SECO/WARWICK supplied a traveling aluminum-log homogenizing furnace and cooler combination to Ohio Valley Aluminum Company (OVACO). The system will be installed at OVACO’s facility in Shelbyville, Ky., and will be used to process aluminum billet and logs in a lean-manufacturing environment. It enables seamless processing without moving product until the process is complete, and it reduces cycle time by eliminating the need to transfer product to stationary coolers.

TRIMET Aluminium SE will replace the 30-year-old batch homogenizing furnaces at its Essen, Germany, production facility with a modern continuous homogenization furnace from Hertwich Engineering.