Industries
From a commercial heat treater to an aerospace supplier working under NADCAP. Below are the industries in which we supervise heat treatment processes, with their typical processes and customer requirements.
Overview
The differences are not in the equipment but in what the customer asks you to prove: case depth repeatability, compliance with a standard or batch traceability. Choose an industry to go to its description.
01Hardening shops for drivetrain and suspension parts
02Processes run under the NADCAP and AMS 2750 regime
03Production under a particularly strict documentation regime
04Plants working to order for many customers
05Heat treatment of tool and high speed steels
06Sintering in a mixed atmosphere
07Large machine and structural components
08Valves and fittings working at high temperature
09Gears, shafts and hydraulic components
Industries
These descriptions come from installations at our customers across Europe. For every industry we point out the processes that are run most often, and what decides whether a batch is accepted by the customer.
Drivetrain parts, bearings, gears and fasteners go through carburising and hardening in batches counted in thousands. Customers require compliance with CQI-9, and every batch must have a record of the process cycle.
Discuss a configurationThe strictest documentation requirements in the whole industry. Furnace classification, the cycle of temperature uniformity surveys, calibrations and data recording must comply with AMS 2750 and be ready to show during a NADCAP audit.
Discuss a configurationProduction covered by a particularly strict regime of documentation and batch traceability. Full traceability of the process cycle is required for every load, along with a record protected against modification and ready to be presented in a customer audit.
Discuss a configurationA changing product mix and work for many customers at once. What counts is fast recipe changeover, one supervision system for the whole shop floor and a report ready to be sent together with the batch of product.
Discuss a configurationHeat treatment of tool and high speed steels is carried out mostly in vacuum furnaces, in short runs of high unit value. Repeatability of the recipe and a complete record of the cycle matter more than line throughput.
Discuss a configurationSintering in a mixed atmosphere calls for stable gas proportions and humidity control throughout the cycle. A deviation in flow translates directly into the density and the mechanical properties of the product.
Discuss a configurationLarge components of machines and structures treated in furnaces with a large working zone. With a load of that size it is the temperature distribution across the whole chamber that is decisive, not a reading from a single measuring point.
Discuss a configurationOxygen measurement in the flue gas of boilers, glass furnaces and incinerators. Setting the excess air lowers fuel consumption, and continuous measurement of the flue gas composition makes it possible to react to a change in the burner operating conditions.
Discuss a configurationComponents working under heavy load and in harsh conditions: gears, shafts and hydraulic parts. A repeatable case depth is required despite the wide variety of part geometries within one load.
Discuss a configurationApplications
Start from the process, from the standard you are audited against, or from your industry. Every route leads to the same equipment, described in the language you use on your own shop floor.
Equipment selected according to the process run in the furnace.
Go to5 standardsEquipment that meets audit requirements.
Go toWhere our control systems are at work.
You are on this pageEquipment selection
Describe the part, your customer requirements and your furnace fleet, and we will indicate an equipment configuration together with the scope of surveys and calibration.
