VBN Components adds new URQ-HIP machine
June 2, 2023
VBN Components AB, a manufacturer of wear-resistant materials and components, has installed a new Uniform Rapid Quenching Hot Isostatic Pressing (URQ-HIP) machine at its facility in Uppsala, Sweden. Offering Hot Isostatic Pressing, heat treatment and rapid quenching, the URQ-HIP enables pore-free materials and is expected to allow VBN to further develop its range of high performance alloys.
“We have long planned for a URQ-HIP at the company, so it means a great deal that it is now in place! Above all, we are happy to have integrated another part of the production chain, so that we can significantly shorten our delivery times,” stated Magnus Bergman, CEO of VBN Components.
As well as the potential enabled by the addition of a URQ-HIP, the machine is also said to improve the company’s sustainability. The machine has been equipped with a recycling system for the process gas, as well as the direct minimisation of heating and reduced transport that come as a result of the integration.
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