Vacuum Heat Treat Furnace Systems
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We offer vacuum heat treating furnaces for hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing, sintering, carburizing, carbonitriding, high vacuum, carbon/carbon composites, CVD–graphitizing and degassing. SECO/WARWICK has built some of the largest vacuum furnaces in operation today, developing advanced technologies like Universal HPQ™ (High Pressure Quench), LPC vacuum carburizing, fully automated control systems and modeling software. Vacuum furnace configurations are available for vertical, horizontal and elevator style furnaces. Both cylindrical and rectangular hot zones with metallic or graphite heating elements are available for both new and used equipment.
Vacuum Capabilities • Gas/High Pressure Quench • LPC Carburizing
High Vacuum • High Temperature Lab Furnace • Sintering
Vacuum Brazing • Vacuum Tempering • Specialty •Hot Zones
The Furnace & Atmospheres for Today's Technology Seminar is scheduled for October 26-28, 2009. This event is held every year for industry professionals to present the latest improvements in heat treat furnaces and provide basic, practical information for companies new to heat treating. Beginning in 2009, the basic format has been changed to feature industry experts who will provide in-depth information on support technologies and industry trends--Click here for the event website.
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Vacuum Furnace Capabilities
V-400.3 |
Click here for a PDF of V400.3 which outlines the products and services offered by the Vacuum Product Group.
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Gas Pressure/ High Pressure Quench
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 High Pressure Quench Vacuum Furnaces are used for high, medium and low alloy hot and cold working steels, high speed steels, oil hardened steels - AISI type 01, 02, 06, 07, 4140, 4340, etc. - low pressure vacuum carburizing, tempering, solution heat treating, super alloys, brazing and sintering.
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Low Pressure
LPC
Vacuum Carburizing
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The Process: "Next Generation HPQ Furnaces" published in the September 2008 edition of Heat Treating Progress (ASM Heat Treat Society publication) reviews the latest advances in HPQ - LPC Carburizing equipment and processes. State of the Technology issues are discussed, including:
- Radial Nozzle vs Axial Quenching
- Quenching Rates
- Quench media oil & HPQ up to 25 Bar Helium
Click here to read the complete article in .pdf format
The Controls: FineCarb™ Control System provides precision process control automatically reducing process time
Click here to read a detailed description of the system
SimVac™ Carburizing Simulation Software works with FineCarb process software as a professional tool to design vacuum carburizing process cycles: Users save time and reduce process errors by simulating steel carburizing process cycles prior running actual trials. The system allows the user to choose the carburizing and diffusion specifications, process, temperature, pre-cooling and soak times. The user can then select the steel grade from a complete menu of pre-programmed US, European and Russian specifications along with the part geometry, radius and surface area. The system automatically computes the batch weight and surface area. Click here for our new brochure
Steels for Vacuum Carburizing and Structure of the Carburizing Layer after Low Pressure Carburizing by R. Gorockiewicz, Ph.D. University of Zielona Góra, Poland. A. Adamek, M. Korecki. SECO/WARWICK S.A., Swiebodzin, Poland is a discussion of the application of low pressure carburizing technology for hardening steel in metallurgical terms. Click here for the full text paper in .pdf format |
| Vacuum Carburizing for Semi-Continuous Operation |
The basic LPC Carburizing Furnace Module can be adapted for larger scales production needs.
Click on this link for a virtual demonstration (39 MB) of the sequence of operation for the Multi-chamber concept (note-takes a minute to load) http://www.secowarwick.com/vacuum/multichamber.avi
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High Vacuum Furnace
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 High Vacuum Furnaces for solution heat treating, annealing, stress relieving, quench hardening, brazing & heat treating, degassing, tempering, homogenizing, ageing, carburizing
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| High Temperature Lab Furnace |
These horizontal, front loading vacuum lab furnaces are designed for sintering, heat treating and brazing in vacuum or partial pressure inert atmospheres. Model V40-18/12 is designed for an operating temperature of 1800 °C, and a maximum temperature of 2200 °C. Designed for an operating vacuum level of 10 microns or better, the furnace is equipped with a 12 in (300 mm) square rigid graphite fiberboard hot zone and graphite plate heating elements . Click here for more information
The standard unit is affordably priced under $99,000Click here for .pdf
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| Vacuum Sintering |
 SECO/WARWICK offers different types of vacuum sintering furnaces for different applications including:
- Dewaxing and vacuum sintering
- High pressure vacuum sintering
- Metal injection molding (MIM)
- Outgassing
Click here to read a brief article in .pdf on the process and our experience
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| Vacuum Furnace Hot Zones |
 How is the temperature uniformity in your vacuum furnace? Typically, vacuum furnaces lose uniformity when heat loss occurs, or an element goes bad. Poor temperature uniformity will produce unequal heating of the load, and poor quality product.
When you suspect that you have temperature uniformity problems, contact SECO/WARWICK. If you are not in the market for new equipment, SECO/WARWICK can provide replacement hot zones and heating elements for a wide variety of vacuum furnace configurations including horizontal, vertical and elevator hearth designs with metallic or graphite heating elements.
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| Vacuum Brazing Fundamentals |
 Issues in Vacuum Brazing published in May/June 2006 Heat Treating Progress
Successful vacuum brazing relies on using the proper techniques, correct materials, and furnace capabilities to continuously control the brazing cycle.
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| Heat Treatment of H-13 Die Steel |
Importance of Precision Cooling during Vacuum Heat Treatment of Hot Work Tool Steel Heat treating finished tools made of chromium hot-work steels such as H13 (containing nominally 5% Cr and significant amounts of other alloys), particularly large ones, requires experience and a clear understanding of the phase changes and associated stresses occurring during the heating and cooling of the part. .pdf format |
| Vacuum Tempering Furnaces |
 Retort tempering vacuum furnaces provide a unique heat treatment solution for machine tools, tooling, extrusions and stamping dies for aerospace and automotive, camshafts, crankshafts and gears; Systems may be fitted with optional ZeroFlow gas nitriding technology.
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| Specialty Vacuum Furnaces |
Product Bulletin for Vacuum Furnaces for CVD vacuum equipment, carbon/carbon composites CVI, carbonization, graphitization and other high temperature applications in html format.
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| Case Study | Therm-Tech of Waukesh, WI earns Ford AMTD-DC2010 Supplier Certification |
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