Today, vacuum technology is utilized in every aspect of thermal processing in diverse industries. Processes are equally diverse, from brazing of aerospace components and hardening of stainless and tool steel dies to annealing of zirconium tubes and case hardening of power transmission components.
Vertical single chamber batch vacuum furnaces are quite common throughout the industry. These furnaces have many of the same basic attributes as their horizontal cousins, recognizing that in a vertical unit the load is placed on a bottom platform, which is then raised into the furnace. These vacuum furnaces are equipped with either gas (pressure) quenching or oil quenching, the latter taking place in a separate chamber.
Next Month: We will discuss VAC AERO’s Vertical Oil Quench Vacuum Furnaces and technologies.