近日，加拿大加英爐（Can-Eng Furnaces）國際有限公司受北美某航空航天供應商的委托定制一臺直徑約11米（36英尺）的盤式轉底加熱爐。該爐將被應用于生產大型固定翼飛機的鈦基和鎳基合金閉模結構鍛件。
轉底加熱爐利用外部驅動器驅動將坯料直接輸送到加熱爐加熱區域從而實現持續作業，這是加熱多尺寸坯料的可靠方式。該加熱爐具備先進的低NOx燃燒系統，能夠滿足最嚴格的環境和溫度均勻性要求。特殊的雙門設計為客戶在現有的工廠布局中進行鍛壓操作提供了很高的靈活性。開放式的爐床構造可以進行靈活裝載和均勻加熱。該加熱爐整合了低收縮率的陶瓷纖維內襯以及特制的旋轉爐床驅動系統和密封系統，能夠在全天候持續作業條件下處理約113.5噸（25萬磅）坯料，并符合AMS2750E中的熱性能要求，預計于2017年第三季度在美國投入使用。
在此前，該公司還與韋伯金屬公司簽約，將為計劃于2017年底啟動的6萬噸級鍛壓機項目提供用于加熱鈦和合金坯料的環形加熱爐，項目總投資1.7億美元。該鍛壓機是美國最大的航空鍛壓設備，將為包括空中客車公司和波音公司在內的商用航空航天項目生產超大型鎳基及鈦基合金零件。（北方科技信息研究所 徐可）Aerospace Supplier Orders Titanium Rotary Hearth Forging Furnacehttps://www.can-eng.com/News/News-Press-Releases/aerospace-supplier-orders-titanium-rotary-hearth-forging-furnaceAerospace Supplier Orders Titanium Rotary Hearth Forging FurnaceCan-Eng Furnaces International Limited was contracted to commission a turnkey 36 ft. diameter “Pancake” style rotary hearth furnace for a leading North American based aerospace supplier. The open hearth configuration allows for flexible loading and uniform heating. The furnace will be used in the production of large fixed wing aircraft Titanium and Nickel based alloy closed-die structure forgings.
The furnace system features an advanced low NOx combustion system designed to meet the most stringent environmental and temperature uniformity requirements. Special dual-door design provides the customer with significant flexibility for forging to press manipulation within in their existing plant layout. The system is capable of processing up to 250,000 pound load capacity in a 24/7 production environment. The furnace system complies with thermal performance requirements laid out in AMS2750E, integrates a low shrinkage ceramic fiber lining, unique rotating hearth drive and sealing system. The system is scheduled to be commissioned to the United States in the third quarter of 2017.
CAN-ENG Furnaces International is a global provider and leader of state-of-the-art thermal processing systems. Headquartered in Niagara Falls, ON, Canada CAN-ENG is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. For further information please contact Can-Eng at furnaces@can-eng.com or Joe Saliba at jsaliba@can-eng.com.
CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited Contracted to Design and Manufacture a Titanium Rotary Forging Furnace for Weber metals, Inc.
https://www.can-eng.com/News/News-Press-Releases/can-eng-furnaces-international-limited-contracted-to-design-and-manufacture-a-titanium-rotary-forging-furnace-for-weber-metals-incCAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited has been contracted to design, manufacture and commission a Rotary Furnace System for the heating and hot working of titanium and alloy billets and preformed shapes for Weber metals Inc. of Paramount, California - Long Beach Facility. Weber metals is a subsidiary of Otto Fuchs KG of Meinerzhagen, Germany and an operating unit of the Otto Fuchs Aerospace Group.
This large diameter Rotary Furnace is a part of Weber metals’ 60,000 ton Press Expansion Project. The 60,000-ton press will allow Weber metals to manufacture larger and lighter forgings utilizing more advanced materials and will incorporate the latest in green technology to reduce waste, energy consumption and increase efficiency. The new facility will house the largest aerospace forging press in the Americas making some of the world’s largest monolithic forging components. CAN-ENG Furnaces International Limited is proud to be a part of this ground breaking project.
Weber metals Orders Can-Eng Rotary Furnacehttps://forgingmagazine.com/heating/weber-metals-orders-can-eng-rotary-furnaceCan-Eng Furnaces International Limited is designing a rotary hearth furnace to heat titanium and alloy billets that it will install for Weber metals Inc., Paramount, CA. The furnace installation is part of the $170-million capital investment centering on a new closed-die press that will forge extra-large nickel- and titanium-based alloy parts for commercial aerospace contracts, including Airbus and Boeing projects.
Niagara Falls, Ont.-based Can-Eng Furnaces did not detail the capacity or other design features of the furnace.
Rotary hearth furnaces are continuous operations in which charge material is conveyed directly over the furnace hearth on a turntable inside the heating chamber, powered by an external drive. They are considered to be a very reliable and sturdy way to heat multiple billet and/or bloom sizes. They are often designed as the central element of a continuous heating process, with programmable heating and automated billet handlingWeber metals is a subsidiary of Germany’s Otto Fuchs KG, producing open-die and closed-die forgings in aluminum and titanium alloys, mainly for aerospace manufacturing, like aircraft fuselage and wing structures, as well as landing gears. Presently, the plant operates four open-die presses (rated at 1,200 to 5,000 tons) and five closed-die machines (rated at 1,500 to 33,000 tons.)The 60,000-ton press is an SMS design described as “the largest aerospace forging press in the Western Hemisphere, and the largest in the world installed with private investment.” Start-up is planned for late 2017.
