Ipsen Installs Vacuum Carburizing Furnace at Burton Industries, Inc.

Rockford, IL (11/19/10) - Ipsen, Inc. recently installed a Low Pressure Vacuum Carburizing furnace (AvaC™ - Acetylene Vacuum Carburizing) with 2-bar gas and oil quench, a workspace of 36"Wx48"Lx36"H and a workspace capacity of 2,400 pounds. The vacuum furnace is equipped with an automatic internal workload transfer system for vertical and horizontal drive motions. The large capacity oil quench chamber includes agitation, directional flow baffles and electric heat.

Burton Industries, Inc. is an aerospace and commercial heat treating company based in North Babylon, N.Y. Burton adds this Ipsen AvaC™ unit to their existing line of vacuum furnaces that they use to heat treat components for the Aerospace and Medical industries. They also specialize in aluminum heat treating for the Aircraft industry. For additional information on Burton Industries, Inc. visit http://www.heatreat.com.

About Ipsen, Inc.
Ipsen, Inc. designs and manufactures thermal processing systems for a wide variety of markets, including aerospace, medical, energy, chemical and automotive. Since 1948, Ipsen has built and installed thousands of systems worldwide; whether it's innovative titanium knee implants, making cars more efficient, developing new jet engines or going to the moon - Ipsen is there.