A European automotive components supplier has contracted for a turnkey nitriding system which will nitride a variety of H11 and H13 aluminum extrusion dies for manufacturing automotive structural components supplied to most major vehicle manufacturers.
The project involves the replacement of an old gas nitriding furnace with a modern system that will improve gas and energy consumption and meet environmental objectives. Other priorities for the customer were conservation of resources, environmental compliance, and noise reduction. Entirely custom and tested recipes based on potential-controlled Nitreg® technology were developed by Nitrex Metal Inc., of St. Laurent, Quebec, for the application, enabling consistent uniformity and repeatability of results. In contrast to the previous nitrider, the system is programmed to work with a low consumption of gasses and electricity. Auxiliary hardware such as the effluent neutralizer helps comply with environmental regulations, while a silencer fitted on the cooling blower controls noise exposure for better working conditions.
