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        • Vacuum CAP Furnaces (VCAP)
          • Vacuum Cap Furnaces
        • Vacuum Induction Melting Furnaces (VIM)
          • Small / R&D VIM Furnaces
          • Master Alloy VIM Furnaces
          • Electrode VIM Furnaces
        • Vacuum Precision Investment Casting Furnaces (VPIC)
          • Vertical Vacuum Precision Investment Casting Furnaces
          • Horizontal Vacuum Precision Investment Casting Furnaces
        • Vacuum Deoiling Furnaces (VD)
          • Vacuum Deoiling Furnaces
        • ElectroSlag Remelting Furnaces (ESR)
          • Multiple Electrode ElectroSlag Remelting Furnaces
          • Large ElectroSlag Remelting Furnaces
          • ElectroSlag Remelting Furnaces
        • Electromagnetic Cold Crucible Furnaces (EMCC)
          • Electromagnetic Cold Crucible
        • Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces (VAR)
          • Vacuum Arc Remelting Furnaces
          • Reactive VAR Furnaces (RVAR)
        • Induction Skull Melting Furnaces (ISM)
          • Two Chamber Vertical Induction Skull Melting Furnace
          • Two Chamber Horizontal Induction Skull Melting Furnace
          • Tandem Chamber Induction Skull Melting Furnace
          • Single Chamber Induction Skull Melting Furnace
        • Vacuum Heat Treatment (VHT) and Brazing Furnaces
          • Top Loading Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces
          • Induction Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces
          • Horizontal Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces
          • Clamshell Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces
          • Bottom Loading Vacuum Heat Treatment Furnaces

      Small / R&D VIM Furnaces

      Smaller Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) furnaces are commonly used to start a company in the business of producing vacuum induction melted materials, or for research and development efforts into new alloys and processes.  A wide variety of configurations are available to match customer requirements.

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      • Wide variety of furnace configurations available; furnaces are custom engineered and designed specifically for individual user’s process
      • Can utilize billet, revert or virgin charge material in multiple charging systems
      • Controls can  be provided to customer’s specifications, from simple PLC-based terminal to full PC data logging

      Multiple Charging Systems:
      • Overmelt chargers for primary bucket charging of high density charge materials, temperature probe insertion, and sample taking
      • Cup chargers are available for charging of small pieces and fines, typically for late alloy additions
      • Other charging system configurations are available

      Vacuum System:
      • Three stage vacuum pumping system incorporating oil sealed rotary pumps or dry type screw pumps, roots type mechanical blowers, and oil vapor booster pumps for finalising vacuum levels in the 10-3 mbar range
      • Oil wetted vacuum filters for control of pyrophoric additions such as NiMg, or dry type vacuum filters if these elements are not planned to  be used
      • State-of-the-art safety systems incorporating overpressure relief valves and argon purging

      Mold Pouring:
      • Most units are direct pour, or utilise a small pour box above each mould
      • Hot tundish insertion via a charger configured to insert an externally preheated refractory tundish into the pour position within a few minutes is available

      Controls:
      • Simple PLC-based controls with touchscreen OIT are common
      • Computerised control and SCADA systems may be implemented
      • TV cameras on remotely actuated site ports for remote operation are available but not typically required

      Most small / R&D VIM furnaces are door-mounted designs, though this varies depending on the layout of the equipment and the available space and access routes for loading / unloading of molds and induction furnaces.

      Features

      • Wide variety of furnace configurations available; furnaces are custom engineered and designed specifically for individual user’s process
      • Can utilize billet, revert or virgin charge material in multiple charging systems
      • Controls can  be provided to customer’s specifications, from simple PLC-based terminal to full PC data logging

      Tech Specs

      Multiple Charging Systems:
      • Overmelt chargers for primary bucket charging of high density charge materials, temperature probe insertion, and sample taking
      • Cup chargers are available for charging of small pieces and fines, typically for late alloy additions
      • Other charging system configurations are available

      Vacuum System:
      • Three stage vacuum pumping system incorporating oil sealed rotary pumps or dry type screw pumps, roots type mechanical blowers, and oil vapor booster pumps for finalising vacuum levels in the 10-3 mbar range
      • Oil wetted vacuum filters for control of pyrophoric additions such as NiMg, or dry type vacuum filters if these elements are not planned to  be used
      • State-of-the-art safety systems incorporating overpressure relief valves and argon purging

      Mold Pouring:
      • Most units are direct pour, or utilise a small pour box above each mould
      • Hot tundish insertion via a charger configured to insert an externally preheated refractory tundish into the pour position within a few minutes is available

      Controls:
      • Simple PLC-based controls with touchscreen OIT are common
      • Computerised control and SCADA systems may be implemented
      • TV cameras on remotely actuated site ports for remote operation are available but not typically required

      Furnace Layout

      Most small / R&D VIM furnaces are door-mounted designs, though this varies depending on the layout of the equipment and the available space and access routes for loading / unloading of molds and induction furnaces.

      Related Products

      Electrode VIM Furnaces
      Master Alloy VIM Furnaces

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