SECO/WARWICK Lands Another Order In the Aerospace Industry
"A premium manufacturer in the aviation industry has invested in an advanced vacuum furnace for brazing fuel system components for aircraft engines. SECO/WARWICK will deliver yet another vacuum furnace system for a manufacturer of components for aircraft engines. This is the result of years of...
Commercial Heat Treater “Bodycote” Bets on Zero Carbon Emissions
Bodycote, the world's largest commercial heat treater has long been very vocal about it's ambitious sustainability agenda both under it's previous CEO, Mr. Stephen Harris and it's current CEO, Mr. Jim Fairbairn (an interview with Mr. Fairbairn can be found at: "The Monty" Interviews "Jim Fairbairn"...
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]
Wally Bamford “Can Eng” 1932-2025
The obituary for Wally Bamford paints the picture of an individual who led a remarkable life full of many accomplishments. For the team at "The Monty" we will always think of Wally as the man who brought mesh belt furnace lines to North America, a feat which significantly changed the entire...
GM Enterprises And Its’ Place in the Aichelin Aquisition of Nitrex
The recent acquisition of "Nitrex by Aichelin" caught the global heat treat industry by surprise; "Blockbuster Acquistion in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry". While the official press release was reasonably detailed it certainly raised a host of questions about how this acquisition would look...
Furnace Company Appoints Managing Director
The AICHELIN Group, one of the world’s leading providers of heat treatment solutions, has appointed Philippe Maetz as the new Managing Director of its subsidiary SAFED, based in Besançon, France, effective July 2025. In his new role, he will be responsible for further expanding the wire mesh belt...
“Space Company” To Receive Stress Relieving Oven
"Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of one (1) Electrically Heated Batch Oven with a powered load/unload table to a leading space exploration company. This custom batch oven will be used to stress relieve titanium parts. The stress relieving oven is designed for a maximum operating...
Ask the Expert: Process Gas Handling and Safety Contributors: Jim Grann, Craig Moller, Nate Sroka, Cavan Cardenas
"Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Argon, Acetylene, and Propane are among the most frequently used industrial gases in heat treating. Each have their own use properties, handling instructions, and safety protocols. In this article, we are going to focus on three of the most common gases used by Industrial Vacuum...
GM Enterprises & The Nitrex Acquisition
August 14th, 2025 "The Monty" had this blazing headline; "Blockbuster Acquisition in the Global Heat Treat Furnace Industry" which certainly caught the industry's attention. However a number of sharp eyed readers brought up the question; "Where did GM Enterprises go?" January 8th, 2020 Nitrex...
Vacuum Furnace Builder to Provide 2 Furnaces to USA Lab
"Ayer, MA – August 1, 2024 – AVS has partnered with the national laboratory for engineering, Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, to provide two Horizontal Vacuum Furnaces for one of their production labs. Both systems integrate wet and dry Hydrogen process gas along with all refractory...
“The Monty Heat Treat News” November 2024 Issue.
The link below will take you to the November 2024 issue of "The Monty Heat Treat News", for 30 years the most well recognized brand in the global heat treatment industry. This months issue includes these top stories; Letter of Intent to Buy “Metals Technology Corporation (MTC)” Agricultural Firm...
Furnace Builder AFC-Holcroft Enters Strategic Partnership
AFC-Holcroft and TOKAI KNETSU KOGYO CO., LTD. Announce Strategic Partnership in Electronics Part and Battery Material Processing Industrial Furnace Business! "Wixom, Michigan, October 25, 2024 – AFC-Holcroft, a prominent North American industrial furnace manufacturer and TOKAI KONETSU KOGYO CO.,...
Troy Greene/Allied Locke
It is with true regret that we mention the passing of Mr. Troy Greene, one of the most experienced "chain" heat treat engineers we have ever met. Over the course of his working life Troy worked with two manufacturers of chain products, Renold Jeffrey in Morristown, TN and most recently at Allied...
North American Auto Parts Suppler Adding 5th Nitriding System
Auto Parts giant "Linamar Corp." has been named to the list of the "15 Largest Captive Heat Treats-North America" by the "Monty Heat Treat News" for almost 10 years running now and their heat-treating capabilities keep increasing. Their location in Guelph, Ontario, Canada is now in the process of...
SECO/WARWICK Sells Vacuum Furnace to US Customer
According to this press release from furnace builder SECO/WARWICK they recently landed an order from a semi conductor industry supplier on the US west coast; "SECO/VACUUM’s new partner required an extra-large 2-bar vacuum furnace specific to their unique high-temperature process. Over the years,...