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CAB Line Selected for EV In-House Heat Treating

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An international automotive conglomerate has selected a controlled atmosphere brazing line for their newly established factory in Mexico. The heat treat system will be used to process EV batteries.

5th CAB line for global automotive manufacturer

Piotr Skarbiński
Vice President of Aluminum and CAB Products Segment
SECO/WARWICK
Source: LinkedIn

While this is the 5th CAB line that SECO/WARWICK has provided to the manufacturer, this specific heat treat system --- the EV/CAB line --- is designed with the electric vehicle (EV) sector in mind to braze large-size car battery coolers for the EV industry. The system includes a brazing furnace, convection preheating chamber, cooling chamber with air jacket, final cooling chamber, and control system.

"This is the customer’s first order outside the Asian market," commented Piotr Skarbiński, vice president of Aluminum and CAB Products Segment at SECO/WARWICK. He continued, saying, "We are glad [to] be involved in this project." SECO/WARWICK will commission this solution and execute the start-up on-site.

This solution is provided within the global context of increased demand for battery coolers due to the growing production of electric vehicles.

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Heat Treat IQ System for Härtewerk Chemnitz Hardening Plant

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Kai Werlitz
Technical Operations Manager
Härtewerk Chemnitz GmbH
Source: Härtewerk Chemnitz

Härtewerk Chemnitz GmbH, a large German commercial hardening plant (Lohnhärterei), has purchased a horizontal, two-chamber furnace low-pressure carburizing and oil quenching system from an international heat treat solutions provider. In the German plant, the integral quench system will replace legacy atmosphere technology and expand their capabilities for mass-producing parts.

This is the first SECO/WARWICK furnace equipped with vacuum heating at the heat treater's German plant and the first Super IQ solution in Germany. The system has a heating chamber, loading and unloading vestibule, and a quenching bath. The equipment in the system enables users to perform a variety of heat treatment processes, heat, and chemical treatment, as well as low-pressure carburizing and quenching.

"The machines we have worked with so far had required time-consuming and expensive preparation, especially when the equipment was not at the right temperature," commented Kai Werlitz, technical operations manager at Härtewerk Chemnitz GmbH. "The Super IQ furnace that we have ordered eliminates not only these difficulties but also enables efficient heat treatment with very high repeatability and uniformity of the carburized layer, which with atmospheric furnaces was only possible to a limited extent."

The heat treater's Chemnitz and Chomutov plants provide a wide range of services related to metal heat treatment and focus on Germany and Europe's mechanical engineering, automotive, and metalworking industries.

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Global Power Tech Leader Will Use Heat Treat Furnace for Nuclear Applications

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A global leader in power technologies purchased a vacuum furnace from a North American furnace provider. The equipment will be used for specialized nuclear operations.

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

SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, was awarded the order for the 2-bar Vector®, a single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum furnace. It will be used for a variety of heat treating processes, including hardening of tool steels as well as high vacuum sintering and annealing. The furnace design will achieve deep vacuum levels, allowing the customer to process materials for nuclear applications. The new Vector will replace an older furnace, adding significantly more capabilities and process flexibility.

"I’m very proud of how our SECO/VISORY group managed this relationship," noted Peter Zawistowski, managing director of SECO/VACUUM. "Our product management and engineering staff collaborated with the customer’s engineering and commercialization teams for over a year to develop a proposal for the specialized capabilities they required."

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Automotive Air Conditioning System Manufacturer Contracts New CAB Line

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

An international furnace supplier has been contracted to deliver a controlled atmosphere brazing line for air conditioning system components. The new line will be used to produce air conditioning condensers and evaporators.

The new CAB line is the third SECO/WARWICK order from this Chinese customer and will help to maintain its position in the automotive air-conditioning system market. Heat exchangers are manufactured using highly specialized continuous lines for controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB).

"The growth of the electromobility segment, legal regulations, and the increasing awareness of the global society associated with the need to care for the natural environment gives [us] high hopes for the product line dedicated to the battery cooler segment," said Piotr Skarbiński, vice president of the Business Segment Aluminum Process and CAB at SECO/WARWICK.

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Sundram Fasteners Ltd. Expands Vacuum Furnace Capabilities

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Mr. Sivaraman Arjunan
Senior Manager
Sundram Fasteners Limited
Source: LinkedIn

Indian fastener manufacturer Sundram Fasteners Limited will receive a vacuum furnace to heat treat high quality aviation screws.

This will be the second furnace from SECO/WARWICK --- a global heat treat solution provider --- for this manufacturer. The vacuum furnace on order is a compact Vector device that meets the Indian partner’s requirements in the field of fastener heat treatment for use in the aviation industry, particularly for heat treating large loads of manufactured aviation bolts.

“[The] Vector," commented Mr. Sivaraman Arjunan, senior manager at Sundram Fasteners Limited, "will improve and increase the processing capacity of the tempering, hardening and annealing processes, and will improve the process economics, considering energy savings and the graphite chamber efficiency.”

Sundram Fasteners Limited is a world leader in manufacturing precision components for the automotive, energy (windmills) and aviation sectors.

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Heat Treating Furnace Intended for NSK Global Bearing Manufacturer

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

HTD Size-PR LogoA roller-type furnace intended for spheroidizing annealing of bearing steel forgings will be operated in the Kielce plant of global bearing manufacturer NSK. The process line built around a roller-type furnace is intended for heat treatment of workpieces will be assembled into bearings to be used, for example, in the automotive sector.

The company received the same SECO/WARWICK furnace years ago, and the line featuring it has been operating in the NSK factory for seven years now. This type of equipment has technological roots in the U.S.

"We know that bearing production requires a huge amount of precision," said Piotr Skarbiński, VP in charge of this product segment at SECO/WARWICK Group. "The required metallographic structure can be achieved in the production process only with a strict and repeatable regime of a many-hour thermal process. That is why our production line intended for this purpose is based on full automation of processes. This enables the elimination of all errors resulting from the human factor."

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Automotive Manufacturer To Replace Vacuum Furnace

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

HTD Size-PR LogoAn American manufacturer of automotive metal seals will be replacing an existing vacuum furnace to meet high performance standards for its tooling and precision sealing products.

SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, will deliver a Vector® high-pressure gas quench furnace (HPGQ). It has a chamber size of 24” x 24” x 36”, will be equipped with SECO/PREDICTIVE maintenance software designed to predict issues before they occur, and includes various technologies that will ensure high quality performance and process repeatability.

"We have worked very hard to create the tools and metrics necessary to manage our customers’ vacuum heat treatment processes accurately and without unplanned service interruptions," said Peter Zawistowski, managing director of SECO/VACUUM, "and while that gives us an important edge, we are also fully committed to direct contact with the customer to anticipate problems and solve them before they occur."

In addition to the hardware and supervisory tools, the furnace supplier will provide extensive training on the new Vector and support it with a 5-year preventive maintenance program.

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Electronic Component Manufacturer to Expand Vacuum Tempering Capabilities

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

A global manufacturer of electronic components with engineering centers and factories worldwide has purchased a vacuum tempering furnace for one of its plants in Pennsylvania. The furnace will be used to anneal copper and steel electrical connectors used in subsequent assemblies.

With a chamber of 48” x 48” x 72”,  the new equipment from SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, will deliver added capacity to meet increased demand for the company’s products. The order includes a turbo-cooling feature designed to improve turnaround time from batch to batch and maximize throughput.

"We are finding increasing opportunities in markets with broad supply chain stresses," commented Peter Zawistowski, managing director of SECO/VACUUM. "We are doing our part with this global electronics supplier to provide the boost they need to achieve an integrated recovery with their customers. Every little bit helps, and we’re pleased to be a part of the solution."

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Aerospace Components Manufacturer Orders Two-Chamber Vacuum Furnace

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Selcuk Kilicarslan
Special Process Manager
TEI

TEI – a large Turkish manufacturer of aircraft engines – purchased a two-chamber vacuum furnace. It will be used for the heat treatment of parts for aircraft engines.

This CaseMaster Evolution® furnace from SECO/WARWICK -- a global heat treat solution provider with locations in North America -- includes a two-chamber vacuum furnace with an oil quenching system. The furnace offers a working dimension of 900 x 900 x 1200mm and can process charges up to 1000kg. The device will be equipped with a high vacuum system and a system for measuring temperature within the charge when heating and cooling.

"The technology proposed by SECO/WARWICK attracted our attention because of the high quality of treated components and process repeatability and environmental protection issues and better process efficiency," commented Selcuk Kilicarslan, manager of Special Processes from TEI. "The two-chamber CaseMaster Evolution furnace will stand out on the Turkish market thanks to the very accurate charge temperature monitoring and superior quenchant temperature control. There are only a few devices of this kind worldwide. This brings us a great advantage and the ability to provide our hardening services to third parties."

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Heat Treater To Sharpen Their In-House Operation

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HTD Size-PR LogoA manufacturer of machining tools, industrial knives, mulching knives, and chippers has placed an order for a vacuum furnace with 10 bar high-pressure gas quenching. It will be used for tool steel hardening and tempering processes.

The furnace on order, the Vector® -- a furnace from North American SECO/VACUUM and the international SECO/WARWICK -- has been adapted to match the Czech manufacturer's needs: SECO/WARWICK engineers have designed a 600 x 600 x 1800mm work space. The device modification was implemented to fit the long and straight characteristic shape of the workpieces. The unit was also equipped with a directional cooling option to effectively cool down long and thin knives that, a shape that's prone to distortion during the hardening process.

The application for the device required an inverter that enables complete control over temperature at every stage of the hardening process to reduce distortion. Together with the additional option of directional cooling and the convection system, the system design helps to reduce the undesirable distortion significantly.

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