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Castool Heat Treat Capabilities Expand with Nitrocarburizing

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Castool Tooling Systems, a tooling provider to extrusion and die-casting companies, expanded its in-house capabilities with a nitrocarburizing system.

The new pit-type nitrocarburizing furnace, a model NX-1625 from Nitrex, is capable of processing large workloads of up to 6000 kg (13,200 lb.) with dimensions of 1550 mm (61”) in diameter and 2500 mm (98.5”) in height. The turnkey solution includes Nitreg®-C controlled nitrocarburizing and ONC® post-oxidation technologies, which can treat shot sleeves made of H13 tool steel while improving strength and longevity and preventing distortion when used in high-temperature and corrosive environments.

Nikola Dzepina
Nikola Dzepina
Account Manager
Nitrex
Source: NITREX

Commenting on the recent nitrocarburizing furnace, Nikola Dzepina, account manager at Nitrex, notes, "[Castool, a division of Exco Technologies] have been outsourcing nitriding to our heat treating services for many years and have been impressed with the quality of service and customer experience."

The large capacity furnace is part of a significant investment project that saw several furnace OEM suppliers collaborating to outfit the New Market, Canada, facility with various pieces of heat treating process equipment.

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C/A Design Adds Horizontal Spray Quench Furnace

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A horizontal spray quench furnace has been completed for C/A Design’s heat treat facility in Exeter, NH. The system will help treat components for the aerospace and defense industry.

The furnace, from Wisconsin Oven, will be used for the solution treatment of aluminum. The system is designed to soak the product load at temperature in the furnace and then a pusher mechanism rapidly moves the load into the spray quench. The spray quench offers reduced distortion in comparison to submersion quenching.

The maximum temperature for this system is 1150°F and it has the capacity to heat a 200 pound aluminum load plus the work grid and product fixture. C/A Design’s new furnace has the capability to meet AMS 2750G, Class 2 furnace and Instrumentation Type D requirements.

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3 Heat Treat Rod Overbend Furnaces Shipped

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Three electrically heated RO pit furnaces with air-cooled fans have been shipped from Riverside, MI. The furnaces will be used for heat treating various steel components.

“These pit furnaces are designed for a nitrogen atmosphere,” commented Kelley Shreve, general manager at Lindberg/MPH. “They have been designed to utilize three independent heating zones for optimal temperature uniformity and meet AMS 2750G Class 3.”

These heat treating pit furnaces from  have a maximum temperature rating of 2,000°F and are designed to handle a wide range of part sizes. Two of the units have work chamber dimensions of 28″ x 36” and a maximum gross workload of 2,000 lbs. each. The third furnace has work chamber dimensions of 60” x 109” and a maximum gross workload of 20,000 lbs.

All of the pit furnaces have pneumatically operated lids with three-way hand control valves and limit switches that disconnect power to the heating elements when the covers are open. The pit furnaces are electrically heated with heavy duty rod overbend heating elements.

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NC Forgings Producer Secures Heat Treat Line

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A roller hearth iso-thermal annealing line for steel automotive impression forgings is to be installed for a major American producer located in North Carolina.

The system comes from CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited. It will be capable of both iso-thermal annealing and normalizing with a high temperature furnace operating under exothermic atmosphere. The line includes a separate low temperature roller hearth furnace, automatic bin dump and loading system, integrated tray/basket return system, and level II automation technology. The time frame for the heat treat line installation is in Q2, 2024.

Prior to the sale of this heat treat furnace, the furnace supplier had provided a mesh belt normalizing furnace, cast link belt normalizing furnace, and a roller hearth iso-thermal annealing furnace to the forgings producer.

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Heat Treat Box Furnace Shipped to Manufacturer

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Bill St. Thomas
Business Development Manager
Lindberg/MPH
Source: Lindberg/MPH.com

A rod overbend box furnace with powered load/unload table is being shipped from Michigan to a manufacturer. An automated actuator increases safety measures protecting the operator.

Lindberg/MPH's furnace has a maximum temperature rating of 2,000°F and a load capacity of 900 lbs. The workspace dimensions of the furnace are 24” x 36” x 18” and is designed for air atmosphere applications. The box furnace features an automated actuator to flip the push/pull mechanism on the load table to eliminate the operators need to manually flip it into push position. This option allows the push/pull head to retract from the furnace once the work grid is in the furnace chamber and increases operator safety by removing the need to reach into the hot furnace with a hook to flip the push/pull head.

“This furnace design is a duplicate to a previous order . . . . with the [requested] modification of an automated actuator to provide easier loading for the operator," commented Bill St. Thomas, business development manager at Lindberg/MPH.

 

 

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Nitriding Solution Accommodates Faster Heat Treat and Wider Parts

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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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Anatomy of a Furnace: Tip-Up Furnace

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Consider the numerous systems in your heat treat operations. What makes up the anatomy of each furnace? In this "Anatomy of a Furnace" series, industry experts indicate the main features of a specific heat treatment system. For this inaugural feature, note how the schematics demonstrate how the tip-up furnace is able to process massive loads in an atmospheric sealed environment at highly controlled temperatures.

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Annotations for this furnace corpus were provided by Dan Herring, The Heat Treat Doctor®, The HERRING GROUP, Inc. A front view of a tip-up furnace as well as a back view of a different tip-up are provided along with the labels.

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This Technical Tuesday article is drawn from Heat Treat Today's February's Air & Atmosphere Furnace Systems print edition.

Search www.heattreatbuyersguide.com for a list of tip-up furnace providers to the North American market. If you are a tip-up furnace supplier and not listed here, please let us know at editor@heattreattoday.com

This series will continue in subsequent editions of Heat Treat Today's print publications. Stay tuned!

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PWR Advanced Cooling Technology Ramps Up Heat Treat with 3 Brazing Furnaces

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PWR Advanced Cooling Technology has ordered two universal batch CAB furnaces and a CAB continuous line. The furnaces will be used for brazing aluminum heat exchangers. The 3 solutions will go to 2 continents – Australia and North America.

PWR Advanced Cooling Technology specializes in the production of modern and efficient heat exchangers and has used SECO/WARWICK Group furnaces in the past. Two furnaces, the continuous CAB line and Universal Batch CAB Furnace, will be delivered to production plants in Australia. The second chamber furnace will be delivered at the same time to the American branch of PWR, C&R Racing Inc. 

Andi Scott, general manager - advanced technology, PWR Australia
Source: PWR Australia

Sławomir Woźniak
CEO, SECO/WARWICK
Source: secowarwick.com

The universal batch CAB furnace meets the requirements for protective atmosphere aluminum brazing technology (Nocolok®) and allows users to braze products in a horizontal or vertical position.  The continuous CAB line performs brazing in a protective atmosphere for mass production of various heat exchangers.

“We have already ordered the company’s furnaces twice, and the current contract, although more than 25 years have passed since the first order, is the best proof that we are satisfied with the product quality, cooperation, and after-sales service.” said Andi Scott from PWR Advanced Cooling Technology.

“The current contract is special because we will deliver different solutions simultaneously to two continents but to the same customer,” commented Sławomir Woźniak, CEO of the SECO/WARWICK Group.

 

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Car Bottom Heat Treat Furnace Installed in CA

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Derek Dennis
President
Solar Atmospheres California

Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) installed a new 14 foot long car bottom air furnace. With a maximum operating temperature of 1450°F, this furnace tempers large tool steel components, age hardens 15-5 PH, 17-4 PH, 13-8PH and nickel-based alloys, and anneals titanium forgings.

SCA is typically known around the world as a “vacuum only” heat treater. However, there is a great need for heat treating non finished parts and materials in accordance with the same specifications (AMS, MIL, Boeing, and Airbus) within different atmospheres where surface oxidation is permissible. This furnace allows for a “raw material” option.

“Solar Atmospheres of California is excited to be adding this new furnace and the added capability/capacity," stated Derek Dennis, president of SCA. The furnace has a working zone that is 60" square by 168" long with a total load capacity of up to 30,000 pounds.

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Heat Treater To Expand Austempering Capabilities in US

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Steve Wyatt
President of Aalberts surface technologies – HIP|braze|heat treatment
Source: Aalberts surface technologies

Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment announces expansion of its austempering capabilities and capacity in Canton, OH and Ft. Smith, AR.

Three atmosphere-to-salt furnaces will be added at the existing facility in Canton, OH. Infrastructure will be engineered in Canton to allow for up to six austempering furnaces in the future. The austempering and marquenching equipment is anticipated to be online in Q4 2023.

In response to growing demand in the region, additional austempering capacity will be added to the plant in Ft. Smith, AR, with one furnace to be installed in Q3 2023 and another planned for Q4 2024.

"We are pleased to announce our latest investment in technology to add capacity that meets our [clients'] growing demand in key markets," commented Steve Wyatt, president of Aalberts surface technologies – HIP | braze | heat treatment.

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