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

The order includes three Vector vacuum furnaces that ensure a very high vacuum level and temperature uniformity within the entire load. SECO/WARWICK is one of the few companies in the world providing this type of equipment for electrical equipment manufacturers. In 2017, this Partner purchased two SECO/WARWICK furnaces for the first time. Their reliability and high qu...

VIM – the leading furnace technology in vacuum metallurgy The solution on order is a VIM 50 kg vacuum induction melting furnace. The furnace is unique due to the maximum vacuum level that can be achieved – in the range of 10-6mbar. It is one of the most frequently chosen solutions in vacuum metallurgy due to its innovative design, reliability, and thanks to automation, ...

The following is a highlight reel of some of the many vacuum furnaces commissioned in 2022. 1. A global manufacturer of electronic components with engineering centers and factories worldwide installed a vacuum tempering furnace at one of its plants in Pennsylvania. With a chamber of 48” x 48” x 72” deep, the furnace is being used to anneal copper and steel electrical c...

This comprehensive technological line for hardening applications will consist of two Vector® vacuum furnaces, an atmosphere furnace, and a washer. This is another SECO/WARWICK installation enabling partners to expand their production capacity with an in-house hardening plant. This is another partner that has trusted the Group’s experience in the comprehensive execution ...

The three US divisions of SECO/WARWICK Group — SECO/VACUUM, SECO/WARWICK USA and Retech – each representing distinct business units in separate locations, contributed a 35% share of the Group’s sales in 2022, and continue growing stronger in every segment. Each business unit achieved significant advances in performance over 2022, and while each manufactures unique innova...

Despite this, SECO/WARWICK, the first choice among manufacturers of metal heat treatment and vacuum metallurgy furnaces, can talk about an excellent year. The great results of the Group were influenced by several factors: the growth of production activities in China, dynamic market development in America, and the huge number of orders related to the electromobility indu...

It is becoming more and more evident that these modern solutions are gradually displacing atmospheric furnaces due to their huge production efficiency, production economy and the ecology associated with vacuum processing. The SECO/WARWICK Group has strengthened its position as a vacuum technology leader. The market is increasingly choosing vacuum furnaces: a single-cham...

This furnace with a large working chamber, efficient pumping system, isothermal quenching and directional cooling will increase the production capacity of the commercial heat treater, which is mainly known for its service in the field of nickel and silver brazing. Nickel and silver brazing with SECO/WARWICK The Vector vacuum furnace on order solves the customer’s probl...

Tool production in vacuum furnaces The Vector vacuum furnace on order features a compact design. The heating chamber’s medium size (600x600x900) enables efficient simultaneous heat treatment of many types of parts. The characteristic feature of this design is directional cooling, which guarantees uniform cooling of all of the work inside the furnace, even those with prob...

That’s why the Philadelphia Mint asked for furnace upgrades from SECO/WARWICK, the partner with proven experience and cooperation with national mints. The Philadelphia Mint was established by the Coinage Act of 1792, when Philadelphia was the nation’s capital. It was the first public building constructed under the direction of the recently formed United States governme...

Currently, the electric vehicle manufacturer sends their prototype gears out to local commercial heat treatment shops, and there are often scheduling delays. By adding in-house heat treatment capability, the customer is expecting to remove the barriers to accelerating new product development, independent of outside influences. SECO/VACUUM, a division of SECO/WARWICK Gro...

In 2022, SECO/WARWICK and its employees planted thousands of trees, pro bono designed and manufactured metal constructions for the State Fire Department and funded the ongoing SECO/HEARTS recycling program. The industry leader from Świebodzin supported both large charity organizations for example, The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, DKMS Foundation or Noble Gift, ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Despite the ongoing global crisis, Retech as the leading supplier of vacuum induction melting (VIM), plasma (PAM), electron beam melting furnace (EB), and VAR furnaces, has completed orders for the largest companies in the aviation and energy industries. 2020 was a very challenging year, due to the many economic and social constraints, hence the implementation of the re...