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IME has a broad variety of modern equipment available. A virtual tour is being created at the moment. To inform yourself on a specific area, you can download our information brochures below.

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1 IME (Introduction)
2 Vacuum Metallurgy
3 Recyclingmetallurgy

Electroslag remelting (ESR)
Application area :
  • Remelting of special steels
  • Remelting of nickel-based alloys
  • Deoxidation of Titanium Alloys
  • Pressure nitriding of high-nitrogen steels
Performance data:
  • Inert gas up to 50 bar overpressure
  • Electrodes max. Ø 110mm, Length: 1340 mm
  • Molds di = 170 mm, h = 1250 mm
  • \"Open\" melting station with different molds di = 90-150 mm, h = 800-1510 mm
  • Power supply: thyristor control, transformer with two taps: 5 kA at 80 V or 6 kA at 66.6 V
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Contact person: M. Sc. Richard Schneider
Pressure Induction Furnace
Application area :
  • Alloys synthesis on a e.g Ni, Fe or Co basis
  • Pressure metallurgy of alloys with highly volatile components (e.g. Al-Li, Al-Mg-Sc, Mg)
  • Purging gas treatment of silicium
  • Degassing treatment of metallic melts
Performance data:
  • Maximum crucible volume: 2 l
  • Melting power: max. 50 kW
  • Frequency: 10 kHz
  • Overpressure: max. 4 bar
  • Use of ceramic and graphite crucibles possible
  • Casting into a water-cooled copper crucible possible
Contact person: M. Sc. Alexandra Daldrup
Junker VIM 800-inductively heated hot wall furnace
Application area :
  • Melting furnace under protective gas or vacuum
  • Vacuum treatment of cast iron
  • Vacuum distillation of metals, alloys and metallic products
  • Casting openly with ladle into ingot molds
Performance data:
  • Power rating: 600 KVA
  • Melting capacity: max. 300 KW, min. 80 KW
  • Frequency: 150 Hz
  • volume: max. 100 l
  • melting pot Dimensions: 700 mm; 380 mm diameter
  • Operating vacuum: 1 • 10-2 mbar
Contact person: M. Sc. Gunnar Hovestadt
Mini Vacuum induction furnace
Application area :
  • Equilibrium analysis under vacuum or inert gas atmosphere
  • Homogenisation melting
  • Research in melt behaviour of material mixture
  • Casting under vacuum or inert gas
Performance data:
  • Frequency 10 kHz
  • Nominal power 5 kW (depending on crucible and material components)
  • Vacuum up to 10-3 mbar
  • Inert gas atmosphere max. 800 mbar
  • Melting capacity 500g copper
  • Tapping under vacuum or inert gas atmosphere
Contact person: M. Sc. Richard Schneider
Vacuum induction furnace
Application area :
  • Melting experiments under vacuum,
  • alloy volatile elements in any metal-matrix
  • Preparation of the alloys,
  • no Chargierungs-and no Gießmöglichkeit
Performance data:
  • Achievable temperature max. 1600 ° C
  • Achievable pressure 10-2 - 10-1 mbar
  • Melt volume max. 2 l
  • Achievable frequency max. 4 kHz
  • Power max. 40 kW
  • Protective gas (Ar / N 2) options
  • Process control, reducing the leakage rates of great importances
Contact person: Dipl.-Ing. Danilo Curtolo
Vacuum induction furnace PVA Tepla VSG 010
Application area :
  • Alloy synthesis of diverse alloy systems
  • Vacuumdestillation with condensate deposition
  • Basic experiments of process development
  • Homogenous melting of slags

 
Performance data:
  • Melting power: max. 40 kW
  • Frequency: 10 kHz
  • Max. melting volumen: 2,5 Liter
  • Lock device for on-line sampling, post loading and temperature measurement with immersion thermocouple
  • Possible application for ceramic and graphite crucible
  • Water cooled rotary disk
Contact person: M. Sc. Alexander Specht
Vacuum induction furnace PVA VSG100
Application area :
  • Synthesis of Ni-, Fe-, Co-, and Al-based alloys
  • Recycling of titanium aluminides
  • Attempts to online parameters detection in the melting process
Performance data:
  • Max volume: 14 liters (equivalent to about 100 kg of steel)
  • Melting capacity: max. 150 kW
  • Frequency: 2 kHz
  • Lock device for online sampling, Nachchargierung and temperature measurement with immersion of thermocouples
  • Possible use for ceramic crucible and graphite crucible
  • possible Casting via water-cooled copper mold
Contact person: M. Sc. Alexandra Daldrup
Vacuum Arc Remelting ALD VAR L 200
Application area :
  • Remelting of Ni- and Fe-Base alloys
  • Melting of alloys with high melting point or high reactivity in an intensely water cooled copper crucible under vacuum
  • Research to increase the metallic purity grade
Performance data:
  • Melting capacity: max. 180 kg Stahl
  • Maximum electrode length: 1140 mm
  • Available mould diameter: 120, 160, 200 mm
  • Maximum melting current: 7,5 kA
  • Maximum operational voltage: 40 V
  • Coaxial current supply
  • Vacuum: up to 10-5 mbar
Contact person: M. Sc. Alexander Specht

Cooled Finger crystallization furnace
Application area :
  • Purification of metals via fractional crystallization
Performance data:
  • Widerstandsbeheizt
  • Einschmelzen unter Vakuum (5x10-2 mbar) und/oder Schutzgasatmosphäre
  • Dimension des Tiegels: bis max. 200Ø, 300 H (mm)
  • Maximales Schmelzmasse: ~20 kg Aluminium (8,5 Liters)
  • Stromversorgung: 32A, 400V, 22KVA
  • Rotierenden Kühlfinger integriert im Ofen.
  • Bis 100 RPM
  • Kühlungsgas bis 180 L/min
  • Hochreines Graphit als Schutzmantel für den Kristallisationseinheit mit 38 AØ, 22 IØ, 220H (mm)
Contact person: Dipl.-Ing. Danilo Curtolo
Static crystallization furnace
Application area :
  • Purification of metals via fractional crystallization
Performance data:
  • Heating via resistance heaters
  • Melting under vacuum (10-2 mbar) and/or inert atmosphere
  • Vertical furnace with seven independent-controlled heating zones
  • Bottom cooled (Ar)
  • Optional gas cooling (Ar) for each zone
  • Crucible dimensions: oØ 95, uØ75, 1000H (mm)
  • Maximum melt capacity: ~8,5 kg Aluminum (3,5 Liters)
  • Power supply: 63A, 400V, 27KVA

 
Contact person: Dipl.-Ing. Danilo Curtolo
Zone melting system
Application area :
  • Refining of metals (e.g. Al, Sb)
Performance data:
  • Horizontal zone melting in a quartz glass tube
  • Feed speed of the induction coil: max. 2 mm / min
  • Length: 1500 mm, diameter: 170 mm
  • Power: max. 45 KW; frequency: max. 10 kHz
  • Vacuum up to 1 mbar, with Ar or N2 Atmosphere
Contact person: M. Sc. Neng Xiong


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