Seco Warwick, Meadville, Pa., announces that it has signed a contract to supply a comprehensive system for heat treatment of parts to a pump factory in Ukraine. The company produces over 50 types of pumps for the chemical, metallurgy, energy, and other markets in Eastern and Central Europe and Asia.
The production line includes the Vector 15VP vacuum furnace for hardening, quenching, and tempering. The furnace will be equipped with a closed water system and gas installation so that the device can work independently. Additional equipment will also include the LPC (vacuum carburizing) option as well as quenching, heating in gas, and isothermal cooling.
Thanks to this system, the factory will be able to carry out the full heat treatment process in one machine in accordance with its requirements. Typically, such a process is conducted in three separate pieces of equipment, but thanks to the unique solution from Seco Warwick engineers, they can take place in a single furnace. This solution will reduce the cost of the entire investment, as well as subsequent expenditures for the operation of the installation.
The use of one furnace with optional equipment for three heat treatment processes – hardening, quenching, and tempering – provides a whole range of benefits. The device is simpler and faster to install than three separate furnaces, requires less space, provides up to 40% energy savings, reduces processing and cooling times, and thus overall production cycles, and is simple and precise to operate. All operations are saved on hard disks and made available online to Seco Warwick service technicians to monitor compliance of operating parameters.
This solution will allow the pump manufacturer to transform from salt-furnace technology to modern vacuum, which will significantly improve the parameters of manufactured components, reduce deformation, prevent oxidation, and extend the life of individual parts.
