The ECM USA Synergy Center located in our North American headquarters in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, showcases ECM equipment and provides pre-production testing. This fully functional test lab houses capabilities to perform various thermal processes across many heat treat markets (automotive, aeronautical, recreational, construction, agricultural, mining,...).
Metallurgical testing starts with received customer supplied material through final metallurgical analysis of finished parts completed in our NANO vacuum furnace. Microstructural changes can be performed at any stage to determine microstructure changes to case and core material at magnifications up to 5000x, and case depth profiles can be performed using our Leco AMH55 microhardness tester. Recipe development is performed to optimize heat treat processes with customer needs and equipment capabilities in mind.
The ECM Synergy Center has full laboratory capable of supporting all heat treat operations during all customer testing and development programs.
• CFC or Alloy fixture design support
• Ultrasonic part cleaning/washing
• Metallurgical development support
• Recipe development training on the patented ECM ICBP® process
• Low Pressure Vacuum Carburizing with gas and oil quenching
PROCESSES:
• Low Pressure Carbonitriding with gas or oil quenching
• Vacuum Tempering
• Vacuum Annealing
• Vacuum Brazing
• Vacuum Hardening
• Tempering
• Annealing
• 3D additive stress relieve
• Vacuum processes using Argon, Nitrogen, Helium and other process gases
Other testing available using our parent facilities in Grenoble France:
• Crystal growth
• Robotics Lab
• VR simulation of complete installations
• VPA – Vapor Phase Aluminization
• Vacuum Induction Melting
SERVICES:
• Distortion measuring and monitoring using CMM and 3D before and after thermal treatment
• Full Metallurgical evaluation of all test pieces
• Ultrasonic Washer
• Digital Microscope up to 5000 X
• Blue M inert Nitrogen gas temper oven capable to 650°C (1202°F)
• High pressure nitrogen gas quench to 20 bar
• Rockwell surface hardness testing capabilities
• Microhardness evaluation and contouring evaluation (microhardness profiles specifically tested in Knoop and Vickers)
• Fixture design support based on real-time thermal data
3D GAS QUENCHING EVALUATION:
3D simulation of parts within gas quenching during processing with AVL FIRE
