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VAC AERO’s Coatings Plant Receives its AS9100B Standard Accreditation Boucherville, Quebec (November 21, 2007) – After conducting an assessment of VAC AERO’s management system to the requirements of the AS 9100B standard, Intertek Testing Services NA, Ltd. has recommended VAC AERO for the AS9100 certification which was delivered to the Boucherville facility last week.

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VAC AERO Operates three of the Largest Oil Quench Furnaces  OAKVILLE, Ontario (November 21, 2007) – VAC AERO’s vacuum oil quench technique allows manufacturers of aircraft landing gear and structural components to finish machine critical surfaces on these components prior to heat treating thereby reducing final machining costs when the part is in the hardened condition.

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VAC AERO Receives Six New and Repeat Vacuum Furnace Orders

OAKVILLE, Ontario (November 14, 2007) – VAC AERO’s North American furnace manufacturing operations have recently received new furnace orders from six different customers, four of which are repeat orders from customers already operating VAC AERO furnaces. Deliveries will be completed within the next six months to various sites in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India and Korea. Some contracts involve new products developed by VAC AERO, including an ultra-clean, all-stainless steel high vacuum system with cryo-pump to achieve operating vacuum levels in the 10-7 torr range. Another order involves a top-loading vertical vacuum furnace with a working depth of more than 270” and +/- 5°C temperature uniformity. VAC AERO is also building two high pressure quench vacuum furnaces for tool and die processing and three vacuum brazing furnaces for various aerospace manufacturers.

Since 2001, VAC AERO has been a proud supporter of the University of Toronto’s Mechanical Engineering Department by heat treating chassis for their Formula SAE racing cars.

The competition group of thirty students designs, builds and races formula-style race cars against other universities in an international collegiate competition and has enjoyed much success winning three British races in the past five years. The Formula SAE chassis are made of tubular low alloy steel and designed to reduce weight. They are welded, stress-relieved then fully hardened and tempered using VAC AERO’s vacuum oil quench process.

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AerMet® 100, produced by Carpenter Technology Corporation, is a precipitation hardening alloy based on an iron-cobalt nickel mixture strengthened with carbon, chromium and molybdenum. The alloy is equal in strength to 300M high strength steel but with better fracture toughness and stress corrosion cracking resistance. This makes it ideal for use in aircraft components where weight-savings and reliability in severe environments are critical, such as the landing gear for carrier-based military aircraft.

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VAC AERO’s Ontario Thermal Processing Division continues to support aircraft landing gear programs large and small.

VAC AERO’s heat treating operation in Oakville, Ontario continues to maintain its position as a world leader in the processing of aircraft landing gear components. VAC AERO is now heat treating critical landing gear components for many large commercial aircraft programs including Boeing 777, 777LR, 747-800 and Airbus A380 (commercial and freighter versions). New contracts for processing Boeing 787 and Airbus A320 landing gear components will be underway this year.

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For the last two years, VAC AERO’s Boucherville coatings facility has been working with the University of Ottawa to develop cold spray techniques as an addition to conventional thermal spray processes such as flame, air plasma and HVOF.

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Leading Heat Treater uses Website and Newsletter to Engage and Inform Customers.

OAKVILLE, Ontario (October 12, 2007) – VAC AERO launched a new informational website and monthly newsletter to promote its furnace products and metallurgical services and to provide metallurgists with pertinent information relevant to their needs. “Heat treating and surface engineering is a complex subject so our aim is to deliver as much easy-to-find and easy-to understand information as possible,” said Alan Charky, VAC AERO’s marketing & communications director.

VAC AERO Press Release VAC AERO’s Oakville Thermal Processing Division has received NADCAP accreditation AC7110 Rev C as well as AC7110/5 Rev C for welding, fusion welding, brazing and tensile testing. VAC AERO provides TIG welding services for several commercial and military aerospace programs. An in-house tensile testing capability was established in response to the growing demand for…

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