Ipsen Ships Two New TITAN® Vacuum Furnaces To Europe

Rockford, IL (October 1, 2009) – Ipsen, Inc. announced today that the company has shipped two new TITAN® Vacuum Furnaces to a manufacturer of hydraulic components and complete hydraulic systems located in Europe. These furnaces feature a 12-bar nitrogen or argon internal quench system, an energy efficient graphite hot zone with shaped graphite heating elements capable of processing temperatures up to 2,400 °F, and a Vacu-Prof™ interactive control system. The units have an 18" (457 mm) wide x 18" (457 mm) high x 24" (610 mm) deep effective work zone, and are capable of handling loads up to 2,000 lbs.

TITAN® is a self-contained, highly mobile, skid-mounted system with fast utility hookups which installs in just one day. TITAN®'s simple-to-master control system supports 17 languages, switches easily between imperial and metric units of measure, provides real-time data acquisition, trending and archiving, and stores up to 1000 recipes. An expert controls option, with interactive program generation feature, even provides recipe suggestions based on the customer's metallurgical needs. Other available options include; a high vacuum system, a loader system, a closed-loop water system, and all-metal hot zone, allowing customers to customize their purchase to address their Thermal Processing needs. TITAN®'s manufacturing versatility, operational simplicity, and financial flexibility allow both heat treaters and OEMs alike to capitalize on profitable opportunities and reduce costs in a challenging economy.

About Ipsen, Inc.
Ipsen, Inc. designs and manufactures thermal processing systems including vacuum heat treating equipment, atmosphere furnaces and advanced thermal process control systems. With manufacturing operations worldwide, the most sophisticated research and development facilities in the industry, and the largest installed base, Ipsen, Inc. offers innovative solutions and technical expertise to improve the efficiency and performance of your heat treating applications. Ipsen, Inc. maintains manufacturing plants in Rockford, IL, Souderton, PA, Kleve, Germany, Calcutta, India and Shanghai, China.

For more information, contact: Mark Heninger, Sales Manager, at 800-727-7625.