Vector HV
/ 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
Vector HV
Jet Caster
/ Metal casting under vacuum or in a controlled inert gas atmosphere
/ One touch vacuum system startup and shutdown
/ Industrial touchscreen operator interface with selectable languages
/ All electric and pneumatic actuators, no hydraulics
/ Horizontal and vertical feed systems for bulk feed, ingots, and/or liners
/ Teachable one or two-axis precision pouring systems with manual and automated profile pouring
/ Door mounted melt box for fast change-out and easy overhead access
/ Precision melt temperature measurement with combination Opto/TC calibration independent of crucible fill ratio
/ Single or multi-zone mold heaters
/ Closed loop DS/SC solidification control temperature and withdrawal position
/ Partial pressure control melting and inert gas mold cooling
/ Safe and environmentally friendly technology
/ casting crystallization time reduction by 50%,
/ increase in production efficiency by 82%,
/ production energy consumption reduction by 40%,
/ cooling water consumption reduction by 50%
/ production of twice as many castings with a comparable level of energy demand.
/ Ability to achieve Directional Solidified and Single Crystal castings through Bridgman method or/and Developed Gas Cooling Crystallization method,
/ Obtaining fragmentation of the casting microstructure determined by the PDAS parameter, which significantly shortens the time of heat treatment of castings,
/ Specifically designed for aerospace, energy, defense industries,
/ The low percentage of casting defects, both macro and microstructural,
/ Significant shortening the monocrystalline casting process compared to the classic process due to the increased speeds of mold withdrawal,
Jet Caster
CaseMaster Evolution®
/ Fully automated processing
/ Vacuum, horizontal, double-, and triple-chamber
/ Low heat losses by increased thermal insulation
/ Low-pressure carburizing (LPC)
/ Oil or high-pressure gas quenching, nitrogen (N2) or helium (He)
/ Short workload-transport time within the furnace
/ Shorter evacuation times by independent pumping systems for each chamber
/ Hardening with oil quench or gas quench
/ Low pressure carburizing using FineCarb® with oil or gas quench
/ High-temperature carburizing up to 1050°C using PreNitLPC® for common case hardening steels
/ Carbonitriding
/ Bright thorough hardening
/ Oxidation in the pre-heating chamber
/ Annealing (with gas cooling)
/ Tempering
/ Quenching
/ Brazing
/ 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
/ Extremely economical and efficient
/ Excellent carburizing uniformity (LPC)
/ Highly accurate and precise LPC process simulator (SimVaC)
/ No intergranular oxidation (IGO) and decarburization
/ Reduce distortion by 25 bar abs N2 or He quenching
/ No CO/CO₂ emission
| Technical data of standard CaseMaster Evolution furnaces series | |||||
| Type | Size | W [mm] | H [mm] | L [mm] | Charge Weight [kg] |
| D, T | 446 | 400 | 400 | 600 | 200 |
| D,T | 669 | 600 | 600 | 900 | 600 |
| D | 9129 | 900 | 1200 | 900 | 1200 |
| D,T | 9129 | 900 | 900 | 1200 | 1200 |
| V | 1625 | fi 1600 | 2500 | – | |
| temp in the heating chamber – 1250°C | vacuum in the heating chamber – 10-2 mbar | ||||
| A customized version can be produced for the furnace chamber dimensions requested by the customer |
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| Available options for CaseMaster Evolution furnaces series | ||
| Feature | Furnace Type | Size |
| Gas cooling over oil bath | D, T | all |
| GQ – up to 1,5 bar abs | D,T,V | all |
| HPGQ – 6, 12 bar abs | D hybrid | 669,9912 |
| HPGQ – 25 bar abs | T,D | 669 |
| Load Thermocouples | D | all |
| High vacuum (10-4 mbar) | D,V | all |
| Vacuum Carburizing | D,T | all |
| Convection heating | D, T | all |
/ Carburizing steels
/ Structural streel
/ Bearing steel
/ Tool steels
/ HSLA
/ Alloyed steels
/ Stainless steels
/ Alloys and super alloys
/ Titanium alloys
CaseMaster Evolution®
Vector
/ Standard horizontal capacity from 200 to 2,500 kg and more (440 to 5,500 lbs)
/ Standard vertical capacity: 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) and 2,000 kg (4,400 lbs)
/ Graphite or metal hot zone with a maximum vacuum of 10-2 to 10-5/10-6 mbar
/ Quenching pressure: from 2 up to 25 bar
/ Quenching gases: N2, Ar, He, H2
/ Optional equipment for vacuum carburizing technology: FineCarb® / PreNitLPC® and vacuum nitriding LPN
/ Annealing
/ Sintering
/ Tempering
/ Brazing
/ Hardening
/ Low pressure carburizing & nitriding (LPC & LPN)
/ Solution heat treating
/ 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-speed cycles with high-pressure gas quench
/ Low consumption of energy, process gases, and other utilities
/ Environmentally friendly with low emissions of process gases
/ Predictive maintenance
/ Remote control and monitoring
/ Alloyed steels
/ Stainless steels
/ Alloys and super alloys
/ Titanium and titanium alloy
/ Tool steels
/ HSLA
Vector
Vector 3D
/ 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