Wisconsin Oven Corp., East Troy, has shipped an electrically heated horizontal quench solution treat system to a supplier of the aerospace industry for treating a mixture of aluminum and steel.
The horizontal quench solution treat system has a maximum oven operating temperature of 1200°F and work zone dimensions of 5 ft. 4 in. wide x 5 ft. 6 in. long x 5 ft 4 in. high (above the rollers).
Guaranteed temperature uniformity of ±5°F at set points of 250°F and 550°F and ±10°F at set points of 980°F and 1100°F was documented with a nine point temperature uniformity survey in an empty oven chamber under static operating conditions in accordance with AMS 2750E.
This horizontal quench system was designed to heat a 565-pound gross load, consisting of a mixture of aluminum and steel, to 1000°F operating temperature, provide a soak at temperature, and then quickly move the load into a quench tank. A powered pusher/extractor is used to load and unload the oven.
A pneumatically operated lift system lowers and raises the load for quenching. This system achieved a quench time from the time the oven door starts to open until the load is fully submerged of less than nine seconds.
“The Horizontal Quench System is a cost-saving alternative to drop bottom systems and results in a quicker ROI,” says Gary Hanson, Senior Application Engineer. “It may actually take up less total floorspace than some drop bottom systems of the same chamber volume.”
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