Solar Atmospheres Increases Capacity at Hermitage, PA, Facility
November 11, 2025Comments
The Solar Atmospheres facility in Hermitage, PA, has installed a second all-metal hot-zone vacuum furnace in its climate-controlled processing area. The new furnace significantly expands the company’s capacity to heat treat highly sensitive materials such as precipitation-hardened stainless steels, nickel-chrome-based superalloys, titanium and niobium.
The furnace incorporates strategically placed isolation valves, an oversized main valve, a high-capacity diffusion pump, and a polished stainless-steel chamber. Together, these features create an ultra-clean processing environment, company officials say, that meets the stringent demands of the aerospace and medical industries. Capable of achieving vacuum levels below 5 x 10⁻⁶ Torr, the system ensures bright, contamination-free results.
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