it's place and in some situations it is the best form of heat treating available-this link is as good as any in explaining the "Advantages of Flame Hardening and Where it Should be Used". ...
Bodycote North America Promotes Scott Roberts to Sales Manager
Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater recently promoted Mr. Scott Roberts to the position of North American Regional Sales Manager. Scott has been with the company for a number of years in positions such as Market Development Manager and Account Manager. We wish him the best of luck....
UPC-Marathon Europe Appoints Panny as Head of Sales
In Europe controls company UPC-Marathon has promoted long time employee Daniel Panny to Head Of Sales Europe. Daniel has been with the company for a number of years and before UPC worked with companies such as furnace builder Aichelin. One of the photos we have shows Daniel at Nordic Traction Group...
Jeff Patterson 1959 to 2022
We regret to mention the passing of a long time heat treater in California, USA. Jeff Patterson has been involved in the industry for over 40 years, mainly involved in Quality Control. He worked with many of the heat treaters in the area including Bodycote and most recently Delta Heat Treating in...
North American Snow Storm
Most of our readers will be well aware that many parts of the USA and Canada have recently been hit by a major snowstorm. This photo was taken just in front of the offices of "The Monty Heat Treat News" in Ontario, Canada on December 28th, 2022. To give you some perspective this area has received...
Paulo and the Path to 80 Years in Business
Paulo, the largest privately held commercial heat treating company in North America recenty posted a history of the company News Archive - Paulo While we have heard it before it always makes for intersting reading as you can see below. To go with this story we would suggest reading an interview “The...
German Heat Treater Receives Pit Nitriding Furnace
Commercial heat treater Siegener Werkzeugfabrik (SWF) https://www.swf-siegen.de/ of Germany has just accepted delivery of a pit nitriding furnace with working dimensions of 69” diameter X 110” deep. This furnace, which was the last one shipped by furnace builder Rohde in Hanau, Germany in 2022 will...