Vacuum Furnaces Technical Content

Ask the Heat Treat Doctor®: Secrets to Effective Vacuum Oil Quenching
Ask The Heat Treat Doctor® has returned to bring sage advice to Heat Treat Today readers and to answer your questions about heat ...
Ask the Heat Treat Doctor®: What are the Heat Tint Colors for Stainless Steel and When Do They Form?
Ask The Heat Treat Doctor® has returned to bring sage advice to Heat Treat Today readers and to answer your questions about heat ...
Heat Treat Radio #134: Optimizing Power Delivery in Thermal Processing
In this episode of Heat Treat Radio, host Heather Falcone sits down with Casey O'Neill, vice president of Sales and Marketing at ...
Heat Treat Radio #133: Process Qualification & Recipe Development in Vacuum Carburizing
Heat Treat Radio host Heather Falcone and guest Vincent Lelong, Senior Synergy Center Manager and Metallurgist at ECM USA, explore the realities ...
Utilization: The Hidden Sustainability Metric in Heat Treatment
As manufacturers push toward ambitious sustainability targets, heat treatment remains both essential and energy intensive, making efficiency gains critical. In this ...
Optimized Heat Treat Results Start with Optimized Cleaning
Optimized heat treat performance starts long before parts reach the furnace. In this Technical Tuesday installment, Chris Tivnan of SAFECHEM North ...
Robotic Material Handling in Heat Treatment
Manual loading and batch transfers are giving way to robotic material handling in modern heat treat operations. In this Technical Tuesday ...
Improve Vacuum Quench, Maximize Tool Life
Vacuum furnaces performing hardening have been in use for over 50 years, yet many heat treaters may not be taking full ...

Vacuum Furnaces News

INDUCTION HEATING NEWS
Solcoa Plans Vacuum Induction Rare Earth Production
Solcoa Industries is planning a 500-ton-per-year rare earth metalmaking facility in Nevada that will use vacuum induction heating as part of ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Mega HIP Expands Aerospace Thermal Processing Capacity
Bodycote is adding a large-scale hot isostatic pressing (HIP) vessel and expanding vacuum heat treatment capacity at two Ohio facilities to ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Furnace Expands Titanium Castings Capacity
A British foundry technology center is adding a large-scale vacuum furnace to expand its annealing capabilities for oversized titanium castings used ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Furnace to Heat Treat Turbine Blades
A manufacturer of gas turbine and aircraft engine components has ordered a vacuum furnace for heat treating high-temperature alloy turbine blades. ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Brazing Line Supports Defense Sensor Production
Lyntris Inc., a defense technology manufacturer, has added in-house vacuum brazing as part of a vertically integrated production line for passive ...
ENERGY HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Furnace Supports Gas Turbine Component Production
A global energy technology manufacturer is expanding its vacuum heat treatment capacity to produce high-performance gas turbine components for modern energy ...
ENERGY HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Furnace Demand Supports Strategic Manufacturing
Demand for high-temperature vacuum thermal processing equipment continues across strategic manufacturing sectors, with recent orders supporting nuclear fuel production, advanced ceramics, ...
HARDENING NEWS
Commercial Heat Treater Launches Vacuum Hardening Operation
Kalírna Desire is opening a new commercial heat treat facility in a region that has so far lacked local infrastructure for ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Heat Treat Capacity Grows in Northeast
Solar Atmospheres, a commercial heat treater, is preparing to expand vacuum heat treating capacity in the Northeastern United States as construction ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Arc Remelting Supports Aerospace Casting
A titanium casting manufacturer is expanding its vacuum melting capacity with the installation of a vacuum arc remelting consumable casting furnace, ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Degassing Plant to Boost Steel Quality
A new vacuum degassing plant is expected to increase meltshop performance and capacity while enabling the production of a larger volume ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Heat Treat Capacity Grows for Metal AM
AGF DEFCOM, a metal additive manufacturing company, has expanded its vacuum heat treating capacity with the addition of a second furnace, ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
New Vacuum Furnace Serves Turbine Production
A commercial heat treater is expanding its vacuum heat treating capabilities for gas turbine components with the addition of a high-performance ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
Fringe Friday: Buffalo Project Supports Advanced Materials Processing
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday installment: the completion of a strategic ...
AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS
New Furnaces Boost Vacuum Brazing Capacity
Wall Colmonoy has expanded its vacuum brazing capacity with the addition of new vacuum furnaces, supporting the production of aerospace and ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
12-Foot Vacuum Furnace Expands Titanium Processing Capacity
Solar Atmospheres, a North American commercial heat treating company, has expanded its vacuum heat treating and titanium processing capabilities with the ...
FOUNDRY CASTING NEWS
Strip Casting Systems Support Magnet Production
New strip casting systems for rare-earth magnet manufacturing are expected to support thermal processing operations tied to neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnet production ...
MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS
Vacuum Furnace Builder Goes from Kitchen Startup to Employee Ownership
Signature Vacuum Systems, a small manufacturer of vacuum furnace equipment, recently implemented an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), placing partial ownership of ...