Nitrex Metal, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada, has sold a compact nitriding system to Altest Ltd.at its Bulgarian plant to nitride aluminum extrusion dies. The NXK-412 system has a capacity of 880 lb., and is supplied with Nitreg technology, a neutralizer, and an ammonia purification system. Altest opted for a nitriding system with a higher capacity than their current requirements to keep pace with expansion plans that will see its extrusion capacity double by next year.
Nitrex was chosen to implement this project due to its unique knowhow and expertise in the field of nitriding extrusion dies, as well as its ability to provide the customer with a local presence in Eastern Europe, thus guaranteeing on-time support.
For over 25 years, Nitrex Metal has been is a leading developer and supplier of automated turnkey nitriding systems for the aerospace, automotive, machinery, gear manufacturing, tool and die, and commercial heat treating industries. To date the company has over 250 installations in plants worldwide and has licensed its technology to heat treating companies in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, South Korea, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, and USA
