Vacuum Heat Treating
Vacuum Heat Treating
Each of our modern vacuum furnaces have automatic micro processor controls to insure that your parts are treated to the exact specified design requirements. With programmed control each run is assured of repeating the same treatment as the previous load and a permanent graphic chart guarantees traceability for every job.
All controls are certified and traceable to the National Institute of Standards & Technology.
Thermocouple and ionization vacuum gages continually monitor the quality of the temperature and the atmosphere in the furnace and interlock safety features to prevent accidental damage to customer parts.
In order to minimize downtime and meet delivery schedules promptly in case of a failure, spare monitoring equipment, calibrated and certified to match the primary equipment, is provided.
An unusual effort is made to keep the plant clean in order to keep the plant atmosphere free of contaminates. This is especially important when brazing high quality assemblies.
Aerospace Heat Treating Services
We offer a variety of aerospace heat treating services. These services include Annealing, Solution Annealing, Homogenization, Aging, Sintering, and Diffusion Bonding. We also offer several brazing services, including nickel, gold nickel, silver, and copper. We can perform these services in both vacuum and atmospheric furnaces. We offer services for small parts and assemblies that fit in the palm of a hand all the way to very large structures. Please call us with your size requirements. All of our aerospace heat treating services are NADCAP accredited.
Annealing Services
Annealing is a technique used to relieve stresses within a metal, and to bring properties in a metal to a required state. Annealing typically results in a soft, ductile metal that is easier to process. Our annealing services can be accomplished in vacuum, air, or in a specific atmosphere.
Annealing Services: Stainless Steel
We offer annealing services for many metals, including stainless steel. Stainless steel annealing prepares the steel for further work such as shaping, stamping, or forming. Stainless steel annealing services can also be performed concurrent with brazing to provide the properties you desire.
Diffusion Bonding
Diffusion bonding is a solid state joining technique that is normally carried out at a temperature lower than the melting point of the materials to be bonded. Diffusion bonding does not involve the use of filler metal. It uses heat and pressure applied in vacuum or inert atmosphere furnaces to join pieces of metal. The heat and pressure are applied for a specific amount of time (from minutes to hours) depending on the type of metal to be bonded.
