Heat Treatment

Equipment
Among Inductotherm’s newest technologies is the Acutrak® Direct Electric Heat (DEH) Crucible Furnace. This unique aluminum melting and holding furnace uses an air-cooled, direct electric heating system that is more efficient, environmentally friendly, assures more accurate temperature control of molten metal, all while eliminating water cooling.
This breakthrough frontloading box furnace is made possible by a unique combination of zirconia and alumina insulation, which exploits the hot strength of alumina and low thermal conductivity of zirconia.
Contemporary Kiln automatic cooling ovens have integrated ventilation systems that introduce fresh filtered air into the kiln chamber in order to expedite the cooling process and reduce the process cycle time.
These furnaces are designed for light to medium duty applications where rapid thermal response is a primary requirement.
TITAN is a self-contained, highly mobile, skid-mounted vacuum heat treat system. A simple-to-master control system is provided for data trending, archiving software, supporting 16 languages, switching easily between units of measure, acquiring real-time data, and storing up to 1000 recipes.
The Lambda Technologies MicroCure 2100 is designed around the unique Variable Frequency Microwave process technique for the selective, rapid, and uniform procesing of materials.
Thermcraft eXPRESS-LINE split tube furnaces come with a 3” ID or 6” ID heated chamber and are available in 12”, 18”, 24” and 36” heated lengths, in a single or a three zone configuration. Designed for temperatures up to 1200°C (2192°F), these furnaces will produce uniform heat around the full 360° of the heated chamber and are insulated for maximum thermal efficiency.
Chamber furnace for universal applications. Various temperature controllers available.
The Hot Spot 110L from Zircar Zirconia is a 1600°C Lab Furnace that plugs into a standard 110 Volt, 20 Amp outlet. The breakthrough design of this compact frontloading box furnace incorporates a unique combination of zirconia and alumina insulation which combines the hot strength of alumina and low thermal conductivity of zirconia. This compact unit is easily accommodated into your laboratory and does not require any special setting surface. An integrated cooling fan feature ensures that the outer shell of the furnace is cool enough to protect the user from any potential burn, even the maximum operating temperature of at 1600°C.
The LF Series furnaces are top loading multi-purpose furnace, high temperature, vacuum or controlled atmosphere with refractory metal heat zone
TITAN is a self-contained, highly mobile, skid-mounted vacuum heat treat system. It can be easily installed using fast utility hookups.
The MILA-5000 series is designed to perform clean sample heating and ultra-fast heating and cooling operations, which are characteristics of the Infrared Gold Image Furnace RTA units.
The Thermcraft TransTemp transparent tube furnace was originally developed at the Lincoln Laboratory on the campus of MIT. Unlike conventional furnaces, the TransTemp becomes transparent at approximately 600°C, which makes it possible to see a process as it takes place inside the furnace.
Unifour ageing ovens, powered by gas, oil or electricity can be installed with automated transport from stacker to packer.
The SCTOCA TOC Generator available from Peak Scientific has been extensively tested by SWAN Environmental India, who is an authorized distributor of Shimadzu’s TOC analyzers. This generator model has been approved by SWAN to provide gas for TC-IC and NPOC applications.
This is a horizontal tube furnace that can operate up to 1500°Cat vacuum levels of better than 10E-5 mbar.
Cabinet Ageing ovens for precision ageing of rubbers and plastics under controlled conditions. EB 04 and EB 10 are shelf ovens and conform to ISO 188, ISO 3383, IEC 811 and technical equivalent standards. They designed to give very low temperature variations in time and space, low air speed and controlled air exchange rate.
Automatic processing furnace systems (APF) and ceramic processing furnace systems (CPF) provide fully automatic, unattended operation at temperatures to 2500°C. Parts processing may be cycled in under two hours with rapid temperature ramp up (>100°C/min) and ramp down (>300°C/min). These systems may be configured as a hydrogen furnace, a vacuum furnace or both.
StableTemp Muffle Furnaces are available in three sizes and three controller options to meet your application requirements. All models have autotune feature which allows the furnace to perform better at a particular set point and load, eliminating temperature overshoot for a commonly used application. An optional RS-485 communications port 33858-90 is available to let you use these furnaces with your computer. RS-485 option is factory installed—you must order separately at the same time as you order your furnace.
Thermcraft LAB-TEMP™ furnaces and ovens are used in laboratories all over the world. Thermcraft is the exclusive supplier of furnaces and ovens to some of the leading materials testing system manufacturers. Features of the O-Series medium range laboratory ovens are described.
TITAN is a self-contained, highly mobile, skid-mounted vacuum heat treat system. Fast utility hookups are used for easily installing Titan.
Standard and custom designed ovens are available from Thermcraft in either batch or continuous types. Sizes range from bench top to industrial truck ovens in single or double door styles. Ovens may be either electric or gas fired.
This versatile series of multi-purpose vacuum furnaces offers a wide variety of sizes and configurations, including horizontal or vertical designs. As users have a choice of hot zones, pumping systems and gas cooling options, the MetalMaster™ is ideal for almost any heat treating, brazing or other thermal processing application. The gas quench system features a specially engineered heat exchanger and turbine blower designed to optimize gas flow for more efficient cooling. In addition to Ipsen's standard computer control systems, MetalMaster™ furnaces may be ordered with other high-productivity options, including specialized instrumentation, increased pumping capability, and material handling systems.
Fibercraft™ low mass vacuum formed ceramic fiber heaters are a heating element and insulation together in one complete unit. These heaters are manufactured using high quality, high purity ceramic fiber with a low sodium inorganic binder. They are offered with maximum operating temperatures of 1100°C (2012°F) or 1200°C (2192°F).
As partial technical support for the MicroCure Technology, Lambda offers process development and optimization assistance to include process trials. The Lambda Technologies MicroCure 5100 is designed around the unique Variable Frequency Microwave process technique for the selective, rapid, and uniform procesing of materials.
This versatile series of multi-purpose vacuum furnaces offers a wide variety of sizes and configurations, including horizontal or vertical designs. As users have a choice of hot zones, pumping systems and gas cooling options, the MetalMaster™ is ideal for almost any heat treating, brazing or other thermal processing application. The gas quench system features a specially engineered heat exchanger and turbine blower designed to optimize gas flow for more efficient cooling. In addition to Ipsen's standard computer control systems, MetalMaster™ furnaces may be ordered with other high-productivity options, including specialized instrumentation, increased pumping capability, and material handling systems.
The Thermcraft Duracraft™ DC-1300 design incorporates helically wound heavy gauge conventional wire or Kanthal™ APM powdered-metal wire. The DC-1300 is typically used in all high temperature processes including silicon nitride and HTO LPCVD, oxidation, anneal, and drive-in. Ideal for horizontal furnace retrofits.
Various insulation types and configurations are available from Thermcraft to meet your specific requirements. Sizes and shapes available are almost endless, from flat boards and flexible blanket, all the way to complex CNC machined insulation shapes.
These models are ideal for simulating typical fast-firing processes up to a maximum firing temperature of 1300 °C. The combination of high performance, low thermal mass and powerful cooling fans provides for cycle times from cold to cold of under 35 minutes.
The Wallace Ageing Chamber O14 ages rubber in accordance with international testing standards. In conjunction with the Rapid Plastimeter, it allows the user to determine the Plasticity Retention Index (PRI) of raw natural rubbers
The Thermcraft eXPRESS-LINE Protege compact split tube furnace comes with a 2” ID heated chamber that has a 12” heated length in a single zone configuration. The heating element is a Fibercraft™ vacuum formed ceramic fiber heater with embedded resistance wire. Designed for temperatures up to 1100°C (2012°F), this furnace will produce uniform heat around the full 360° of the heated chamber and is insulated for maximum thermal efficiency.
The flat film Pt100 elements are placed on a ceramic substrate and these laser trimmed Pt100 elements have a range of uses that include measuring the surface or air flow temperatures.
In addition to standard designs, Thermcraft also manufacture furnaces custom built to exact specifications. Their team of highly knoweledgeable Sales Engineers will work with you through the entire process of configuring your custom furnace.
These Pt100 elements are ideal for applications that need temperature stability and high temperature shock resistance.
A Cabinet ageing oven for precision ageing of rubbers and plastics under controlled conditions and with high air speed.
Thermcraft’s Hinged High Temperature Split Tube Furnaces are for applications that need temperatures up to 1530°C (2800°F). They can customize these tube furnaces to be single zone or multiple zone configurations, and design them for vertical or horizontal operation.
TITAN is a self-contained, highly mobile, skid-mounted vacuum heat treat system which consists of a simple-to-master control system for switching easily between units of measure, acquiring real-time data, data trending and archiving software, storing up to 1000 recipes, and , and supporting 16 languages.
AVS supplies furnaces for a wide range of processes requiring vacuum, pressure and heat.
T-M Vacuum Tool Room Vacuum Furnaces are the high temperature, technically advanced vacuum furnaces to satisfy all your heat-treating needs. Within the all stainless steel chamber of the vacuum furnaces is a two cubic foot work zone capable of holding up to 200 pounds of material for tempering, austenitizing, hardening, stress relieving, brazing, sintering, bonding, annealing, and many other custom heat treating processes.
TAV range of products includes vacuum furnaces with pressures from 1E-7mbar to 100bar, temperatures of up to 2500°C and load capacities of up to 5000kg.
The Sintervac™ product line services a variety of robust manufacturing requirements with delicate process control needs. Tungsten and Cemented carbides, performance and structural ceramics, cermets and high alloy steels represent a few. There are over 600 Sintervacs in field service throughout the world today. CVI is the world leader for carbide and structural ceramic applications.
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