Consarc has built the majority of the large vacuum induction melting (VIM) systems in production today worldwide. Companies producing the best masteralloy barstock for precision casting or electrodes for remelt operations are doing so in a Consarc VIM furnace.

Some features of the modern Consarc VIM are:

• Rugged Inductotherm steel shell furnaces for long lining life
• Efficient Inductotherm power supplies
• Multiple chamber systems with mold chambers, charging chambers, and hot tundish insertion chambers
• Multiple charging systems for rapid melt in of charge material
• Low conductance ‘wet’ filters to protect vacuum pumps and minimize fire hazards
• Computer and PLC based controls with full SCADA

Consarc has built VIM systems with heat sizes to over 35,000 kg, systems specifically designed for Hot Liquid Charging as well as cold charging, and systems utilizing multiple vacuum stages including steam ejectors.