Source: TAV, the Vacuum Furnaces Blog
When and why is it a good idea to purchase a vacuum furnace? Does your company really need one? A company that wants to play its cards best, in terms of investment and yield, knows about the advantages offered by vacuum heat treatments in both the short and long term. But choosing the ideal furnace best suited to your company’s needs isn’t as easy as it might appear.
In this Heat Treat Today Best of the Web feature, TAV Vacuum Furnaces gives readers a handy guide over at its blog to consider the crucial factors in choosing a vacuum furnace for your company, including tips on who needs a vacuum oven, why comparing two or more systems is a bad idea, and the role of the heat exchanger, vessel performance, and the pumping unit.
An excerpt: “There are many fields, ranging from the vacuum sintering of metal powders or ceramics to the vacuum brazing of aluminum alloys to continue with high temperature brazing, in which technological avant-garde stands out. In these sectors, the decision to use a vacuum furnace is linked to the possibility of implementing an advanced development production process, for which the focus was on high-yield plants.”
Read more: “Do I Really Need a Vacuum Furnace?”
