THIS IS WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Since 1967, AVS has been providing custom vacuum and pressure furnaces to customers around the world. Our manufacturing facility in Ayer, Massachusetts is vertically integrated with in-house capabilities that include furnace design, engineering, ASME-certified welding, controls programming, complete integration, and full-function testing of complex, fully customized furnace systems. From concept to manufacturing, final assembly, and technical support, every AVS employee is dedicated to delivering your complete furnace solution. Our collaborative partnerships with customers worldwide have resulted in thousands of success stories. AVS can apply more than 50 years of experience to solve your high temperature material processing challenges.
OUR VISION
Our Mission
We will be the leader in materials processing systems and services, utilizing vacuum, pressure and heat.
We will satisfy our customers through application knowledge, innovative engineering solutions, and quality products in a professional, responsive manner.
We will be an organization based on teamwork, providing an environment where all employees feel a sense of contribution and satisfaction through their efforts
OUR REACH AROUND THE WORLD
AVS STANDS ALONE IN THE INDUSTRY, WILLING TO BUILD CUSTOM FURNACES THAT ENABLE YOU TO COMBINE SEVERAL PROCESSES FOR THE MOST ADVANCED APPLICATIONS.
OUR HISTORY
1967
AVS founded by brothers George and Bill DiPietro. Advanced Vacuum Systems was established for the purpose of manufacturing vacuum furnaces with resistance and induction heating systems including added capabilities such as hot-pressing, arc melting, de-binding, and other special features
1970
AVS begins delivering and servicing vacuum furnace systems to many markets including customers such as the Navy, DOW, and IBM
1976
AVS purchased by Norman Buck and remained a closely held company. The company continues with vacuum furnace systems as the core of its business with ever expanding capabilities into larger and more sophisticated systems including custom designed units for special applications such as CVD and CVI processes
1978
AVS goes international and begins delivering and servicing systems globally
1984
AVS builds a new 20,000 square foot facility in Ayer, Massachusetts
1986
AVS increases capacity and expands building by an additional 14,000 square feet
1988
AVS adds the capability of pressurized systems. AVS is a certified manufacturer under Section VIII Div. I of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code
1995
AVS delivers worlds first large scale quartz fusion furnace to GE
1996
AVS delivers multi-chamber semi-continuous furnaces to Pratt & Whitney
2005
AVS purchased by Steven Levesque; a long time employee of AVS
2006
AVS acquires the Hetherington brand: a standard line of bell style hydrogen furnaces tailored to Labs and University environments and begins to support all aftermarket needs for current systems in the field
2010
AVS delivers worlds largest vacuum hot-press to Armorline
2015
AVS begins to offer in-house Toll and R&D services. This affords our customers the confidence that their process parameters an AVS system is designed around are optimal for their application.
2020
AVS purchased by our owner and CEO Jacob Krashan; another long time employee of AVS prior to owning the company
Whether heated by resistance or induction, our furnace specifications originate with the customer. To provide the right furnace, we utilize the customer’s intimate process knowledge to determine the ideal performance criteria. Unlike most furnace manufacturers, who prefer to offer their “standard” equipment, AVS is willing to explore unique and cutting-edge applications requiring creative solutions and novel combinations of technologies to provide total furnace solutions. The customer specifications of size, weight, temperature, vacuum, pressure, and gas atmosphere conditions are the foundation of every AVS furnace.
AVS fabrication capabilities can accommodate furnaces ranging in size from 4-inch (100mm) diameter mini furnaces to hot zones in excess of 15 feet (5 meters). We have in-house capabilities to fabricate graphite hot zones or metal hot zones. Our furnaces offer the necessary capabilities for applications involving combinations of high temperatures to 2500°C, high vacuum to 10-6 torr, and gas pressures up to 2200 psig (150 bar). AVS hot presses have ranged from 5 tons to more than 2000 tons of hydraulic force. Underpinning each AVS furnace, the AVS ACE™ control system offers customers full recipe control of all their key process parameters.