Heat Treatment Furnaces
VECTOR HPGQ – High-Pressure Gas Quenching Vacuum Furnace
Single-chamber high-vacuum furnace with high-pressure gas quenching (up to 25 bar), designed for distortion-controlled hardening of high-performance alloys and precision components.
Manufactured bySECO/WARWICK
10–25 barGas quenching
10⁻⁵–10⁻⁶ mbarVacuum range
N₂ Ar HeCooling gases
AMS 2750Designed to meet
Overview
Distortion-controlled gas quenching
VECTOR HPGQ is a high-vacuum, single-chamber furnace engineered for precision heat-treatment applications requiring controlled, uniform and distortion-reduced quenching. The system integrates a high-pressure gas-quench module (typically 10–25 bar) using nitrogen, argon or helium, enabling fast and uniform cooling for aerospace steels, tool steels and other high-alloy components. The furnace offers a graphite or all-metal hot zone, multi-zone temperature control, convection heating enhancement and options for low-pressure carburizing and nitriding. It is designed for full compliance with demanding industrial and aerospace heat-treatment specifications and provides clean, oxidation-free vacuum processing with high repeatability from batch to batch.
Applications
Where VECTOR HPGQ is used
High-speed and tool steels
Precision dies and moulds
Automotive transmission and injection components
Energy and nuclear-sector parts
Processes such as hardening, tempering, low-pressure carburizing, solution heat-treating and brazing
Features
Quench, vacuum and control
- High-pressure gas quenching, typically 10–25 bar
- Cooling gases: nitrogen, argon, helium
- High-vacuum capability in the 10⁻⁵–10⁻⁶ mbar range
- Graphite or all-metal hot-zone construction
- Multi-zone temperature control with high uniformity
- Convection-heating enhancement for low-temperature processes
- Optional low-pressure carburizing (LPC) and nitriding (LPN) modules
- PLC/IPC computerized control with recipe management
- Advanced data logging, alarms and diagnostics
- Designed to meet AMS 2750 requirements
Benefits
Gas quench instead of oil
Excellent distortion control thanks to symmetric high-pressure gas quenching
Faster quench cycles and increased productivity
Clean, oxidation-free processing with high surface quality
Lower operating costs compared to oil quenching systems
High reproducibility and metallurgical consistency
Environmentally friendly: no quench oils or associated contamination
Suitable for both high-volume production and critical aerospace work
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