Vacuum Furnace Engineering Limited - The Specialists in Vacuum Furnace Technology

Vacuum Arc Remelting
Retech brings more than 30 years experience to the design and manufacture of Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnaces, a technology typically utilised for the production of Titanium, Nickel and steel ingots. Our precision weight monitoring system, furnace coaxiality and multi-mode control system provide improved ingot properties.

Retech offers VAR furnaces ranging in capacity from laboratory to production units. As an integral part of our VAR systems, we also offer our own Macroamp DC arc melting power supplies.

Material Applications:

Titanium & Titanium alloys
Steel
Nickel & Nickel-based alloys
Tantalum
Tungsten
Niobium & Niobium alloys
Zirconium

Advantages:

Furnace design minimises facility height requirements
Typical ingot sizes range from 50 to 1270mm (2" to 50") diameter
Typical power capacities from 500 amps to 50,000 amps
Highly accurate weight monitoring system
X-Y electrode positioning
Fully coaxial power entry available on all Retech VAR melters
State-of-the-art controls with sophisticated algorithms and controls capabilities for voltage, drop short and melt rates
Comprehensive data acquisition systems for complete melt histories
Box column rotation
Two or Three station operation
Smooth and accurate ram position control

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Vacuum Furnace Engineering Ltd - The Specialists in Vacuum Furnace Technology