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Kentucky Steel Facility Inaugurates Bright Annealing Line, Cold Rolling Mill 

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Source: Kentucky I-71 Connected.com

Left to Right: Cristóbal Fuentes, CEO of North American Stainless; Bernardo Velázquez, CEO of Acerinox; Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky; Rafael Miranda, Acerinox Chairman of the Board

 

A Ghent, Kentucky, steel production facility recently welcomed a Spanish delegation and state officials to the launch of its 11th expansion since 1990. The project, which was announced in March 2015, includes a new $150 million bright annealing line and a cold rolling mill.

Read more: “With Dedication of New Production Line, North American Stainless Celebrates Growth, Commitment and 36 New Jobs in Carroll County”

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Italian Manufacturers Order Annealing Furnaces from Austrian Heat Treatment Supplier

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Two major Italian manufacturers have ordered bell annealer furnaces to expand their existing lines.

Leading bolt manufacturer, Fontana Luigi S.p.A., based in Veduggio, has commissioned an expansion to an existing HICON/N2® bell annealer facility for heat treatment of non-pickled steel wire coils. Both phases will be nearly identical in design to ensure flexibility between the facility components to achieve maximum throughput capacity. The start of production is scheduled for July 2018 for the new phase.

Ori Martin S.p.A., an electric furnace steel mill facility in Brescia, purchased the supply and installation of an additional gas-fired HICON/N2® bell annealer facility to heat treat unpickled steel wire coils in a controlled nitrogen process atmosphere. The clear inside diameter of the new facility, which will go into operation May 2018, is 4,050 mm, with a stack height of 2,500 mm.

Austrian heat treatment supplier Ebner provided and installed the equipment for both companies.

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Annealing Furnace Delivered to Manufacturer

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A supplier of Thermal Processing equipment since 1938, Park Thermal International recently delivered and commissioned a fifth Electric Atmosphere Annealing Furnace for use in manufacturing, 48” wide x 36” high x 162” long, 20,000 Lbs capacity, 254 KW (2 zones of control), 1,600°F.  This furnace is complete with ceramic fiber insulation, vertical rising door, rod overbend heating system, nitrogen atmosphere, three roller rails with wheels, three re-circulating fans and powered cooling.  The furnace includes a free standing control panel complete with digital instrumentation, chart recorder and SCR control.

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STM Kunshan Cheng Tongming Metal Orders Bell Furnace

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At the beginning of 2017, LOI Thermprocess GmbH and its Chinese subsidiary company LOI Thermprocess (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. received a contract for a wire annealing plant from STM Kunshan Cheng Tongming Metal Co. Ltd. a Chinese wire manufacturer in the province Jiangsu. The order includes the delivery of a bell-type furnace plant with two annealing bases, two heating hoods and one Jet-cooling hood. The HPH® (High Performance Hydrogen) bell-type furnaces also works with hydrogen as annealing atmosphere and has per base an usable diameter of 4,200 mm and a charging height of 3,500 mm. Thus, an average batch weight of 28 tons steel wire per annealing base can be achieved. Not only hot rolled wire coils but also drawn wire coils shall be annealed. The start of production for the new annealing plant is forecasted for end of the third quarter of 2017.

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Jewelry Industry Purchases Annealing Furnaces from C.I. Hayes

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C.I. Hayes, a Gasbarre Furnace Group company, is pleased to announce the recent installation
of multiple “Solitaire” Conveyor Belt Furnaces for annealing of precious metals to be used in the
jewelry industry. In total, this project consisted of three identical conveyor belt furnaces, all manufactured and installed for the same customer. Named for its compact design and initially developed for brazing and bright annealing of jewelry pieces, the C.I. Hayes “Solitaire” Conveyor Belt Furnace has found great acceptance in other markets requiring brazing and bright annealing of small, intricate parts.
C.I. Hayes continues to enhance the proven design of its “Solitaire” Furnace Line improving the overall lifetime value. Its robust and simple design allows for ease of manufacture, installation and maintenance, ensuring success for those processes that are driven by both technical and commercial demands. The “Solitaire” Conveyor Belt Furnace is equipped with belt widths of 6-12 inches and effective heat lengths of 27-72 inches. Four-sided heat surrounding the muffle provides excellent uniformity and power input with temperature capabilities to 2100°F (1148°C). The furnace remains compact and may be shipped as a single piece, fully assembled, with single point connections for power, water and atmosphere.

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