OTTO JUNKER GmbH in Germany (http://www.otto-junker.de) received a contract from OAO RZ OCM in Revda, Russia, to supply a new heat treatment facility for the heat treatment of copper alloy tubes. The plant will include an indirect gas-fired roller-hearth furnace with protective atmosphere generating equipment. The furnace is rated for a maximum throughput of 3,400 kg/hr and is designed to process straight length material up to 12 m long. The line includes entry table, entry vacuum chamber, jet heating furnace section, jet cooling zone, exit vacuum chamber and exit table, as well as all necessary electrical and process control equipment. The plant is due to be installed and commissioned in 2006.