Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario, has completed the installation and commissioning of a T7 automated furnace line for the heat treatment of HPDC aluminum automotive structural components for an innovative all-electric automobile manufacturer located in California. The T7 system was designed for the thermal processing of components related to a family of parts for the launch of a new model.
The high-volume T7 roller hearth heat treating system includes a solution furnace with customized structural product fixtures, the Can-Eng Precision Air Quench (PAQ) system, an artificial aging system, and controls integrated into a Level II SCADA system. The PAQ system integrates a unique combination of recirculating air chambers, distribution nozzles, dampers, and directional ductwork that uniformly delivers conditioned quench media, leading to repeatable and uniform property and dimensional results. Quench parameters were developed for each component, as part of the component family, and once validated were integrated as part of the product recipe.
Can-Eng was chosen for this new light-weighting project because its flexible, cost effective heat treatment technology allows manufacturers to integrate new state-of-the-art processing systems into existing manufacturing cells, avoiding prohibitively expensive large-scale continuous processing systems capital costs.
Can-Eng focuses on the development of high volume continuous industrial furnaces for challenging applications and is the industry leader in the development of automated heat treating systems for the processing of thin-walled, lightweight aluminum automotive structural components.
