SECO/VACUUM News

North American manufacturer of power transmission components orders a new pit nitriding furnace from SECO/VACUUM

(Meadville PA, December 16, 2021) - A Toronto Canada-based manufacturer of flight-critical helicopter masts, turbine shafts, engine thrust links and safety critical nuclear components has ordered a new vacuum tempering/gas nitriding furnace from SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company.
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11 SECO/VACUUM Furnaces Go To International Extrusion Die Maker

(Meadville PA, December 14, 2021) - SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, sells eleven vacuum heat treating and tempering furnaces to an extrusion die maker.
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Watlow Electric Manufacturing Purchases New SECO/VACUUM Annealing Furnace

(Meadville PA, December 2, 2021) - Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company, who will celebrate its centennial in 2022, has ordered - from SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company - a high-vacuum Vector® furnace and auxiliaries for its Mexican plant.
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One of the Largest Commercial Hardening Plants in Brazil Installs a SECO/WARWICK 3-in-1 Furnace

(Meadville PA, November 30, 2021) - One of the largest Brazilian hardening plants has started to operate a SECO/WARWICK Vector® vacuum furnace — one of the flagship products of the Group. The vacuum furnace is equipped with 15 bar abs. high-pressure gas quenching, cryogenic hardening and tempering has been in operation in South America for several months.
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Global Tool Manufacturer Adds Two Additional Tempering Furnaces on the Heels of #4

(Meadville PA, November 23, 2021) - Two more Vector vacuum furnaces are headed to fill the production needs of a global tool manufacturer to augment the capacity of four prior furnaces of the same configuration.
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SECO/WARWICK Has a Way of Hardening Aviation Steel

(Meadville PA, October 26, 2021) - SECO/WARWICK will deliver a Vector® vacuum furnace to one of the largest European machinery groups. The device will be used for hardening and tempering processes, and its design has been customized in order to meet the needs of a special and demanding process which is the hardening of aviation steel.
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Leader Distinguished for Innovations — Another Title to be Received by SECO/WARWICK

(Meadville PA, October 18, 2021) - SECO/WARWICK does not slow down. The company has just been awarded another prestigious trophy — an “Innovation Leader” award. This is the third distinction received this year by the heat treatment champion. And this year is very important since it marks the 30th anniversary of the Polish company and headquarters of the SECO/WARWICK Group, which was celebrated in June.
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SECO/WARWICK furnace Reaches the Brazilian Commercial Heat Treater, Tecnovacum, Through A Unique Collaboration

(Meadville PA, October 5, 2021) - A recognized Brazilian commercial heat treater - Tecnovacum, is just another customer from South America that bought their equipment from SECO/WARWICK. The vacuum furnace that was supplied is a Vector® - one of the Group’s flagship products.
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Aeronautic Motion Control Manufacturer Invests in New SECO/VACUUM Tempering Furnace

(Meadville PA, September 28, 2021) - An international aircraft controls manufacturer has ordered a new low-temperature vacuum furnace from SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group brand, for tempering, aging and other processes. SECO/VACUUM’s Vacuum tempering furnaces assure bright part surfaces after treatment in lower temperatures.
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Global Tool Manufacturer Adds 4th Tempering Furnace in As Many Years

(Meadville PA, September 21, 2021) - An international manufacturer of cutting tools has ordered another vacuum tempering furnace from SECO/VACUUM.
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See the future of heat treating at the ASM Heat Treat show

(Meadville PA, September 13, 2021) - At SECO/VACUUM’s booth - 1607 - visitors can explore the future of heat treating.

SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, will feature a star-studded line-up of heat treatment technologies designed to improve your capabilities now and well into the future. That’s possible only at the ASM Heat Treat Show in St. Louis Missouri, USA, September 14 – 16, 2021.
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Global aircraft industry supplier purchases Vacuum Brazing Furnace from SECO/VACUUM

(Meadville PA, September 9, 2021) - SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group brand, has sold a vacuum aluminum brazing (VAB) furnace to an international aircraft component supplier. The furnace is designed to meet tight temperature tolerances of +/-3 deg C, incorporating a powerful high vacuum system with diffusion pump. The furnace is equipped with six (6) temperature control zones and can accommodate loads with dimensions up to 36”x28”x48” / 900x700x1200mm (WxHxD).
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SECO/WARWICK is a leader on the Brazilian commercial heat treating market

(Meadville PA, September 7, 2021) - SECO/WARWICK Group has delivered multiple shipments of advanced metal heat treatment equipment to South America. The primary customers for this equipment are Brazilian commercial heat treaters. This year, SECO/WARWICK equipment has shipped to three heat treating plants in this country. Last month, a Vector® vacuum furnace was delivered to Supertrat in Santa Bárbara D’Oeste.
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“E-SEMINAR 4.1” – the largest global on-line meeting of the metal heat treatment industry is coming soon!

(Meadville PA, August 31, 2021) - The largest on-line meeting – “E-Seminar 4.1” – for the experts in the metal heat treatment industry, organized by one of the industry leaders, SECO/WARWICK, will be held for the second time in September. This event offers a total of 9 hours of meetings and presentations divided into three tracks as well as a unique opportunity to learn from industry leaders. These include Dan Herring, “The Heat Treat Doctor®” – known as the most influential person in the metal heat treatment industry.
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HTA Purchases Two Vector® Vacuum Furnaces to Augment its Support for the Australian Defense Capability

(Meadville PA, August 19, 2021) - Two new Vector® single chamber high-pressure quench vacuum furnaces from SECO/VACUUM have been purchased by HTA. Solutions go to their Melbourne and Sydney commercial heat treatment facilities to provide expanded processing capabilities to support the Australian defense industry.
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A Manufacturer of EV chassis Components Orders Heat Treatment Equipment for In-house Tooling

(Meadville PA, August 16, 2021) - An international electric vehicle automaker has ordered high-pressure gas quenching (HPGQ), tempering and nitriding furnaces for heat treatment of large high-pressure casting dies which will be used in the production of aluminum underbody components for electric vehicles. Read More

SECO/WARWICK Group U.S. Expansion Rewarded

(Meadville PA, August 9, 2021) - This was the fourth annual USA-Central Eastern Europe Investment Summit. Sixty-seven top companies were competing as finalists in several categories. Besides SECO/WARWICK, the winner list included, Pratt-Whitney, Santander Bank, Kimberly-Clark, and more.
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National Mints Opt for SECO/WARWICK Furnace Technology

(Meadville PA, June 21, 2021) - SECO/WARWICK will deliver a Vector® vacuum furnace to another national mint. The furnace will be delivered to the manufacturer of circulation and collection coins in Egypt, the first contract SECO/WARWICK has concluded in the country. The National Mint of Egypt is the seventh mint in the world to choose SECO/WARWICK solutions. Read More

Aalberts Surface Technologies Heat to Receive a CME-T Fastest Cooling Furnace with Nitrogen Quenching

(Meadville PA, May 25, 2021) - A SECO/WARWICK CaseMaster Evolution vacuum furnace and BREW atmosphere furnace will make up a new production line in the specialized commercial hardening plant of Aalberts Surface Technologies Heat in Kalisz (Poland).
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CaseMaster Evolution® - New Generation Case Hardening Furnaces

(Meadville PA, May 19, 2021) - The CaseMaster Evolution product range has been very popular among customers for many years, but before we tell you why is it so, we will start from the beginning, that is its creation. Read More

A new dimension in gas nitriding - a technological breakthrough from SECO/WARWICK

(Meadville PA, April 27, 2021) - A process that has been known for more than a century, gas nitriding, has seen a technology breakthrough that is a real game changer in the field of metal heat treatment. The ZeroFlow® method introduced to global industry by SECO/WARWICK in cooperation with scientists from one of the best technical universities in Poland, Poznan University of Technology, reduces process costs with performance that is far more ecologically friendly.
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Global aerospace manufacturer orders Vector® furnace from SECO/VACUUM (SVT), a SECO/WARWICK Group company

(Meadville PA, March 30, 2021) - The new Vector® 2-bar quenching unit is equipped with high vacuum diffusion pump and convection heating for improved performance at low temperatures. It meets class 2 requirements per AMS2750F (temperature uniformity +/- 6°C (+/- 10°F). It will be installed in the company’s Center of Excellence and will be used to heat treat 3D printed parts. Read More

SECO/WARWICK is awarded a new technology patent for reducing costs while increasing production

(Meadville PA, March 23, 2021) - An inventor and advocate of vacuum heat treatment at the SECO/WARWICK Group, Maciej Korecki, PhD Eng., Vice-President of the Vacuum Furnace Segment, explains why the Pit-LPC furnaces have set the new direction for carburizing processes for those who will benefit the most from this technology.
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SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, secures an order for a large pit gas nitriding furnace from a North American customer

(Meadville PA, March 2, 2021) - The customer chose SECO/VACCUM (SVT) because of the Group’s extensive experience and industry leadership in gas nitriding and ferritic nitrocarburizing process development, its R&D capabilities and its local North American support. Read More

HART-TECH and SECO/WARWICK Join Forces to Develop Hardening Plant Solutions

(Meadville PA, February 9, 2021) - In 2009, the initiative of three researchers from the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering of the Łódź University of Technology — professor Piotr Kula, professor Antoni Rzepkowski and Robert Pietrasik, Sc.D. Eng. — brought to life the HART-TECH hardening plant, which currently holds 11 specialized devices for vacuum metal treatment, all of the equipment supplied by SECO/WARWICK.
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SECO/WARWICK Vacuum Technologies Dominates Metal Heat Treatment

(Meadville PA, January 26, 2021) - Last year proved to be a very good year on the American market. Already in the first two months of 2020, SECO/VACUUM Technologies (SVT), US subsidiary of the SECO/WARWICK Group, sold four Vector® furnaces, i.e. multi-purpose vacuum equipment. The solution was delivered e.g. to aluminium extrusion dies manufacturer — Youngstown Tool & Die. Subsequent orders for the product were placed in the following months. Still, the fourth quarter of the year has been the best one for the company since its establishment. This is a great forecast for 2021 and a perfect end of the year. Read More

Strong Year for SECO/VACUUM Furnace Sales Tops Expectations

(Meadville PA, January 19, 2021) - In stark contrast to a generally cautious economy upset by a global pandemic, farsighted OEMs have their horizons set well into the future as they develop plans for groundbreaking transportation technologies. One example is the purchase by a major aerospace contractor of SECO/VACUUM’s single-piece flow continuous vacuum furnace, UCM® 4D Quench®, to become an integral part of a demonstration plant dedicated to completely automated gear manufacturing.
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