The Monty, November 2002 Issue

I've heard that VAC AERO will soon be making a formal announcement about a couple of contracts they've been awarded from the University of Toronto with a total value of more than a million dollars. The first is for a vacuum plasma spray forming system, kind of a combination of a vacuum furnace and plasma spray gun (beside furnaces and heat treating, VAC AERO's also heavily involved in thermal spray coatings). The second contract is for a vacuum furnace. All of this equipment is going to the Center for Advanced Coating Technologies in the University's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING MAGAZINE, May 10, 2002

Vac Aero International, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, received an order for a vacuum furnace for a customer offshore. The order was for a VAV 6060 HV-2 bottom loading furnace with a graphite felt lined work zone measuring 60 in. diameter x 60 in. high, molybdenum elements, Stokes and Varian pumps, Honeywell and Allen Bradley controls. The total project, including a recirculating water system, an IG gas storage system and a chiller will be installed and commissioned by Vac Aero technicians.

Ontario Aerospace Council Newsletter - Summer 2002

Oakville, ON – Despite recent declines in capital equipment purchases, Vac Aero International has been awarded several new vacuum furnace contracts. ACRO Aerospace of Richmond, BC, an aero – engine overhaul facility, has ordered a furnace for delivery in the third quarter of 2002. Liburdi Turbine Services, headquartered in Dundas, has purchased a furnace for its component repair facility in North Carolina.

Vac Aero recently completed a furnace installation in Batam, Indonesia, and will be installing equipment in a new aerospace facility in Madras, India later this year.

In other news, Vac Aero recently acquired a fourth production facility near its Oakville headquarters. The new building will house the company’s Furnace Manufacturing Division. The space previously occupied by that division will be used for an expansion of Vac Aero’s heat treating operations. The company is installing a new heat treating facility for water quenching and ageing of large titanium components. Earlier this year, the company also expanded its Turbine Component Overhaul Division.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING MAGAZINE, April 4, 2002

VAC AERO International Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, received an order for a vacuum furnace from Liburdi Turbine Services LLC for a VAV 5450 HV-2 bottom-loading vacuum furnace for their facility in Davidson, N.C. The furnace has a graphite felt lined work zone of 54 in. diameter and 50 in. high, molybdenum elements, Stokes and Varian vacuum pumps, Honeywell and Allen Bradley controls, a recirculating water system and an IG gas storage tank. The furnace will be installed and commissioned by VAC AERO technicians.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING MAGAZINE, March 22, 2002

VAC AERO International Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, installed and commissioned a vacuum furnace at the AMK facility in South Windsor, Conn. The furnace has a work zone of 36 in. wide x 30 in. high x 60 in. deep, with graphite insulation, molybdenum elements, Stokes and Varian vacuum pumps, Honeywell and Allen Bradley controls, an IG gas storage tank and a recirculating water system.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING MAGAZINE, September 4, 2002

VAC AERO International Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, placed an order for a 70 kW FCS-2000 power supply for testing in its Oakville heat treating operation from Magnetic Specialties Inc. The FCS-2000 has operation at 95% power factor throughout the major power demand range, air-cooled internals that prevent problems associated with water-cooling, and sensing of heating element resistance to activate automatic shutdown in the event of a fault. VAC AERO plans to use the unit to evaluate its performance in daily production.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING MAGAZINE, October 22, 2001

Vac Aero International Inc., Oakville, Ontario, Canada, in conjunction with its U.K. affiliate, Vacuum and Atmosphere Services (VAS) from Birmingham, installed a large bottom loading vacuum furnace at Doncasters Bramah facility in Sheffield. The furnace is a VAV 7272 HV-2 vertical unit with a working zone of 72 in. diameter and 72 in. high, all metal hot zone, Stokes 1722S pumping system, a 35 in. Varian diffusion pump, Honeywell controls, Allen Bradley PLC and a recirculating water system and IG gas storage tank. The unit was installed and commissioned by VAS with a Vac Aero technician overseeing the operation.