Monday 31 October 2011

AVS at Termotech 2011 wrap-up


AVS, Inc. recently participatedin the TERMOTECH 2011 exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil.The event, hosted in the Sao Paulo Exposition Center,was focused on Tubing, Piping, Valves, Steel, Wire & Cable, as well as relevant Manufacturing Equipment. AVS exhibited as part of the Industrial Heating pavilion, along with other furnace manufacturers from the USA and China.

Being the only American manufacturer of Vacuum and Pressure Furnaces at the event, AVS received plenty of attention. A highlight of the exhibition was the 60 persons who signed up attend the AVS presentation on De-bind / Sinter / Hip furnace technology for hard metal manufacture. Overall, AVS generated numerous promising leads and contacts among attendees of this high profile Brazilian exhibition.

Monday 24 October 2011

ACE™ Data Acquisition and Control System

Customer specifications drive the performance of every AVS furnace. The AVS ACE™ Data Acquisition and Control System allows easy, understandable recipe creation and management. Using Wonderware as the Graphic User Interface, each ACE™ Control System has a custom-configured graphic display, unique to each furnace, and is custom programmed to allow the customer complete recipe control of their most critical process parameters. Continuous data recording of all digital signals allows an AVS customer to chart and record the most important data together in custom combinations for meaningful review of key parameter correlations. Continuous data recording also enables quick access to the run history of the furnace for reference or even live side-by-side comparison of the current run to a benchmark run.

Friday 14 October 2011

AVS Support

AVS not only supplies furnaces throughout the world, but also offers ongoing technical support to our many customers. An AVS furnace with the ACE™ Data Acquisition and Control System includes lifetime technical support via telephone and internet access via a customer-provided fixed IP address for remote control diagnostics and furnace troubleshooting. AVS also offers on-site furnace inspection, furnace repair, furnace rebuilds, furnace refurbishment, and furnace upgrade installation services. All AVS furnace customers have access to aftermarket replacement parts, spare parts and maintenance services to keep their furnaces up and running. On-site controls upgrades and on-site training are also available.

Sunday 9 October 2011

AVS Code Compliance

To provide custom furnaces throughout the world, AVS maintains code certifications to manufacture pressure vessels to ASME Section VIII div I, PED (European pressure equipment directive), Japanese code, Chinese code, Russian code, and will qualify for others if necessary. AVS adherence to ASME codes allows AVS the confidence to offer the only standard 5 year chamber warranty in the industry. Our furnaces are built for complete safety during operation to meet OSHA, UL, CSA or European CE standards. Every furnace is fully tested and customer-approved at AVS prior to shipment. After installation at the customer site, each furnace is fully tested a second time on-site for final customer approval and commissioning.

Wednesday 5 October 2011

What AVS Provides

The variety of AVS furnace equipment includes front-loading horizontal furnaces, top-loading, bottom-loading or bell-style vertical furnaces, vacuum furnaces, vacuum drying ovens, hot press furnaces, autoclaves, sinter HIP furnaces, CVD furnaces, CVI furnaces, Hetherington furnaces, vacuum brazing furnaces, zinc reclaim furnaces and semi-continuous furnace systems. AVS will often customize the arrangement of furnace components to accommodate customers who have limited floor space or overhead clearance in their facilities. AVS also fabricates and provides support equipment to be used in conjunction with furnace systems, including load cart systems, work racks, muffle boxes, retorts, work boxes, hydrogen burn-off systems, scrubber systems, gas control cabinets and gas controls, vacuum pump systems, gas recovery systems, overhead cranes, automatic material transfer, automatic loading and part handling systems.