MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days
MTI’s 2028 YES Leadership Development Program Sells Out in Just Five Days The Metal Treating Institute (MTI) has announced that its 2028 YES (Young Executives Society) Leadership Development Program sold out in just five days after registration opened on July 1, making it one of the fastest-selling classes in the program’s history. The…
Solar Atmospheres Welcomes Ava Conolly as Metallurgical / R&D Engineer
Solar Atmospheres Welcomes Ava Conolly as Metallurgical / R&D Engineer Solar Atmospheres is pleased to announce the addition of Ava Conolly to its Research & Development team as a Metallurgical / R&D Engineer. Ava recently earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh University, with a concentration in materials…
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]
New Hot Isostatic Press Order?
New Hot Isostatic Press Order? For many years Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) occupied a fairly small but stable portion of the heat treatment market-when we think of the process, we think of castings for the aerospace industry. “Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) is a proven process for heat treatment, consolidation of powder, densification of products –…
Solar Manufacturing Ships Two Mentor® Pro Furnaces to Alternative Energy Company
Solar Manufacturing Ships Two Mentor® Pro Furnaces to Alternative Energy Company Solar M anufacturing shipped two identical Mentor® Pro vacuum furnaces to a customer developing advanced alternative renewable energy technologies for large-scale industrial applications. The Research and Development team of Solar Manufacturing’s affiliate, Solar…
The “Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Bob Hill of “Solar Atmospheres”
The “Heat Treat Podcast” Speaks With Bob Hill of “Solar Atmospheres” This week our intelligent, handsome and witty host Mr. Carlos Torres of the “Heat Treat Podcast” speaks with Mr. Bob Hill, President of commercial heat treat “Solar Atmospheres of Western PA” and “Solar Atmospheres of Michigan”. The entire team at “The…
Chromalox Expansion Includes Gasbarre Continuous Annealing Furnace
Chromalox Expansion Includes Gasbarre Continuous Annealing Furnace In October 2023 “Chromalox” announced that they were making a major investment in their manufacturing facility in Ogden, Utah, USA an investment which includes more heat treat capacity-this announcement can be found further down. Part of this investment included a mesh belt…
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Stories Week of July 15th 2024
Top 3 Heat Treatment News Stories Week of July 15th 2024 Our top 3 news items for the week starting July 15th/2024 based upon visitors to https://themonty.com/heat-treat-news/ and social media “views” include these three; Heat Treating in Turkey-DÖNÜŞÜM ISIL İŞLEM; From a regular reader in the Turkish heat treat market about commercial heat…
Fuel Injector Supplier Adds Nitriding System
Fuel Injector Supplier Adds Nitriding System “Nitrex has successfully completed the installation of a third nitriding system at a leading manufacturer specializing in high-performance fuel injection systems for diesel engines in maritime vessels. This new investment underscores the customer’s commitment to advancing manufacturing capabilities and…
Will Furnaces North America Go Ahead?
Will Furnaces North America Go Ahead? The largest North American heat treat show of 2020, Furnaces North America (FNA) is scheduled to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, USA September 30th to October 2nd of this year. Due to COVID 19 the question on everybody’s lips these days is; will the show go ahead as planned or will it share the fate of…
Youngstown Tool & Die Upgrades In House Heat Treatment
Youngstown Tool & Die Upgrades In House Heat Treatment To this rather interesting press release from SECO/WARWICK we can add that Youngstown Tool & Die has some very big plans these days. The company is planning on investing at least $10 million USD in the near future and part of this expansion includes taking over another facility….
The Monty Heat Treat Newsletter June, 2020
The Monty Heat Treat Newsletter June, 2020 The link below will take you to the June 2020 issue of “The Monty” , the World’s Largest Heat Treat Industry News Source. In this issue you can read about the 30 largest commercial heat treaters in North America-a “Monty” exclusive, learn about the passing of a well known individual in the heat treat…
Pete Kerbel, Vice President of Sales, Ipsen-The Video Interview
Pete Kerbel, Vice President of Sales, Ipsen-The Video Interview Today we are pleased to present to you a first for us at “The Monty” a video interview with Mr. Peter Kerbel, Vice President of Sales at furnace builder Ipsen. In this interview Gord Montgomery of “The Monty” and Pete Kerbel discuss a number of topics including how the COVID 19 virus…
Monday Morning Briefing
Monday Morning Briefing Our Monday Morning Briefing for June 1, 2020 starts off in Italy at a commercial heat treater by the name of Grupo TTN . The company is in the news today as they are just installing a very large batch IQ furnace built by Italian furnace builder Meapforni . The furnace has a capacity of 3,000 Kg (6,600 pounds) and is part…
HK 2020
HK 2020 Earlier this week we mentioned how HK 2020, the annual heat treat exhibition in Cologne, Germany will have a different format this year because of COVID-19. We spoke with Sonja Mueller of AWT who is head of the organizing committee for the event and this is what she has to day. “The executive board of AWT has decided, that HK 2020, the…
















































































































































