“Boeing” Vacuum Furnace Order-The Inside Scoop
“Boeing” Vacuum Furnace Order-The Inside Scoop April 5/2026 “The Monty” had an exclusive story entitled; “Boeing Invests $7 Million in 2 Bottom Loading Vacuum Furnaces” . The story made for fascinating reading for anybody in the heat treatment industry, this prompted “The Monty” to dig a little deeper into the story and get a few more…
AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace Orders
AI Data Centers Spiking New Vacuum Furnace Orders Who would have thought that Artificial Intelligence centers would cause new vacuum furnace orders to go through the roof? That is exactly what has been happening recently-“The Monty” has run across several vacuum manufacturers who report having received orders due to this increased demand. AI…
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]
Metals Technology Receivership Sale?
Metals Technology Receivership Sale? August 12th of this year “The Monty” had a news item about the second largest commercial heat treater in the Chicago area, “Metals Technology Corp.” entering receivership (the original story is further down). The story caught us off guard because this is a much larger than average commercial heat treater and…
Gear Manufacturer Auctioning Vacuum Carburizing Furnaces
Gear Manufacturer Auctioning Vacuum Carburizing Furnaces Bidding is now open for an auction being held in Vienna, Austria at Opel Gear Manufacturing. The now closed facility manufactured components for automotive transmissions and amongst the items for auction is a large amount of heat treatment equipment. This includes ECM 6-Chamber ICBP vacuum…
Captive Heat Treater Allied Locke Continues to Expand
Captive Heat Treater Allied Locke Continues to Expand Allied Locke in Dixon, Illinois, USA is one of the premier chain manufacturers in North America and one who firmly believes that heat treating is an integral part of the manufacturing process. Over the course of the past 2 years “The Monty” has mentioned several times about investments the…
Injection Nozzle Manufacturer adds Nitriding Furnaces
Injection Nozzle Manufacturer adds Nitriding Furnaces DUAP AG a supplier of fuel injection nozzles in Switzerland has just added pit nitriding capacity. The company operates both as a manufacturer and as a commercial heat treater. The 2 Rohde supplied furnaces have working dimensions of 1500mm x 2000mm with a weight capacity of 3000 kg and a…
Aluminum Parts Supplier Completes Furnace Install
Aluminum Parts Supplier Completes Furnace Install Earlier this year a supplier of aluminum automotive parts completed the installation of a large Roller Hearth furnace line for a facility in Germany. The line was provided by Italian furnace builder IVR, who offers several solutions for heat treating of aluminum alloy products. In this case the…
Heat Treatment Names in the News
Heat Treatment Names in the News On a regular basis “The Monty Heat Treat News” keeps you up to date on personnel changes in the global heat treatment industry-here is this week’s update; Glenn Ottinger, Vitesse Systems; Glenn Ottinger has just been appointed General Manager, USA West Coast at Vitesse Systems. Glenn spent 16 years with…
Honeywell Aerospace de Mexico Adding Batch IQ Capacity
Honeywell Aerospace de Mexico Adding Batch IQ Capacity When it comes to in house heat treating in Mexico the automotive industry is far and away the largest in the country, however the Aerospace industry is also an up and coming industry which brings with it top end heat treating. The Aerospace Cluster in Chihuahua, Mexico, is the largest…
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Damian Bratcher
“The Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Damian Bratcher In this episode of “The Heat Treat Podcast”. Mr. Carlos Torres speaks with Mr. Damian Bratcher “Citizen of The World” about the heat treatment industry around the world. Rummaging through our photos we came across this reasonably recent one of Damian. This was taken at the Moscow Heat Treat…
Mark Saline Appointed President of Sinterite &CI Hayes
Mark Saline Appointed President of Sinterite &CI Hayes “Gasbarre, based in DuBois, Pennsylvania, USA, has announced the appointment of Mark Saline as president of Sinterite & CI Hayes furnace lines, a promotion from his original position with the company as General Manager. In his new role, Saline will oversee the manufacturing of the…
Ipsen Invests in Continued Pyrometry Training for Employees
Ipsen Invests in Continued Pyrometry Training for Employees “To continue providing customers with the best metallurgical results, members from Ipsen’s Service, Engineering and Management teams recently completed an advanced pyrometry training. The 13 members who attended learned how key changes made in the latest revision (F) of the AMS2750…
Ammunition Manufacturing-Red Hot These Days
Ammunition Manufacturing-Red Hot These Days If it has to do with manufacturing firearms or ammunition every single supplier is running flat out these days. In this press release L&L Special furnace tells us how they sold a system to an ammunition supplier in Eastern Europe. “L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc., has shipped a dual-chamber heat…
The Heat Treat Podcast Speaks With Mr. “Chip” Keough About Austempering
The Heat Treat Podcast Speaks With Mr. “Chip” Keough About Austempering Today Carlos Torres of “The Heat Treat Podcast” speaks with Mr. “Chip” Keough about the austempering process. Chip and his family have been heavily involved with the heat treatment industry for many years through companies such as AFC-Holcroft of and Applied Process, which is…