Vacuum Hardening

Vacuum Brazing

Plasma Nitriding

Precipitation Hardening

Solution Annealing

Vacuum Heat Treatment Services




Vacuum Hardening

Process


Tooling parts/ components are heated in horizontal state-of-the-art vacuum furnace above austenitising temperature and quenched at a predetermined cooling rate with the help of pressurized high purity Nitrogen gas. After quenching multiple tempering heat treatment cycles are performed to achieve desired hardness.


Advantages of Vacuum Hardening over salt bath hardening


  • Hardness uniformity throughout cross section
  • Uniform microstructure
  • Minimum dimensional distortion
  • No oxidation or de-carb on component/ part surface
  • Post cleaning not required

Products heat treated


Pressure Die Casting (PDC) Dies, Hot/ Warm Forging Dies, Press Tools, Jigs & Fixtures etc…


Steel Grades Heat Treated


  • Hot Die Steel Grades
  • Orvar Supreme, Orvar 2M, QRO-90, Dievar, Hotvar, Vidar Supreme, SKD-61, W-300, W-302, W-320, W-350, W-360, W-303, W-321, W-400, W-403, DAC, DAC-55, HDS HP-1, USD, USN, 1.2343, 1.2344, H-11, H-13, H-21


  • Cold Working Steel Grades
  • Swerkar – 21, Sleipner, Vanadis – 4, Vanadis – 6, Vanadis – 10, Calmax, SKD-11, K-100, K-110, K-340, K-353, K-360, K-455, K-600, K-890, A-2, 1.2379, D-2, D-3, D-6, S-7


  • Plastic Mould Steel
  • P-20, P-22, DIN 1.2378, DIN 1.2312


  • High Speed Steel (HSS) Grades
  • M-2, M-3, M-4, M-35, M-42, M45, T-1, T-2, T-15, ASP-30, ASP-60, ASP-23, S- 290, S-390, S-600, S-590, 1.3343 (M2), 1.3243 (M35), 1.3247 (M35)


  • Martensitic Stainless Steel
  • Stavax, Impax Supreme, Nimax, Unimax, 1.2083, SS 410, SS 420, SS 440B, SS 440C, SS 316L, SS 310, SS 2242, SS 2541, SS 2022, M310, M 390


  • OHNS Grades
  • OHNS quality AISI grades 01, 02, EO 300

Solution Annealing

Process


Steel grades are typically austenitic stainless steels of 300 series. The process consists of heating the material up to a temperature of 1150 centigrade and holding it long enough for the carbon to go into the solution. After this the material is quickly cooled to prevent carbon from coming out from the solution. Solution annealed stainless steel is in its most corrosion resistant and ductile condition.


Advantages of Vacuum Annealing over conventional Annealing


  • No oxidation or de-carb on component/ part surface
  • Minimum dimensional distortion
  • Uniform microstructure due to better process control

Products heat treated


Stainless steel & Inconel gaskets/ seals, Hydraulic fittings, stainless steel tubings & bellows, Stainless steel pipes (up to 1200 mm length), Duplex stainless steel parts for Oil & Gas Industry etc…


Steel Grades Heat Treated


Austenitic Stainless Steel Grades such as SS 316, SS 304, SS 301, SS 303, SS 316L, Duplex Stainless Steels, Inconel 600, 625, 718, 825

Precipitation Hardening

Process


Precipitation heat treatments strengthen materials by allowing the controlled release of constituents to form precipitate clusters which significantly enhance the strength of the component.


Precipitation hardening is typically performed at temperatures ranging from 900 to 1150°F in vacuum, inert atmosphere or air for hold times ranging from 1 hour to 4 hours depending on exact material and characteristics specified.


Products heat treated


Valve components for Marine, Oil & Gas, Defense sectors etc…


Steel Grades Heat Treated


15- 5-pH, 17- 4 pH, 17-7pH

Vacuum Brazing (filler metals – Copper, Nickel, Silver, Aluminium)

What is Vacuum Brazing?


Brazing is a metal-joining technique wherein a filler metal is used to join two or more materials by drawing it into the joint by capillary action. A filler metal is a material with a melting point lower than that of the materials to be joined.


Advantages of Brazing over Welding:


  • Base metals never melt, thus enabling close tolerances and joining materials neatly without going for secondary finishing
  • Homogenous heating of components reduces thermal distortion when compared to welding
  • Suitable for cost-efficient joining of complex and multi-part assemblies as brazing can easily join non-metals and dissimilar metals

Vacuum Brazing is far superior to Conventional Brazing


  • Extremely clean
  • Flux-free braze joints with high integrity and superior strength
  • Improved temperature uniformity
  • Lower residual stresses owing to slow heating and cooling cycle, resulting in dramatically improved mechanical and thermal properties of the material
  • Age hardening or hardening heat treatment of the work piece is part of the metal-joining process, but all in a single furnace cycle

IGVTs competence in vacuum brazing/ USPs


  • Successfully established Aluminium brazing for “cold plates” for the first time in India
  • Successfully processed Ceramic to Metal brazing for the first time in India
  • Proven track record in Copper brazing
  • Carrying out Nickel Alloy brazing for Oil & Gas industry on regular basis
  • We can support for fixture designing
  • We can support for selecting the right BFM (Brazing Filler Metal)

We have the right equipment for vacuum brazing!


  • State of the art, made in Germany, Class B, vacuum brazing furnace with graphite heat zone
  • Temperature: 1250 degree centigrade max (Temperature uniformity: +/-5 degree centigrade)
  • Operating Vacuum: 5 x 10-5 mbar
  • High purity Nitrogen gas for cooling

Filler metals used


Copper, Nickel, Silver, Aluminium


Application Industry


  • Agriculture
  • Defence
  • Power Generation
  • Oil & Gas
  • Nuclear Power Generation
  • Medical Devices
  • Cutting Tools

Plasma Nitriding

Process


This is a low temperature process where voltage is applied between the parts to be nitride and the furnace wall. A glow discharge with high ionization level is generated around the parts. On the surface area, directly charged by the ions, nitrides are formed and decompose releasing active nitrogen into the parts surface.


Process parameters

Temperature

400 centigrade to 600 centigrade

Pressure

1-3 mbar

Gas Composition

Nitrogen, Hydrogen

Time

4 Hrs to 30 Hrs (depending on case depth requirement)

Layer thickness

From 50 microns to 300 microns, please check with us for higher layer thickness


Advantages over conventional nitriding


  • Lower process temperature and time as compared to conventional Nitriding
  • Possibility of elimination of white layer in Plasma Ion Nitriding
  • No post cleaning is required
  • Improve Abrasive coefficient
  • Improve wear resistance
  • Improve fatigue resistance (20 - 40 %)
  • Resistance to thermal shock
  • Improve corrosion resistance
  • Improve hot working tools life span
  • Possibility of partial/ selective part nitriding using only metallic masking
  • Improve wear resistance

Products treated


Pressure Die Casting (PDC) Dies, Forging dies, Plastic moulds, Cutting tools, tablet punches & dies, Pharmaceutical tooling, Orifice plates, Extrusion rods, Extrusion screws Aeronautic parts, Transmission parts, gears, pinions, gear toothed bar, machine tool components, rails, slide cams, mandrels camshaft, crankshaft, valve seat, piston ect…


Steel Grades Heat Treated


Tool steels (Hot working steel, Cold working steel, High Speed steel)
Plastic moulding steel


  • Hot Die Steel Grades
  • Orvar Supreme, Orvar 2M, QRO-90, Dievar, Hotvar, Vidar Supreme, SKD-61, W-300, W-302, W-320, W-350, W-360, W-303, W-321, W-400, W-403, DAC, DAC-55, HDS HP-1, USD, USN, 1.2343, 1.2344, H-11, H-13, H-21


  • Cold Working Steel Grades
  • Swerkar – 21, Sleipner, Vanadis – 4, Vanadis – 6, Vanadis – 10, Calmax, SKD-11, K-100, K-110, K-340, K-353, K-360, K-455, K-600, K-890, A-2, 1.2379, D-2, D-3, D-6, S-7


  • Plastic Mould Steel
  • P-20, P-22, DIN 1.2378, DIN 1.2312


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