Furnace Builder Lands Order for Drop Bottom Oven

“Nutec Bickley has manufactured a heat treat drop-bottom furnace designed for heat treatment of aluminium castings. The furnace will shortly be installed and commissioned at a facility operated by a multinational power solutions corporation. The custom-designed furnace is indirect gas fired using radiant tube burners, and this project also incorporates a motorised quench tank, rails, movement system and load/unload platform with elevator device.

The furnace will have a load setting of 123cm wide x 91cm high x 358cm long. This will accommodate up to three baskets, equivalent to around 1635kg of aluminium parts per cycle.

Given the nature of the process, this furnace has a single temperature control zone, and it normally operates at 573°C, with a maximum of 580°C. There is an upper limit temperature controller to protect the product and furnace insulation from overheating.

Arturo Arechavaleta, NUTEC Bickley’s VP, Metal Furnaces, said: “Efficient and effective solution heat treatment is a vital part of the aluminium casting process, and we are delighted to have been chosen to provide a key component to a highly prestigious customer in the industry. This is the fifth NUTEC Bickley furnace ordered by this brand leader.”

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