Vacuum Heat Treating
Solar Atmospheres is one of the largest commercial vacuum heat treating companies in the United States. Customer specifications can be met with minimal distortion and bright, scale-free results. Solar’s extensive capabilities include over 60 vacuum heat treating furnaces ranging from lab size to...
Vacuum Brazing
Solar Atmospheres can braze single parts as well as thousands in a single batch. Simple and complex parts, ranging in sizes as small as a pinhead and as large 48 feet long, can be vacuum brazed. Since the entire part is heated, extreme differences in the part cross section is not a problem....
Vacuum Carburizing
Solar Atmospheres specializes in Low Pressure Vacuum Carburizing, which is a heat treat process that supplies additional carbon to the surface of the steel. Performed in a vacuum furnace, the vacuum carburizing process is designed to achieve optimum case hardening properties for various alloy...
Vacuum Nitriding
Vacuum nitriding services from Solar Atmospheres can significantly increase the fatigue strength and service life of your parts. Benefits include case depths up to 0.025” and improved wear and anti-galling properties due to a 40 – 70% increase in surface hardness. Corrosion resistance is...
Solar Atmospheres Annealing
Solar Atmospheres provides vacuum annealing services to millions of pounds of materials every year. The primary reason most customers desire an anneal heat treatment is to reduce hardness and increase ductility making the metal more workable for subsequent downstream operations. Bright, clean...
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