Full-service commercial heat treating solutions provider Akademi Metalurji incorporated a turnkey nitriding installation to save on process gases and production time, and also process wider-dimensioned parts.
The project includes a mid-sized pit-type furnace, advanced controls, three process technologies, and accelerated cooling. The latter add-on equipment will help reduce cycle times, optimize production between batches, and run more cycles.
This new system allows the company to overcome efficiency and quality challenges they faced at the Gebze, Turkey, facility; the prior system consumed excessive amounts of process gases and yielded inconsistent nitriding results. Nitrex, a Canada-based company with international locations, provided the NX-1015 pit furnace, which offers an effective work zone of 39” d x 59” h (1000 x 1500 mm) and a load capacity of 4400 lbs. (2000 kg). The supplied library of Nitreg®-based recipes is tailored to meet different application requirements, resulting in a hardened surface that is highly wear-resistant, particularly useful for applications like machinery components, tooling, dies, and molds, where Akademi Metalurji specializes.
The system was successfully installed and commenced operations in April 2023.
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