“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2026 Edition.
“The Monty Heat Treat News” July 2026 Edition. Welcome to the July/2026 edition of “The Monty Heat Treat News” , for over 30 years providing the most up to date news and trends about the global heat treatment industry. Some stories in this edition include these; “Top 52” List Provides Insight Into North American Heat Treat Industry Pit Nitriding…
Ipsen Expands TITAN Assembly Line at Vacuum Technology Excellence Center
Ipsen Expands TITAN Assembly Line at Vacuum Technology Excellence Center Ipsen USA is expanding the TITAN assembly line at its Vacuum Technology Excellence Center in Cherry Valley, Illinois. This major investment is expected to increase production capacity from 36 TITAN vacuum furnaces per year to 60, allowing the company to better meet growing…
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]
USA Commercial Heat Treater in Receivership-“Metals Technology”
USA Commercial Heat Treater in Receivership-“Metals Technology” Yesterday we had a news item entitled “USA Commercial Heat Treater Enters Receivership” https://themonty.com/usa-commercial-heat-treater-enters-receivership/ and as promised “The Monty Heat Treat News” followed up on this story-this is what we found out; While it would…
Furnace Builder Expanding USA Manufacturing Location
Furnace Builder Expanding USA Manufacturing Location “As part of its strategy to better serve its North American customers, the SECO/WARWICK Group, the parent company of SECO/VACUUM and SECO/WARWICK USA, has committed to expanding its manufacturing capacity in Meadville, Pennsylvania by relocating a portion of its manufacturing and a…
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…
Roctel Induction Heating Equipment Auction
Roctel Induction Heating Equipment Auction July 30, 2020 saw an auction at auto parts supplier Roctel in Guelph, Ontario, Canada (we should point out that while the auction was at Roctel the equipment was actually owned by General Motors). Included in the auction were a number of different items including spline rollers, washers and particularly…
Hauck Heat Treatment, Eindhoven Completes Expansion
Hauck Heat Treatment, Eindhoven Completes Expansion Hauck Heat Treatment, the second largest European commercial heat treater as ranked by “The Monty” https://themonty.com/project/largest-european-commercial-heat-treaters/ recently completed the expansion of their Eindhoven, Netherlands facility. The final additions were two brand new vacuum…
Where Are They Now-Don Longenette
Where Are They Now-Don Longenette Because of his years spent in the North American heat treat industry with companies such as Timken Bearings, Bodycote and Thermal Process Holdings Don’s is a name which is easily recognized by many. To take it one step further as Don was involved in heat treat start ups in Mexico, India, China and Thailand we…
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems Delivers Vacuum Furnace System for Aerospace Manufacturer
Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems Delivers Vacuum Furnace System for Aerospace Manufacturer “Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems is pleased to announce the recent shipment of a Continuous Vacuum Furnace with 10 BAR pressure quench capabilities to a major aerospace manufacturer in North America. The 4 position, 4 zone furnace is rated to 2400 °…
Solar Atmospheres Strives to Be Safer
Solar Atmospheres Strives to Be Safer “The COVID-19 pandemic sparked an unprecedented downturn in business, one that President Bob Hill has not seen in his 25 years with Solar Atmospheres. It was during this pause in activity, that Bob and his team decided to take a deep dive into their business practices, especially examining the safety…
Dr. Ing. Rolf Terjung-CFC Fixturing For Vacuum Furnaces
Dr. Ing. Rolf Terjung-CFC Fixturing For Vacuum Furnaces Last week we had a very well written article about CFC fixturing in vacuum furnace applications, the person responsible was Dr. Ing. Rolf Terjung, Managing Director of Graphite Materials of Germany https://themonty.com/cfc-fixtures-quality-fixturing-for-vacuum-heat-treating / To compliment…