An industrial heat exchanger manufacturer based in the UK will receive a new controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing line. This system will allow the manufacturer to expand its range of sizes and dimensions of aluminum heat exchangers that can be brazed using the CAB technology.
The supplier of the system, North American manufacturer SECO/VACUUM parent company SECO/WARWICK, shared that the Active Only line offers the greatest flexibility within the CAB furnace range while maintaining the same performance as larger continuous lines. These capabilities were important in order to accommodate the manufacturer's wide ranging portfolio, which includes heat exchangers for various industries.
Vice President of the Aluminum Process and CAB Business Segments
SECO/WARWICK Group
Source: SECO/WARWICK
The line will consist of a degreaser with afterburner and integrated energy recovery system, a spray fluxer, and an Active Only semi-continuous furnace. The system is composed of a dryer, a purging chamber, a convection-heated brazing furnace, a protective atmosphere cooling chamber, and a final cooling chamber. This will be complemented by an integrated system for loading, sequencing, stacking, transferring, and unloading the work in progress.
"We delivered our first furnace to this company 17 years ago, in 2004," says Piotr Skarbiński, Vice President of the Aluminum & CAB Products Segment at the SECO/WARWICK Group. "It was a furnace designed for the cutting-edge copper brazing technology of that time."
