Furnace main characteristics
The furnace has the 2 following distinctive parts:
- The furnace casing with the integrated combustion system
- The movable bogie carrying the load to be heat treated
The furnace has the following characteristics:
- Combustion by means of natural gas, with a pressure of min 1000 mm water column
- Maximum temperature of 1100 °C
- Combustion systems with one or various zones
- Dimensions (refer to table)
- Weight of the charge : from 1.5 T to 7 T
- Duration of charge heat up : from 2 to 7 hours depending on furnace size and load weight
Furnace
- Welded casing
- One or 2 doors with either vertical or horizontal sliding
- The doors can be motorized
- Doors have a special sealing
- Refractories are light weight, allowing reduction of the thermal inertia
- FIB combustion system with pulsed FIB burner
- Motor fan delivering the air with a pressure of 1000 mm water column, with filter
- Automatic control of the temperature via PLC located in an electric cabinet
- Safety devices allowing correct air and gas pressures following EN 746 (1-2)
- Recoding of all process parameters
Mobile bogie
- One or 2 mobile bogies
- Special sealing system
- Motorized
- The 2-axles bogie carrying lightweight refractories
- The charge is located on a refractory base