Roller Hearth
/ Continuous, Unlimited Work Flow
/ Fast, Top Quality Production
/ Ease of Installation
/ Approach to extend component life
/ Flexible Operation
/ Lower Product Costs
/ Cycle Annealing
/ Copper Brazing
/ Magnetic Punching and Lamination Annealing
/ HardeningMagnetic Punching and Lamination Annealing
/ Annealing
/ Hardening
/ Preheat
/ Normalizing
/ Stress relieving
/ Heat recovery system
/ During the design process, the furnace thermal accumulation aspect reducing heat losses is analyzed
/ Reducing gas consumption and atmosphere emissions
/ Electric heating system instead of gas
/ Cast agitators with extended service life
/ Possibility of cooling installed atmosphere mixers with air exchangers
/ Energy recuperation is easier and less costly with continuous systems
/ Continuous takes up about half of the floor space than multiple batch units
/ Longer equipment life – typically 40+ years
/ Suitable for atmospheres from air or products of combustion to exothermic (EXOGAS™), Endothermic (ENDOGAS™), Nitrogen/Hydrogen or Ammonia (AMMOGAS™) or steam
/ Temperature ranges from 4000°F – 22500°F (2000°C – 1,2000°C)
/ Throughputs are unlimited but typically from 500 pounds (225 kg) to 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg) per hour
/ Steel
Roller Hearth
Roller Hearth
/ Continuous, Unlimited Work Flow
/ Fast, Top Quality Production
/ Ease of Installation
/ Approach to extend component life
/ Flexible Operation
/ Lower Product Costs
/ Cycle Annealing
/ Copper Brazing
/ Magnetic Punching and Lamination Annealing
/ HardeningMagnetic Punching and Lamination Annealing
/ Annealing
/ Hardening
/ Preheat
/ Normalizing
/ Stress relieving
/ Heat recovery system
/ During the design process, the furnace thermal accumulation aspect reducing heat losses is analyzed
/ Reducing gas consumption and atmosphere emissions
/ Electric heating system instead of gas
/ Cast agitators with extended service life
/ Possibility of cooling installed atmosphere mixers with air exchangers
/ Energy recuperation is easier and less costly with continuous systems
/ Continuous takes up about half of the floor space than multiple batch units
/ Longer equipment life – typically 40+ years
/ Suitable for atmospheres from air or products of combustion to exothermic (EXOGAS™), Endothermic (ENDOGAS™), Nitrogen/Hydrogen or Ammonia (AMMOGAS™) or steam
/ Temperature ranges from 4000°F – 22500°F (2000°C – 1,2000°C)
/ Throughputs are unlimited but typically from 500 pounds (225 kg) to 15,000 pounds (6,800 kg) per hour
/ Steel
Roller Hearth
Vector HV
/ Standard horizontal capacity: 200 to 3,000 kg and more (440 to 6,600 lbs)
/ Standard vertical capacity: 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) and 2,500 kg (5,500 lbs)
/ Operational temperature – 1450°C / 2640°F
/ Temperature uniformity +/-6°C / +/-10°F
/ Partial pressure control
/ High vacuum processing up to 10-8 mbar
/ Cooling gases: N2, Ar, He up to 15bar
/ NADCAP and AMS specifications readiness
/ Brazing
/ Annealing
/ Normalizing Homogenizing
/ Stress relief
/ Solution heat treating
/ Aging
/ Quenching
/ Diffusion bonding
/ Outgassing
/ Sintering
/ Tempering
/ Special
/ Vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment
/ No CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels
/ Gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon), captured and returned to the air, neutral for the environment
/ Reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%)
/ High energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.)
/ Application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems)
/ No harmful substance emissions
/ Reduction of hardening deformations and downstream machining costs
/ Elimination of part washing after heat treatment
/ Wide range of heat treatment processes and applications
/ High quality and ideal parts surface protection
/ Low consumption of energy, process gases and other utilities
/ Environmentally friendly with low emissions of process gases
/ Predictive maintenance support
/ Remote control and monitoring
| Type | VP horizontal | ||||||
| 446 | 646 | 669 | 9912 | 101015 | 121218 | ||
| Working zone (WxHxL) | mm
inch |
400x400x600
16x16x24 |
600x400x600 24x16x24 | 600x600x900 24x24x36 | 900x900x1200
36x36x48 |
1000x1000x1500
40x40x60 |
1200x1200x1800
48x48x72 |
| Load | kg
lb |
200
440 |
400
880 |
800
1760 |
1500
3300 |
2500
5500 |
3000
6600 |
| Type | VVP vertical | ||||
| 1313 | 1515 | 1818 | |||
| Working zone (DxH) | mm
inch |
Ø1300×1300 Ø52×52 | Ø1500×1500 Ø60×60 | Ø1800×1800 Ø72×72 | Other sizes available |
| Load | kg
lb |
1500
3300 |
2000
4400 |
2500
5500 |
|
/ Alloyed steels
/ Stainless steels
/ Alloys and super alloys
/ Titanium and titanium alloy
/ Tool steels
/ HSLA
Vector HV
4D QUENCH®
/ Individual hardening by heating under vacuum and high-pressure nitrogen quenching
/ Integration into manufacturing cells and in-line production
/ Up to 1 mln pieces/year
/ The adaptable working zone size
/ Customize system configuration
/ Compact design, low footprint
/ Low utility consumption
/ 4D Queching with adjustable quench nozzles
/ High-pressure nitrogen quench
/ Bright hardening (High Pressure Gas Quench)
/ Many times less hard machining time
/ Elimination of many post-machining operations
/ Low pressure carburizing
/ High pressure gas quench
/ Fast and efficient carburizing
/ Elimination of fire and explosion hazard
/ Ideal surface quality
/ Elimination of IGO
/ Clean and enviromentally friendly production
/ Control and reduction of hardening distortion
/ Absolute precision and repeatability of results
/ Elimination of IGO/IGA
/ No oxidation/ no air present
/ 100 % traceability and examination of every part
/ Regular carburizing or through hardening (in oil) grades
/ Higher alloy and special steels for gas and oil quenching
4D QUENCH®
UniCase Master®
/ Case hardening by low-pressure carburizing and high-pressure gas quenching
/ Individual quenching – efficiency and perfect uniformity of cooling
/ Precision control of the quenching process – minimized hardening distortion and repeatable results
/ No heat treatment fixtures for handling parts (trays, baskets, grids, etc.)
/ Can be used in line with other production,
/ Case hardening by LPC (Low Pressure Carburizing)
/ High Pressure Gas Quenching (HPGQ)
/ Single-piece flow
/ 4D Quenching™
/ Lean manufacturing
/ High throughput
/ Lean manufacturing compatible
/ Minimizes final machining costs
/ Eliminates batch material handling logistics
| GENERAL | |
| WORKING ZONE (OxH) | 200×50 mm/ 8”x 2” |
| Max load weight | 4.0kg/9.0 lbs |
| Number of positions | 15 (per process chamber) |
| Tact time | 30s |
UniCase Master®
UniCase Master® Custom
/ Individual heat-treatment by heating under vacuum
/ High pressure nitrogen quenching
/ Integration into in-line production
/ Adoptable working zone size
/ Customized system configuration
/ Compact design, compact footprint
/ Low utilities consumption
/ No uncontrolled emissions of process gases
/ Low Pressure Carburizing
/ Bright hardening (High Pressure Gas Quench)
/ Bright annealing
/ Vacuum
/ Brazing
/ Many times less hard machining time,
/ Elimination of many post-machining operations
/ Low pressure carburizing / high pressure gas quench
/ Fast and efficient carburizing
/ Elimination of fire and explosion hazard
/ Ideal surface quality
/ Elimination of IGO
/ Clean and enviromentally friendly production
/ Single piece flow vacuum heat treatment
/ Design customized for given part type and process
/ Control and reduction of distortion
/ Perfect precision and repeatability of results
/ Elimination of IGO
/ No oxidation
/ No air presence
/ Ideal part surface
/ Regular carburizing or through hardening (in oil) grades
/ Higher alloy and special steels for gas and oil quenching
UniCase Master® Custom
Semi – Continuous Aluminum Brazing Furnaces
/ Full convection heating
/ Based on a multi-step indexing cycle – semi-continuous
/ Feduced transfer time from hot to cold zone
/ Can be equipped with vacuum purgingg
/ Brazing
/ Controlled Atmospher Brazing (CAB)
/ Thermal afterburner to reduce VOC emissions for degreasers
/ Scrubber with active aluminum oxide deposit to reduce the emission of hydrogen fluoride generated during brazing process
/ For gas-heated solutions, energy recovery systems reducing gas consumption and thus CO₂ emissions
/ Electric heating systems instead of gas heating systems to reduce CO₂ emissions
/ Eptional applications of high-performance microporous insulation to reduce heat losses – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ Heated curtains inlet tunnel to limit the conveyor belt and load temperature drop during the transfer – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ A common conveyor belt for the dryer (or TTBB) and the furnace to reduce the energy – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ The customer uses energy emitted by the cooling chambers’ and the dryer’s extraction systems to support the plant installations’ heating
/ Non-emission cooling systems based on air jacket instead of a closed water circuit
/ Control – IDLE and WEEKEND furnaces operating modes lowering the operating temperature and turning the furnace off – lowering energy consumption – in case of gas heating systems – reducing CO₂ emissions
/ Designed to operate on a part-time basis
/ Can be brought up to brazing temperature in a very short time
/ Allows for variable heating and cooling rates, depending on indexing times
/ Can braze the widest variety of heat exchangers
/ Allows to braze a large size of heat exchangers
/ In the case of vacuum purging the atmosphere quality in on the level of nitrogen source
/ Around 605°C
/ Customized useful size
/ Aluminum
Semi – Continuous Aluminum Brazing Furnaces
Rotary Retort
/ Factory Built – All equipment is completely factory assembled, piped, wired and mechanically tested before shipment to minimize installation time and expense. Fast connection to utilities is assured.
/ Hopper/Loader – The hopper/loader is designed to charge a predetermined load of parts into the furnace on each revolution of the retort. Parts stored in the hopper are automatically transferred into the load bucket upon its arrival at the bottom position of the elevator. The loaded basket is then elevated and the parts are automatically deposited into the furnace.
/ Carbonitriding,
/ Hardening,
/ Carburizing.
/ Standard Equipment – Furnace lines are pre-engineered in standard sizes with rated capacities from 500 LB (225 KG) to 1,000 LB (450 KG). They can be manufactured, delivered and installed quickly. Custom engineered systems have been provided up to 4,000 LB (1,800 KG) per hour.
/ Electric Design – The electrically heated design features bayonet heating elements that can easily be replaced from outside of the furnace.
/ Gas Design – The gas fired design is equipped with centrifugally cast alloy radiant tubes and complete combustion system.
/ Retort – The cantilevered, one piece cast retort is supported at one end and sealed at the charge end of the furnace. There are no seals or bearings in hot areas or at the discharge end.
/ Rotary Mechanism – Auger flights convey the parts smoothly and quietly through the furnace. Rotation of the retort has a wide range of speed adjustments to provide complete fl exibility of time processing cycles.
/ Screws,
/ Nuts,
/ Bolts,
/ Nails,
/ Washers and coins.
Rotary Retort
Vector
/ Standard horizontal capacity from 200 to 2,500 kg and more (440 to 5,500 lbs)
/ Standard vertical capacity: 1,500 kg (3,300 lbs) and 2,000 kg (4,400 lbs)
/ Graphite or metal hot zone with a maximum vacuum of 10-2 to 10-5/10-6 mbar
/ Quenching pressure: from 2 up to 25 bar
/ Quenching gases: N2, Ar, He, H2
/ Optional equipment for vacuum carburizing technology: FineCarb® / PreNitLPC® and vacuum nitriding LPN
/ Annealing
/ Sintering
/ Tempering
/ Brazing
/ Hardening
/ Low pressure carburizing & nitriding (LPC & LPN)
/ Solution heat treating
/ Vacuum as a protective and technological atmosphere eliminates the need to use harmful process gases and their emission to the environment
/ No CO₂ emissions, no use of fossil fuels
/ Gas utilization for cooling (nitrogen, argon), captured and returned to the air, neutral for the environment
/ Reinforced thermal insulation saves electricity (approx. 20%)
/ High energy efficiency of used electrical components (IE3 class motors, inverter control, etc.)
/ Application of systems and algorithms limiting energy and technological factor consumption (pumping, heating and cooling systems)
/ No harmful substance emissions
/ Reduction of hardening deformations and downstream machining costs
/ Elimination of part washing after heat treatment
/ Wide range of heat treatment processes and applications
/ High-speed cycles with high-pressure gas quench
/ Low consumption of energy, process gases, and other utilities
/ Environmentally friendly with low emissions of process gases
/ Predictive maintenance
/ Remote control and monitoring
/ Alloyed steels
/ Stainless steels
/ Alloys and super alloys
/ Titanium and titanium alloy
/ Tool steels
/ HSLA
Vector
JetCaster (VIM)
/ Metal casting under vacuum or in a controlled inert gas atmosphere
/ One touch vacuum system startup and shutdown
/ Industrial touchscreen operator interface with selectable languages
/ All electric and pneumatic actuators, no hydraulics
/ Horizontal and vertical feed systems for bulk feed, ingots, and/or liners
/ Teachable one or two-axis precision pouring systems with manual and automated profile pouring
/ Door mounted melt box for fast change-out and easy overhead access
/ Precision melt temperature measurement with combination Opto/TC calibration independent of crucible fill ratio
/ Single or multi-zone mold heaters
/ Closed loop DS/SC solidification control temperature and withdrawal position
/ Partial pressure control melting and inert gas mold cooling
/ Safe and environmentally friendly technology
/ casting crystallization time reduction by 50%,
/ increase in production efficiency by 82%,
/ production energy consumption reduction by 40%,
/ cooling water consumption reduction by 50%
/ production of twice as many castings with a comparable level of energy demand.
/ Ability to achieve Directional Solidified and Single Crystal castings through Bridgman method or/and Developed Gas Cooling Crystallization method,
/ Obtaining fragmentation of the casting microstructure determined by the PDAS parameter, which significantly shortens the time of heat treatment of castings,
/ Specifically designed for aerospace, energy, defense industries,
/ The low percentage of casting defects, both macro and microstructural,
/ Significant shortening the monocrystalline casting process compared to the classic process due to the increased speeds of mold withdrawal,
JetCaster (VIM)
Universal CAB Batch Furnaces
/ Brazing the widest variety of heat exchangers in a horizontal or vertical position depending on the product design requirements
/ Operates on a part-time basis and produces the highest quality parts with the standard or vacuum purge options
/ Can be brought up to brazing temperature from ambient and conditioned to a proper atmosphere in a very short time
/ Two chamber units can also be upgraded later to three chambers unit for economically increasing the output
/ Brazing
/ Controlled Atmospher Brazing (CAB)
/ Thermal afterburner to reduce VOC emissions for degreasers
/ Scrubber with active aluminum oxide deposit to reduce the emission of hydrogen fluoride generated during brazing process
/ For gas-heated solutions, energy recovery systems reducing gas consumption and thus CO2 emissions
/ Electric heating systems instead of gas heating systems to reduce CO₂ emissions
/ Optional applications of high-performance microporous insulation to reduce heat losses – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ Heated curtains inlet tunnel to limit the conveyor belt and load temperature drop during the transfer – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ A common conveyor belt for the dryer (or TTBB) and the furnace to reduce the energy – in case of gas heating systems – reduction of CO₂ emissions
/ The customer uses energy emitted by the cooling chambers’ and the dryer’s extraction systems to support the plant installations’ heating
/ Non-emission cooling systems based on air jacket instead of a closed water circuit
/ Control – IDLE and WEEKEND furnaces operating modes lowering the operating temperature and turning the furnace off – lowering energy consumption – in case of gas heating systems – reducing CO₂ emissions
/ Highest flexibility in part types and brazing position: horizontal or vertical
/ Shortes preparation time with only 2-3 hours required
/ Fits into tight locations due to a compact design
/ Benefits of Vacuum Purging option:
/ Significantly lower nitrogen consumption
/ Higher atmopshere quality, at the levle of the nitrogen source
/ Purging of the internal volume of the heat exchangers
/ Around 605°C
/ Customized useful size
/ Aluminum