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 atmospheric controls, customer specifications are achieved 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 (36 feet, 150,000 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 result of this, Solar services many different markets that benefit from the Metal Processing Advantage.

Vacuum Heat Treating Benefits

• Minimal distortion
• Bright, clean parts
• Heat treating of finished parts
• Uniform heat treating of finished parts for consistent tensile strength
• Precise temperature controls achieve part specifications
• Variable quench rates to customize cooling profiles
• Enviromentally friendly

The Solar Advantage

• Over 40 state-of-the art vacuum furnaces
• Wide range of furnaces sizes (lab to 36 ’ long) for efficient processing and turnaround
• Customized processing alternatives with controlled heating
• Advanced Pressure Quenching
• Customized furnace atmospheres
• High temperature capabilities (3600°F/ 1982°C) for refractory metals
• Temperature measuring devices attached to parts for precise temperature control
• Electronic data collection system for accurate and timely acquisition
• Metallurgical consultation and lab furnaces availability for cycle development
• Technology Center for Research and Development

Materials Processed*

Non-Ferrous

Superalloys

• Nickel-base alloys: Astroloy, Incoloy, Hastelloy, Nimonic,
• Udimet, Waspaloy
• Cobalt- base alloys: Stellite, Elgiloy, L-605, MP25N
• Iron- base alloy: Discalloy, Pyromet
• Nickel: Monel

Copper: Pure, Beryllium, Cupro- nickel, Bronze

Titanium: Alpha, Alpha-Beta, Beta and Near-Beta

Aluminum: 6061, 7075

Refractory Metals and Alloys: Tantalum, Niobium, Molybdenum, Tungsten

Ferrous

Steels: Carbon, Tool, High Speed, Ultra-strength,

Stainless Steels: Austenitic, Ferritic, Martensitic, Cast, PH

*Most common are listed. Contact a sales engineer if you have questions regarding processing capabilities.