Podcasts
Podcast topics provide helpful tips and new knowledge to vacuum furnace owners and users. You may listen to these podcasts through the links below.
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Spring 2019
Vacuum Technology, Part 2: Vacuum Furnace Leak Rate Testing
Summer 2018
Vacuum Technology, Part 1: The Relationship Between Vacuum Pumpdown, Leak Rate Testing, and Rate of Rise
Spring 2018
How to Avoid Eutectic Reactions and Diffusion Bonding in Vacuum Processing
December 2017
SolarVac® Polaris: The Ingenuity Behind Advanced Vacuum Furnace Controls
September 2017
Innovations in Hot Zone Designs for Vacuum Heat Treating Furnaces
June 2017
Vacuum Pump Service and Maintenance for Vacuum Heat Treating Furnaces
March 2017
Electric Power Company Rebate Programs (Part 2)
December 2016
Electric Power Company Rebate Programs (Part 1)
October 2016
Hot Zone Designs: Past, Present and Future (Part 3)
August 2016
Hot Zone Designs: Past, Present and Future (Part 2)
June 2016
Hot Zone Designs: Past, Present and Future (Part 1)
April 2016
Active Brazing of Titanium in a Vacuum Furnace
February 2016
Vacuum Furnace Brazing of Stainless Steels
December 2015
The Advantages of Vacuum Furnace Brazing
October 2015
Preventing Distortion and Cracking in a Vacuum Furnace
August 2015
The Problem of Contaminated Ceramic Electrical Insulators in a Vacuum Furnace
June 2015
Measuring and Monitoring Trace Levels of Water Vapor, Oxygen and Other Gases in the Vacuum-Furnace Atmosphere Part 2
April 2015
Measuring and Monitoring Trace Levels of Dew Point and Oxygen in Quench Gases Part 1
February 2015
Preventive Maintenance Part 4
December 2014
Preventive Maintenance Part 3
October 2014
Preventive Maintenance Part 2
August 2014
Preventive Maintenance Part 1
June 2014
Graphite Vs Moly: Insulation
April 2014
Graphite Vs Moly: Heating Elements
February 2014
The Current Helium Shortage
December 2013
The Challenges in Performing Temperature Uniformity Surveys – Part 2
October 2013
The Challenges in Performing Temperature Uniformity Surveys – Part 1
August 2013
Operating a Vacuum Furnace Under Humid Conditions
June 2013
Cost-Reduction in Operating and Maintaining Vacuum Furnaces
April 2013
Responding Effectively To Utility Loss: Power/Gas/Water
February 2013
The Advantages of Processing Titanium in Vacuum Furnaces