CEC Sells a Side Loaded Furnace to Power Generation Equipment Manufacturer
Kennesaw, GA (October 14, 2008) - A major international manufacturer of power generation and rail transport equipment has contracted with Consolidated Engineering Company (CEC) to design and manufacture a side-loaded high/low temperature furnace for their manufacturing facility in China. The project requirements called for equipment that could handle a very narrow range of acceptable thermal uniformity, a rapid heat up of the empty chamber from ambient to 1200°F within six hours, heat-up of 10 Tons of steel tubes within thirty minutes and the processing of multiple different lengths of steel tubes with varying time frames.
CEC proposed the side-loaded high/low temperature furnace with loader to meet these needs and additionally included regenerative burners that use 50% less natural gas to heat the loads, thereby saving substantially on energy costs. This new furnace will be able to heat treat the steel tubes in 30 minutes, a significant productivity increase from the predecessor unit. The design incorporates three doors along one side. Each door is approximately 7.5 m long. The doors can be opened as one 7.5 M door for a single shorter load, as two doors at 15 m for longer loads, or as all three doors at 23.5 M long for loads up to 23 m long.
The steel tubes are loaded through the side opening door(s) by an automated mechanism that is segmented and integrated with the three doors. The unloading is accomplished similarly. Loads are supported on rugged refractory piers. The unique regenerative burners fire over and under the loads to create a very uniform heated chamber. CEC performed Computational fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies on the various loads at various temperatures. The combination of regenerative burner firing, burner location, and pressure control ensures the exceptionally uniform and rapid heating characteristics of the furnace. CEC won this contract over international competition because of CEC technology, worldwide business model and effective operations throughput China. CEC maintains a Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (WOFE) status in Shanghai, China.
About CEC
For 50 years CEC has been building its reputation as a world leader in quality heat processing technology. Over the years CEC has experienced phenomenal growth with over 3,400 installations worldwide, of which 75% are from repeat customers. With a comprehensive background in innovative heat processing technologies, and 110 U.S. and foreign patents, CEC can help turn any heat processing challenge around by lowering labor costs through increased automation, efficient process control and reduced energy consumption, while maintaining consistent product quality.
For more information about CEC, visit www.cec-intl.com.
Contact: Heather Reinhart
Consolidated Engineering Company
770-422-5100
Fax 770.422.6968heatherr@cec-intl.com
www.cec-intl.com
