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- VAC AERO Launches the Vacuum Pump Practice Column with Howard Tring!
- VAC AERO Furnace Manufacturing Division Moves to a New Facility!
- VAC AERO’s Polish Division Receives New Heat Treating Approval from Pratt & Whitney
- Come Visit Us at FNA 2012 - Booth 110
- VAC AERO Launches a New Column for The International Thermal Spray Association!
- VAC AERO Launches Its New Redesigned Website
- VAC AERO Launches 2012 Series on “Vacuum Technology with Dan Herring”!
- VAC AERO Opens its Second Facility in Southeast Poland
- World Leader in Consumer Electronics Purchases its First VAC AERO Vacuum Furnace.
- VAC AERO is launching a New Metallography Column with George Vander Voort!
- VAC AERO’s Coatings Division Receives Two New NADCAP Approvals.
- VAC AERO Kalisz Installs a New HVOF Spray System
- VAC AERO Completes Plant Re-organization
- VAC AERO Receives Large European Union Grant for Expansion in Poland.
- VAC AERO Launches Redesigned Website for its 50th Anniversary
- VAC AERO’s Corporate Management moves into New Head Office.
- Polish Operation Receives Grant to Expand Services.
- VAC AERO is launching a New Monthly Vacuum Brazing Column with Dan Kay!
- Thermal Division Implements an Energy Optimization System.
- VAC AERO Reorganizes Thermal Processing Division.
- VAC AERO receives over $5 Million of new vacuum furnace orders.
- VAC AERO to Add Fourth Large Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace
- VAC AERO Receives its First Vacuum Furnace Order from Bodycote.
- Demand Remains Strong for VAC AERO Vacuum Furnaces
- VAC AERO Coatings Facility Adds Grinding Capability
- VAC AERO International Continues to Expand its Polish Operation
- Coatings Division Receives Six New Coating Approvals from Rolls-Royce
- VAC AERO Leads the Industry in the Vacuum Oil Quenching of Landing Gears
- VAC AERO Continues to Expand its International Operations
- Holiday Greetings from VAC AERO
- Vacuum Furnace Division Receives Two Cryo-Pump Furnace Orders
- Coatings Division Receives AS9100B Standard Accreditation
- VAC AERO Operates three of the Largest Oil Quench Furnaces
- Six New & Repeat Furnace Orders for VAC AERO
- VAC AERO is a Proud Supporter of the University of Toronto Formula SAE Team
- VAC AERO Adds AerMet® 100 Processing Qualifications
- World Leader in the Processing of Landing Gear Components
- VAC AERO Launches a New Information-Driven Website
- VAC AERO Launches the "What's Hot!" Newsletter
- Come visit us at the ASM Heat Treat Show
- Coatings Division Developing Cold Spray Technology
- VAC AERO Profiled In National Post
- New NADCAP Accreditations
- New Furnace Installations: Singapore, Korea, United States & Poland
- New Office in Poland’s Aviation Valley
- VAC AERO Expands Heat Treating Services and Furnace Manufacturing in Poland.
- Exhibition Award at European Trade Show
- Vac Aero awarded new contracts
- Vac Aero Receives New Orders Totaling Approx. $3.2 Million
- Vac Aero Receives Furnace Orders from Five Different Customers
- Vac Aero Sells Another Vacuum Furnace to Liburdi
- Vac Aero opens new Office in Aviation Valley
- Vac Aero Setting up Heat Treating Operation in Poland
- Vac Aero Manufacturing Polska Exhibits at Surftec
- Vac Aero Awarded Furnace Orders Valued at $10 Million
- Vac Aero Awarded Several Large Furnace Orders
- Furnace Manufacturing Division Continues To Grow
- Expansion at VAC AERO Quebec
- Vac Aero Poland Supplies Vacuum Furnaces to Russian Forgings Producer
- Vac Aero Poland Delivers New Furnace for North American Market
- Vac Aero New Russian Order
- Vac Aero Poland Awarded Contract for Four Furnaces
- Heat Treat Report
- VAC AERO International Recently Opened Its Second Facility in Poland
- Vac Aero Opens Second Facility in Poland
- VAC AERO International Recently Opened Its Second Facility in Poland
- Vac Aero Opens Second Polish Facility
- New Furnace Contract Awarded
- VAC AERO Awarded Furnace Contract from AMK Welding
- Vac Aero Establishes Heat Treating Capability in Poland
- Oakville Company Wins Commercial Heat Treater of The Year Award
- Oakville's VAC AERO International Receives Master Craftsman Award
- Third Vacuum Oil Quench Furnace for VAC AERO’s Thermal Operations
- VAC AERO Awarded the Ninth Annual Master Craftsman Award
- Vac Aero Sells New Furnace for R&D in Ontario
- Vac Aero Receives MTI Award
- Another Vac Aero Furnace to Siemens Westinghouse
- Vac Aero Awarded Contract for Pressure Quench Vacuum Furnace
- Vac Aero, New South Korea Order
- Standard Aero Uses Vac Aero Furnaces
- Number of New Vacuum Furnaces Sold
- CF Thermal New Representative for Vac Aero
- Multiple Units Sold to Depuy Orthopaedics
- Vac Aero Sells Two Vacuum Furnaces
- Vac Aero Receives Order from Siemens Westinghouse
- Bob Connell Retires
- Bill Potts New Sales Manager at Vac Aero
- Vac Aero Receives Vacuum Furnace Contract
- VAC AERO International Receives Second Order from Tri-Industries
- East Aurora, NY Moog Buys a New Vacuum Furnace
- Moog Aircraft Awards Furnace Contract to Vac Aero
- Depuy Orthopaedics Orders Vac Aero Vacuum Furnace
- Tri Industries Purchases Brand New Vac Aero Furnace
- New Vacuum Furnace Order for Depuy Orthopedics
- New Vacuum Furnace Order from Magellan Aerospace
- Tri-Industries Orders Vacuum Furnace
- VAC AERO Forms New Company in Switzerland
- Vac Aero Awarded Large Vacuum Furnace Contract from Magellan Aerospace
- So Which Brand Of Vacuum Furnace Do Users Prefer?
- Fluoride Ion Cleaning Systems Get You Excited?
- VAC AERO Receives Vacuum Furnace Order From Aerojet Turbine Reworks
- Vacuum Furnace Ordered In Canada
- VAC AERO Expands Its Operations with a Second Plant in Quebec
- VAC AERO Awarded a Couple of Contracts from the University of Toronto
- Vac Aero Receives 6060 HV Vacuum Furnace Order
- Vac Aero Receives Vacuum Furnace Order from Liburdi
- Vac Aero Installs Vacuum Furnace at AMK Facility
- VAC AERO Places Order for Power Supply
- Vac Aero Installs Vacuum Furnace in United Kingdom
- Vac Aero Receives Order for (3) Vacuum Furnaces from Chromalloy
- Vacuum System Installed In Saudi Arabia
- Vac Aero Poland Supplies Vacuum Furnaces Worth 2.4 million Euros
- Products, Services News
- New Products and Updates
- Process/Application News
- Energy Optimization in the Heat-Treat Department
- Abradable Coatings for Gas Path Seals in Turbine Engines
- VAC AERO Brazes Aluminum for Airborne Electronics
- Vacuum Furnaces for Brazing of Aluminum
- Transient Liquid Phase (TLP) Bonding
- HVOF Coating Applications for Modern Gas Turbine Engines
- Dayton Process BV Diffusion Braze Repair
- HVOF Coatings for Chrome Replacement on Airframe Components
- Diffusion Brazing Technique for IN738
- Education & Training
- Case Studies/Tech Papers
- Welding of High Strength Steel Landing Gear Components
- Coating Gas Turbine Engine Blades Using HVOF
- Maintenance Procedures for Vacuum Furnaces Part 4 - Leak Rate Testing
- Maintenance Procedures for Vacuum Furnaces Part 3 - Minimizing Outgassing
- Vacuum Brazing Techniques Part 3 - Preparation for Vacuum Brazing
- Vacuum Brazing Techniques Part 2 - Selection of Filler Metals
- Maintenance Procedures for Vacuum Furnaces Part 2 - Vacuum Seals
- Maintenance Procedures for Vacuum Furnaces Part 1 - Safety
- Vacuum Brazing Techniques Part 1 - Vacuum Brazeability
- Vacuum Brazing Techniques Part 4 - Vacuum Brazing Cycles
- Temperature Uniformity Surveys
- Temperature Measurement in Vacuum Furnaces
- Loading Practices for Vacuum Processing
- Dayton Process BV - Fluorocarbon Cleaning Process
- Fixture Design for Vacuum Processing
- Vacuum Furnace Quenching Systems: External versus Internal
- Cleaning Practices prior to Vacuum Heat Treating
- When to Use a Partial Pressure in a Vacuum Furnace
- Eutectic Melting
- Why Heat Treat in a Vacuum?
- Buying a Vacuum Furnace: New versus Used
- New Considerations when Buying a Vacuum Furnace
- Important Considerations for Establishing a New Vacuum Heat Treating Capability
- VAC AERO Research
- Using Thermal Spray for Repair of Service-Damaged Parts
- Abradable Coatings used for Gas Path Seals in Turbine Engines
- Joining Aluminum for Airborne Electronics
- VAC AERO Participates in a Study About Building Lean Supply Chains
- SiC-Reinforced Aluminum Alloy Coatings Produced by Cold Spray Process
- Fluorocarbon Cleaning Process
- Magazine Articles
- Maintenance procedures for vacuum furnaces
- Use of Graphite Composites in Hardening and Sintering Technology
- Heat Treatment of Landing Gear
- Hot Zone Design for Vacuum Furnaces
- Preventive Maintenance Extends Hot-Zone Life
- Hot Zone Selection for Vacuum Brazing of Superalloys
- Vacuum Hardening High-Strength Steels: Oil Vs. Gas Quenching
- Advanced Techniques For Distortion Control During Vacuum Oil Quenching
- Case Studies/Tech Papers
- News & Announcements
- Vacuum Technology with The Heat Treat Doctor
- Dimensional Changes After Heat Treatment
- Selecting the Right Vacuum Furnace for the Job
- Finding and Fixing Vacuum Leaks
- Backstreaming
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Seven
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Six
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Five
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Four
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Three
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part Two
- Tips For Improving Vacuum Performance & Operation, Part One
- Quench Cracking
- Heating
- Cold Traps
- Using Vacuum Furnaces to Achieve Lean, Green and Agile Manufacturing
- Tool Steel Carbides
- High and Ultra-High Vacuum
- Getter Materials
- A Heat Treaters Book Guide
- Tool Steel Heat Treatment
- It's Time to Clean Up Our Act!
- How to Move Molecules in Vacuum Systems -2: Diff. Pumps & Troubleshooting
- How to Move Molecules in Vacuum Systems -1: Mech. & Booster Pumps
- Material Certification Sheets: What They Are & How They Help
- Low-Temperature Vacuum Heat-Treatment Processes
- Understanding Magnesium Heat Treatment
- Jominy Testing: The Practical Side
- Martensite
- Flowmeter Basics
- Stress Relief
- Landing-Gear Heat Treatment
- Principles of Gas Nitriding - Part 3-4
- Health & Safety in the Heat-Treat Shop
- The Nuclear Renaissance: Opportunities for the Heat-Treat Industry
- Principles of Gas Nitriding - Part 1-2
- What is Heat Treating, & Why Do We Do It?
- The Ubiquitous O-Ring
- Heat & Corrosion Resistant Materials: High Temperature Alloy Selection in Heat Treating
- Benefits of Heat Treating
- Understanding Copper & Copper Alloy Heat Treatment
- Practical Considerations for Successful Hardness Testing
- The Molecule Counters -2: Vacuum Gauges
- The Molecule Counters -1: Vacuum Gauges
- Technology Trends in Vacuum Heat Treating, Part 3: New Technologies and Future Developments
- Technology Trends in Vacuum Heat Treating, Part 2: Processes and Applications
- Technology Trends in Vacuum Heat Treating, Part 1: Markets, Processes and Applications
- Electric Heating Elements
- How To Avoid Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Hardness & Hardenability -2: Discussion on Hardenability & Hardenability Testing
- Hardness & Hardenability -1: Tip & Techniques for Hardness Testing
- The Importance of Normalizing
- The Heat Treatment of Light Metals
- What is Vacuum?
- The Embrittlement Phenomena in Hardened & Tempered Steel
- Stainless Steels -2: Heat Treatment Techniques
- Stainless Steels -1: Classification & Selection
- Secrets of Effective Hot Oil Quenching
- How to Conduct a Heat Treat Audit
- Fundamentals of Press Quenching
- A Tutorial on Shot Blasting & Shot/Laser Peening
- What Happens to Steel During Heat Treatment? Cooling Transformations
- What Happens to Steel During Heat Treatment? Phase Transformations
- Oil Quenching -2: What is Your Quench-Oil Analysis Telling You?
- Oil Quenching -1: How to Interpret Cooling Curves
- What Do We Really Know About Tempering?
- Chapter 27: Vacuum Markets, Trends and Future Direction
- Chapter 26: Vacuum Heat Treat Applications, Part Four: Special Processes
- Chapter 24: Vacuum Heat Treat Applications, Part Two: Brazing
- Chapter 23: Vacuum Heat Treat Applications, Part One: Hardening
- Chapter 22: Backfill Gases, Surge (Accumulator) Tanks and Gas Distribution Piping for Outside/Inside Storage Systems
- Chapter 21: Grids, Baskets, Fixtures and Racks for Vacuum Service – Design & Alloy Selection
- Chapter 20: Oil Quenching Technology
- Chapter 19: Gas Quenching Technology
- Chapter 18: Maintenance Practices, Procedures and Tips
- Chapter 17: Vacuum Process Instrumentation and Controls-2
- Chapter 17: Vacuum Process Instrumentation and Controls
- Chapter 16: Water Cooling Systems
- Chapter 15: Heat Exchanger Design and Maintenance
- Chapter 14: Diffusion Bonding, Eutectic Melting, Outgassing and Related Topics
- Chapter 13: Cleaning of Parts and Fixtures
- Chapter 12: Leak Rates, Leak Detection & Leak Repair
- Chapter 11: Vacuum Valves, Penetrations, Feedthrus and Flanges
- Chapter 10: Partial Pressure, Mean Free Path & Related Topics
- Chapter 9: Heating Elements
- Chapter 8: Hot Zone Construction
- Chapter 7: Vapor Pressure
- Chapter 6: Vacuum Measurement Systems, Part Two
- Chapter 5: Vacuum Measurement Systems, Part One
- Chapter 4: Vacuum Pumping Systems, Part Two
- Chapter 3: Vacuum Pumping Systems, Part One
- Chapter 2: The Theory of Gases
- Chapter 1: All About Vacuum
- Vacuum Brazing with Dan Kay
- Kay & Associates Brazing Seminars
- 304 vs. 304L - An Answer to Carbide-Precipitation Issues
- Stainless QC-coupons to Determine Atmosphere-Quality In Your Furnace
- The Famous Joint-Strength vs. Joint-Clearance Chart
- Isothermal Solidification
- Brazing Filler Metal Powder Mesh Size
- Eliminating "holds" in heating rates during vacuum-brazing cycles
- Eutectics – the good and the bad!
- Effect of Virtual Leaks in Vacuum Furnace Brazing
- Helium leak detection in vacuum brazing
- Vacuum Furnace Leak-up Rates for Successful Brazing
- Dimension Braze-Fillets on Drawings ?
- Can a Brazing-Flux be used in Vacuum Brazing?
- Refrigeration of Brazing Paste?
- Boxing of Components
- Argon Can Be Lethal!
- Centerline Eutectics in Ni-brazing
- Use of Active Brazing Alloys (ABA) in Vacuum Furnaces
- Brazing Questions Part-2
- Brazing Questions Part-1
- Can Your Suppliers Hurt Your In-house Brazing?
- Effect of Heating Rates on Distortion, Fracture of Assemblies Being Brazed
- Can I Use Standard Aerospace Vacuum Furnaces to Braze Aluminum?
- Using a "Stop-Off" in Brazing
- Making Your Own Brazing Paste
- Shelf-Life and Expiration-Dates for Brazing Paste
- Brazing Base Metals Containing Small Amounts of Titanium, Aluminum
- Vertical Test Specimen for Furnace Brazing
- Controlling Suppliers and Customers: Key to Successful In-House Brazing?
- Reducing Metal-Oxides in Brazing - Part 2
- Reducing Metal-Oxides in Brazing - Part 1
- Honeycomb-Brazing Essentials for Successful Use As Turbine Seals
- Liquation of Brazing Filler Metals – Good or Bad?
- Repair Brazing - Fixing faulty jobs and worn-out components.
- Fillets in Brazing
- Thermocouples in Furnace Brazing - Part 2
- Brazing Question Challenge - Differential Metal Expansion Part 1
- Thermocouples in Furnace Brazing - Part 1
- Differential Metal Expansion - Part 2
- Differential Metal Expansion - Part 1
- Voids in Brazed Joints
- Braze Joint Design Considerations - Part 2
- Braze Joint Design Considerations
- How to Determine Braze Gap-Clearances for Your Furnace
- Are the use of dead-weights for fixturing a recommended practice?
- Partial Pressure Brazing
- Selecting Brazing Fixture Materials
- VAC AERO is launching a New Monthly Vacuum Brazing Column with Dan Kay!
- Brazing - A Great joining Process for this 21st Century!
- Brazing in a vacuum "Atmosphere"
- Can Your Suppliers Hurt Your In-house Brazing?
- Metallography with George Vander Voort
- Metallography of Iron-Nickel Meteorites - Part 1: Background
- Grain Size Measurements by the Triple Point Count Method
- Measuring the Grain Size of Specimens with Deformed Grains
- Grain Size Measurement: The Saltykov Rectangle
- Grain Size Measurement: The Heyn Intercept Method
- Grain Size Measurement: The Jeffries Planimetric Method
- Measurement of Grain Size in Twinned FCC Alloys
- Measurement of Grain Shape Uniformity
- Metallographic Procedures for Precious Metals
- The Value of Color Metallographic Techniques in the Study of Welds
- Bias in Grain Size Chart Ratings
- Metallography and Microstructure of Aluminum and Alloys
- Revealing the Microstructure of Tool Steels
- Metallographic Preparation of Tool Steels
- Microstructure of Nitrided Steels
- Introduction to Stereological Principles
- Introduction to Quantitative Metallography
- Identification of Phases in Stainless Steels by Etching -2
- Study of Selective Etching of Carbides in Steel
- Metallographic Specimen Preparation for Electron Backscattered Diffraction
- Microstructure of Isothermally-Treated Steels
- Picric Acid - Hazards & Safe Usage
- Identification of Phases in Stainless Steels by Etching -1
- A Laymans’s View of Plasma Spray Coating Metallography
- Color Metallography
- Metallography of Surface Treatments & Coatings
- Microstructure of Ferrous Alloys
- Metallography of Superalloys
- Revealing Prior-Austenite Grain Boundaries in Heat-Treated Steels
- Materials Characterization & Testing: Microstructure of Titanium & Its Alloys
- Martensite & Retained Austenite
- Vacuum Pump Practice with Howard Tring
- Industrial Heating Magazine Articles
- Sigma-Phase Embrittlement
- Effect of Quench Media on Steel Parts
- Does Quality Assurance Improve Quality?
- Effect of Cryogenic Treatment on Properties of Tool Steels
- Consultants of the Roundtable
- Spent Refractory - Recycle or Landfill?
- Tool-Steel Carbides
- Heat Treatment of Titanium Alloys
- Additive Manufacturing Enables Innovative Shock-Wave Control in Supersonic Turbine Blades
- Saving Money by Maximizing Furnace Uptime Productivity
- Metrology Challenges of High-Temperature Furnace Applications
- The Jet Engine - A Material Designer's Nightmare
- How Accurate is Your Temperature Measurement?
- Helium Leak Detection
- New Checklist for Nadcap Audits
- Factors that Reduce Heat-Resistant-Alloy Component Life
- Process Control Instrumentation: Furnace Temperature Surveys & AMS 2750D
- Practical Applications of Computational Thermodynamics & Kinetics to Heat Treatment
- Energy Conservation Through Proper Selection of Heat-Resistant Alloys
- Artificial Joints - A Hot Topic
- Some Myths & Facts About Temperature Sensing
- Optimizing Thermocouple Performance
- Effects of Contamination on Quench-Oil Cooling Rate
- What is Corrosion Fatigue
- Basic Loading Geometries – Tension, Compression & Bending
- Understanding the Value of Through & Case Hardening of Steels
- Maintenance for Energy Efficiency
- Who is the Nadcap Auditor?
- Best Practices for Rockwell Hardness Testing
- Refractory Metals in Engineered Components & Furnaces
- Materials Characterization & Testing: Holding Tight Rockwell Test Result Tolerances
- When & Why Ion Nitriding Nitrocarburizing Makes Good Sense
- Practical Vacuum - Good Design, Procedures & Maintenance Equals Good Vacuum
- Understanding Quenchants & Their Effects
- Advances in Martensitic Stainless Processing
- Sintering & Heat-Treatment Response of SH737-2Cu-0.9C Steels
- The Growth of Aerospace in India
- Vacuum Heating & Brazing Systems, Upgrade or Replace?
- Obvious & Not So Obvious Ductile & Brittle Fractures
- Pyrometry for Global Aerospace & Commercial Heat-Treating Industries
- Repeatable, Reproducible Preparation & Hardness Depth Measurement of Surface-Hardened Steels
- Plasma Nitriding of Stainless Steels
- Furnace Maintenance & Operation Requirements in AMS 2750D
- In Support of Aerospace Heat-Treatment Quality
- Operation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting of Oil Diffusion Pumps
- HVOF Production of Hard Chromium Substitution Coatings for Improved Wear
- The Carbon Age
- Electricity Deregulation - Is Competition the Answer?
- Fuel Change - Choices & Consequences
- Nadcap for Aerospace Success
- International Thermal Spray Association
- Thermal Spray Wear Coatings find Growing Markets and Greater Competition
- Robot Basics - The Importance of the Tool Center Point
- Sprayed Particle Diagnostics - Part 4
- Sprayed Particle Diagnostics - Part 3
- Sprayed Particle Diagnostics - Part 2
- Sprayed Particle Diagnostics - Part 1
- Industrial Gas Turbine and Aircraft Engine Coatings
- Evaluation of Thermal Sprayed Coatings
- The Importance of What's Not There; Porosity
- A Common Sense Introduction to Finishing Thermal Sprayed Coatings
- Grit Blasting - Starting Your Spray Job Correctly
- The Use of Stainless Steel to Solve Application Problems
- Masking for Thermal Spray Coatings
- THERMAL SPRAYING: What it Was and What it Has Become
- Q's and A's
- Questions and Answers
- What are the advantages of the Dayton Process compared to other fluoride ion cleaning processes?
- How long should a vacuum furnace hot zone last?
- What is the HVOF process?
- Is brazing the same as welding?
- I outsource my heat treating. How do I decide if I should bring it in-house?
- Is running a hydrogen partial pressure in my vacuum furnace unsafe?
- Can brazing be performed in a vacuum furnace with graphite felt insulation?
- How do I choose a gas quench pressure rating for my vacuum furnace?
- Can a vacuum furnace be used for both hardening and tempering?
- Questions and Answers
- What's Hot Newsletter
- Glossary Metallurgical Terms
- VAC AERO News, Education & Training
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