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This installment serves as the third part of our discussion on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Bill Jones advises listeners about how to properly maintain diffusion pumps.

October’s installment is a continuation of August’s podcast, which featured tips on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Listen to leaders in the thermal-processing industry share their experience about keeping your vacuum furnace in top condition.

August’s installment features tips on vacuum-furnace preventive maintenance. Listen to leaders in the thermal-processing industry share their experience about keeping your vacuum furnace in top condition.

This follow-up to part 1 in April continues to explore why graphite has grown to be the material of choice for vacuum-furnace heating elements and insulation over the last 20-25 years. Choosing graphite materials for certain hot-zone components is so important two podcasts on the subject are needed.

The next two installments in this series of podcasts go deep into the core of vacuum furnaces to focus on the importance of choosing graphite materials for certain hot-zone components. In the April and June podcasts, we explore why graphite has grown to be the material of choice for vacuum-furnace heating elements and insulation over the last 20-25 years. 

This first installment of 2014 deals with the nationwide helium shortage. Accompanying Bill Jones and Jim Nagy of Solar Manufacturing is Bob Hill of Solar Atmospheres. He will suggest ways that commercial heat treaters involved in high-pressure gas quenching can work around the helium shortage.

Patrick Weymer, BeaverMatic- 2014 Industrial Forecast

Bill Jones and Jim Nagy start the first of two discussions about how to properly perform a vacuum-furnace uniformity survey.

Tips for Operating a Vacuum Furnace Under Humid Conditions.

Cost-Reduction Considerations in Operation, Maintenance of Vacuum Furnaces.

Our recently published online exclusive outlines critical preventive-maintenance essentials for vacuum heat treaters. As important as these procedures are, no amount of preventive maintenance can overcome a sudden utility loss, which is beyond control of the furnace operator. Get tips on quick and appropriate action you can take to avoid  significant disruption, damage and expense when a loss of power, gas or water occurs.

The Advantage of Processing Titanium in Vacuum Furnaces.