New Power Supplies for Ion Nitride Furnace

91´«Ã½, Inc. has placed an order for a 45 KVA ion nitriding power supply with Rubig GMBH, Schafwiesenstr, Austria.  The model MPP digital and variable pulse fired plasma generator is designed to drive an existing VFS ion nitriding vacuum furnace, of which Solar has four production furnaces.

This unit will replace an older VRT saturable core reactor transformer design, using fast acting solid state digital electronics, that aim to eliminate hollow cathode type arc’s that lead to localized product overheating and quality issues, on selected production items.  91´«Ã½ ion nitriding furnaces are located at the commercial heater’s Hatfield, PA Plant B.  Bruce Craven, President, projects the operation of the new power supply is expected June, 2005.