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Solar Atmospheres Expands with 10-Bar Vacuum Furnace

/ MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT NEWS, QUENCHING NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Solar Atmospheres has commissioned and installed a new 10-bar vacuum furnace at its Greenville, SC facility. The horizontal furnace can process loads up to 12,000 pounds and expands the company’s capacity for high-pressure quenching of large components and workloads.

Solar Atmospheres new 10-bar vacuum furnace
Source: Solar Atmospheres
Steve Prout
President
Solar Atmospheres Southeast

Manufactured by its sister company Solar Manufacturing, the furnace features a working zone measuring 48” wide x 48” high x 96” deep. Its pumping package achieves an ultimate vacuum level of 1×10⁻⁶ Torr, ensuring performance for processing titanium and other high-grade alloys requiring pristine vacuum environments

Steve Prout, president of Solar Atmospheres Southeast, commented: “We’re proud to offer our customers another regional option for high-pressure quenching of large components and workloads, while also providing the opportunity to reduce processing costs through economies of scale.”

Press release is available in its original form here.

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Boeing Approval for So. Carolina Heat Treat Supplier Covers AMS 2759/3 Requirements

/ AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT NEWS, FEATURED NEWS

Steve Prout, President, Solar Atmospheres, Greenville, South Carolina

Boeing has granted an approved scope of processing to a South Carolina heat treat processing plant to include the processing of precipitation hardening, corrosion resistant, and maraging steel parts to the requirements of Aerospace Material Specification AMS 2759/3.

Solar Atmospheres recently announced the expansion to its current scope of Boeing approval at its Greenville, South Carolina, facility, which now includes the following specifications:

  • BAC 5613 – Heat Treatment of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
  • BAC 5616 – Heat Treatment of Nickel-Base and Cobalt-Base Alloys
  • BAC 5619 – Heat Treatment of Corrosion Resistant Steel
  • AMS 2759/3 – Heat Treatment of Precipitation-Hardening, Corrosion Resistant, and Maraging Steel Parts

“We are proud to be able to expand upon our process offerings in support of Boeing and its many suppliers,” said Steve Prout, President of  Solar Atmospheres’ Greenville facility. “This step allows us to once again provide the U.S. Southeast with another regional option for aerospace thermal processes.”

The facility handles small lots and development cycles to a 6-1/2 foot diameter by 24 foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 lb loads with a maximum temperature of 2400°F.  Solar Atmospheres has previously been awarded AS9100 and Nadcap accreditation.

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Solar Atmospheres Greenville, SC Facility Is Now Boeing Approved

/ AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS, HEAT TREAT NEWS INDUSTRIES

Steve Prout of Solar Atmospheres Southeast

Steve Prout – President of Solar Atmospheres Southeast

After completing an intensive three day audit, Solar Atmospheres Southeast is pleased to announce its addition to the Boeing approved processor listing.  The Greenville facility joins a group of suppliers in the thermal processing industry and will have an approved scope of processing that will include the following specifications:

  • BAC 5613 – Heat Treatment of Titanium and Titanium Alloys
  • BAC 5616 – Heat Treatment of Nickel-Base and Cobalt-Base Alloys
  • BAC 5619 – Heat Treatment of Corrosion Resistant Steel

Steve Prout, President of Solar Atmospheres Southeast states: “We are proud to be a part of the Boeing supplier network and look forward to working with suppliers in the Southeast region in support of Boeing.  We are excited that once again we are able to offer the Southeast US another regional option for aerospace processing that did not exist previously.”

With thermal processing in furnaces ranging from those suited for small lots and development cycles to a 6-1/2 foot diameter by 24 foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 lb loads with a maximum temperature of 2400°F, Solar Atmospheres is backed by AS9100 and Nadcap quality systems to provide aerospace customers confidence that their product is being processed appropriately.

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Solar Atmospheres in South Carolina Now Nadcap Approved

/ FEATURED NEWS, HEAT TREAT NEWS INDUSTRIES

Solar Atmospheres Southeast has successfully completed its first round of surveillance audits for maintaining its AS9100 and Nadcap accreditations.  Solar also expanded its scope of Nadcap approval to include Low Pressure Vacuum Carburizing to meet growing aerospace carburizing needs in the Southeast US.

Steve Prout, President of Solar Atmospheres Southeast states: “We are proud to be taking this next step in our start up plan to be able to offer Low Pressure Vacuum Carburizing services alongside the rest of our Nadcap approved scope of thermal processing capabilities.  We are excited that once again we are able to offer the Southeast US another regional option for aerospace processing that did not exist previously.”

With thermal processing in furnaces ranging from those suited for small lots and development cycles to a 6-1/2 foot diameter by 24 foot long vacuum chamber capable of processing up to 50,000 lbs at 2400°F, Solar Atmospheres is backed by AS9100 and Nadcap quality systems to provide our customers the confidence that their product is being processed appropriately.

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