Holiday Wishes from AVS Inc.

At this joyous time of year, the entire AVS family extends our warmest holiday wishes to all of our past, present and future customers. Enjoy sharing this special time with your families and friends and may you have a New Year of health, happiness and prosperity.

Toll Furnace Capabilities

AVS offers toll furnace runs or R&D test services to our customers developing new materials or new process development using one of three on-site furnaces. AVS customers often use AVS toll furnaces to prove out a new process or product before purchasing a furnace. Other AVS customers purchase furnace toll runs to supplement small capacity overruns or to maintain some production capacity while their furnace is down for service or maintenance.

• The HIP furnace has a 6? diameter x 12? tall graphite hot zone for temperatures up to 2300°C, vacuum in the millitorr range and/or HIP pressure up to 1500 psig (100 bar). This furnace can be run with many gas types, including nitrogen below 1900°C, or with argon, helium or hydrogen at various pressures.

• The Lab furnace has a 12? diameter x 24? tall graphite hot zone for temperatures up to 1600°C, vacuum in the 10-5 torr range, and flowing or static nitrogen or argon atmospheres up to 760 torr.

• AVS has a Bell-Style (Hetherington) furnace with a 10? diameter x 20? tall molybdenum hot zone for temperatures up to 1600°C, vacuum to the low millitorr range, and flowing or static gases, nitrogen, argon, wet hydrogen or dry hydrogen atmospheres up to 760 torr.