“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]
Global Heat Treatment Market Size
Global Heat Treatment Market Size Our good friend Janusz Kowalewski of furnace builder Ipsen recently published this very interesting graph showing the size of the global heat treatment market broken down by captive vs; commercial heat treating and by region. While we don’t know the original source of this graph or what qualifies as “heat…
Defense Industry Accepts Batch Oven
Defense Industry Accepts Batch Oven “Wisconsin Oven is pleased to announce the shipment of one Inert Atmosphere Batch Oven with an atmosphere-to-water cooling system to a leading defense industry manufacturer. The oven will be used for processing stainless steel parts in a reduced oxygen environment to prevent scaling. The maximum temperature…
Medical Industry Accepts Oven
Medical Industry Accepts Oven “Blue M®, a global industrial and laboratory ovens manufacturer, announced the shipment of a Class A safety oven to the medical industry. Designed for ease of move-in and installation, this Blue M Class A oven was modified to an overall height of 79” and width of 45” to accommodate the ceiling height and doorway…
Nitrex Heat Treat Appoints General Manager
Nitrex Heat Treat Appoints General Manager Commerical heat treater “Nitrex” recently appointed a new General Manager for their Mason, Michigan, USA facility (to find out how Nitrex compares in size to other commercial heat treaters in North America we would suggest this…
Invitation to the 6th Technical Seminar of Super Systems Mexico
Invitation to the 6th Technical Seminar of Super Systems Mexico Dear professionals and enthusiasts of the heat treatment industry from: Puebla, Edo. Mex, Cd. Mx, and Queretaro States, We are pleased to invite you to the 6th Technical Seminar of Super Systems Mexico, an exclusive event where you will share knowledge and experiences with experts in…
Commercial Steel Treating Company Auction
Commercial Steel Treating Company Auction Earlier this year ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” spoke about how heat treater Commercial Steel Treating would be closing their Madison Heights, Michigan, USA facility. This indeed happened and as it turns out the vast bulk of the equipment was purchased by a used equipment dealer and all remaining items…
Michigan, USA Company Installs New Gas Nitriding Furnace System
Michigan, USA Company Installs New Gas Nitriding Furnace System Rubig, a furnace manufacturer based in Wels, Austria is in the process of installing a “duo” gas nitrider which can also nitride stainless steels at a company in Michigan. Darby Metal Treating in Plainwell, Michigan is a family owned business and in this picture you see from the…
Solar Atmospheres of California Commissions California’s Largest Commercial Solar + Energy Storage System
Solar Atmospheres of California Commissions California’s Largest Commercial Solar + Energy Storage System “In response to the challenges of California’s energy market, Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) has installed and recently commissioned the state’s largest commercial Solar + Energy Storage System. By combining onsite generation, an…
Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, Caterpillar Inc. Heat Treating, Mexico
Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, Caterpillar Inc. Heat Treating, Mexico Recently we mentioned how Mr. Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera, who was Heat Treat Engineering Manager at Caterpillar, Inc., in Monterrey, Mexico made our list of the “Most Influential in the North American Heat Treating Industry” . “ Víctor M. Calderón Cabrera , Heat Treat…
Aluminum Heat Treat Department Available
Aluminum Heat Treat Department Available A North American manufacturer with an in house heat treating department recently found they needed larger capacity equipment to heat treat their aluminum components. Subsequently larger equipment was installed and the existing equipment has become surplus. Due to space constraints the owner had made…
Where Are They Now-John Levensky
Where Are They Now-John Levensky In the North American commercial heat treating industry we find Mr. John Levensky who for a number of years now has been selling heat treating services for companies such as Mil-Spec Heat Treating/ Delta Heat Treating. John very recently made a change and is now working for one of our favorite commercial heat…
Senior Aerospace Calorstat, Dourdan, Ile-de-France Installs New Vacuum Furnace
Senior Aerospace Calorstat, Dourdan, Ile-de-France Installs New Vacuum Furnace We seldom have news items about heat treatment in France so when we received this one we jumped at the chance to use it. Senior Aerospace is a supplier of metal bellows for high end industries such as the aerospace, space and nuclear industries and the company has over…