For many advanced industries, precision and quality in metal joining are paramount. Vacuum brazing furnaces have emerged as the cutting-edge solution for industries ranging from aerospace and automotive to electronics and medical devices.

 

Our expertise in vacuum brazing allows us to provide state-of-the-art solutions tailored to your industry. Whether for laboratories furnaces or large-scale industrial processes, our vacuum brazing furnaces guarantee precision, efficiency, and high quality.

What is vacuum brazing ?

Vacuuml brazing is a heat treatment process which consists in joining two metallic items by melting a filler metal used as a joint, such as copper, cobalt or nickel. This metal joining process takes place at high temperature, in a controlled atmosphere or under vacuum, to insure homogeneity and quality of the process. Indeed, a rapid heating up with no overshoot and an atmosphere without oxygen prevent oxydation and ensure the quality of vacuum brazing processes.

There are several advantages when vacuum brazing. It is a profitable process that easily fits in metallic parts‘ production. Also, the dilution of the metal to be joined is low since the filler metal should have a lower melting point than the adjoining metal.

Why choosing Vacuum Brazing over traditional brazing method ?

Using a vacuum brazing furnace provides several advantages over traditional brazing methods :

  • Superior joint quality : the absence of oxygen prevents oxidation, resulting in stronger, cleaner joints.
  • High precision : temperature control ensures unigorm heating, reducing, distorsions.
  • Improved mechanical integrity : no contamination means high-performance components with excellent metallurgical properties.
  • Increased productivity : batch processing enhences efficiency and profitability.

Are you looking for a high-quality brazing furnace ?

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ECM Technologies' vacuum brazing furnaces

Within ECM Technologies, we apply our vacuum furnaces‘ technology to brazing. Temperature homogeneity and the absence of oxygen ensure the full mechanical integrity of treated parts and of oxidation sensitive assembly at high temperature. Our solutions are nimble enough to adapt to different kinds of atmospheres and required thermal profiles (heating speed, maintaining time, cooling speed, control of overshoots).
Moreover, pieces can be treated by batch, which implies a significant increase of productivity and of profitability.

 

Finally, we offer solutions with transfer systems that limit moves during the solidification phase. This ensures a treatment of premium quality since it reduces distortions and internal stresses. Moreover, the ECM Technologies’ range fulfills the needs of laboratories as well as of  large industrial lines requiring high capacities. This allows ECM Technologies to adapt to various production flows.

Our vacuum brazing furnace provide :

  • Optimal temperature homogeneity
  • Adaptability to various atmospheres (inert gas, hydrogen, or vacuum)
  • Batch processing for enhanced production efficiency
  • Minimal movement during solidification to reduce internal stres and distortion.

Vacuum brazing furnace for large-scale industrial production

The FLEX system is the most popular solution of ECM’s vacuum heat treatment euipment range. Its modular and compact architecture, based on a tunnel concept, is designed to meet the highest demand in terms of part processing quality and productivity.

Brazing process with FLEX system

The modular architecture of the Flex allows it to maintain furnaces at temperature, which enables to save time during the heating phase. The brazing process is somewhat similar to batch vacuum furnaces.

In addition, cooling occurs in a different cell. This allows the Flex system to be more productive and sustainable in comparison with batch furnaces. Indeed, batch furnaces need to heat, treat and cool down, wich causes retort distorsions on the medium run. The Flex system is not subjected to quick retort wear.

Key advantages of the modular system for brazing application

  • Shorter cycle time : total cycle time cut down by 40% thanks to a faster ramp up and cooling in hidden time.
  • Improved productivity : shorter treatment cycles allowing more production even with smaller loads
  • No retort distortion enabling significant savings in maintenance
  • Strong cuts in energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
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Our vacuum brazing furnace for large-scale production

  • ICBP Nano & Flex ranges – modular furnaces adapted to brazing

OUR FURNACES FOR ADVANCED BRAZING PROCESS

Five ranges of products compose ECM Technologies’ vacuum brazing furnace offer to meet different industrial needs :

  • Lilliput range – laboratory furnaces
  • Cristal range – bell furnaces
  • Turquoise range – horizontal furnaces
  • Fulgura range – multiflux quenching furnaces
  • Diamant range – hearth lift furnaces

Our vacuum brazing furnaces are dedicated to brazing under inert gas, hydrogen or vacuum.