Centorr Vacuum Industries (Nashua, N.H.) has expanded its furnace offering for the metal injection molding market with the introduction of a line of Modular MIM-Vac™ custom metal hot-zone furnaces.

Centorr Vacuum Industries(Nashua, N.H.) has expanded its furnace offering for the metal injection molding market with the introduction of a line of Modular MIM-Vac™ custom metal hot-zone furnaces. One unit was sold and delivered to a European metals producer and a second unit will be delivered next week to a Chinese MIM producer.

The new line of MIM-Vac™ furnaces offers a temperature uniformity better than +/- 5°C (+/- 9°F) and operates in partial pressures from 10-750 torr in argon, nitrogen or hydrogen gas, using mass-flow controllers for automated control. It is available in the following sizes: 2 cubic feet, 6.75 cubic feet and 9 cubic feet.