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Vacuum Arc Remelt (VAR) Furnaces

Retech has enjoyed being a worldwide leader in the production of Vacuum Arc Remelt (VAR) furnaces designed to melt reactive and refractory metals as well as steel. Retech VAR furnaces can be configured for a range of capacities for producing ingots or castings, from a laboratory scale to many tons, depending on customer requirements.

VAR-T Furnace for Titanium
VAR-T Furnace for Titanium

State-of-the-art systems with cold hearth refining configurations for alloy production.

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VAR-R Furnace for R&D
VAR-S Furnace
for Steel

Allows customers to create primary Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) electrodes.

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VAR-R Furnace
for R&D

Retech’s VAR-R furnace is value-engineered  for research and development operations.

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VAR Furnace Systems

Providing the very latest in high-production, maintenance-friendly systems utilizing fully integrated process control architecture and built-in features for safe, efficient operation.

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Retech's Vacuum Arc Remelt (VAR) Furnaces

Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) is a secondary melting process that is used to improve homogeneity in metal alloy ingots. This equipment can be used for reactive and refractory metals as well as high value steels.

Since 1963, Retech has enjoyed being a worldwide leader in the production of Vacuum Arc Remelt (VAR) furnaces configured for a range of capacities for producing ingots or castings, from a laboratory scale to many tons.

VAR is used for production of metal ingots that require high chemical and mechanical homogeneity. It is used on a variety of metals including various grades of stainless steel, alloy steel, titanium alloys, nickel superalloys, nitinol, zirconium, niobium, platinum, tantalum, and rhodium…among others.

Materials are processed in the VAR to remove or reduce contaminants and to allow the material to form the desired microstructure (grain structure) that will improve the performance in the desired application. Retech has primarily sold VAR equipment into the Titanium processing market so these materials would be titanium alloys. However, specialty steels often require VAR processing to increase the cleanliness and homogeneity of the ingots.

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