A contract to design and build a 1,500 lb/hr mesh belt furnace system for the austenitizing and molten salt quenching of unique components used in the manufacture of drivetrain systems has been awarded to Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd. Incorporating several technological advancements for continuous atmosphere processing of products requiring carbon diffusion and quenching via a molten salt system, known as austempering, the new system includes: automated bin-dumping loading, mesh belt atmosphere hardening, salt quenching, post quench washing and rinsing systems, mesh belt tempering oven, and an endothermic gas generator.
This was a custom engineering project integrating the customer’s focused needs with CAN-ENG’s continuous mesh belt heat treatment system technology. The project is scheduled to be commissioned early 2018 in Mexico’s centralized automotive manufacturing corridor. CAN-ENG’s mesh belt heat treatment design team continues to focus globally on the design and development of mesh helt teat treatment technology, servicing the increasingly stringent and demanding Global Automotive Industry.
