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FENNVILLE, Mich., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has issued the latest "High Vacuum News" to provide vacuum heat treaters and metallized coating professionals with practical tips and ideas to keep their vacuum pumps running trouble-free. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130429/PH02886 ) As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "In complex vacuum systems, proper maintenance is key to keep them running and maximize production. I tell my...
FENNVILLE, Mich., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has issued the latest "High Vacuum News" to provide vacuum heat treaters and coating industry professionals with tips and hints to keep their vacuum pumps running strong. As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "We have helped many customers keep their operations running smoothly, even if they are 20-30 or more years old. When the OEM manufacturer leaves a customer on his own, we are there to engineer...
FENNVILLE, Mich., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has teamed with the publishers of "Industrial Heating" magazine and released a new technical article that discusses the leak checking techniques developed over the years in a practical "how to" article geared to saving time. In today's manufacturing environment you can't afford to have a furnace or coating system pump down slowly or not attain working vacuum because of leaks. Worse yet, taking a system offline...
FENNVILLE, Mich., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has issued a new "High Vacuum Newsletter" to provide heat treat industry professionals with tips and hints to keep their vacuum pumps running strong. As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "This year marks 30 years for us as Metallurgical High Vacuum. We continue to help our customers and they continue to reward us with their business and recommendations. "The Newsletter addresses typical problems for keeping...
FENNVILLE, Mich., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum has created a new "High Vacuum News" to provide heat treat industry professionals with tips and hints to keep their vacuum pumps running strong. As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "This year marks 30 years for us as Metallurgical High Vacuum. Back in 1981, I saw the need for vacuum design and consulting and started the company. Within four years we added pump remanufacturing because we understood the...
FENNVILLE, Mich., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Metallurgical High Vacuum will show its newest vacuum pump, a 430-CFM HS 430, in Booth # 620-622 at the FNA show in Orlando, Florida*, on October 5-6, 2010. The booth will also feature information on rebuilt vacuum pumps for tough heat treating applications, at which MHV excels. Also on display will be mechanical seal retrofits for the Roots(R) 615 blower and Stokes(R) 306/310 blower. Below the cost of a replacement unit, MHV rebuilt pumps have...
FENNVILLE, Mich., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Until now, most replacement vacuum pumps were tested under actual conditions only when they were first connected to a customer's heat treating chamber. Now, Metallurgical High Vacuum puts their new and rebuilt pumps and blowers through their torturous "stress test" at the factory to assure performance under pump-down conditions. As Geoff Humberstone, MHV President, comments: "We have always done a blank off test and a 20-24 hour run-in on our...
