Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, announces that it has shipped an electrically heated horizontal solution treat system with a chiller system to a manufacturer in the aerospace industry.
The system has an operating temperature of 1100°F and work zone dimensions of 12.25 feet wide x 3.9 feet long x 4.5 feet high. It was designed to heat a 2840-pound gross load, consisting of a mixture of aluminum and steel, to 1000°F operating temperature, then to provide a soak at temperature, and finally to quickly move the load into a quench tank. A hydraulically operated load/unload system lowers and raises the load for quenching. Time from when the oven door starts to open until the load is fully submerged is seven seconds.
The glycol chiller system is located outdoors and is rated to remove 580,000 BTU per hour from the quench tank water. The system also includes an indoor heat exchanger located between the chiller and quench tank. Sequence control is provided by an Allen-Bradley Compact Logix processor with a Panel View Plus 7 standard 10.4-inch color touch screen
“Wisconsin Oven has supplied thousands of standard and custom ovens to the aerospace industry,” says Doug Christiansen, Application Engineer. “With the aerospace industry being such a diverse field, a majority of the equipment we provide is unique. This particular system achieved a quench time of seven seconds due to the custom- requested hydraulic mechanisms.”
