Schilling Forge, a 45-year-old supplier of precision forgings located in Syracuse, NY, USA, has recently increased its annealing capacity with a car-bottom furnace.
According to a LinkedIn post, Schilling Forge has announced its new investment in heat treatment with a new car bottom furnace to increase the company’s annealing capacity by 67%. Schilling Forge produces and provides forgings for a variety of industries in cutlery and medical manufacturing, including surgical, dental, orthodontic, and endoscopic.
In the forging industry, heat treatment helps forged metal parts achieve higher strength levels, wear resistance, and other beneficial properties. Heat treating is a process of using heating and cooling techniques to refine and enhance the internal properties of metal forgings.
These heating, holding, and quenching cycles change the microstructures of the forged metal component, bringing numerous performance improvements and advantages.
Heat treating increases overall strength, offers superior longevity, increases ductility for better machining capabilities, and reduces the risk of fatigue or cracking by relieving internal stresses induced during forging for metal.
Moreover, if the forging and heat-treating process can be done entirely in-house, it not only increases a manufacturer’s capacity but also eliminates the need for multiple vendors.
Car bottom furnaces are manufactured to accommodate the project requirements and specifications of each customer. The benefits of car bottom furnaces are they offer enhanced energy efficiency, excellent uniformity, resistance to thermal shock, and custom designs. In addition, it also may require low maintenance.
The new furnace is designed and manufactured by Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems, which is also one of the largest furnace builders in North America.
Engineers in Gasbarre develop car bottom furnaces with the car system, door system, insulation, circulating system, atmosphere system, and heating system to meet each customer’s specific processing requirements. They are also ideal for processing large, heavy workloads.
The Gasbarre car bottom furnace designed for Schilling Forge is electrically heated with an operating range in a work zone of 60” x 84” x 40” with a 9,000-lb load. It is electrically heated with an operating range of 1250°F to 1600°F (732°C to 871°C).
Today, many industry sectors receive benefits from the performance of heat-treated forged components, especially industries that require heavy-duty processes such as automotive, aerospace, or custom part manufacturing.
