Heat TREATMENTS
µCD provides thermal treatment services thanks to its unique large horizontal HIP furnace for a wide range of applications, like:
- Similar metal diffusion bonding of plates (stainless steel, Al, Ti, Copper and many others)
- Gas pressure shaping of metallic alloy sheets with/without diffusion bonding
- Homogenizing, annealing, aging of large welded structures or small items in very large batches «hard» soldering / brazing of large parts in T range > 900 °C (Cu-Zn, Cu-Ni, Ni solders..) like bonding of planar sputter targets to cooling plate
- Powder metallurgy based hard-metals post sintering / post densification of large batches of small parts, up to very large parts
Hot Isostatic Pressure (HIP) Furnace
Overall dimension and weight of the furnace (as depicted)
| Furnace weight | 60000 kg (fully loaded) |
| Width |
7,8 m (included passage to control panel) |
| Height |
4,2 m (included safety valve) |
| Depth |
8,2 m (excluded front loader rails) |
| Foot print |
65 |
Loading type and capacity
| Max gross load allowed | 15000 kg (10t net load) |
| Heating zone nominal diameter (Ø) | 1200 mm |
| Max load dimension box (WxHxL) | 850 x 800 x 3000 mm |
| Max load dimension round (ØxL) | 1000 x 3000 mm |
Functional parameters
| Max gas pressure (Argon) | 100 bar (@1100 °C) |
| Max vacuum (min pressure) |
1 Pa |
| Max temp (at amb. pressure) |
1350 °C |
| Max heating capacity |
1700 kW (6 independent zones) |
| Max temperature rise |
4 °C / min (w/ 10 ton load) |
| Temperature homogeneity |
±5 °C |
| Max temperature down |
Protected for 15-20 °C/min |
| Heater material |
Graphite |