EoW March 2010

technology news

Agibi Progetti states that its new family of horizontal chamber furnaces for spring tempering allows energy saving with environmental compliance. The Progetti patented No Smoke System totally eliminates fumes (they are converted into harmless air components) and does not need a chimney, even with very oiled springs. The system is also said to be very lowmaintenance. An automatic four-station basket loading system facilitates running the line overnight, when power costs are reduced. The insulating material used for the furnace coating, developed by NASA researchers, maintains the temperature of the external panels at under 40°C and so saves energy. The inside ventilation conveyor system maintains even distribution of the inside temperature, even when loading the furnaces with four to eight baskets. Temperature control is by high-accuracy microprocessors and by controlling the motors through frequency converters for adjusting the speed to the production requirements. The tempering process is a key issue for spring manufacturing costs, but is also an ecological matter relating to air pollution. For this reason the No Smoke System is used in all spring tempering furnaces produced by Agibi Progetti. Agibi Progetti Srl – Italy Fax : +39 045 9230408 New furnace technology Ebner has received an order from United Wire Factories Co, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a Hicon®N2 bell annealer facility. The scope of supply includes two Hicon N2 workbases, two heating bells, two cooling bells, a control centre and ancillary equipment. The facility will be used to recrystallise bailing wire in a nitrogen process atmosphere and is scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2011. Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH – Austria Bell annealer Email : info@agibiprogetti.it Website : www.agibiprogetti.it

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