SECO/WARWICK S.A. company News and Trends items

The company started vacuum furnace production and executed 40+ projects. Record-breaking results and dynamic development within the electromobility industry, which launched the EV/CAB technology designed to equip companies producing battery cooling plates for electric vehicles. These developments enable SECO/WARWICK China to dynamically increase employment and resulted...

The Vector Family of Technologies Offers a Wide Range of Possibilities The solution on order is a medium-sized furnace with enormous potential. The operating space within the chamber is the size most often chosen by service commercial heat treatment plants. The new furnace will improve and increase the processing capacity of the hardening processes and enhance the effici...

One of the systems will incorporate a furnace equipped with a 2300 mm wide conveyor belt for large-dimensions battery coolers. It is the widest CAB line sold to date by SECO/WARWICK in China. “In 2019, SECO/WARWICK China delivered the first CAB line to this Partner. The line (with a belt width of 1.5 m) is used in the manufacturing process for large heat exchangers. Thr...

Catalyst brazing only with SECO/WARWICK The furnace, which will be delivered to Ecocat India in the second half of 2022, is a vacuum design adapted to complex brazing processes. The solution is based on a single chamber, standard vacuum furnace with gas cooling. Thanks to the dedicated modifications, the system will carry out efficient and precise brazing and annealing p...

Another supplier of heat exchangers chooses SECO/WARWICK’s CAB technology One of the Chinese major global players placed an order with SECO/WARWICK for a CAB line for brazing heat exchanger components. The line was designed specifically for manufacturing oversized battery coolers. “This year, CAB lines for brazing heat exchangers have been sold to several new customers ...

The equipment on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace because the partner’s previous experience with SECO/WARWICK’s solutions was with atmospheric furnaces. The new furnace will be used for vacuum heat treatment and high-pressure gas hardening of tools for fastener production. As a result, the company will significantly shorten the production process cycle for screws. The ...

This is already a second delivery of the same device. The first line featuring a SECO/WARWICK roller-type unit has been operating in the factory for seven years now. This type of equipment has technological roots in the US. It was on that market that SECO/WARWICK started its technological adventure. A roller-type unit – process automation above all The unit is intended ...

The company already possesses ten SECO/WARWICK solutions, and the current contract includes the delivery of two vacuum furnaces to the Group’s Spanish branch – Aalberts Surface Technologies TEY plant, located in Spain. Aalberts has ordered the largest device from the SECO/WARWICK portfolio – a horizontal retort furnace for high-efficiency tempering with vacuum purging, ...

The system on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace with 15 bar abs high-pressure gas hardening and the option of low-pressure carburizing, low-pressure nitriding and cryogenic freezing. It is the third SECO/WARWICK vacuum furnace to be delivered to the German Oetzbach Edelstahl plant. Commercial heat treater supported by SECO/WARWICK The furnace ordered by Oetzbach Edelsta...

This is the second time both companies have cooperated. The partner already operates a SECO/WARWICK furnace, working reliably in the company’s branch producing automotive industry components. Proven partner and technology meet for the second time. Fasteners of extraordinary quality The vacuum furnace on order is a compact Vector device that meets the Indian partner’s re...

General Atomics has finished the five-week heat treating sequence on the last of the seven modules, six to be stacked together to form the most powerful magnet ever built, and one on standby for repairs. The superconducting magnet will serve as the heart of ITER (Latin for “the way”), one of the most technologically complex science experiments ever conducted. SECO/VACU...

The system on order is a vertical vacuum furnace equipped with a graphite chamber and gas cooling system. The furnace is characterized by compact chamber dimensions – 1500×1500 mm, with a maximum loading weight of 2500 kg. A characteristic feature of this solution, designed specifically for Andritz China, is the rotating hearth, which guarantees a uniform temperature thr...

The client is a European manufacturer specializing in modern and efficient heat exchanger production. The solution chosen by the Partner will meet the production challenges associated with the brazing process and will enable the company to increase its overall production. Specialists in heat exchanger brazing The continuous line for Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) i...

SECO/WARWICK’s local production facility responds to the growing needs, which results in faster deliveries for CAB lines to the Asian market. The next two lines bearing the SECO/WARWICK brand will go to the SOUZHOU RETEK Chinese plants. These new lines for brazing in a protective atmosphere, intended for the production of oversized battery coolers, will join the machine ...

etech, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, was acknowledged by Acquisition International Magazine as “The Most Innovative Metallurgical Equipment Specialist in 2022 for the USA.” In the June 2022 issue of AI, the article “The Best Innovations for the Best Metalwork” cites RETECH as a global leader in metallurgical processing equipment supplier that has been focused on the crea...

“We are a well-known CAB technology producer. Therefore, interest in our products is not surprising, especially in these times of the growing importance of the electric vehicle industry. As a result, our solution is gaining more and more followers. The contract with HUBEI Radiatech is the effect of many meetings and consultations initiated during the global forum, “Autom...

New line of reduction furnaces, based on the technology provided by GreenIron, is in response to climate change and the urgent need to reduce CO₂ emissions and create energy and resource-efficient business models. “The long-term agreement provides for the delivery of a series of equipment. Cooperation in this technology area will provide us with development and coopera...

2021 was a record year for the number of electric vehicles (EVs) sold. Global EV sales have continued their strong growth in 2022 as well. Last year, 6.6 million electric cars (including all-electric and plug-in hybrids) were sold. This trend has led SECO/WARWICK to enter the market with the world's first brand of aluminum brazing systems for the manufacture of battery c...

The EV/CAB system is designed to braze large-size car battery coolers for the electric vehicle (EV) industry.This proven solution will operate at the newly established factory in Mexico. This is the fifth SECO/WARWICK CAB line for this manufacturer. It is estimated that by 2025 the market for electric vehicles will be worth about 84 billion dollars. SECO/WARWICK created ...

The SECO/VACUUM team worked with the customer’s engineering staff for a year to understand and resolve their special needs. The new Vector will replace an older furnace, adding significantly more capabilities and process flexibility. SECO/VACUUM’s Managing Director, Peter Zawistowski, said, “I’m very proud of how our SECO/VISORY group managed this relationship. Our prod...

Given ongoing dynamic market developments, TEI – one of the largest Turkish manufacturers of aircraft engines – purchased a two-chamber CaseMaster Evolution® furnace from SECO/WARWICK, featuring a unique system for temperature measurement within the charge. Aircraft engines require precision The CaseMaster Evolution on order is a two-chamber vacuum furnace with an oil qu...

The new system is a horizontal, two-chamber furnace from the CaseMaster Evolution product group – a Super IQ, featuring FineCarb® low-pressure carburizing and oil quenching system. This is the first SECO/WARWICK furnace equipped with vacuum heating at the Härtewerk Chemnitz GmbH German plant and the first Super IQ solution (vacuum heating with optional atmosphere furnac...

The furnace is equipped with additional functions including crucible translational motion and mold heater. The task of the 150kW heater is to heat the mold in the furnace before pouring. The melting power is 150kW. The vacuum melting and casting furnace with a 25 kg load capacity will have a valve separating the melting chamber from the mold chamber and a gate separatin...

The year 2022 got off to a dramatic start with regard to global geopolitics and the economy. The war in Ukraine affected not only the economic functioning of our companies, but also the entire communities of our employees. Under these difficult conditions, the SECO/WARWICK Group not only maintained the positive growth trends of the previous year but is also expanding pro...

After the 5th year in the North American market, it was time for the move. The new location stays at the Group’s birth city – Meadville, PA, but the place is different. At a nearby business park in Meadville, PA, SECO/VACUUM will open a new chapter in the company’s history. The move was necessitated due to continuing new business growth, a requirement to accommodate ad...

The solution is intended for hardening and tempering processes, and its design will allow for gas cooling elements and dies for parts used in automotive production. This is the first SECO/WARWICK vacuum furnace for this automotive manufacturer. The vacuum furnace on order is a Vector, the proven design for precision heat treatment with an effective work zone measuring 6...

The solution for this manufacturer of heat exchangers for agricultural machinery, construction vehicles, ships and power generators, will be intended for brazing heat exchangers and will significantly increase the manufacturer’s efficiency in the production of large-size heat exchangers for trucks. The SECO/WARWICK controlled atmosphere brazing (CAB) line on the order wi...

The new line will be used to produce air-conditioning condensers and evaporators. This is the third order from this Chinese customer. Air-conditioning system production without secrets SECO/WARWICK delivered the first furnace to this partner more than 10 years ago. The new CAB line will help to maintain its crucial position in the automotive air-conditioning system mar...

Sundram Fasteners Limited is the Indian fastener manufacturer where SECO/WARWICK will provide a VECTOR® vacuum furnace to be a part of the highest quality aviation screw production process. This is the second time both companies have cooperated. The partner already operates a SECO/WARWICK furnace, working reliably in the company’s branch producing automotive industry com...

This is the first furnace of this type on the Israeli market. Highest quality titanium castings The technology solution (ALLOY VIM 40kg-400kW) is a single-chamber furnace, equipped with a hot (ceramic) and cold (copper, for CWI processes) crucible. In the first, ceramic crucible, melting processes of up to 40 kilograms of superalloys, mainly nickel-based, can be carrie...

For the Indian subsidiary of the SECO/WARWICK® Group, May 2022 marks the fifth anniversary of its establishment.During that time, the company received several dozen orders for metal heat treatment equipment, placed by the leading companies on the Asian market.Regular customers of the company include the TATA Group – the largest and the oldest (154 years old) Indian compa...

American manufacturer of automotive metal seals will be replacing an existing vacuum furnace to meet high performance standards. SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, will deliver Vector high-pressure gas quench furnace (HPGQ) to replace an existing furnace that failed to deliver the performance that the customer required for its tooling and precision sealing produc...

SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group company, has received an order for a 2-bar Vector® vacuum heat treating furnace from an OEM who had recently ordered 6 new tempering furnaces for its machine tool manufacturing facility.The international buyer’s automotive division placed an order for a single chamber high pressure quench horizontal vacuum furnace to increase its anneali...

The solution will be operated in the Kielce plant of the global bearing manufacturer – NSK. This is already a second delivery of the same device. The first line featuring a SECO/WARWICK roller-type unit has been operating in the factory for seven years now. This type of equipment has technological roots in the US. It was on that market that SECO/WARWICK started its tech...

Solvera Gawel Technology S.A., the supplier of fasteners, chose SECO/WARWICK as their vacuum furnace supplier.The equipment on order is a Vector® vacuum furnace because the partner’s previous experience with SECO/WARWICK’s solutions was with atmospheric furnaces. The new furnace will be used for vacuum heat treatment and high-pressure gas hardening of tools for fastener ...

A global manufacturer of electronic components with engineering centers and factories worldwide has purchased a vacuum tempering furnace from SECO/VACUUM, a SECO/WARWICK Group Company, for one of its plants in Pennsylvania. With a chamber of 48” x 48” x 72” deep, the furnace will be used to anneal copper and steel electrical connectors used in subsequent assemblies. The ...