REX Heat Treat, a commercial heat treater specializing in the aerospace market, has bought and installed a hybrid model -- conventional and vacuum -- furnace system from a European supplier. This technology will allow the company to improve their through-hardening and carburizing capabilities alongside their legacy harden and temper furnaces, while using their existing loader, baskets and washing system.
REX Heat Treat has become the first company to install and commission this hybrid model called Super IQ® Gas Carburizing furnace from SECO/WARWICK Group. Designed to eliminate endogas, the furnace allows clean processing and can even achieve higher temperature carburizing to speed cycles and improve yields in certain steels in a clean and cool manner.
“The technological advances," says Johnathan Rex, general manager at REX Heat Treat, "allow us to run at higher temperatures, vacuum carburize, and clean harden with no decarburizing effects. The fact that our existing systems fit perfectly with this new addition helps to minimize the overall investment and accelerate successful integration. We expect the Super IQ to reduce operating costs, improve safety, and enable more environmentally friendly processing."
