Vacuum Furnace Engineering Limited - The Specialists in Vacuum Furnace Technology

Vacuum Induction Melting and Casting
After 30 years supplying precision casting and melting equipment to the worldwide marketplace, our experience with this successful technology has resulted in proven performance in process control and maintenance. Retech equipment is renowned for its high yields and low operating costs, and driven by the demands of manufacturers such as the industrial gas turbine market, Retech have responded by producing systems capable of casting ever larger components.

At the core of our market dominance is a maintenance-friendly system with precision pouring, accurate and repeatable temperature control, a smooth but responsive withdrawal system and comprehensive data acquisition. Each of these features is controlled by a state-of-the-art PLC/computer package that can offer automatic, semi-automatic and manual operations. Retech's recipe-driven control system delivers to our customers the features necessary to maximise throughput, optimise yields and guarantee repeatability of casting quality heat after heat. Users of Retech equipment can gain a competitive advantage both in costs and quality.

Process Applications:

Directional solidification
Single crystal casting
Alloy casting
Electrode casting

Advantages:

Combination DS/SC/Equiax equipment offers industry's fastest process conversion
Multi-zone mould heaters
One or two axis precision pouring (auto teach, profile and constant volume)
Precision temperature measurement (OPTO-TC)
Closed-loop solidification control
Door-mounted furnace melt box assemblies
Horizontal bar feeder assembly includes X-Y motion control, for simultaneous loading of bars and liners or alternate bar loading via rotation
Unmanned startup and/or shutdown of vacuum equipment (Sentry package)
Video systems provide improved process monitoring and control

The Ultimate in Vacuum The Ultimate in Service

Vacuum Furnace Engineering Ltd - The Specialists in Vacuum Furnace Technology