Solar Manufacturing, Souderton, Pa., recently shipped a large horizontal front-loading vacuum furnace to a titanium manufacturer and fabricator located in the Midwest region of the United States. The furnace includes a molybdenum-shielded hot zone and heating elements, with a work zone size of 54x54x144 inches and a weight capacity of 7500 pounds.
The furnace is specifically designed for processing titanium alloys for the aerospace, medical, and other industries. It is fully compliant to aerospace specification AMS2750E. The large work zone and heavy weight capacity of the furnace enable safe and effortless loading and unloading of the furnace with its robust, motorized loading truck.
The furnace is capable of processing in an argon atmosphere or in high vacuum in the 10-6 Torr range, with a 35-inch Varian diffusion pump assisted by a Leybold booster pump and a Leybold dry mechanical roughing pump. The furnace incorporates the new SolarVac Polaris control system with large HMI graphic touchscreen overview.
Programming capabilities include gas quench rate control up to two bar pressure with an AB variable frequency drive. Precise temperature control up to 2400°F is achieved utilizing digital power trimming technology.
Solar Manufacturing designs and manufactures a wide variety of vacuum heat treating, sintering, and brazing furnaces and offers replacement hot zones, spare parts and professional service.
