The horizontal, front-loading furnace is purpose-built to accommodate the customer’s needs with an all-metal hot zone for clean vacuum processing. As with the earlier furnaces, one of which was installed at a different facility, the new furnace includes a convection fan and a pressurized gas quench for quick cooling. The repeat order is a testament to SVT’s on-time performance and the furnace meeting all promised parameters.
The Seco/Visory team approach enables customers to navigate complex decision paths to achieve the most effective and efficient solution.
Seco/Vacuum provides consultation, project engineering, installation, and aftermarket support from its Meadville PA, headquarters via the company’s Seco/Visory team consulting service. Seco/Visory is a unique, cost-free service for qualified companies. It allows heat treaters to examine their needs, evaluate equipment options appropriate to those needs, and make an informed decision with the help of SVT’s heat treatment experts. Each year Seco/Vacuum and its parent company, Seco/Warwick, build scores of vacuum furnaces for the global heat treating markets.
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Primetals Technologies to Modernize Kardemir’s Meltshop with Unified Process Optimization System
In January 2026, integrated steel producer Kardemir, based in Karabük, Türkiye, awarded Primetals Technologies a contract to modernize the automation environment across its meltshop.





