High-vacuum cold copper crucible arc-melter and casting furnace

Name and Model: MTL 2008 TP/ES

Contact Person: Erno Soinila
Tapio Saukkonen, Tapio.Saukkonen(at)tkk.fi,  09-451 3530

Year of Manufacture: 2008

Year of Installation: 2009

General Technical Information:

• Ingot size 20 g - 350 g depending on alloy composition
• Melting in a pre-evacuated(<1 x 10 ^-5 mbar), Ti-gettered, reduced pressure Ar-atmosphere (needed for plasma)
• X, Y and Z control for melting (plasma cathode) 
• Available casting methods: tilt-casting, suction-casting and cap-casting, all  to a copper-mould 

Desrcription of Use:

• Mainly used to alloy and cast Bulk Metallic Glasses
• Secondary use to produce custom alloys in high purity conditions
• Can be used to alloy most compositions, like Fe, Ti, Zr, W etc. up to ~3500 °C temperature
• Can be used to produce custom alloy magnetron sputtering targets up to 3'' size

Key Features and Accessories:

• Manipulator for flipping the alloy ingot without breaking the vacuum
• Alloying and casting in a single process without breaking the vacuum
• Maximum current <500 A
• Maximum voltage <30 kV
• Base pressure ~ 10 ^-7 mbar region

Key Specifications:

Custom model designed and constructed in the Laboratory of Engineering Materials (Prof. Hannu Hänninen) by: Tuomas Pihlajamäki & Erno Soinila 

Photograph:

Location: Puumiehenkuja 3, FI-02015

City: Espoo