From minuscule medical implants to massive aerospace engine parts, vacuum furnaces process components that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The challenge that faces a furnace operator is to load parts in such a way as to maximize efficiency (important) but also achieve desired metallurgical properties and minimize distortion (more important). Understanding that loading options generally follow common sense rules can help with the puzzle of load arrangements, spacing parts properly, accommodating geometric irregularities, and loading orientation. This Technical Tuesday feature examines everything to consider about loading parts into a vacuum furnace — from the size and orientation of a workload to the “final spacing . . . [as] dictated by concerns for heating, soaking, flow (of partial pressure or backfill gases), the type and volume of quench media (e.g. oil, gas) and gross load weight.”

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