Solar Manufacturing Delivers Custom Vacuum Furnace to Specialized Coating Services Company
May 1, 2014
Solar Manufacturing Model HFL-5772-2EQ
Solar Manufacturing recently delivered and started up a vacuum furnace required by a major specialized coating services company. Working with the customer on specific concerns of their cobalt and nickel based coating processes, Solar Manufacturing engineers provided custom trapping designs to collect and isolate contaminants resulting from their processes.
The furnace was a Solar Manufacturing Model HFL-5772-2EQ horizontal front loading vacuum furnace with a work zone measuring 36" W x 36" H x 72" D with a hearth designed to accommodate up to a 3,500 lb. workload. The entire hot zone utilizes a Flexshield hot face backed by five layers of 1/2" thick graphite felt insulation supported in a heavy-duty stainless steel ring structure. The heating elements are a thin, durable, curved graphite design allowing for a maximum operating temperature of 2,600 °F.
The specialized vacuum pumping system consists of a Busch Cobra Model NC0400 B screw type mechanical pump backed by a Stokes 615 Booster blower with in-line traps for binder and contaminant collection. Also included is a bypass roughing line for initial pumping of the system to improve cycle times. A Varian Model HS-20 diffusion pump is also installed for high vacuum performance to the 10-5 torr range.
An external gas cooling system is included, incorporating a 150 HP quench motor, a high speed radial fan and a high capacity heat exchanger capable of cooling workloads in argon gas at 2 bar positive pressure.
A SolarVac 5000 PC-based interactive control system provides control and monitoring of all furnace functions. The control system consist of a Proface industrial operator interface with a 15" color touch screen and Wonderware integrated operations software featuring recipe storage, alarm management, data acquisition and reporting functions and more.
For more information contact:
Solar Manufacturing
1983 Clearview Road
Souderton, PA 18964
267-384-5040
info@solarmfg.com
www.solarmfg.com
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