Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer”
Why Heat Treatment Partnerships Matter in Aerospace by “Vanessa Pfeiffer” (About the author; Vanessa Pfeiffer is Director of Strategic Market Development for Aerospace & Defence at Bodycote. She is responsible for identifying and accelerating strategic growth opportunities across the aerospace and defence sector, working closely with…
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered
USA Heat Treater Now “ITAR” Registered ( Texas Heat Treating is a family owned commercial heat treater which will be on “The Monty’s” list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” which will be published the week of June 29th) “June 2026; Texas Heat Treating is pleased to announce that the company is now registered with the…
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]
Consolidation Amongst Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters
Consolidation Amongst Largest North American Captive Heat Treaters Each year for the past decade “The Monty Heat Treat News” has put together a list of the “ 15 Largest Single Location Captive Heat Treats in North America ”. As of early this year two of the companies on this list merged when “American Axle & Manfacturing…
Ohio Metallurgical-Top 52 Heat Treater
Ohio Metallurgical-Top 52 Heat Treater When “The Monty Heat Treat News” published our industry exclusive list of the “52 Largest North American Commercial Heat Treaters” for 2025 we included a brand new entry “Ohio Metallurgical” of Elyria, Ohio. While we have known the firm for many years our understanding of the company is reasonably…
Ask the Expert: Why is Graphite Felt Replacing Graphite Board in Vacuum Furnaces? By Craig Moller, Chief Engineer for Ipsen USA
Ask the Expert: Why is Graphite Felt Replacing Graphite Board in Vacuum Furnaces? By Craig Moller, Chief Engineer for Ipsen USA Specialty insulation plays a key role in helping vacuum furnaces operate efficiently and produce consistent results. It’s one hidden component of your furnace that can make a big difference in pump down time, helps make…
Solar Atmospheres Announces New Facility in Berlin, Connecticut
Solar Atmospheres Announces New Facility in Berlin, Connecticut May 6th, 2025 “The Monty Heat Treat News” had an industry exclusive when we mentioned that “Solar Atmospheres” the largest family owned commercial heat treater in North America will be adding a “7 th Facility in North America”- we now have the official press release (below)….
IHEA Announces 2025 – 26 Board of Directors and Officers
IHEA Announces 2025 – 26 Board of Directors and Officers “The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) recently announced its 2025-26 Board of Directors and Executive Officers. Taking over as President is Gary Berwick of Dry Coolers, Inc.; Vice-President is Jason Safarz of Karl Dungs, Inc. and Treasurer is Bob Fincken of Super…
Rare Earth Materials & Vacuum Heat Treating
Rare Earth Materials & Vacuum Heat Treating Recently “Mr. Marco Baretti”, Strategic Marketing Director & Sales Area Manager “TAV Vacuum Furnaces” provided “The Monty Heat Treat News” with an article which attracted a great deal of attention; “More Manufacturers Bringing Heat Treat In-House?”. Marco has followed up on that article…
Worldwide Heat Treat Houston, Texas, USA Poised for Growth
Worldwide Heat Treat Houston, Texas, USA Poised for Growth The astounding growth in the oil and gas industry in the past year has lead to boom times for many captive and commercial heat treaters in the heartland of the industry-Texas, USA. Numbered amongst those heat treaters benefitting from this is “Worldwide Heat Treat” in Houston, Texas…
Powdered Metal Company Sending Sintering Furnaces to Auction
Powdered Metal Company Sending Sintering Furnaces to Auction All of the equipment at what was formerly “Metal Ceramics Company” of Bensenville, Illinois, USA will shortly be going to auction-this includes the entire heat treating department. In addition to the continuous furnaces the auction will also include machinery, customer lists and…
Complete Batch IQ Heat Treatment Department Available
Complete Batch IQ Heat Treatment Department Available A captive heat treater has shut down his entire batch IQ heat treatment department and all of the equipment is available. Equipment consists of the following; 2 Surface Combustion Internal Quench Furnaces “Super 30” with working dimensions of 30” X 48” X 30”, rated for 2500 pounds each. Dual…
Is Elon Musk Going to Make Your Alloy Fixturing More Expensive?
Is Elon Musk Going to Make Your Alloy Fixturing More Expensive? ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” has long pointed out that the price of alloy furnace components and fixturing is largely dependant upon a very volatile material-nickel. Several readers recently pointed out to us that as electric vehicles grow in popularity so also does nickel demand. A…
Furnaces North America 2022 Offers FREE Entry Pass
Furnaces North America 2022 Offers FREE Entry Pass ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” is looking forward to attending FNA 2022 in Indianapolis, IN on October 3-5. This will be by far and away the largest heat treat show in North America for 2022. For more details about the show please take a look at the press release below. We look forward to seeing…
First Ever Hip Cycle for Aerospace in Mexico
First Ever Hip Cycle for Aerospace in Mexico Why Did HT-MX Company Invest in Hot Isostatic Pressing System-“ The Monty Heat Treat News ” Will Tell You Commercial heat treater HT-MX in Chihuahua, Mexico is justifiably very proud of the fact that they just ran their first HIP cycle for the Aerospace Industry, a milestone for Hot Isostatic Pressing…