Seco Vacuum Technologies, a Seco Warwick Group company, Meadville, Pa., introduces the Super IQ furnace, an integral quench carburizing furnace with many built-in features.
The Super IQ furnace is a hybrid system that combines the best traits of a conventional IQ furnace with the clean processing of Seco’s Casemaster Evolution multi-chamber vacuum furnace. It is primarily designed for carburizing processes at elevated temperatures and hardening. The furnace features a traditional vestibule with automatic loading and oil quench, plus a vacuum-tight heating chamber and an oil quench. The furnace is designed so that it can be seamlessly integrated into an installed line of conventional furnaces using an existing loading system.
Introduced at the ASM International Heat Treat 2019 conference, the Super IQ is said to offer all the benefits of low pressure carburizing with none of the added costs. The system combines clean processing with the exceptional performance of oil quenching in “the most innovative integral quench furnace design in decades.” The company says that the Super IQ provides super-clean parts while using a simple atmosphere oil quench without any additional costs.
