Solar Atmospheres

Lives depend on your medical components, so partner with a heat treater that you can depend on. Solar’s state-of-the-art services include vacuum heat treating, brazing, carburizing, nitriding and advanced processing of raw materials. From annealing to case hardening, we’ll help assure that your parts perform reliably in critical situations. At Solar Atmospheres, your stringent medical specs get the specialized expertise they deserve. Harness our leading-edge vacuum technology for clean, bright, safe parts. Our world-class equipment and expertise give you precise process control and repeatability for uncompromised quality. 

Solve your toughest thermal processing challenges with innovative, custom process solutions from our brain-trust of metallurgists, chemists and engineers. Our commitment to taking on the challenge of new types of work is evidenced by the R&D we perform for universities and national laboratories. Solar Atmospheres operates a MedAccred accredited metallurgical testing services laboratory, utilizing Struers Microhardness testers which can read both Knoop and Vickers
scales without recalibration. Computerized stage control and indentation measuring systems significantly improve test accuracy, precision, and repeatability. Get results that exceed your expectations and the responsive service you deserve at Solar Atmospheres.

Vacuum Heat Treating for the Medical Industry

Solar Atmospheres is one of the world’s largest providers of commercial vacuum heat treating services, serving over 18 metal working industries including aerospace, medical, and power generation. Solar’s thermal processing produces bright, scale-free parts with minimal distortion. With over 60 furnaces ranging from lab sized to 48 feet long with a 150,000 pound workload capacity, Solar can efficiently handle any size job. Solar operates plants in Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, California, and South Carolina. Nadcap, ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D, ITAR, and MedAccred Certified.