New Vacuum Furnaces
We represent Seco Warwick for their range of Vacuum and Atmosphere furnaces, Seco Warwick are one of the largest furnace manufacturers in Europe and are sure to have the type of furnace you require within their product range – see www.secowarwick.com.pl
Seco Warwick offers vacuum heat treating furnaces for hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing, sintering, carburizing, carbonitriding, high vacuum, CVD–graphitizing and degassing. SECO/WARWICK has built some of the largest and technically advanced vacuum furnaces in operation today, developing advanced technologies like Universal HPQ™ (High Pressure Quench), PreNit® & FineCarb® LPC vacuum carburizing, fully automated control systems and modeling software. Vacuum furnace configurations are available for vertical, horizontal and elevator style furnaces. Both cylindrical and rectangular hot zones with metallic or graphite heating elements are available
Vacuum Furnace Processes and Designs
Processes
- Hardening
- Brazing
- Carburizing
- Annealing
- Tempering
- Solution HT
- Sintering
- CVD
- Graphitizing
- Degassing
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Designs
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Elevator
- Cold Wall
- Hot Wall
- Single, Double or
Multi-Chamber
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Hot Zone Elements
- Graphite
- Molybdenum
- Stainless
- Tantalum
- Nickel Chrome
- Tungsten
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Cooling Options
- Vacuum
- Atmosphere
- Recirculated Atmos.
- Oil quench
- Gas quench
- Pressure Quench (HPQ)
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VPT-VP-VVP Universal Furnaces
Vacuum heat treatment furnaces with fast quench options and high energy efficiency
Technical Information
- Furnaces with horizontal (VP/VPT) and vertical (VVPEH) loading configurations
- Load from 50 to 5,000 kg
- Graphite and screen insulation with maximum vacuum of 10-2 / 10-5 / 10-6 mbar
- Quenching pressure 2, 6, 10, 12, 16 and 25 bar
- Quenching gases N2, Ar, He and H2
- More than 250 installations in the past 5 years
- Best solutions for industry
- Best operational features, including uniform heating and quenching and
ability to harden a wide range of materials and cross-sections
- Radial-type standard dynamic quenching (3600 seconds)
- As required for programming directional cooling, option to build a radial/axial
system in one furnace
- Programming solutions for zone quenching
- Rotary hearth in VVP(EH) vertical furnaces conducive to uniformity of quenching
- Isothermal hardening suitable for hardening of tools and hardening after
FineCarb® vacuum carburising
- VPT (HPGQ) furnaces best for the technology of hardening forms and matrices
under NADCA procedures and GM DC9999-1 and Ford AMTD –DC2010 norms
- Unique construction of heating chamber assures excellent stability and equipment life
- Integrated Power Control System installed in VPT furnaces (high power factor)
- Vacuum-pressure door with long-lasting seal and automatic rapid closure
- ConFlapTM system supporting convection heating
- Optional equipment for vacuum carburising technology – FineCarb® / PreNit® LPC
- User-friendly SimVac computer control system, enabling NADCAP procedures
- Conforms to CE and NFPA
- Compact installation reduces space requirements
- Comprehensive delivery including cooling water circulation, gas installation,
instrumentation etc.

Special Furnaces and Technologies
Single Chamber, continuous process and modular furnaces for heat treatment, brazing or sintering
Technical Information
- Up to 10-7 mbar
- 50 – 5,000 kg
- Maximum 2300°C
- Special Oil Quench / Special HPGQ
- Single-chamber furnaces, continuous-process furnaces, and modular furnaces
- Various applications, including for heat treatment, brazing and sintering
FineCarb® Vacuum Carburizing and Multichamber Furnaces
Vacuum carburizing and nitriding in an energy efficient and environmentally friendly fashion
Technical Information
- Seco/Warwick 2-, 3-, 4- or 5-cell Rotary Modular System
- Dual-chamber Oil Quench furnaces
- Dual-chamber HPGQ 20 bar furnaces
- Horizontal- and vertical-loading furnaces
- Equipped with LPC FineCarb® carburising technology and PreNit® pre-nitriding to restrict grain development
- Loads up to 1,200 kg
- Range for mass production of drive systems
- Uniform heating and cooling
- Nozzle quenching system, zone quenching
- Minimizing hardening distortions also with a gradual cooling system
- Computer control system
- Complies with CE and NFPA
- Environment-friendly

Vacuum Sintering Furnaces
Vacuum sintering with high pressure quench and/ or Hot Isostatic Pressing for metals and ceramics
Technical Information
- Horizontal- and vertical-loading furnaces
- Load from 100 to 2,500 kg
- Quenching or process gas pressure of 2, 20, 60 or 100 bar
- Maximum temperature of 1350, 1600 or 2200°C
- Furnaces equipped with state-of-the-art control system enabling
technological norms procedures
- Furnaces for specific tasks according to customer specifications
Designed for:
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- sintering of tungsten carbides (at a bonding pressure of 60 or 100 bar)
- production of tools using the powder metallurgy technology
- production of parts from stainless steel powders, including
metal injection molding
- production of Alnico alloys and magnetic materials, production of
magnets and high-alloy materials for the aviation industry
- production of ceramic elements
- annealing and degassing of metal powders
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Retort Tempering Furnaces – ZeroFlow® Nitriding
Vacuum furnaces for tempering and zero flow nitriding – cost effective nitriding with low emmissions
Technical Information
- Horizontal- and vertical-loading furnaces
- Load from 200 to 2,500 kg
- Electric or gas heating (E/G)
- 150 – 1500°C
- 20 years of experience from Seco/Warwick
and Camlaw
- Short heating and quenching cycles
- Quenching system with internal retort quenching and/or external quenching
- Profiled thin-walled retort, reducing heating and cooling costs
- Automatic closure of vacuum/high pressure door
- Optional ZeroFlow® gas nitriding
- Computer control system
- Complies with CE and NFPA
- Compact construction with small installation area
Gas Turbine Coating System
Coating of the heat-resistant elements of gas turbines
Technical Information
- Pack Coating
- Vapor Phase Aluminizing (VPA)
- Vapor Phase Chromizing (VPC)
- Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
- FIC Furnace System
- Coating Furnace System
- Electrically heated furnaces
- Reaction chamber – retort
- Vacuum system – hydrogen and argon
delivery system
- Halide gas for CVD
- Gaseous HF delivery system for FIC
- Fume neutralization system (scrubber or bubbler)
- Fixtured parts or coating box(es)
- Gas cabinets and delivery systems with small installation area

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