“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]
HARRY HALL Obituary
HARRY HALL Obituary “Harry” George Henry Hall, husband of Etta (Jordan) Hall, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, August 3, 2024, with loved ones by his side, in his 75th year. Harry was born on August 1, 1949, in Belfast, Northern lreland. He was born to late “Prue” Prudence Alexandra (Wylie) and late George Henry “Geordie” Hall. Harry was the…
USA Commercial Heat Treater Enters “Receivership”
USA Commercial Heat Treater Enters “Receivership” ” The Monty Heat Treat News ” is tracking down a story about a large commercial heat treater in the Chicago, IL., USA area recently entering “receivership”. We have to confess that we were not entirely sure what this entails-hence this brief description. Our understanding is that this…
Top Heat Treatment Industry News Stories Week Starting August 5th
Top Heat Treatment Industry News Stories Week Starting August 5th Our Top 3 Heat Treatment News stories for the week of August 5th to August 9th as ranked by our readers include these; 1. Bodycote enters production for increased HIP capacity in Southeastern US; “Bodycote, the world’s largest thermal processing services provider, has begun…
CAN-ENG Furnaces Awarded 2 Contracts
CAN-ENG Furnaces Awarded 2 Contracts “CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. has been awarded two contracts from different producers for the processing of high volume, specialty automotive components. The two systems being supplied represent CAN-ENG’s high-capacity line of Mesh Belt Heat Treatment Systems and include oil quench hardening and salt…
International Tier 1 Auto Supplier Orders Vacuum Furnace for One of Their Mexico Facilities
International Tier 1 Auto Supplier Orders Vacuum Furnace for One of Their Mexico Facilities “International Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Headquartered in the USA Orders Vector for One of Their Mexico Facilities; The Vector® will increase the plant’s production capacity for brazing stainless heat exchangers alongside an existing fleet of furnaces. …
Inductotherm CEO Steps Down
Inductotherm CEO Steps Down “Inductotherm Group, a global provider of thermal processing technologies based in Rancocas, N.J., has announced that Gary Doyon has stepped down from his role as CEO, a position he held for 15 years. Mick Nallen and Satyen Prabhu have succeeded him as co-leaders of the company. Doyon, who has been with the company…
US Government Orders Multimillion-dollar Vacuum Furnace
US Government Orders Multimillion-dollar Vacuum Furnace “The US Government recently awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to G-M Enterprises, a Nitrex company, for the supply of a turnkey vacuum system that will support the expanding heat treat operations of a military base located in the USA. This aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul…
GE Aviation, Newark, DE, USA
GE Aviation, Newark, DE, USA Starting January 21/202 “The Branford Group” will be auctioning off equipment at the GE Aviation facility in Delaware, USA. Regular readers of “The Monty” will know that we announce upcoming auctions featuring surplus heat treating equipment and provide our opinion about how saleable the equipment is. In this case the…
HT-MX Mexico First To Achieve NADCAP For Hipping in Latin America
HT-MX Mexico First To Achieve NADCAP For Hipping in Latin America We have mentioned commercial heat treater HT-MX in Chihuahua, Mexico a couple of times in the past (previous press releases are further down). Those previous press releases related to the fact that the company was one of the only ones in Mexico to offer Hot Isostatic Pressing….
Largest Vertical Vacuum Furnace Ever Built by Ipsen, Germany
Largest Vertical Vacuum Furnace Ever Built by Ipsen, Germany What you are looking at is the largest vertical vacuum furnace ever built by Ipsen at their headquarters in Kleve, Germany. This furnace has a working height of 16.5 meters high (approximately 50’) and was installed last year at Shanghai Power Research in China. Makes for quite a…
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania Completes Major Vacuum Furnace Rebuild
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania Completes Major Vacuum Furnace Rebuild “Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania recently completed a hot zone replacement on one of their larger horizontal car bottom vacuum furnaces. This is the second hot zone rebuild over the 17 years of furnace operation. Th e furnace , with a work zone measuring…
Are These The Nicest Used Furnaces You Have Ever Seen?
Are These The Nicest Used Furnaces You Have Ever Seen? “The Monty Heat Treat News” has been asked to publicize an upcoming auction in the USA which features some heat treating furnaces. The equipment is located at an aerospace facility and without a shadow of the doubt it is the nicest used equipment we have ever run across. There are 3 or 4…