Vacuum Furnaces
Furnace Engineering supplies the Ipsen USA range of Vacuum Furnaces for a huge variety of heat treatment processes.
The furnace is designed for cost-effective operation, low energy consumption and low emission.
Applications are:
- Bright hardening, annealing or tempering
- Solution annealing, Degassing, Hard and high-temperature soldering
- Plasma nitriding or carburising
- Sintering
Key features:
- Optimum hardness
- Bright surface
- Surface free from oxidation and decarburisation
- Low distortion (for complex geometries)
- Consistency & high quality
- Reproducibility
- Suitable for a wide variety of materials
Different types of horizontal, vertical, single or multi-chamber furnaces are available. They can be fitted with convection-type systems to increase throughput by reducing heat-up time and ensuring optimum temperature homogenity.
The Vacuum Furnaces can be fitted with the Ipsen convective heating system which will reduce heating time by 30% (for convective heat transfer up to 850°C) and shortening subsequent tempering cycles by up to 50%. Further, gas consumption is reduced as quenching gas is used as convective heat transfer medium during tempering.