Heat Treater Orders 2 Heat Treat Systems
"François Studer SA, a Swiss commercial heat treater with 45 years of experience on the market, has chosen two SECO/WARWICK furnaces. The solutions on order include a vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas hardening, and a furnace for tempering with vacuum purging. Swiss companies are...
Sousa Corp. Expands Production with Second Ipsen Turbo2Treater Vacuum Furnace
"Newington, CONNECTICUT (June 7, 2024) – Sousa Corp., based in Newington, CT, recently installed its second Ipsen Turbo²Treater vacuum furnace to its production line, expanding its capacity to meet a steady demand for metal treating services. Andrew Sousa, Vice President of Sousa Corp., explained...
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 Heat Treat Podcast” Talks Surface Treatment
Today our very articulate host, Mr. Carlos Torres of "The Heat Treat Podcast" talks surface treatment with Mr. Craig Zimmerman of "Bluewater Thermal". Everybody in the North American heat treatment industry knows Craig but for the very small percentage that don't Craig is one of the top experts on...
Heat Treatment Norway
Regular Readers of "The Monty" will know that our team is constantly searching for captive and commercial heat treat facilities around the world, this hunt took us to Longyearbyen, Norway just 2 days ago-Longyearbyen, Norway by the way is the most northerly city in the world. Alas not a heat treat...
Top 50 Heat Treater Orders Multiple Vacuum Furnaces
We received this rather interesting press release from SECO/VACUUM about a record-breaking contract they recently received-the details of the press release are leading the team at "The Monty" to engage in a little speculation. According to this press release the customer appears to be a commercial...
Thermal Process Holdings Consolidates Plants
Commercial heat treater Thermal Process Holdings is ranked as one of the 50 largest commercial heat treaters in North America by "The Monty Heat Treat News"-find out where they rank later this week when we update to our 2024 list. We understand that the firm has advised customers that effective...
World’s Largest Front Loading Vacuum Furnace
Vacuum furnace builder Signature Vacuum Systems in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA starting construction recently on what the company was billing as "the world's largest front-loading vacuum furnace"-a claim which caught our attention. Over the past few months, we have watched with interest the...
Mark Heninger, Ipsen-The Interview
Today we are speaking with Mr. Mark Heninger, an individual whose experience in the vacuum heat treating industry is almost unsurpassed. Mark lets start off with your background-how you came to work for Ipsen, your positions over the years and what your current position entails. My Career Path:...
Bodycote Changes
We understand there has been a change at the top level in Bodycote North America. Bill Sandstrom had been Vice President of Operations, AGI NAA until he recently parted ways with the company. Our understanding is the Mike Boyle will be taking over this position. Mike is a good man who we have met a...
Tuesday Morning Briefing
Today we start off in Vienna, Austria where we see that August 5th car manufacturer Opel will be auctioning off equipment related to gear box manufacturing. This includes a very large ECM Vacuum Carburizing System built in 1997. This is the older style ECM design and features 3 systems each...
Canadian Civic Day Holiday
Due to the Canadian Civic Day Holiday the offices of WG Montgomery Ltd., will be closed Monday, August, August 3, 2020. Regular news updates will resume Tuesday, August 4th.
An Interview with Mr. Robert Roth, President & CEO of RoMan Manufacturing
We are very pleased to be able to offer you this interview with Mr. Robert Roth President & CEO of RoMan Manufacturing, one of the leading suppliers of transformers, power magnetics and power conversion systems for heat treat furnaces. An Interview with Mr. Robert Roth, President & CEO of...
Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc. Moves to Expanded Facility
“Peters’ Heat Treating, Inc. has closed its original home of 40 years in the Fifth Ward of Meadville, PA, USA and moved its headquarters into a newly expanded Meadville facility in West Mead Township in the old rail yard on McHenry Street. Peters’ Heat Treating was already operating from this...
Ipsen Group Establishes Excellence Centers
"Cherry Valley, ILLINOIS (July 29, 2020) – Today Ipsen announced the following changes after months of market analysis and working diligently to understand customer needs. The three main drivers are customer demand for expanded technical services, identical metallurgical outcomes worldwide and...