Vacuum Furnace Best Practices

Matt Clinite
Customer Service (Aftermarket) Sales Manager of Aftermarket Sales
Ipsen USA

Source:  Ipsen USA.

The Furnaces North America 2020 was a virtual session, giving presenters the opportunity to create pre-recorded videos as a tool for future learning. The information for today's Heat Treat Today Technical Tuesday is pulled from a session delivered by Matt Clinite, customer service (aftermarket) sales manager at Ipsen USA.

As the sales manager of aftermarket sales at Ipsen USA, Clinite is familiar with what makes and breaks the lifetime of a vacuum furnace. In his presentation titled, "Vacuum Furnace Best Practices for Greater Reliability and Efficiency," Clinite presents a technical overview of the "five fundamental steps to keep your vacuum furnace running at peak performance."

An excerpt: Four of the five principles to assess your vacuum furnace's present condition right now are:

  1. Start with the Hot Zone
  2. Review Your Temperature Monitoring Systems
  3. Assess Your Water Cooling System
  4. Check Your Pumping System
  5. And..[watch the video!]

Additionally, Clinite guarantees that viewers will learn three things: identify and correct common furnace problems; establish a maintenance plan; and improve reliability, efficiency, and overall capability of your furnace. If anything else, walking through how to build a preventative maintenance checklist will be a helpful review for any heat treater!

Watch the 16-minute video: "Vacuum Furnace Best Practices for Greater Reliability and Efficiency."