Last year we had a press release from furnace builder Ion Heat about a mesh belt carburizing line the company was in the process of building. What made the PR most interesting was the fact that Ion Heat is known throughout the industry for their Plasma (ION) Nitriders, not for mesh belts which made it a milestone for the company (the original press release is below). We can now show you what the almost completed furnace looks like in these photos.

In these pictures you see from the left Jeff McLaughlin, McLaughlin Furnace Group of Indiana, Jimena Bernal, Andres Bernal and Steven Sossa of Ion Heat. Wait a second! Is that Jeff McLaughlin in the photo also? To the best of our knowledge at “The Monty Heat Treat News” the two companies have never had a working relationship so this makes for a rather interesting photo. Perhaps one of these days more will come to light.

 “Ion Heat is working on an order for a full mesh belt line for carburizing and hardening of small assembly screws. Although, this is a new product for Ion Heat, the company and the engineering team are accustomed to take on new challenges.

 The line includes an electrically heated endogas generator, 2 continuous washing machines, a gas fired mesh belt carburizing furnace, a gas fired tempering furnace and the weighing and transferring stations.

 The engineering phase of the Project has been completed and procurement of components and manufacturing has started.

Even though the new line is a fairly small line for mesh belt furnace standards, it remains a high tech piece of equipment and will be able to process up to 250kg/h of carburized screws. The line is fully automatic and will be controlled from a centralized control station, all with the automation signature of Ion Heat.”

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