VFE delivers advanced engineering solutions
21 November 2016 /The Advanced Engineering UK exhibition 2016 was the busiest ever, exceeding the 13,000 visitors of 2015, and proved to be the perfect platform for VFE to present its ServiceCare contract maintenance and repairs service offering to engineers from all areas of industry.
VFE’s Business Development Director, John Jepson said ‘VFE has significantly expanded its business in the last year from its market leading vacuum furnace equipment supply and maintenance business to now include the servicing of autoclaves and industrial ovens and all makes and models of pumps, as well as offering fully traceable UKAS Calibration services and temperature uniformity surveys. Advanced Engineering is the engineering industry’s biggest exhibition and was the ideal ground for us to connect with existing and potential customers and keep them up-to-date with VFE’s developments.”
Advanced Engineering 2016
Advanced Engineering attracts visitors from every part of the advanced engineering and manufacturing life cycle from the aerospace, automotive, motorsport, space, defence and marine industries.
Spark Plasma Sintering for commercial applications
VFE’s Adrian Goodbrand, together with Bob Aalund of Thermal Technologies, presented a paper on Spark Plasma Sintering for commercial applications at the Advanced Engineering forum. “We have an excellent working partnership with Thermal Technologies, operating as their exclusive distributor throughout Europe. This allows us to not only offer market leading technology, but also a market beating service solution,” says John Jepson. “Our presentation was an introduction to a technology that has potential benefits for a number of industries and resulted in a number of enquires from interested engineers,” continued John.
VFE is a market-leading provider of maintenance servicing for heat treatment industry equipment including vacuum furnaces, melting and casting furnaces, electron beam welders, pumps, Spark Plasma Sintering and autoclaves. The company’s ServiceCare service offering incorporates planned and preventative maintenance, 24/7 emergency callouts, spares, overhaul and repair services. VFE is also is a specialist in the design, supply and overhaul of vacuum furnaces including control system upgrades and modifications and hotzone design, replacement, and upgrades.