Vacuum Furnaces Technical Content
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 ...
Hypersonics Come Alive with Vacuum and Controlled Atmosphere Furnaces
Hypersonic vehicles and missiles operating at Mach 5 and beyond place unprecedented thermal and environmental demands on aerospace materials. In this ...
Ask The Heat Treat Doctor®: Why and How Do We Heat Treat Gears? Part Two
Ask The Heat Treat Doctor® has returned to bring sage advice to Heat Treat Today readers and to answer your questions about heat ...
Heat Treatment of Carbon and Graphite-Based Materials for Space Travel and Exploration
Carbon and graphite-based materials are among the few engineered materials capable of withstanding the extreme thermal, mechanical, and environmental demands of ...
Vacuum Furnaces 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
New Vacuum Furnace Supports Aerospace Heat Treating at U.S. Facility
A U.S.-based aerospace manufacturer is expanding its heat treat capabilities for bearing components with the addition of vacuum heat treatment processes, ...
Andis Vacuum Furnace Controls Get An Upgrade
Andis Company, a U.S.-based manufacturer of grooming tools, has completed a controls upgrade on a vacuum heat treat furnace used for ...
AM Drives Hypersonic Engine Development Demand
Aerospace firm Velontra is leveraging metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology to support hypersonic propulsion development. Their choice of laser powder bed ...
Fringe Friday: US Lab Selects PGA Platform for New Materials Initiative
We’re celebrating getting to the “fringe” of the weekend with a Heat Treat Fringe Friday installment: a plasma gas atomization (PGA) platform selected by ...
Vacuum Furnace Boosts Tool Steel Processing
Treatnorte, a commercial heat treatment company, will add a new vacuum furnace to support vacuum heat treatment of tool steel, improving ...
Allied Graphite Develops Vertical Furnace Systems
Allied Graphite, a U.S.-based graphite materials manufacturer, is advancing the high-temperature thermal processing of its battery-grade material with a new technology ...
Custom VIM System Enhances Turbine Blade Production
An aircraft engine manufacturer has purchased a custom-built vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace to support the production of equiaxed (EQ) turbine ...
Boeing Adds Vacuum Heat Treat Capacity
Boeing is adding vacuum furnace capacity at its Tube, Duct and Reservoir Center in Algona, Washington, to expand in-house heat treating ...
Vacuum Furnace Consolidates Multiple Heat Treat Processes
A manufacturer has placed an order for a vacuum furnace system designed to replace multiple heat treating processes, consolidating operations into ...
Large-Capacity Nitriding Furnace Enhances Processing Capabilities
Vacu-Braze, a commercial heat treater specializing in vacuum heat treating and brazing, has added a large-capacity nitriding furnace to support processing ...
Additional Vacuum Furnace Supports Heat Treatment of Aircraft Engine Blades
An aerospace manufacturer has ordered a vacuum furnace to support heat treatment of high-performance alloys used in aircraft components, including engine ...
California Facility Adds 10-Bar Vacuum Furnace
Solar Atmospheres has announced the installation and full commissioning of a new 10-bar vacuum furnace at its Fontana, California, further expanding ...
Vacuum Casting Expansion Strengthens Turbine Component Manufacturing
Two vacuum induction melting (VIM) casting systems are being deployed to support the production of components used in power generation turbine ...
Heat Treater Acquisition Enhances Integrated Manufacturing Capabilities
G.S. Precision, a precision machining and manufacturing company headquartered in Brattleboro, Vermont, has expanded its global manufacturing platform with the announcement ...
