Extrusion Tooling

Extrusion Tooling Heat Treatment

Reduced Cycle Time

The heat treatment of extrusion tools while only accounting for 5% of the cost of the tool is vital to the extrusion process.  Extrusion companies around the world are discovering that fluidised bed furnaces give superior heat treatment and a faster time at a lower costs

 

Advantages

Reduced Costs

Q-Heat fluidised bed furnaces offer 4 main advantages over alternative heat treatment methods:

• Reduced Cycle Time - The heat treatment cycle (harden & temper) is 33% faster with a Q-Heat fluidised bed.
• Reduced Cost - Both capital costs and operating costs are lower with fluidised bed systems
• Flexibility - Hardening, tempering and surface treatments (nitriding and nitorcarburising) may be carried out in the same furnace.
• Quality Improvement - The steel microstructure is optimised meaning longer tool life.

Reference Installations

• Capral Aluminium - Australia
• PT Indalex - Indonesia
• Fujisash - Malaysia
• Sedco - Australia
• PT Edico - Indonesia
• Consolidated Extrusions - Australia

 

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