MetaCom / Product Overview / 09.16 ALD Vacuum Technologies for Metallurgy andHeatTreatment Vacuum Systems andTechnologies High Tech isourBusiness Worldwide Leading Our Market Position ALD Vacuum Technologies is a market leader in vacuum systems and process services for thermal and thermo-chemical treatment of solid and molten metals.

Our Process and Equipment Portfolio

Our engineering expertise includes OOvacuum process technology OOknow-how to design customized system solutions for

Vacuum Metallurgy

Vacuum Heat Treatment and Sintering

Nuclear Fuel Production and Waste Management

Vacuum Metallurgy Vacuum metallurgy involves vacuum processes for treating molten metals such as melting and remelting, casting and metal-powder technology as well as specialized vacuum coating technologies for high temperature turbine components.

Casting and Coating OOVacuum Induction Melting – Investment Casting (VIM-IC) OOCold-Wall Induction Melting and Casting (LEICOMELT) OOVAR Skull Melting and Casting (VAR-SM) Applications System Portfolio OOVacuum Turbine Blade Coating (EB/PVD) Examples of products that were developed ALD offers modern, efficiently Photovoltaic using ALD‘s advaced vacuum processes functioning production systems which OOSolar silicon melting and include OOsignificantly contributes to the Crystallization Unit (SCU) OOhighly alloyed special and cost-effectiveness of a high quality Powder Atomization superalloys production OOVacuum Induction Melting Gas OOrefractory and reactive metals with OOcovers the complete range of Atomizer (VIGA) ultrahigh purity sophisticated metal making OOElectrode Induction Melting Gas OOfine-grain precision castings with processes like Atomizer (EIGA) directional and single-crystal Special Furnaces structures Primary Melting and OOHot Isothermal Forging (HIF) OOforgings with near net shape Secondary Remelting OOInduction Heated Quartz Tube OOsemiconductors for solar cells OOVacuum Induction Melting and Furnace (IWQ) OOhigh purity powder for homogeneous Casting (VIM/VID/VIDP) OOHigh Vacuum Resistance Furnace (WI) and high strength parts OOElectro Slag Remelting (ESR) OOadditive manufacturing OOVacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) Turn-Key Solutions OOplasma spray coatings OOElectron Beam Melting (EB-CHR) OOPlasma Melting (PAM-CHR) Research and Development Vacuum Heat Treatment and Sintering Vacuum heat treatment processes of ALD are used whenever high performance properties are required for tools, transmissions, precision engine parts and fuel injection system components.

Process and Furnace Portfolio Vacuum sintering furnaces Engineering Services Vacuum , and OOfor sintering high-strength cemented ALD´s own competence center offers brazing of carbides and special oxides customized Development & Engineering OOtool steels and other metals, in OOfor vacuum or high pressure (HIP) Services vertical or horizontal batch furnaces up to 100 bar Nuclear Fuel Production and Vacuum carburizing and high pressure Vacuum furnaces Waste Management gas furnaces from ALD OOfor gas nitriding processes in OOMonoTherm® for aerospace NitroTherm® furnaces ALD’s modular pusher type sintering applications OOfor active screen plasma nitriding furnaces are used for the production ® OODualTherm for multi-purpose (ASPN) processes using the ION2- of nuclear fuel pellets such as UO2 applications cloud® technology and MOX. ALD also offer solutions for OOModulTherm® for modular and flexible volume reduction, de-contamination heat treatment in large scale- Own & Operate and recycling contaminated metal scrap. production ALD´s heat treatment centers offer OOSyncroTherm® for full integration in heat treatment services for customers The company developed an Impermeable the manufacturing line using furnace and process technology Graphite Matrix (IGM) as a method to developed by ALD. This enables embed contaminated radioactive graphite They all feature dry, high pressure gas customers waste materials to ensure safe isolation quenching which OOto minimize the learning curve, start- from the biosphere for millions of years. OOsaves subsequent cleaning steps up costs and equipment investment OO reduces distortion of the quenched parts OOto keep their manufacturing operations OOminimizes or eliminates costly hard updated with the latest developments surface machining and technology

Our Reputation ALD’s reputation is based on application of our extensive know-how and long- term investments in research and development, which have led to high-quality systems tailored to meet ever-increasing demands.

Our Markets Close cooperation and collaboration with well-known manufacturers have strengthened our capabilities as a supplier of key technologies to demanding high tech markets.

OOHigh strength and at the same Our Expertise time long-term reliability are New processes are being continuously ALD has the experience and expertise typical of demanding applications developed that will yield improved to work in close cooperation with its in the aviation, automotive and quality, efficiency and the opportunity customers to select and customize the power generation industry. to produce entirely new materials. appropriate process and equipment OOHigh purity products are needed Each of these unique technologies technology for their highly specialized for new developments in electronics, offers different benefits, partially applications. offshore and photovoltaic energy overlapping each other in their technical production. and economic potentials. Internet www.ald-vt.de E-Mail info Fax +496181307-3290 Phone +496181307-0 63457 Hanau,Germany Otto-von-Guericke Platz1 ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH @ ald-vt.de subsidiaries on www.ald-vt.de. You can findtheaddresses of alloursales partners and photovoltaic andautomotive suppliers. to industries e.g.power generation, environment, aviation, than 20representative offices, ALDisa worldwide supplier China, India,Mexico, France, Poland, Thailandandmore heat treatment. WithsubsidiariesintheUSA,Japan,Russia, and services inthefield of vacuum metallurgy and vacuum leading global supplierofprocess technologies, furnaces ALD Vacuum Technologies inHanau,Germany, isthe ALD Vacuum Technologies Worldwide

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