Toll Furnace Services

AVS is not currently offering toll services due to full capacity with our systems in house. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, and reach out in the future with any requests.

Toll furnace runs
R&D test services
Development of new materials or new processes.
Complete a new process or product before purchasing a furnace
Supplement small capacity overruns
Maintain production capacity while your furnace is down for service or maintenance.

1801 FINAL GA RENDER 300x200 - Toll Furnace Services

HIP

Processed lab scale HIP toll run
Gas pressures up to 1500 psig (100bar)
Argon, nitrogen and more
Ceramics, hard metals, graphite, glass and specialty alloy test products

DE-BINDING

Thermal removal of binders
Binder removal cycles in nitrogen or argon atmospheres
Removal of binders such as paraffin, PEG, PVA, and others.

VACUUM SINTERING

Small and Large production runs
Development of ceramics and powdered metal products
Ramp and soak temperature capabilities, combined with vacuum or partial pressure controls
Variety of furnace atmospheres for the evaluation of your test parameters

MIM

MIM powdered metal materials run through debind/sinter combinations
Optimization through test environment
Production runs when you are in need

HIGH VACUUM

Diffusion pump with 10^-5 torr vacuum capability
Heat treating metal alloys in high vacuum
Brazing, carburizing, annealing, tempering and more

GAS ATMOSPHERES

Partial pressure, low positive pressure and HIP pressure gas atmospheres
Static pressures or flowed using mass flow controller
Sweep gas conditions at both partial and positive pressure conditions.
Argon, nitrogen and forming gas for ceramics, graphite, glasses and special developmental materials

ULTRA CLEAN

Molybdenum hot zone rated to 1600°C with 10” diameter x 20” high capacity
Materials sensitive to particles or contact with carbon
Vacuum pump capable of reaching the low millitorr range
Suitable for the development of semiconductor or medical materials