The new furnace features a graphite insulated hot zone of 36 inches by 36 inches by 48 inches deep, with a weight capacity of 5,000 pounds. (Photo courtesy Solar Manufacturing)
SELLERSVILLE, Pa—– Solar Manufacturing reported that it recently shipped a vacuum furnace to a U.S.-based aerospace fastener manufacturer. The furnace will be primarily used to age-harden various fasteners of high strength alloys used in the aerospace industry, the company said in a release.
The vacuum furnace is the second Model HFL-5748-2IQ furnace purchased by the customer. Like the first furnace, the new furnace features a graphite insulated hot zone of 36 inches by 36 inches by 48 inches deep, with a weight capacity of 5,000 pounds, a maximum operating temperature of 2400°F, and a 100 HP quench motor. Solar Manufacturing’s SolarVac® Polaris control system was customized to interface with the customer’s in-house automation system for recipe control and data acquisition, the company said.
“Due to steady growth, our customer needed additional furnace capacity to keep up with demand,” said Jason Davidson, regional sales manager for Solar Manufacturing, in the release. “The quality and performance of the first furnace was enough to influence the customer to invest in the second furnace after two years of successful operation. We had proven our furnace technology was reliable and robust.”
Solar Manufacturing designs and manufactures a wide variety of vacuum heat treating, sintering, and brazing furnaces and offers replacement hot zones, spare parts, and professional service.