Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR)

Retech offers VAR furnaces ranging in capacity from laboratory to production units. Some of the materials the VAR furnace can process are Titanium, Zirconium, Tantalum, Niobium, Titanium Aluminides, reactive and refractory metals including nuclear materials, high-temperature Ni/Co Superalloys, tool steel, spring steel, and other special stainless steels.

Retech continues to advance the historical VAR design with technological innovations and value engineering. Retech's VAR furnaces allow precise and repeatable weight monitoring coupled to a smooth and responsive electrode drive mechanism. Each of these features is controlled by an advanced state-of-the-art PLC computer based logic system.

These next-generation redesigns and optimizations offer the very latest in high production, maintenance-friendly systems, with fully integrated process control architecture and built-in safety features for safe efficient operation, lower net investments and competitive advantages.

Retech VAR Models

  » VAR-T  —  Titanium, Zirconium, and Reactive Metals

  » VAR-S  —  Special Steels and Superalloys

  » VAR-R  —  Research & Development


The Retech VAR Furnace Head Assemblies all feature very compact configurations to minimize the furnace swing radius, thereby reducing the floor space requirements and load reactions for smooth, reliable operation.

Retech meets the demands of modern specialty metals producers with new VAR-T and VAR-S designs, ensuring high quality ingots with:

• Precise Ram Drive Positioning System & Speed Regulation
• Accurate Weighing System
• Excellent Drip short and Melt Rate Control System
• Clean, Stable DC Power
• Fully Coaxial
• True X-Y Positioning

Recent improvements and updates throughout the VAR product line have resulted in more maintenance. Installation-Friendly Designs with Lower Net Investments have increased due to recent improvements and updates throughout the VAR product line such as:

• Modular designs and installation
• Electro-mechanical design eliminates hydraulics
• Large and Small versions suitable to load
• Accommodates all industry-standard stubs and crucibles.
• Maximum throughput with high speed changeover and improved pumpdown times
• Intuitive multi-segment recipes, and a variety of melt modes.

All Retech VAR models feature very compact configurations to minimize the furnace swing radius, thereby reducing the floor space requirements and load reactions for smooth, reliable operation.

VAR Direct Contact Information

Retech has an East Coast Technical Center in New Jersey (USA), that is the center of excellence for the Retech VAR Product Group and for special steels/superalloys market development.

Ronald A. Creed
Sales & Marketing Manager
VAR Products
+1 609-267-3222
ron.creed@retechsystemsllc.com