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]
Dr. Karl Busch, Busch Group Co-Founder (1929–2025)
Dr. Karl Busch, Busch Group Co-Founder (1929–2025) “Dr. Karl Busch, the Busch Group co-founder and co-owner, died on July 17, 2025. He was 96. The engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur was born on April 20, 1929, in Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, and grew up in Zell im Wiesental. In 1949, he began his mechanical engineering studies at the Technical…
20 Years & 1 MILLION Loads with ECM Vacuum Furnace Technology
20 Years & 1 MILLION Loads with ECM Vacuum Furnace Technology “Pleasant Prairie, WI – July 24th, 2025 – ECM USA is excited to celebrate a fantastic milestone with one of our automotive parts manufacturing customers! 20 years ago, their ECM FLEX vacuum furnace systems started processing loads 24/7 – recently, they surpassed the 1,000,000 LOAD…
Solar Manufacturing Ships Advanced Vacuum Carburizing Furnace to Leading Aerospace Supplier
Solar Manufacturing Ships Advanced Vacuum Carburizing Furnace to Leading Aerospace Supplier Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a large, state-of-the-art vacuum carburizing furnace to a prominent aerospace company known for producing advanced, high-precision components for the global aviation and aerospace engine industry. Headquartered in North…
Bluewater Thermal Solutions and Argonne National Laboratory
Bluewater Thermal Solutions and Argonne National Laboratory Bluewater Thermal Solutions was honored to participate in a landmark event at Argonne National Laboratory, where U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright engaged in a far-reaching dialogue on the future of transportation, manufacturing, and critical materials research. As a…
Gasbarre Provides New “Drop Bottom Furnace”
Gasbarre Provides New “Drop Bottom Furnace” “Gasbarre Thermal Process Systems” of St. Marys, PA, USA recently installed and commissioned a brand new “Hyperquench” Drop Bottom furnace system for high performance heat treatment of aluminum alloys. The system is installed and running at the Wadsworth, Ohio location of “Aalberts Surface…
European Heat Treater Invests in New Vacuum Furnace
European Heat Treater Invests in New Vacuum Furnace Commercial heat treater “Trattamenti Termici Nervianesi” (T.T.N.) of Italy is known for their ability to handle extremely large parts, however in addition the firm offers vacuum hardening, Plasma Nitriding, LPC and Gas nitriding for a wide variety of smaller part-vacuum hardening is our focus…
Heat Treating of Machine Knives-“The Knife Source”
Heat Treating of Machine Knives-“The Knife Source” Last week ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” was honored to be able to visit ” The Knife Source” a manufacturer of machine knives for lumber, panel, wood chips and biomass processing companies. https://www.knifesource.com/ Located in Fountain Inn, SC, USA the company has used a tried and…
Insolvency Proceedings Initiated Against German Furnace Builder
Insolvency Proceedings Initiated Against German Furnace Builder In October of 2022 German furnace builder Linn High Therm GmbH., declared bankruptcy. It was very unfortunate as Linn has a very distinguished history in furnace building, a history which dates back over 50 years. The firm which is located in Eschenfelden (Bavaria) has always…
Ipsen Announces 2023 Training Dates and Enhancements to Ipsen U Curriculum
Ipsen Announces 2023 Training Dates and Enhancements to Ipsen U Curriculum “Ipsen’s comprehensive training course in vacuum equipment, Ipsen U, is returning in 2023 with some upgrades. Expanded course offerings will dig deeper into metallurgy, thermal processes, troubleshooting and furnace mechanics. The curriculum will also be tailored for each…
Peter Callert March 15, 1961- February 17, 2023
Peter Callert March 15, 1961- February 17, 2023 The North American Heat Treat industry lost a very good man yesterday, Mr. Pete Callert of Shelby Township, Michigan, USA. For almost 30 years Pete was President of Heat Treat Reps, Inc., an independent manufacturers rep firm servicing the North American thermal treatment industry. If we had to sum…
L&L Special Furnace Delivers a Box Furnace
L&L Special Furnace Delivers a Box Furnace L&L Special Furnace has delivered a highly uniform box furnace to a distributor of equipment to maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities located throughout the world. The L&L Model XLB124 has working dimensions of 11” wide by 10” high by 22” deep. The furnace is capable of…
UK Heat Treater Investing in More Equipment
UK Heat Treater Investing in More Equipment From one of the largest heat treaters in the UK we have this press release; “FEBRUARY 15/2023; Extra Nitriding Capacity added to Wallwork Birmingham. Increasing the total units to 8 for the group, this 940mm diameter x 1100mm deep unit will vastly increase capacity for the site and group, and help…