Seco/Vacuum, Pa., has shipped a single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum furnace, the Vector, to be utilized for a variety of heat-treating processes, including hardening of tool steels as well as high vacuum sintering and annealing. The furnace is designed to achieve deep vacuum levels which will allow the customer to process materials for nuclear applications.
The new Vector will replace an older furnace, adding significantly more capabilities and process flexibility. Seco/Vacuum’s managing director, Peter Zawistowski, said, “I’m very proud of how our group managed this relationship. Our product management and engineering staff collaborated with the customer’s engineering and commercialization teams for over a year to develop a proposal for the specialized capabilities they required. As a result, we were able to give the customer all the confidence they needed to award the project to Seco/Vacuum.”
The Vector platform is designed for specialization. The 2-bar furnace has a chamber size of 16” x 16” x 24” deep and comes equipped with an oversized load capacity of 1000 lb., a metal hot zone, a high vacuum diffusion pump and uses argon for its process gas. The furnace will be equipped with SECO/WARWICK’s state-of-the-art control system.
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