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Heat Treating Capabilities Expand for Medical Device and Implant Manufacturer

Solar Manufacturing Mentor^® Furnace
Source: Solar Manufacturing

A medical device and implant manufacturer in the Southeast USA recently received a vacuum furnace. The furnace will be used to age harden and anneal medical devices and implants.

The Model HFL-2018-2IQ Mentor^® vacuum furnace by Solar Manufacturing features an all-metal insulated hot zone, a load weight capacity of up to 250 lbs., and a maximum operating temperature of 2400° F.

Dan Insogna
Southeast Regional Sales Manager
Solar Manufacturing (photo source: solarmfg.com)

“We were awarded the project based on our relationship with Solar Atmospheres and our quick furnace delivery,” states Dan Insogna, southeast regional sales manager at Solar Manufacturing. “Together, we delivered the Mentor^® furnace along with a water system, and a custom heat treat recipe for the medical grade components being processed. Our customer was up and running with their new… furnace within a week of delivery.”

(Photo Source: BruceBlaus – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44967235)

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Heat Treat Goes In-House for Medical Device Manufacturer

January 20, 2021 / FEATURED NEWS, MEDICAL HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Michel Frison
VP Global Sales
Nitrex and G-M Enterprises (Source: Nitrex.com)

A medical device manufacturer has acquired a vacuum furnace that will bring heat treating in-house, reducing lead time and improving process control. The application is for the heat-treatment of steel dies used in the company’s plastic and metal injection molding operations.

The vacuum furnace is the first purchase from G-M Enterprises, a Nitrex company. G-M Enterprises completed the installation at the company’s newly expanded greenfield facility. The turnkey solution features a horizontal front loading vacuum furnace G-M model HVF 101-(I)XB with 6-Bar internal quench capabilities and a work area of 18” x 18” x 24” (457 x 457 x 610 mm), with an all-metal furnace construction. The system is part of the company’s metal injection molding operations.

"We are proud of continually maintaining G-M Enterprises’ long-standing relationship with the medical industry," said Michel Frison, VP Global Sales, Nitrex and G-M Enterprises, "providing solutions that aid in improving the affordability and accessibility of high-quality healthcare."

(photo source: Yilmaz Akin at unsplash.com)

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Heat Treat Abilities for Aerospace Components Expand at U.S. Defense Base

January 11, 2021 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Michel Frison
Vice President Global Sales
Nitrex and G-M Enterprises (Source: Nitrex.com)

A turnkey vacuum system will support the expanding in-house heat treat operations of a military base located in the USA. This aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility performs rework of engines and related components.

The new horizontal furnace provided by G-M Enterprises, a Nitrex company, will complement existing vacuum systems from the company that has been in operation since 1989. The supplier will provide all key components, including a horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace with a work zone of 48” wide x 48” high x 72” deep (1220 x 1220 x 1800 mm), a 4,000 lb. (1800 kg) weight capacity, and a 2 bar-quench system in addition to an all-metal hot zone construction, advanced computer-control system, and hydrogen partial pressure capabilities.

Operating at a temperature range of 1000°F to 2400°F (535°C – 1300°C), the furnace will heat treat aircraft engine components.

Michel Frison, vice president of Global Sales, Nitrex and G-M Enterprises said, "Our success with the government’s military bases is about delivering cost-effective, result-oriented heat-treating solutions that support in-house capabilities, improve on the material properties of mission-critical aerospace applications, and can save on manufacturing costs."

Production of the new vacuum furnace is scheduled to start in July 2021.

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7 Heat Treat Furnaces Shipped to Manufacturers in Aerospace and Defense

December 21, 2020 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Ellen Conway Merrill
Vice President
DELTA H TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Source: Ellen Conway Merrill

Seven heat treat furnaces will be shipped to manufacturers in the aerospace and defense industries before the end of this year. Two furnaces will go to the additive manufacturing sector in South America, two will go to US Air Force Bases, two will go to prime Aircraft OEMs, and one furnace will be going to a Heavy Maintenance Aircraft MRO.

The provider, DELTA H Technologies, plans to install the DELTA H DCAHT® and SCAHT® Series Aerospace Furnace start-up and training services in January and February. The supplier provides services to many essential businesses in aerospace, automotive, defense, and medical industries. This allowed them to take orders in Q3 and Q4—including several back-to-back orders in early October.

Seven furnaces shipped from DELTA H TECHNOLOGIES to the aerospace and defense industry. (Source: Ellen Conway Merrill)

Ellen Conway Merrill, vice president at DELTA H, states, “Despite the COVID pandemic, DELTA H has been able to stay at full capacity for much of the year[…] We were even fortunate enough to have hired 4 additional staff members to our team to accommodate our growth. 2020 has been tough, but we persevered and came out with a record-breaking year in sales. We are very much looking forward to another prosperous year for 2021!”

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US Defense Contractor to Receive Vacuum Oil Quenching Furnace

December 18, 2020 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, CARBURIZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, QUENCHING NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Piotr Zawistowski
Managing Director
SECO/VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES, USA

Source: secowarwick.com

A new vacuum furnace for a division of the US Department of Defense will bolster its capability to ensure supply chain reliability. The furnace is equipped to handle steel hardening, surface engineering, vacuum annealing, nickel alloy processing, and titanium heat treatment.

As a critical supplier of aerospace components to the US Department of Defense, this division will use the new vacuum oil quenching furnace, provided by SECO/WARWICK, Group, to handle functions of the department’s existing heat treatment furnaces and expand their capabilities. The addition of low pressure carburizing (LPC) and high pressure gas quenching (HPGQ) is new to this location.

“Assuring redundancy in heating needs of this location was critical,” said Piotr Zawistowski, Managing Director of SECO/VACUUM.

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GEBERIT Group Expands Vacuum Furnace Capabilities

December 11, 2020 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

GEBERIT Group, a European leader in sanitary products, will expand their annealing capabilities with two vacuum furnaces at their production plant in Ozorków. Both furnaces have larger working spaces than the standard: 900 x 900 x 1200 mm (HxWxL) to 900 x 900 x 2400 mm. These changes will allow the manufacturer to double the efficiency of the furnaces in one technological process.

As GEBERIT builds its independence by investing in heat treatment processes, some of the processes that they had carried out in traditional atmospheric furnaces will now be performed in these modern Vector vacuum furnaces supplied by North American SECO/VACUUM‘s parent company, SECO/WARWICK.

SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Furnaces
Source: secovacusa.com

Sławomir Woźniak, SECO/WARWICK Branded — Sławomir Woźniak
CEO
SECO/WARWICK
Source: secowarwick.com

“We chose the SECO/WARWICK Vector furnaces,” commented Mirosław Spasiński, head of the Technical Department of GEBERIT in Ozorków, “due to the guaranteed quality and efficiency but also the high cleanliness of the surfaces of the processed details, which is very important to us, as the elements are displayed in open GEBERIT sanitary installations, thus aesthetics play an important role.”

“An individual approach to the furnace design” notes Sławomir Woźniak, CEO of SECO/WARWICK Group, “is a project that requires expert engineering knowledge. [Our] engineers have the knowledge and experience that are needed to adjust the technology and its parameters so that it ensures the safety and failure-free operation of the device, but above all that the solution meets the expectations and needs of the client.”

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Heat Treater Expands Vacuum Processing Capabilities

December 9, 2020 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Derek Dennis
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.”

All images provided by Solar Atmospheres.

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ALP Aviation Increases Production Capacity with Vacuum Furnace

December 7, 2020 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Heat treater ALP Aviation is increasing its production capacity and expanding process capability with a vacuum furnace. The furnace is dedicated to low pressure carburizing of transmission components for helicopters and other aircraft.

The new vacuum furnace is configured with horizontal charge loading, a maximum cooling gas pressure of 15 bar of argon and nitrogen, and a 900mm x 900mm x 1200mm (W x H x L) charge area.

This Vector vacuum furnace is the heat treater's 4^th installation in a 13-year cooperation with SECO/WARWICK, the parent company of North American-based SECO/VACUUM. "Our 13-year relationship with ALP AVIATION continues to be of mutual benefit on all technical and managerial levels," says Sławomir Woźniak, CEO of SECO/WARWICK Group. "[We provide] the technology, equipment and process knowledge which has enabled our client to grow their business. Our Group values working close to the customer."

(photo source: Hunter Matthews at unsplash.com)

(photo source: Gerd Altmanna at Pixabay.com)

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Captive Heat Treater to Receive Vacuum Furnace

December 3, 2020 / FEATURED NEWS, MANUFACTURING HEAT TREAT, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

A captive heat treater in New England will receive a 10-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace. The model features high pressure gas quenching and vacuum carburizing. With temperature uniformity of ±10°F, it is consistent with AMS2750F requirements.

Jason Davidson
Northeast Regional Sales Manager
Solar
Source: solarmfg.com

"The research and development done with our sister company, Solar Atmospheres, on the alloy selection, carburizing, and recipe process development, was instrumental to the sale of the furnace," states Jason Davidson, Northeast regional sales manager at Solar. He adds that the customer valued the additional resource that the sister company had to offer.

The furnace has a graphite insulated hot zone with a work area measuring 24” wide x 24” high x 36” deep and a load weight capacity up to 2,000 pounds. Its maximum operating temperature of 2400°F.

You can see these dimensions in the video below that the supplier, Solar Manufacturing, shared on Twitter.

Solar Manufacturing recently shipped a 10-bar gas quenching vacuum furnace to a captive heat treater in New England.

Read the full article: https://t.co/s5SMICNJq4 #heattreating #heattreatment #vacuumheattreating #thermalprocessing #carburizing #furnaces pic.twitter.com/iaQWJLAvp5

— Solar Manufacturing (@SolarMfg) December 1, 2020

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HTA Group To Receive Vacuum Aluminum Brazing Furnace

December 2, 2020 / AEROSPACE HEAT TREAT, BRAZING NEWS, FEATURED NEWS, VACUUM FURNACES NEWS

Global commercial heat treater HTA Group (HTA) ordered a vacuum aluminum brazing furnace. It will operate within a tight temperature tolerance of +/- 3° C, as dictated by AMS2750F, allowing HTA to continue to provide accredited heat treatment processing services to the global aerospace industry.

Norm Tucker
Director
HTA Group
Source:
manmonthly.com.au

With three locations in Australia and one in the United States, HTA will be using this furnace to braze aluminum parts for applications where the use of brazing flux is not permitted due to corrosion. This is the seventh furnace -- and the 3rd vacuum brazing furnace -- that SECO/WARWICK will be providing to HTA.

"Our team of experienced heat treatment professionals appreciate working with SECO/WARWICK experts and technologies," said Norm Tucker, director at HTA Group. "We demand high quality, precision solutions due to the stringent requirements of the aerospace applications that we work with."

The vacuum aluminum brazing system has been designed with 6 temperature control zones in order to meet the temperature requirements of +/- 3° C as specified by the AMS2750F pyrometry specification. Additionally, the furnace provides the deep vacuum and perfect temperature uniformity to meet the Class 1 requirements of the pyrometry specification. The powerful high vacuum system will be equipped with a large diffusion pump and built to accommodate loads up to 800 x 800 x 1600mm (W x H x D). The furnace will be equipped with an external gas cooling system, which will both accelerate the process and improve the part quality after brazing.

(photo source: Jordan Sanchez at unsplash.com)

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