President
Solar Atmospheres California
Source: solaratm.com
West coast heat treater Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) recently added additional large furnace capacity to their inventory of vacuum equipment. The furnace was specifically designed to process a variety of materials that require optimum performance during controlled heating and cooling, vacuum processing, positive pressure processing, and differential pressure processing.
Key equipment characteristics include 84” x 144” all graphite and CFC hot zone, temperature uniformity ±10°F, 2-bar high performance 800 HP cooling system. Additionally, the furnace has a maximum operating temperature of 2650°F and a maximum loading capacity of 50,000 lbs. SCA worked closely with sister company, Solar Manufacturing, to design and fabricate the equipment to meet all prime requirements and AMS 2750 standards.
“We are very pleased to add the additional large furnace capacity,” SCA President Derek Dennis states. “Each new furnace installation is built on a building block approach from the personal knowledge and experience accumulated by operating previous furnace models. I really appreciate the ability to bounce different ‘out of the box’ ideas to our manufacturing team, who then takes those ideas and makes them a reality. Often, the team takes the ideas to another level before the final build plans go to the shop floor.”
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