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Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. received a contract from a Tier 1 manufacturer of forged suspension components for a system that will produce lightweight forged-aluminum parts for passenger vehicles. The system includes a pre-forging rotary-hearth aluminum heating furnace, water quench and continuous aging furnace. The equipment will be integrated into an automated forging cell that includes specialized material-handling components and advanced controls.
For anyone involved in industrial heating, a critical need of any heat-treatment process is the ability to measure and control both process and product temperature.
AFC-Holcroft supplied a complete UBH line to Amsted Rail, a Chicago-based global leader in fully integrated freight-car systems for the heavy-haul rail market, to meet a growing need for additional heat-treatment capacity. The line includes a batch-style carburizing furnace, two expansion modules to increase endothermic-gas generator output, a rotary-hearth reheat furnace for press quenching and a continuous integrated parts washer and temper furnace. The equipment is scheduled to ship to a joint-venture facility in Eastern Europe in the third quarter of 2018.
Ipsen will deliver a rotary-hearth furnace to one of the largest companies in the aerospace and defense industry. The company will use the furnace to process specialized gears for helicopters. Rotary-hearth furnaces are extremely versatile and designed for both carburizing shallow case depths and for reheating pretreated workpieces. Its high throughput makes it particularly suitable for even temperature distribution.
Desire for electric cars is quickly gaining consumer momentum, and automakers are rapidly shifting focus to developing affordable, efficient electric vehicles (EVs) for the mass market. This is where aluminum structural components will further serve the automotive industry.
In 2017, AFC-Holcroft received a large number of orders for complete UBQA (universal batch quench austemper) lines from companies serving a variety of industries. In addition, sales were strong for AFC-Holcroft’s flagship UBQ (universal batch quench) systems, EZ endothermic gas generators, rotary-hearth furnaces, pusher furnaces and mesh-belt equipment. These orders came from the U.S., Canada and Mexico as well as Australia, Europe and Asia.
Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. was contracted to commission a turnkey 36-foot-diameter “pancake-style” rotary-hearth furnace for a North American aerospace supplier.
