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Aerospace Industry Chooses Vacuum Heat Treat Solution

A Chinese company has ordered a horizontal vacuum furnace which will help in producing highly specialized cast parts used in the aerospace industry. Delivery of the furnace is scheduled for June 2022.

The Vector® horizontal vacuum furnace with a graphite chamber and a gas quenching system comes from SECO/WARWICK. This type of furnace from the international manufacturer comes with a graphite hot zone and can be used for most standard hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing, and sintering.

The furnace will be installed in a facility that specializes in the production of high-temperature alloys used in the aviation, shipbuilding, and power industries, offering a wide range of products, including but not limited to, bars, wires, bands, pipes, and specialized castings.

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Delivery Scheduled for Medical Brazing Heat Treat Solution

March 9, 2022 / BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, MEDICAL HEAT TREAT

Maciej Korecki
Vice President of Business of the Vacuum Furnace Segment
SECO/WARWICK

A medical device manufacturer is set to receive a vacuum furnace for annealing and brazing processes at their plant in France. The parts processed in this furnace will include X-ray and radiotherapy equipment among other products that require high quality standards of heat treatment.

The vacuum furnace scheduled for delivery is called the Vector®. "[This furnace] has proven performance in many fields in precision industries such as aviation, automotive and medical branches," commented Maciej Korecki, vice president of the Vacuum Furnace Segment at SECO/WARWICK Group, and international heat treat systems supplier. Korecki continued, "This time, our partner is an expert when it comes to brazing complex components that require high precision."

The high-tech medical industry is one of the most demanding industries in terms of standards, procedures, and process parameters to be met by the equipment involved in the production process. Medical equipment components (e.g., RF components, X-ray tube components, ceramic components) are precision manufactured to the highest quality standards. This is because these components are used for processes that are decisive not only for the quality of treatment, but also for human life.

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Heat Treater Meets EV Demands with New CAB Line

November 17, 2021 / AUTOMOTIVE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

Piotr Skarbiński
Vice President of the Aluminum Process and CAB Products Segment
SECO/WARWICK Group
Source: SECO/WARWICK

A continuous line for controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) of large-dimension battery coolers will be installed at the plant of a European manufacturer of heat exchangers. This purchase is consistent with continental trends to invest in building supply chains for the manufacture of electric vehicles.

This is the second year in a row that the client is ordering CAB line from SECO/WARWICK, the Polish sister company to SECO/VACUUM in North America; this current commission will be the widest CAB line that the supplier has ever built. Its usable dimensions will allow the customer to manufacture large-dimensioned vehicle battery coolers at a mass scale. The dynamic growth of battery sales involves the growth of sales of other parts such as battery coolers. They are manufactured using highly-specialized continuous lines for controlled atmosphere brazing.

"Globally, we sell more and more CAB lines, which prove well in this industry," said Piotr Skarbiński, vice president of Business Segment Aluminum Process and CAB at SECO/WARWICK. "Our equipment is operated not only in Europe, but also in Asia and North America."

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Automotive Heat Treater To Receive Vacuum Aluminum Brazing Furnace

October 20, 2021 / ALUMINUM PROCESSING NEWS, AUTOMOTIVE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

A manufacturer in the automotive industry has placed an order for a large-capacity, high vacuum furnace, equipped with a cooling station to increase the performance of the system. This furnace will complete their new production plant and aid in vacuum aluminum brazing various components.

Maciej Korecki
Vice President, Business Segment Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces
SECO/WARWICK
(source: SECO/WARWICK)

SECO/WARWICK, the sister company of North American manufacturer SECO/VACUUM, provided the furnace to the automotive manufacturer of engines, filters, electric equipment, and cooling systems. For this project, the client required that the vacuum furnace have automatic loading and transportation of parts, as well as an increase in precise control of temperature uniformity and distribution.

"The equipment [. . .] has been installed in a new production plant that will significantly improve the capacity of the entire group," explains Maciej Korecki, vice president of the Business Segment of Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces at SECO/WARWICK. "A key to success in this project was the huge trust displayed by our partner and close cooperation at the design stage."

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International Cutting Tool Manufacturer Increases Capabilities with Vacuum Tempering Furnace

September 22, 2021 / ANNEALING NEWS, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Piotr Zawistowski
Managing Director
SECO/VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES, USA
Source: secowarwick.com

An international manufacturer of cutting tools purchased a vacuum tempering furnace. This North American-made, horizontal, front-loading furnace is purpose-built to accommodate the client's needs with an all-metal hot zone for clean vacuum processing. As with the earlier furnaces from the same supplier, one of which was installed at a different facility, the new furnace includes a convection fan and a pressurized gas quench for quick cooling.

This is the fourth Vector furnace solution provided to the client. "There is no stronger statement," states Piotr Zawistowski, president of SECO/VACUUM, "[. . . ] than the customer who continues to order more of the same technology from us year after year as they expand. We are privileged to be a part of their growth."

Maciej Korecki
Vice President of the Vacuum Furnace Segment
SECO/WARWICK
(source: SECO/WARWICK)

"This customer demands – and has come to expect from us – a complete range of benefits, including precision heat treat uniformity, consistency from one workload to the next, and fast processing speeds along with low energy consumption," noted Maciej Korecki, vice president of the Vacuum Furnace Segment at SECO/WARWICK Group.

This single-chamber vacuum heat treating furnace is a good solution for machine tool manufacturers and is available with curved graphite elements or an all-metal hot zone. Additionally, it can be used for most standard hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing and sintering applications.

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Heat Treater Expands Controlled Atmosphere Brazing Capabilities

May 20, 2021 / ATMOSPHERE AIR FURNACES NEWS, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT

An industrial heat exchanger manufacturer based in the UK will receive a new controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing line. This system will allow the manufacturer to expand its range of sizes and dimensions of aluminum heat exchangers that can be brazed using the CAB technology.

The supplier of the system, North American manufacturer SECO/VACUUM parent company SECO/WARWICK, shared that the Active Only line offers the greatest flexibility within the CAB furnace range while maintaining the same performance as larger continuous lines. These capabilities were important in order to accommodate the manufacturer's wide ranging portfolio, which includes heat exchangers for various industries.

Piotr Skarbiński
Vice President of the Aluminum Process and CAB Business Segments
SECO/WARWICK Group
Source: SECO/WARWICK

The line will consist of a degreaser with afterburner and integrated energy recovery system, a spray fluxer, and an Active Only semi-continuous furnace. The system is composed of a dryer, a purging chamber, a convection-heated brazing furnace, a protective atmosphere cooling chamber, and a final cooling chamber. This will be complemented by an integrated system for loading, sequencing, stacking, transferring, and unloading the work in progress.

"We delivered our first furnace to this company 17 years ago, in 2004," says Piotr Skarbiński, Vice President of the Aluminum & CAB Products Segment at the SECO/WARWICK Group. "It was a furnace designed for the cutting-edge copper brazing technology of that time."

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SonFlow to Receive Vacuum Furnace for New Brazing Solutions

May 6, 2021 / BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

A Scandinavian manufacturer of heat exchangers, SonFlow will receive a vacuum furnace from the parent company of a North American manufacturer for copper brazing adapted to the individual needs of the company's clients. A special nozzle design and electrical penetration assembly will ensure that the device is specific for the production of the latest, high-capacity plate heat exchangers for industrial, HVAC, off-shore and sanitary purposes to be manufactured in the Kolding plant.

SonFlow is a European manufacturer which has historically been known for manufacturing high-capacity industrial pumps. The company is now expanding into the plate heat exchanger business. Manufacturing state-of-the-art, powerful heat-exchangers has provided the incentive for the plant to purchase a furnace from SECO/WARWICK that will satisfy the current production challenges associated with the brazing process.

The working area of the device (900 x 900 x 1200) will enable the plant to perform in-house brazing, without the need to outsource work to third-parties. Power savings, one of the pillars of their mission, is ensured by the graphite chamber, and the shortened cycle time is guaranteed, thanks to the vacuum level of 10-3 mbar.

"Years of experience," explained Maciej Korecki, VP of the Vacuum Business Segment at SECO/WARWICK Group, "and the above approach have resulted in developing a special design of the cooling nozzles, optimum for brazing companies. This dedicated solution consisting of the special nozzle design for these radiator applications prevents excessive deposits of brazing residues in undesired areas of the heating chamber. With this design, the risk of damaging the device during the brazing process is eliminated."

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HTA Group To Receive Vacuum Aluminum Brazing Furnace

December 2, 2020 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Global commercial heat treater HTA Group (HTA) ordered a vacuum aluminum brazing furnace. It will operate within a tight temperature tolerance of +/- 3° C, as dictated by AMS2750F, allowing HTA to continue to provide accredited heat treatment processing services to the global aerospace industry.

Norm Tucker
Director
HTA Group
Source:
manmonthly.com.au

With three locations in Australia and one in the United States, HTA will be using this furnace to braze aluminum parts for applications where the use of brazing flux is not permitted due to corrosion. This is the seventh furnace -- and the 3rd vacuum brazing furnace -- that SECO/WARWICK will be providing to HTA.

"Our team of experienced heat treatment professionals appreciate working with SECO/WARWICK experts and technologies," said Norm Tucker, director at HTA Group. "We demand high quality, precision solutions due to the stringent requirements of the aerospace applications that we work with."

The vacuum aluminum brazing system has been designed with 6 temperature control zones in order to meet the temperature requirements of +/- 3° C as specified by the AMS2750F pyrometry specification. Additionally, the furnace provides the deep vacuum and perfect temperature uniformity to meet the Class 1 requirements of the pyrometry specification. The powerful high vacuum system will be equipped with a large diffusion pump and built to accommodate loads up to 800 x 800 x 1600mm (W x H x D). The furnace will be equipped with an external gas cooling system, which will both accelerate the process and improve the part quality after brazing.

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Electric Car Supplier Purchases Continuous CAB Technology

July 22, 2020 / AUTOMOTIVE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, HEAT TREAT NEWS INDUSTRIES

Piotr Skarbiński, Vice President of the aluminum and CAB Product Segment at SECO/WARWICK (photo source: secowarwick.com)

A global manufacturer of electric cars based in Asia has purchased Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) technology. The CAB technology will be designed for brazing large size car battery coolers.

The supplier, SECO/WARWICK, believes that green technology is increasingly in-demand. "The electric car industry," says Piotr Skarbiński, Vice President of the Aluminum and CAB Products Segment at SECO/WARWICK, "is constantly investing in technologies for the production of advanced vehicles and systems in which these vehicles are equipped.”

The current and forecast development of electric cars and the related rapid and long-term increase in demand for battery coolers is very positive for the segment of the company dealing in aluminum soldering and heat treatment.

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Mexican Auto Supplier Upgrades 4 Zone Brazing Furnace

June 18, 2020 / ATMOSPHERE AIR FURNACES NEWS, AUTOMOTIVE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

An automotive parts supplier in Mexico will receive a rebuilt 24 inch, four zone continuous mesh belt brazing furnace.

Continuous Mesh Belt Brazing Furnace (photo source: Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems)

The rebuild included a new 330 stainless steel muffle, new silicon carbide heating elements, new cooling sections, and new furnace controls to meet CQI-9 requirements. The CQI-9 controls package includes data acquisition, preventative maintenance alerts, remote connectivity, furnace parameter trending, and temperature deviation alarms.

The partner chosen for this rebuild, Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, designs, manufactures, and services a full line of industrial thermal processing equipment, offering batch and continuous thermal processing equipment for both atmosphere and vacuum applications as well as a full line of alloy fabrications, replacement parts and auxiliary equipment.

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