- Standard horizontal capacity from 200 to 2,500 kg
- Standard vertical capacity 1,500 kg and 2,000 kg
- Graphite or metal hot zone with maximum vacuum from 10⁻² to 10⁻⁵/10⁻⁶ mbar
- Quenching pressure from 2 up to 25 bar
- Quenching gases: N₂, Ar, He, H₂
- Excellent operational features including uniform heating and quenching and ability to harden a wide range of materials and cross-sections
- ConFlap system supporting convection heating
- Optional FineCarb / PreNit LPC and vacuum nitriding LPN equipment
- Computer control system with operator-friendly interface
- AMS 2750 specification readiness
- Wide range of options and accessories, including vertical configuration and multi-zone temperature control
Heat Treatment Furnaces
VECTOR – Single-chamber Vacuum Furnace with Gas Cooling
Single-chamber horizontal vacuum furnace with high-pressure gas quenching, designed for a wide range of heat treatment processes with high uniformity, repeatability and low energy and gas consumption.
Manufactured bySECO/WARWICK
2–25 barQuenching pressure
200–2,500 kgHorizontal capacity
N₂ Ar He H₂Quenching gases
AMS 2750Ready
Overview
One furnace, many heat treatments
VECTOR is a single-chamber horizontal vacuum furnace with gas quench that can be used for a wide variety of heat treatment processes and applications. It provides high uniformity in heat-treated parts, high consistency between workloads and high-speed batch processing with low power and process gas consumption. VECTOR furnaces are equipped with a round graphite or metal hot zone and high-pressure gas quench system operating from 2 to 25 bar, using nitrogen, argon, helium or hydrogen as quench gases.
The furnace is suitable for most standard hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing and sintering processes. With optional SECO/WARWICK technologies such as FineCarb vacuum carburizing and PreNit prenitriding, VECTOR can also perform low-pressure carburizing (LPC) and nitriding (LPN). The SimVac process simulation package is included as standard.
Applications
Where VECTOR is used
Heat treatment of tool steels, carburizing steels, HSLA and alloy steels, stainless steels, super alloys, titanium and titanium alloys for industries including aviation, automotive, machine building, tooling, energy, nuclear, electronic metallurgy, commercial heat treatment and specialty applications. Typical processes include annealing, brazing, hardening, low-pressure carburizing and nitriding (LPC & LPN), normalizing, solution heat treating, sintering and tempering.
Features
Capacity, vacuum and quench
Benefits
Fast cycles at low consumption
Wide range of heat treatment processes and applications in a single furnace
High-speed cycles with high-pressure gas quench
Low energy, process gas and utility consumption
Environmentally friendly operation with low emissions of process gases
Simple, modular design adapted to customer tasks and plant conditions
Guaranteed quality and repeatable process results
Predictive maintenance features
Remote control and monitoring capability
Fast delivery and simple installation
Customizable configuration to match specific requirements
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