A quick overview of Applied Heat Technologies - Industrial furnace enquipment, fluidised bed furnaces supplier Melbourne Australia
Applied Heat Technologies Pty Ltd. designs, manufactures and supplies industrial furnace equipment, with specialisation in fluid bed furnaces.
Fluidised beds are used in a range of industries where metal heat treatment is required. Typical industries include non ferrous extrusion tooling, general toolmaking, commercial heat treatment, mining, gear manufacturing, automotive, universities, and research.
AHT personnel have experience with more than 480 installations in over twenty countries worldwide. AHT has the world’s best team of experts in fluidised bed technology, with extensive experience designing, building, commissioning and servicing fluidised bed furnaces.
AHT is one of the very few companies in the world able to provide comprehensive process and technical knowledge of fluidised bed furnace systems.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Applied Heat Technologies Pty Ltd serves a diverse range of customers, both nationally and internationally.
Benefits
Fluidised Bed Furnaces for the heat treatment of Metals
Used for the following processes
- Hardening
- Tempering
- Annealing
- Solution treatment and ageing
- Carburising and carbonitriding
- Nitriding and nitrocarburising
- Hard surface coating
- Diffusion bonding
Fluidised beds offer the following advantages...
- Low operating costs
- Low energy costs
- Low capital costs
- Simplicity of operation
- Ease & speed of maintenance
- Elimination of effluent problems
- Safety in operation
- Ease of operation
- Flexibility of operation
- Rapid and uniform heating
- Rapid atmosphere change
- Rapid carburising
What are the alternatives to Fluidised Bed Furnaces?
The heat treatment of metals can be carried out in the following alternative types of equipment...
- Fluidised beds
Heat transfer by radiation convection and some
conduction
- Protective Gas Atmospheres
Heat transfer essentially by radiation with minor
convection
- Salt Baths
Heat transfer by conduction and convection
- Vacuum
Heat transfer by radiation
- Forced Air Circulation
Heat transfer by convection
Each have advantages and disadvantages.
Fluidised beds from Applied Heat Technologies
The beds designed by Applied Heat Technologies are based on over 40 years experience in the design and application of fluidised beds to metal processing.
The equipment design is based on user feedback and incorporates ease of use and the latest control techniques to satisfy aerospace and international quality standards.
The equipment is designed to optimise energy and atmosphere use.
The equipment design is backed by process knowledge and therefore a total package is offered to the purchaser of the equipment.
Unique Design Features
Hot Zone
Retort and exhaust design
- Alternative retort materials to provide optimum life
cycle cost relationship. – reduced operating costs.
- Improved sealing and lid design – improved operating
envirionment.
- Ease of retort replacement – reduced downtime –
reduced costs
- Ease of element replacement reduced downtime –
reduced costs
- Exhaust System – cleaning and media recovery
- Improved
operating environment and reduced loss of media
Control System
Fluidisation and Atmosphere Gas control
- PLC –SCADA interface on semi and automatic systems – ease of operation and improved temperature
uniformity
- Control loop on all atmosphere gases – accurate
control improved processing QC monitoring
- Minimum atmosphere gas usage on surface treatment
processes on semi and automatic systems – reduced
operating costs
Total Service
- Instruction and installation manuals simple and easy to use.
- Project progress updates during manufacture
- Processing recommendations for optimum performance of equipment
- Technical advice on all processes performed in fluidised bed equipment
- Equipment performance feedback and analysis
- Turn key installations when required
The Applied Heat Advantage
- Rapid and uniform heating compared with vacuum and
protective atmosphere furnace.
- Lowest operating costs due to latest design innovations
- Low energy usage
- Low capital cost
- No idling costs
- Pollution free – no effluent
- Flexibility – all processes in one furnace
- Safety in operation
- Ease of operation
Applied Heat Technologies Package
- Latest design innovations
- Latest process technology
- Project control
- Installation and process training
- Service and spares
- Continuing service and new developments through
interaction with customers.
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