Metallurgical Services - Thermal Processing & Thermal Coatings from Vac Aero

Thermal Processing

Heat Treating and Brazing

A wide array of capabilities to meet your challenging requirements.

Specializing in vacuum heat treating and brazing of advanced materials, VAC AERO’s Thermal Processing divisions hold numerous customer and quality system approvals from prime manufacturers in aerospace and other high-tech industries.

VAC AERO has the equipment and expertise to process a wide variety of materials including steels, superalloys, aluminum and titanium for such diverse applications as aircraft landing gear and structural parts, aero and land-based turbine engine components, nuclear components and a host of other applications.

VAC AERO has steadily grown and expanded by continually investing in leading-edge technology.

At VAC AERO we have gained an international reputation for our technical expertise, highly-skilled personnel and dedication to continuous improvement to provide our customers with the very best in heat treating services and the highest level of performance with every part we process.

Equipped to address your diverse processing needs. VAC AERO operates more than forty vacuum, controlled atmosphere and air-circulating furnaces capable of heat treating parts up to 70” diameter and 156” long. Achieving consistent results in a wide range of heat treating and brazing applications, including:

• High Temperature Vacuum Heat Treating & Brazing
• Vacuum Oil Quenching
• High Pressure Inert Gas Quenching
• Interrupted (Ausbay) Quenching
• Controlled Atmosphere Heat Treating
• Water Quenching of Aluminum & Titanium Alloys
• Gas Nitriding
• Hydrogen Annealing
• High-Temperature Retort Atmosphere Brazing

Thermal Coatings

Thermal Spraying, Pack Aluminide Coatings, Inorganic Paint Coatings

VAC AERO’s Coating Services Division offers a variety of coating processes for protection and restoration of both new and service-exposed components. Our coating capabilities include air plasma, HVOF, pack aluminide coating and inorganic corrosion resistant paint coatings.

We can help you select the right coatings for your specific application.

High quality coating solutions require a commitment to ongoing research and investment in state-of-the-art equipment. That commitment has been central to the growth of VAC AERO’s coating operations since we first started offering these services to the aerospace and commercial sectors in 1968.

Complex problems like oxidation and corrosion protection for components that are exposed to harsh service environments demand solutions that use the right combination of coating material and application technique. VAC AERO’s thermal spray coatings are applied using robotically controlled manipulators for maximum coating integrity, product performance and durability.

A wide range of coating and surface engineering solutions for your design challenges:

• Air-Plasma Spray
• High Velocity Oxygen Fuel (HVOF)
• Inorganic Paint Coatings
• Flame Spray
• Pack Aluminide Coatings
• Shot Peening
• Grinding

VAC AERO offers a broad range of protective coatings used in the manufacture and repair of aero-engine components and other critical aerospace and industrial parts.