Vacuum Processing

 

 

 

 

 

Processes

• Annealing, bright annealing, solution annealing, normalizing, carbide conditioning, thermal shocking, stress relieving & post-weld heat treating
• Hardening tool steels, P/M tool steels, stainless steels & superalloys
• Precipitation (age) hardening stainless steels, Ni-based & Ti-based superalloys
• Vacuum tempering

Process Capabilities

• Annealing, neutral hardening & precipitation hardening
• Meets AMS 2750 (pyrometry), AMS 2759, AMS 2769, CQI-9, ASME Sect VIII, NADCA, etc.
• Work zones up to 36” W x 72” L x 36” H
• Temperatures up to 2200°F
• Capacities up to 3000 lbs
• Nitrogen or Argon backfill gases
• Nitrogen quenching up to 14 bar
• Rapid quenching or programmed slow cooling
• Automated process controls via programmable furnace controllers
• Digital furnace charting (T, t, P)
• Load thermocouples

Process Features

• Many tool steels run overnight (including most double draws)
• Long annealing cycles run over the weekend