The tool and die production shop of AGRISOVGAZ LLC has put into operation an Italian COFI vacuum furnace.
The furnace is a hermetically sealed heater inside which a depression can be created to the required parameters of the production process. The vacuum furnace is intended for heat treatment of high quality and high added value materials.
The heat treatment vacuum furnace can be used to heat-treat, pull out, anneal and sinter parts as well as perform high temperature soldering on them. The main benefit of this type of equipment is that allows for heat treatment to happen in an acid-free environment with the result that no traces of oxides or carbon removal remain on the surface of products. When the casting blocks are removed from the heat treatment chamber, they have no traces of corrosion while their mechanical parameters, corrosion and wear and tear resistance are significantly improved.
Compared to ordinary heat treatment furnaces, the vacuum furnace ensures effective heat treatment of casting blocks, according to the chief engineer of tool and die production Denis Vaneyev. The new furnace also offers the operator a broad range of capabilities to fine tune the heating parameters. The main advantages can be summed up as follows: