“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]
(DECEMBER 2022) Do Manufacturers Make Good Commercial Heat Treaters-Kern Liebers
(DECEMBER 2022) Do Manufacturers Make Good Commercial Heat Treaters-Kern Liebers THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A MANUFACTURER OFFERING COMMERCIAL HEAT TREATING AND TIES IN WITH OUR STORY ABOUT TRANSMISSION SUPPLIER TREMEC OFFERING COMMERCIAL HEAT TREATING Over the years “ The Monty Heat Treat News ” has had the privilege of visiting two locations of…
Burloak Technologies Installing In-House Heat Treatment Department
Burloak Technologies Installing In-House Heat Treatment Department THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A MANUFACTURER OFFERING COMMERCIAL HEAT TREATING AND TIES IN WITH OUR STORY ABOUT TRANSMISSION SUPPLIER TREMEC OFFERING COMMERCIAL HEAT TREATING Earlier this year we had an exclusive news item about how Additive Manufacturing firm Burloak Technologies…
PAI Industries partners with ECM to Expand Capabilities and Increase Efficiency by Adding In-House Carburizing Vacuum Furnace System
PAI Industries partners with ECM to Expand Capabilities and Increase Efficiency by Adding In-House Carburizing Vacuum Furnace System Pleasant Prairie, WI – August 26, 2024 – PAI Industries, renowned manufacturer and distributor of high-quality parts to the heavy duty truck industry, has partnered with ECM to bring heat treatment in-house with a…
Top Heat Treatment News Items, Week of August 19th 2024
Top Heat Treatment News Items, Week of August 19th 2024 Each week “The Monty Heat Treat News” looks at our “top 3” Heat Treatment news stories for the previous week. This is determined by the number of views on our website www.themonty.com and also on social media. For the week starting August 19th, 2024 our top 3 news items were; “Nitrex…
Global Heat Treatment Market Size
Global Heat Treatment Market Size August 21, 2024 “The Monty Heat Treat News” published a graph about the size of the global heat treatment market broken down by captive vs; commerical heat treating and also by geographic region https://themonty.com/global-heat-treatment-market-size/-the graph was originally posted by Mr. Januz Kowalewski, an…
Why a Vertical Vacuum Furnace? Contributed by IPSEN USA
Why a Vertical Vacuum Furnace? Contributed by IPSEN USA When you walk into a heat-treating department and see your first vertical vacuum furnace, you’d be forgiven for staring openly at the jaw-dropping sight. There, perched a story or more in the air on metal legs, is a gigantic vacuum pressure vessel. Wires and hoses, pumps and controls—all…
Batch IQ Furnaces-Can You Spot The Problem?
Batch IQ Furnaces-Can You Spot The Problem? Well the problem in this very short video clip is a warped door on an older batch IQ furnace. As all experienced heat treaters know a gap of just a few thousands of an inch is going to cause exactly what you see here, namely flames leaking from around the door. Luckily the fix is pretty simple, remove…
Chamber (Integral Quench) Furnaces-The Types & Differences By Dirk Joritz of Ipsen
Chamber (Integral Quench) Furnaces-The Types & Differences By Dirk Joritz of Ipsen In today’s world, metallic components have to meet ever greater requirements, for example regarding wear or corrosion resistance. To ensure corresponding quality even with comparatively inexpensive raw materials, the components are often subjected to…
ALD Ships MonoTherm Vacuum Furnace in Record Time
ALD Ships MonoTherm Vacuum Furnace in Record Time “ALD’s recent order for a single chamber high vacuum furnace with high pressure gas quenching was finalized in record time within six months. The project also included a separate vacuum tempering furnace with built-in nitriding capability and auxiliary equipment. The equipment will be part of a…
John Hansen, Met Pro Inc., 1943-2021
John Hansen, Met Pro Inc., 1943-2021 We are saying good bye today to a very good friend, Mr. John Hansen who passed away unexpectedly February 15, 2021. John lived in Michigan, USA and was a manufacturers rep for the heat industry which is how we at “The Monty” met him almost 40 years ago. He was one of best salesman we ever met, mainly because…
Ipsen USA Consults with More Than 250 Customers in January
Ipsen USA Consults with More Than 250 Customers in January “Ipsen’s North American Customer Service Team continues to conduct necessary in-person and remote appointments amid pandemic-related restrictions. In January, Ipsen logged more than 150 field service visits, which included vacuum furnace installations, start-ups, relocations, hot zone…
ZF South Carolina to Add More In-House Heat Treating Capacity?
ZF South Carolina to Add More In-House Heat Treating Capacity? ZF Friedrichshafen, the world’s 5th largest auto parts supplier just announced a major investment into their Gray Court, South Carolina, USA transmission facility. As can be read below the plan is to expand production of their eight-speed automatic transmission which leads to the…