Vacuum Heat Treating

As vacuum heat treating specialists, Solar Atmospheres can help determine right process and cycle to meet or exceed your metallurgical requirements. Through precise temperature and environmental controls metal parts attain their required specifications with minimal distortion and bright, scale-free results.

Solar’s extensive and flexible capability includes over 40 vacuum furnaces ranging from lab size to the world’s largest commercial vacuum furnace (24 feet, 50,000 lb. capacity). Through our foundational strengths—processing skills, furnace engineering knowledge, metallurgical consultation, and commitment to service—Solar has gained a reputation for quality heat treating and responsive service. Our customers regularly express appreciation for Solar and its people going the “extra mile”. Taking on the challenge as a commitment to new types of work is evidenced by the R&D work done for universities and national laboratories.  As a consequence of this service and expertise, Solar services many different markets that need the Metal Processing Advantage.

Vacuum Heat Treating Benefits

• Minimal distortion
• Bright, clean parts
• Heat treating of finished parts

The Solar Advantage

• Over 40 state-of-the art vacuum furnaces
• Wide range of furnaces (lab to 24’ long) for efficient processing and turnaround
• Customized processing alternatives with controlled heating - Advanced Pressure Quenching and customized furnace atmospheres
• Work thermocouples on every furnace run for precise temperature processing
• Electronic data collection system for accurate and timely acquisition of critical
  process data
• Metallurgical consultation and lab furnaces availability for cycle development