Seco Vacuum Technologies, Meadville, Pa., is supplying its signature CaseMaster Evolution dual-chamber vacuum oil quench furnace to an aerospace equipment manufacturer to improve lead times and quality objectives. SVT is working with the company to bring its low-pressure carburizing and hardening work in-house.
“We developed the CaseMaster Evolution to help customers in aerospace and other critical industries solve some of the more challenging issues with traditional integral-quench furnaces, as well as to produce clean parts typical of vacuum furnaces,” says Maciej Korecki, VP Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces, Seco Warwick. “So, the CMe is a hybrid combining the best of both worlds, resulting in clean parts from a nontoxic work environment, providing greater repeatability of workloads, with no CO/CO2 emissions, exhaust hoods, or endothermic generators.”
The CaseMaster Evolution vacuum oil quench furnace is uniquely positioned to improve efficiency in many heat treatment operations by providing multi-chamber capabilities. These include a sealed oil and gas quench chamber that opens new processing opportunities for heat treaters. The CMe utilizes one chamber for vacuum heat treatment, and a second chamber for oil or gas quenching.
In contrast to the company’s current procedure – brining in vacuum LPC and hardening – the CMe’s vacuum LPC heating and quench chambers produce uniform, bright, and high quality parts at high-speeds for an economical workflow, all while using very low consumption of processing media.
