Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., announces that its technical director will present a discussion of triple chamber vacuum furnace systems at the Heat Treat 2019 conference in Detroit in October. The presentation is titled “Triple Chamber Vacuum Furnace Systems – The Low Pressure Carburizing Workhorse.”
Multi-chamber vacuum furnace systems have become the system of choice for high throughput, highly precise low pressure carburizing (LPC) applications over the past two decades. Compared to traditional gas carburizing in continuous or batch integral-quench atmosphere furnaces, an LPC run in modern vacuum furnaces reduces carburizing gas consumption while providing more consistent results when considering case depth, surface hardness, and core hardness.
Multi-chamber furnaces provide this level of precision, while also maintaining the high production level required in automotive or aerospace applications. To understand the potential benefits of these systems, two sample applications using a triple chamber semi-continuous vacuum carburizing system will be discussed. Both oil and gas quenching capabilities are considered.
Results show that the semi-continuous, triple chamber design is capable of similar, if not superior results, while providing increased productivity and uptime versus more traditional multi–furnace or continuous furnace systems.
Author: Don Marteeny, SVT Technical Director
30th Heat Treating Society Conference & Exposition
October 15-17, 2019
Detroit, Michigan
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 10:20 am in Room 251C (COBO Center)
