Furnace Builder Lands Order for Drop Bottom Oven
"Nutec Bickley has manufactured a heat treat drop-bottom furnace designed for heat treatment of aluminium castings. The furnace will shortly be installed and commissioned at a facility operated by a multinational power solutions corporation. The custom-designed furnace is indirect gas fired using...
Heat Treatment Industry Updates
To keep you in the know about the global heat treatment industry here are a number of heat treat news items from around the globe; Defense Supplier Close to Completing New Heat Treat Facility. In 2024 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced that IMT Corp., Was Investing in a New Heat Treat...
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]
“The Monty Heat Treat News” Celebrates Winter
Perhaps celebrates is too strong a word but for good or for bad the headquarters of "The Monty" in North America is seeing near record snowfalls in 2025. This photo taken just a few hours ago shows "Gord Montgomery" of "The Monty" standing in the parking lot of our facility backed by snowbanks...
Fastener Manufacturer Appoints Production Manager of New Heat Treat Department
Late in 2024 "The Monty Heat Treat News" announced in an industry exclusive that fastener manufacturer Simpson Strong Tie was investing in a Brand New Heat Treat Department at their Gallatin, Tennessee, United States facility. In an update to this story Mr. Pat DeRose was very recently hired as...
North American Furnace Builder Plans on Expanding European Presence
"CAN-ENG Furnaces International, Ltd. (CAN-ENG) is excited to announce its strategic partnership with Piotr Pelian, founder of Industrial Process Technology (IndProTech), to enhance support for existing customers and expand CAN-ENG’s presence across Europe. With over 30 years of experience in the...
Michigan Heat Treater Adds Gas Nitriding
"Aalberts Surface Technologies Expands Gas Nitriding Capabilities at Livonia, MI location; We’re excited to announce that our new gas nitriding furnace is now up and running! Along with our existing capabilities in Greenville, SC, we now offer gas nitriding services at our Livonia, MI location. ...
Fire Devastated Heat Treat Rebuilds
"In the evening of August 15th, 2023 commercial heat treater Härterei Haferbier in Göppingen, Germany suffered a devasting fire. The fire started in a Sealed Quench (Batch Integral Quench) furnace line from where it quickly spread to the roof and to the other furnaces. Firefights arrived quickly and...
Nitrex Heat Treat Services Rumor
January 20th of this year "The Monty Heat Treat News" posted the rumor below about Nitrex Heat Treat Services making a large investment in a new project. Well surprise, surprise the rumor has proven to be correct and we now have a photo of the new furnace project. We look forward to providing our...
North American Captive Heat Treater Preparing to Receive Large Ipsen Vacuum Furnace
Recently we posted some photos of a very substantial vacuum furnace in the initial stages of construction at Ipsen in Rockford, IL, USA. Well perhaps substantial is an understatement, it is in fact a very large unit by anybody’standards. Since we mentioned this unit construction has progressed and...
New Bodycote Facility Means Closing of Rochester, NY Plant
Just over a year ago the world's largest commercial heat treater announced a brand new, state of the art facility in Syracuse, NY, USA (the original announcement is below). "The Monty Heat Treat News" has had the opportunity to see this plant and we can attest to the fact that it is by any standards...
Auto Components Supplier Orders Vacuum Furnace-Compliments Recent New Tempering Furnaces
"A global supplier of auto components recently ordered a new 2 bar vacuum furnace from SECO/WARWICK-this same company recently ordered 6 new tempering furnace from SECO for its machine tool manufacturing facility. The international buyer’s automotive division placed an order for a single chamber...
ECM Reports Exceptionally Strong Furnace Sales-Part II
Yesterday we reported that furnace builder ECM was having a very busy year, today we present some more examples. Each of these systems is on the floor in Grenoble, France and they include 2 Flex systems, one for LPC going to China and a Nitrocarburizing furnace marked for the USA, 2 Nano systems...
Advanced Heat Treat Corp. Retains Nadcap® Merit Status for Heat Treatment & Adds New AMS Specifications
"Advanced Heat Treat Corp. (AHT), a recognized leader in heat treat services and metallurgical solutions, announced that it has renewed its Nadcap® accreditation in heat treating (ion and gas nitriding) and passed its Aerospace Quality System (AC7004) audit. The company has also added additional AMS...
ECM Reports Exceptionally Strong Furnace Sales
Furnace manufacturer, ECM (headquartered in Grenoble, France), is reporting very strong sales for 2022, and we have the proof right here! These photos show just some of the equipment which is now on the floor. As you can see, this represents a real cross-section of the diverse furnace equipment the...