VFS® Vacuum Furnace Ships To Manufacturer In Southeast U.S.

Souderton, PA (May 18, 2009) – A VFS® vacuum furnace has shipped to a manufacturer located in the Southeast United States. The new HEQ3836-VDS Horizontal External Quench (HEQ) furnace is capable of both vacuum debinding and vacuum sintering in a single vacuum furnace. This furnace is a two door design each with a pneumatically activated clamping system. It includes a -5 HG argon quench system, with an energy efficient all metal hot zone capable of processing temperatures up to 2,500°F, all molybdenum heating elements, and the popular CompuVac® supervisory control system.

The unit features a 24" (610 mm) x 24" (610 mm) x 36" (914 mm) (W x H x D) hot zone that can be loaded from both ends, and is capable of handling loads up to 1,000 lbs.

This shipment represents the first VFS® vacuum furnace purchased by this customer.

High performance VFS vacuum furnaces serve a variety of thermal processing applications in the metal treating, brazing and vacuum debinding and sintering industries. Available in horizontal and vertical models, VFS furnaces are utilized by a number of high-value industries such as medical, aerospace and land-based turbine manufacturers for their superior efficiency and ease of use.

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.