Below is ECM USA’s excerpt from Heat Treat Today‘s July 2025 issue: Heat Treat Super Brands.
The full issue can be read here: https://www.heattreattoday.com/july-2025/
Heat Treat Super Brands: ECM USA
by Dennis Beauchesne, ECM USA General Manager
ECM’s all-inclusive vacuum furnace systems easily adapt to your heat treatment requirements to streamline processing, ensure significant cost savings, and maintain high product quality. Our furnace lines range from manual single chambers to large automated and modular installations for simultaneous processing with oil or gas quenching (or both). ECM vacuum furnace systems are supported by more than 50 years of engineering & design expertise and advanced manufacturing, including our patented Infracarb® technology. NANO Compact FLEX Flexible ECO Eco-Friendly JUMBO High Capacity APEX Adaptive VESUVE Nitriding LAB AND R&D Clean Treatments ROBOTICS Advanced Automation
• 3 stacked heating cells (up to 6 with 2 heating modules)
• Gas quenching cell (up to 20 bar)
• 100kg | 500 x 600 x 150mm (up to 400mm height)
• Oil (hot/cold) and/or gas (up to 20 bar) quenching
• Heating cells based on required production capacity
• 750kg | Up to 610 x 900 x 1000mm
• Double chamber with oil or gas quenching
• Pitless oil quench design available
• 200-1500kg | Up to 1220 x 910 x 910mm (Oil) | Up to 1000 x 610 x 660mm (Gas)
• Up to 12 cells in a single row
• Multi-processing with oil and/or gas quenching
• 750-1000kg | Up to 610 x 750 x 1000mm
• Configurable system integrated with robotics/tempering
• 360° or Up/Down, Bottom/Up Directional Gas Quenching
• 250-600kg | Up to 900 x 600 x 600mm
• Hot-wall forced convection with 20-50 mBar pressure working range
• 300-1200kg | Up to 1200 x 900 x 900mm
• Semiconductor wafer processing
• SiC crystal growth
• Rapid thermal processing
• High temperature furnaces
ECM Robotics integrates a variety of robots for part handling, process control and vision systems; this dedicated ECM division is prepared for complex challenges using leading-edge technologies.
ECM USA ECM Group American Subsidiary
As the ECM Group’s American subsidiary, ECM USA’s mission is to provide high quality vacuum furnace systems, advanced automation/robotics, services, recipe/metallurgical testing & aftersales for the US, Canada & Mexico. These installations and services are sourced and supported by our headquarters based in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
Our Synergy Center metallurgical team provides highly accurate and concise metallurgical analysis of finished parts completed in our in-house NANO vacuum furnace. Recipe development optimizes customer heat treat processes with their process needs and equipment capabilities in mind. Schedule your metallurgical and recipe testing today!
ECM USA after-sales service provides comprehensive aftermarket and technical support to maximize equipment performance and ensure customer satisfaction. Our services include: preventive maintenance programs to reduce downtime, remote and on-site diagnostics for fast issue resolution, tailored training for operators and maintenance staff, and retrofits or upgrades to extend system life and enhance functionality.