1200ºC Max. High Vacuum Melting-Casting Furnace with Stirring & Secondary Charge Function - VMC-1200

• Power: 208 - 240 VAC, Single phase
• Max. 3500 power consumption
• A 10-foot power cable is included without a power plug 

• The vacuum chamber is made of stainless steel
• Vacuum Chamber: Ø315 mm × 315 mm H (inner dimension)
• One Ø120 mm quartz observation window. 
• Built-in a rocker arm to rotate the crucible and cast into a water-cooled copper or a refractory mold (Pic. 1)
• One KF25 and one KF40 vacuum port are built at the back of the chamber (Pic. 2)
• DN160 ISO-K port is built on the left of the chamber for connection of a turbopump
• Two KF16 and a KF25 port on the top of the chamber for a vacuum meter or other device
• The mechanical stirring function is built in for uniform alloying (Pic.3))
• The secondary material feeder is included, which can feed 3 types of volatile dopants into the crucible during melting under vacuum (Pic 4  )

P1 P2 P3 P4

• Two graphite crucibles are included
• Graphite crucible 1: Ø47 OD × Ø35 ID × 88 H mm; working volume ~70 ml (up to 400g Fe alloy) 
• Graphite crucible 2: Ø75 OD × Ø60 ID × 105 H mm; working volume ~250 ml (up to 1200g Fe alloy)
• Optional BN liners for graphite crucible are also available.
• BN liner for crucible 1: Ø34 OD × Ø28 ID × 80 H mm
• BN liner for crucible 2: Ø58 OD × Ø50 ID × 100 H mm
• An optional copper casting mold is also available. (click picture left )

• NiCrAl resistance coil as the heater up to 1200ºC
• Precise 30-segment programmable temperature controller
• PID and Autotune as well as overheating protection
• +/- 1ºC accuracy  
• K-Type thermal couple

Pressure Gauge & Flow meter

• IMCS-2000 can work both under high vacuum and positive pressure up to 5 psi. 
• Corrosion-proof Capacitance Diaphragm Gauge with ceramic coated sensor head is included with a wide measure range (3E-5 ~ 1013 torr)
• One 0.2 - 2 L/min float flow meter is included. 

• Chamber vacuum: 
  10E-2 torr within 60 minutes via a mechanical pump (Order Here)
  2E-5 torr overnight pumping via a 67L/s turbopump (Order Here)
  1E-6 torr via a 260 L/s turbopump(Order Here) 
  
• Max. positive inert gas pressure: 2 bar
•   67L/s   260 L/s  mechanical pump

• CE certified.
• NRTL and CSA certification is available upon request