World’s Most Popular Internal Quench Vacuum Furnace?
Furnace builder Ipsen, the “Largest New Furnace Builder” in North America is quite rightly very proud of the fact that their popular “Turbotreater” line of vacuum furnace iss celebrating 40 years of production. This piqued the interest of the team at “The Monty” and prompted us to find out how many of these furnaces have been sold over the past 40 years. As it turns out Ipsen has built and installed over 750 of these units globally meaning it is probably the most popular Internal Quench vacuum furnace ever. Read on for the history;
“On January 14th, NBC’s morning news program “Today” debuted with host Dave Garroway in 1952, and Elvis Presley’s record-setting concert “Aloha from Hawaii” was broadcast live via satellite in 1973. In places that use the Julian calendar, the New Year is celebrated on January 14th, and we celebrate the birthdays of Roman general Mark Antony, director Steven Soderbergh, actor Jason Bateman, and Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift.Here at Ipsen on January 14th, we celebrate the birthday of the TurboTreater® vacuum furnace, the date when its trademark was first filed in 1985. Designed by Ipsen’s Chief Engineer Craig Moller, the TurboTreater is one of the most popular vacuum furnace platforms, known for its fast and uniform internal quenching system.
“I had been with the company for five years,” recalled Moller, “when I was approached with a challenge. A competitor named Abar offered a furnace with an external quench system and a round hot zone that was having success in the aerospace market. At the time, we offered a furnace (the VFC) that was an internal quench system with a rectangular hot zone. We were challenged to design a furnace incorporating an internal quench system that could also offer a round hot zone. That was the drive behind the TurboTreater.”
The first prototype of the TurboTreater was assembled in 1984, a 2-bar internal quench furnace with a round hot zone. “In the process of designing and developing the TurboTreater, Ipsen’s engineering team was able to patent four new ideas essential to making the TurboTreater a success,” Moller recalled.”
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