Consarc pioneered commercial ingot production using fully coaxial vacuum arc remelt (VAR) furnaces in the early 1960s. Since then, Consarc has installed over 100 systems worldwide.

Some features of the modern Consarc VAR are:

• Fully coaxial
• Compact, cantilever design
• Rapid installation with box frame
• Precision electrode drive
• Fully automated melt control
• X-Y electrode centering
• Designed for ease of cleaning
• Robust, custom designed power supply

Consarc VARs are available for melting steels, superalloys, reactive alloys (Ti, Zr), and high temperature metals (Nb, Ta).