Whole Part Heat Treating and Brazing 
While induction heating traditionally excels at selectively heating small areas with pinpoint accuracy, GH IA engineers have developed a compact induction heating vacuum furnace for whole part heat treating and brazing in a controlled atmosphere. This furnace provides an ideal environment for heating small lot sizes, parts of unusual shapes, and repairing "orphans" from other heating processes.

Traditionally, these processes have been run in a large batch vacuum furnace. But with an increasing emphasis on continuous flow / lean manufacturing, many companies are looking for an alternative to these fossil-fuel furnaces and their drawbacks – the large footprint, lack of quality control and poor efficiency of vacuum furnaces fly in the face of lean, continuous flow manufacturing requirements. Because long "soak" times are required to bring batch vacuum furnaces up to temperature, they are generally left on 24/7 whether in actual use or not. Not exactly a lean proposition!

In contrast to batch vacuum furnaces, these new induction vacuum furnaces deliver quick, clean heat for heat treating or brazing in a compact, cost-effective package. Individual parts can now be processed with speed, accuracy and consistency - right in your manu