TAV VACUUM FURNACES – established in 1984 near Milan (Italy) in the city of Caravaggio – designs and manufactures standard and customized advanced vacuum furnaces in a wide range of geometries and dimensions that are used in the heat treatment of steels, alloys and advanced ceramic materials, as well as in hardening, tempering, solubilization, annealing, brazing and sintering operations.

Busch Vacuum Solutions is a leading manufacturer of vacuum pumps, blowers, compressors and tailor-made vacuum systems.

Pfeiffer Vacuum opened a 40,000-square-foot facility in Indianapolis, Ind., that will serve North American customers in all technological questions around leak detection and high-vacuum technology, focusing on the automotive industry, semiconductor applications, medical devices and consumer electronics. The Leak Detection Center of Excellence includes a CNC machine shop and modular assembly bays to support air and helium leak detection as well as custom-engineered vacuum systems. Customers will be able to have parts tested on Pfeiffer Vacuum leak-detection technologies – such as air, helium and hydrogen test methods – and determine which is best for their application.

Sprint Pro is made from an impact resistant polycarbonate which can withstand the most challenging environments.

Many papers have been written on the subject of vacuum furnace leaks, how to detect them and how to find them.

When large industrial vacuum brazing furnaces begin to produce customer parts that show discoloration instead of a pristine stainless steel finish or joints where the brazing material has refused to flow properly, production is quickly halted. Easy-to-find-and-fix leaks can take the furnace down for a half of a day, and more downtime is likely.

The TELEVAC MX200 vacuum controller with EthernetIP (EIP) capability includes USB/RS-232/RS-485 standard on every unit.

When asked what some of the most common vacuum-related challenges were, we decided to poll our technical experts and review the data from their call logs. What we discovered is that customers regularly ask five specific questions.