/ Works in semi-continuous mode, loaded from one side and unload from another
/ Treats 3 loads at the same time in a very efficient way
/ Fully automated processing
/ Low heat losses by increased thermal insulation
/ Low pressure carburizing (LPC)
/ Oil or high pressure gas quenching, nitrogen (N2) or helium (He) 24 bar
/ Short workload-transport time within the furnace
/ Shorter evacuation times by independent pumping systems for each chamber
/ High production efficiency
/ High volume production
/ Low process cost comparable with traditional technology
/ Fast and efficient LPC
/ Fully automated, semi-continuous operation
/ Minimizes final machining costs
/ Elimination of oxidation and IGO
/ Safe (no open fire and explosion risk)
/ Safe, no flammable and poisonous atmosphere
/ No open fire
/ No emission of harmful gases (CO, NOx)
/ No emission of climate-warming gas CO₂
/ Environmentally friendly process
/ Fast and uniform LPC of densely pack loads
/ No decarburization or oxidation
/ Elimination of IGO
/ Nitrogen quench (neither oil nor helium is needed)
/ Elimination of quenching oil and contamination and cleaning chemicals
/ Flexible, on-demand operation
/ High lifespan of hot zone components – graphite
/ Case hardening LPC (Low Pressure Carburizing)
/ Quenching
/ Brazing
/ Annealing
/ Alloy steel
/ Carburizing grades
/ Stainless steels
/ Specialty steels and alloys
/ Integration with higher-level management systems
/ Data security through different levels of user access
/ Production optimization based on collected information
/ Reduced operator workload through production automation
/ Programmable delay of process start time/date with GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) notification option
/ Long-term data logging and remote access to archived information
/ Application browser provides “read-only” access to data.
/ Brazing
/ Universal chamber furnace VAB
/ Batch Chamber Furnace VAB
/ VAB Multi-Chamber Vacuum Furnace
/ Vacuum Furnace for Oil Removal
/ vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment,
/ no direct CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels,
/ gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon, air), captured and released to the air, neutral for the environment,
/ reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%),
/ high energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.),
/ application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems),
/ no harmful substance emissions,
/ elimination of part washing after heat treatment.
/ vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment,
/ no direct CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels,
/ gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon, air), captured and released to the air, neutral for the environment,
/ reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%),
/ high energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.),
/ application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems),
/ no harmful substance emissions,
/ elimination of part washing after heat treatment.
/ Aluminium oxygen-free brazing eliminates the cost of flux and its application
/ Parts washing is limited to pre-process washing
/ After the process, the parts are clean with a dull gray finish
/ Potential corrosion spots are avoided, thanks to flux elimination
/ Environmentally friendly technology
/ Repeatable results due to high temperature uniformity and high vacuum
/ No residue or corrosion due to flux contamination
/ Produces a high quality product
/ Brazing the widest variety of heat exchangers in a horizontal or vertical position depending on the product design requirements
/ Operates on a part-time basis and produces the highest quality parts with the standard or vacuum purge options
/ Can be brought up to brazing temperature from ambient and conditioned to a proper atmosphere in a very short time
/ Two chamber units can also be upgraded later to three chambers unit for economically increasing the output
/ Brazing
/ Controlled Atmospher Brazing (CAB)
/ Thermal afterburner to reduce VOC emissions for degreasers
/ Scrubber with active aluminum oxide deposit to reduce the emission of hydrogen fluoride generated during brazing process
/ For gas-heated solutions, energy recovery systems reducing gas consumption and thus CO2 emissions
/ Electric heating systems instead of gas heating systems to reduce CO₂ emissions
/ Optional applications of high-performance microporous insulation to reduce heat losses – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ Heated curtains inlet tunnel to limit the conveyor belt and load temperature drop during the transfer – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ A common conveyor belt for the dryer (or TTBB) and the furnace to reduce the energy – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ The customer uses energy emitted by the cooling chambers’ and the dryer’s extraction systems to support the plant installations’ heating
/ Non-emission cooling systems based on air jacket instead of a closed water circuit
/ Control – IDLE and WEEKEND furnaces operating modes lowering the operating temperature and turning the furnace off – lowering energy consumption – in case of gas heating systems – reducing CO₂ emissions
/ Highest flexibility in part types and brazing position: horizontal or vertical
/ Shortes preparation time with only 2-3 hours required
/ Fits into tight locations due to a compact design
/ Benefits of Vacuum Purging option:
/ Significantly lower nitrogen consumption
/ Higher atmopshere quality, at the levle of the nitrogen source
/ Purging of the internal volume of the heat exchangers
/ Around 605°C
/ Customized useful size
/ Aluminum
/ Standard horizontal capacity: 200 to 3,000 kg and more (440 to 6,600 lbs)
/ Standard vertical capacity: 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) and 2,500 kg (5,500 lbs)
/ Operational temperature – 1450°C / 2640°F
/ Temperature uniformity +/-6°C / +/-10°F
/ Partial pressure control
/ High vacuum processing up to 10-8 mbar
/ Cooling gases: N2, Ar, He up to 15bar
/ NADCAP and AMS specifications readiness
/ Brazing
/ Annealing
/ Normalizing Homogenizing
/ Stress relief
/ Solution heat treating
/ Aging
/ Quenching
/ Diffusion bonding
/ Outgassing
/ Sintering
/ Tempering
/ Special
/ Vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment
/ No CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels
/ Gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon), captured and returned to the air, neutral for the environment
/ Reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%)
/ High energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.)
/ Application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems)
/ No harmful substance emissions
/ Reduction of hardening deformations and downstream machining costs
/ Elimination of part washing after heat treatment
/ Wide range of heat treatment processes and applications
/ High quality and ideal parts surface protection
/ Low consumption of energy, process gases and other utilities
/ Environmentally friendly with low emissions of process gases
/ Predictive maintenance support
/ Remote control and monitoring
Type | VP horizontal | ||||||
446 | 646 | 669 | 9912 | 101015 | 121218 | ||
Working zone (WxHxL) | mm
inch |
400x400x600
16x16x24 |
600x400x600 24x16x24 | 600x600x900 24x24x36 | 900x900x1200
36x36x48 |
1000x1000x1500
40x40x60 |
1200x1200x1800
48x48x72 |
Load | kg
lb |
200
440 |
400
880 |
800
1760 |
1500
3300 |
2500
5500 |
3000
6600 |
Type | VVP vertical | ||||
1313 | 1515 | 1818 | |||
Working zone (DxH) | mm
inch |
Ø1300×1300 Ø52×52 | Ø1500×1500 Ø60×60 | Ø1800×1800 Ø72×72 | Other sizes available |
Load | kg
lb |
1500
3300 |
2000
4400 |
2500
5500 |
/ Alloyed steels
/ Stainless steels
/ Alloys and super alloys
/ Titanium and titanium alloy
/ Tool steels
/ HSLA
Vortex® Jet Heating System:
/ Temperature uniformity
/ Faster load heating thanks to better heat transfer Bypass cooler:
/ Cooling under a protective atmosphere SeCoil® process control and simulation software:
/ Proces stimulation mode to fine-tune the recipe and optimize the process time before starting the proces
/ Annealing
/ Intermediate annealing
/ Homogenizing
/ Annealing
/ Intermediate annealing
/ Homogenizing
/ Increases productivity and thus allows to reduce energy consumption and costs
/ Utilized burners with an auto-recuperator having high efficiency up to approx. 86%, as well as ecological insulation with a properly selected thickness to optimize heat loss through the walls
/ The use of the innovative SeCoil® tool allows to design, optimize, control and shorten the aluminum sheet coils’ heating process in real time, which saves energy and media consumption
/ Use of heat recovery from the exhaust to heat the nitrogen
/ Use of high efficiency auto-recuperator burners (up to approx. 86% output)
/ Ecological, biosoluble insulation with a properly selected thickness to reduce heat losses through the walls
/ Providing greater efficiency and better quality
/ High-Efficiency Process
/ High Quality Process
/ Lower Cost Operation
/ Flexible System Design
/ High Heating Head
/ Coil and Foil Application
/ Custom design based on Customer requirements
/ Various aluminium alloys
/ Various designs of airflow
/ Aging
/ Annealing
/ Aging
/ Annealing
/ High efficiency auto recuperator burners up to approx. 86% output, heat recovery from the exhaust for nitrogen heating
/ Ecological, biosoluble insulation with a properly selected thickness to optimize losses through the walls
/ Meets AMS and CQI-9 requirements,
/ Control system complying to AMS and NADCAP
/ Tailored made and sized
/ Dedicated loading cars
/ T77 aging furnaces allow for multi-stage and multi-ramp processes guarantying process repeatability and reliability
/ Cold air injection system provided for low temperature heating
/ Custom design based on Customer requirements
/ Various aluminium alloys
/ Reverse airflow direction (Top to Bottom or Bottom to Top)
/ Applicable for sheet, castings, tubes and extrusions
/ Movable or stationary water quench tanks
/ Different designs of water agitation units
/ Heating and cooling of the bath
/ Furnace designed according to newest AMS 2750F standard, innovative construction dedicated for furnaces class 1
/ Solution Heat Treatment
/ Aging
/ Solution Heat Treatment
/ Aging
/ A high-performance, energy-saving and low-emission (fossil fuel less) electrical heating system
/ Ecological, biosoluble insulation with a properly selected thickness to optimize losses through the walls
/ Equipment adopted to material norms AMS2770, 2771, 277
/ Extremely tight temperature uniformity
/ Rapid load immersion time as short as 5 seconds
/ SCADA with functionality enabling NADCAP certification
/ Specialized auxiliary equipment such as ammonium fluoride feeders, sulfur feeders, CO₂ or N2 atmosphere systems, Argon fire extinguishing system, etc.
/ Possibility of use water-polymer cooling tanks with refractometers
/ Software supporting TUS and SAT
/ Custom designed internal arrangement slots
/ Perfect solution for Aluminum and Magnesium alloys
/ Various aluminium alloys
/ Ability to perform debinding, sintering, annealing and other processes in a single furnace
/ Usable volume from 250x250x400 to 900x900x1200 mm
/ Temperature of 1500°C enabling various materials to be processed
/ Perfect and uniform temperature distribution +/-5°C (+/-3°C with a cage)
/ Vacuum of 5×10-2 mbar
/ Multi-stage debinding and furnace protection system
/Selection of graphite and metal chambers and cages
/ Debinding
/ Sintering
/ Stress relieving
/ Aging
/ Annealing
/ Debinding, sintering, stress relieving, aging,
/ Solution heat treatment hardening, carburizing,
/ Annealing, brazing, coating, tempering
/ And many more…
/ Vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment
/ No CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels
/ Gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon), captured and returned to the air, neutral for the environment
/ Reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%)
/ High energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.)
/ Application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems)
/ No harmful substance emissions
/ Reduction of hardening deformations and downstream machining costs
/ Elimination of part washing after heat treatment
/ Compact design- possible to install the furnace in small rooms
/ Minimum process gas consumption
/ Fast, clean and economical process
/ Quick cooling that accelerates the process time
/ High vacuum level
/ Efficient debinding system = cleaner process and longer furnace lifetime
/ Design making the cleaning process faster and extending maintenance intervals
/ Size and efficiency can be adjusted to customer needs. Standard working zones are:
/ 250x250x400 (max load 50kg), 400x400x600 (max load 200kg),
/ 600x600x900 (max load 800kg), 900x900x1200 (max load
1500kg)
/ SECO/WARWICK is open to design and manufacture also tailor made solution according to customer requirements.
/ Speciality alloys based on nikel, chronum, cobalt
/ Base alloys, copper… also reactive materials like
/ Aluminum or titanium base alloys
/ Individual hardening by heating under vacuum and high-pressure nitrogen quenching
/ Integration into manufacturing cells and in-line production
/ Up to 1 mln pieces/year
/ The adaptable working zone size
/ Customize system configuration
/ Compact design, low footprint
/ Low utility consumption
/ 4D Queching with adjustable quench nozzles
/ High-pressure nitrogen quench
/ Bright hardening (High Pressure Gas Quench)
/ Many times less hard machining time
/ Elimination of many post-machining operations
/ Low pressure carburizing / high pressure gas quench
/ Fast and efficient carburizing
/ Elimination of fire and explosion hazard
/ Ideal surface quality
/ Elimination of IGO
/ Clean and enviromentally friendly production
/ Control and reduction of hardening distortion
/ Absolute precision and repeatability of results
/ Elimination of IGO/IGA
/ No oxidation/ no air present
/ 100 % traceability and examination of every part
/ Regular carburizing or through hardening (in oil) grades
/ Higher alloy and special steels for gas and oil quenching
/ Individual heat-treatment by heating under vacuum
/ High pressure nitrogen quenching
/ Integration into in-line production
/ Adoptable working zone size
/ Customized system configuration
/ Compact design, compact footprint
/ Low utilities consumption
/ No uncontrolled emissions of process gases
/ Low Pressure Carburizing
/ Bright hardening (High Pressure Gas Quench)
/ Bright annealing
/ Vacuum
/ Brazing
/ Many times less hard machining time,
/ Elimination of many post-machining operations
/ Low pressure carburizing / high pressure gas quench
/ Fast and efficient carburizing
/ Elimination of fire and explosion hazard
/ Ideal surface quality
/ Elimination of IGO
/ Clean and enviromentally friendly production
/ Single piece flow vacuum heat treatment
/ Design customized for given part type and process
/ Control and reduction of distortion
/ Perfect precision and repeatability of results
/ Elimination of IGO
/ No oxidation
/ No air presence
/ Ideal part surface
/ Regular carburizing or through hardening (in oil) grades
/ Higher alloy and special steels for gas and oil quenching
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