Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., announces the shipment of a cyclone pit furnace for heat treating aircraft components to a supplier of the aerospace industry. The cyclone design has historically provided optimum heat distribution and exceptional temperature uniformity, which makes it ideal for applications such as tempering, normalizing, annealing, and solution treatment of aluminum.
This heat treating pit furnace has a maximum temperature rating of 1250°F, and the work chamber has a diameter of 16 inches with a depth of 20 inches. This cyclone pit furnace is a direct replacement of an existing piece of Lindberg/MPH equipment the customer already had in place.
Lindberg/MPH provided a centralized control system with a programmable logic controller to control this equipment and six other furnaces. The cyclone pit furnace design utilizes a heater plug assembly that is easily lifted out and replaced externally without having to pull elements out through the furnace walls.
“This customer was looking to improve operating efficiency of the furnace line,” says Jason Dobberstein, Inside Sales Manage. “By providing a control system that allows operators to monitor and control multiple units, it greatly simplifies the process and fulfills data acquisition needs.”
Unique features of this cyclone pit furnace:
An alloy liner that protects the work chamber from high-velocity flow and prevents damage while loading/unloading; Easily replaceable heater plug assembly; Recirculating fan with variable frequency drive; Workload support; Lid limit switch.
