Heat treatment line for tubes

Line comprises Box Furnace
Quench Tank
Charger
Loading/Unloading Station
Purpose Solution heat treatment, hardening, tempering, annealing, normalizing, stress relieving
Product treated
Stainless steel tubes, titanium, duplex and special alloys
Furnace chamber inside dimensions Width = 13.000 mm
Depth = 1.560 mm
Height = 1.700 mm
Capacity
16,000 kg (max.) per furnace
Heating
Natural gas
Cooling
Possible, with controlled cool-down gradients
Maximum temperature
1.200 °C
Burner type
High velocity
Installed power
3,600 kW
Industries served
Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Power

 

The Charger takes the material from the Loading/Unloading Station and sets it down on the supports located on the base of the Box Furnace. Once the charge material is placed on the base, the Furnace door closes and the material heating cycle starts.
Once heating is finished, the Furnace door opens, allowing the Charger to pick up the charge material and immediately place it in the Quench Tank. Once the quenching process is complete, the Charger takes the charge material out of the Quench Tank and places it on the Loading/Unloading Station.

A Supervisory System, interfaced with the PLC Automation System, allows you to control and monitor the heat treatment line, generate process reports (in PDF or CSV format) and track the material.

Various Quench Tank configurations (square, rectangular, L- or T-shaped) are possible depending on the line layout.
We can also produce special solutions to suit your requirements, such as:
• Lift and lower immersion platform
• Control System for quench liquid temperature control

Two different Charger types (2-axis, 3-axis, with or without fork rotation) are available depending on the line layout.