endothermic gas generators

Automaker To Modernize Heat Treatment Capabilities

A leading automotive manufacturer is updating its heat treating operations with Endothermic gas generators to enhance the carburizing process. The company, which produces engine parts that require high durability and wear resistance, is modernizing the facility’s aging, gas-heated generators with a more efficient, cost effective and sustainable solution.

Daniel Panny
Head of Sales in Europe
UPC-Marathon
Source: UPC-Marathon

To support the company’s modernization initiatives, UPC-Marathon, a Nitrex company, is supplying five advanced, electrically heated EndoFlex L Endothermic gas generators designed specifically for carburizing, a heat treat process that hardens surfaces by introducing carbon into the material. The facility’s production had been caught in a bottleneck due to the age of the gas-heated generators, which were consuming excessive natural gas and contributing to CO₂ emissions.

UPC-Marathon’s EndoFlex L endothermic gas generator system
Source: UPC-Marathon

“The partnership extends beyond this project,” said Daniel Panny, head of Sales Europe at UPC-Marathon. “Building on the success of past collaborations, where we upgraded legacy generators with the EndoInjector gas injection system to enhance and stabilize endothermic gas delivery, the customer selected the EndoFlex L for this major overhaul..”

Set for commissioning early next year, the Endothermic gas generators will play a key role in the manufacturer’s modernization strategy, supporting its long-term economic and environmental objectives.

The press release is available in its original form here.



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Batch Austemper Heat Treat Line for Agricultural Equipment Supplier

Mike Coburn
Technical Sales
AFC-Holcroft
Source: LinkedIn

HTD Size-PR LogoA major North American supplier of agricultural and lawn equipment purchased a complete batch austemper line from a U.S.-based supplier of heat treating equipment. The line, consisting of two universal batch quench-austemper (UBQA) units, is equipped with a pre-treatment spray dunk wash, a post-treatment multi-stage washer, pre-heat temper furnaces, a salt reclaiming system, and a salt holding tank.

The AFC-Holcroft batch austemper line also includes an AFC-Holcroft EZ™ 4500 endothermic gas generator that will provide gas to the furnace units. A BatchMaster™ supervisory control system is included in the line, along with calibration mode software.

“This was a great customer to work with for this project,” said Mike Coburn, Technical Sales for AFC-Holcroft. “They fully understood right from the start the environmental and economic benefits of the system.”

Source: AFC-Holcroft


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