Seco\/Vacuum, Pennsylvania, has supplied the U.S. Department of Defense with a vacuum heat treating furnace with integral oil quench, high pressure gas quench, and low pressure carburizing capabilities. As a critical supplier of aerospace components to the U.S. Department of Defense, this new vacuum oil quenching furnace will be able to handle any of the functions of the department\u2019s existing heat treatment furnaces, either in a redundant role or to provide additional capacity to any of them.<\/p>\n
The addition of low pressure carburizing (LPC) and high pressure gas quenching (HPGQ) is new to this location. Aerospace related process applications conducted at this facility, for which the new furnace will be equipped, include steel hardening, surface engineering, vacuum annealing, nickel alloy processing, and titanium heat treatment. The Defense customer specializes in the repair and maintenance of aerospace components. The furnace not only performs vacuum oil quenching, but it also offers the ability to gas quench at 15 bar with nitrogen and 6 bar with argon and heat with diffusion pump vacuum levels.<\/p>\n
\u201cAssuring redundancy in heating needs of this location was critical,\u201d said Piotr Zawistowski, managing director of Seco\/Vacuum. \u201cVacuum oil quenching was a critical process need and LPC, combined with HPGQ allows materials engineers with new options. The order is the result of two years of effort. While this is not SVT\u2019s first order for DoD, it is, without doubt, one of the most advanced engineering projects to date.\u201d<\/p>\n
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