Lucifer Furnaces Adds Capacity at Compacting Tooling for CPM High Speed Steel Heat Treating

Lucifer Furnaces delivered a dual chamber high temp furnace to Compacting Tooling Inc. (CTI), McKeesport, PA. Model HS8-181224 is a custom size designed to meet Compacting Tooling’s load requirements. Powered with 42 KW, this furnace, ideal to heat treat high speed steel, reaches 2450°F in the upper chamber and 1200° F in the lower, tempering oven. A combined 6.5” of ceramic fiber modules with mineral wood backup insulation allows for faster heating/cooling cycles. Silicon carbide heating elements operate off-the-line through an SCR power supply with a current limiting circuit which auto adjusts the voltage to elements as their resistance increases, resulting in longer element life.

Heat treating recipes can be stored in the Honeywell digital temperature controllers with a 7-day timer. High limit controllers were added for safety. CTI, an ISO 9001-2008 certified shop, is a specialized Tool & Die company manufacturing high quality tooling for the powder compaction industry. The new Lucifer furnace will be used to heat treat CPM high speed steel (Crucible Particle Metallurgy). CTI does most of their heat treating in-house for faster turnaround time of customer orders. This furnace will supplement the other Lucifer Furnaces currently in use.

LUCIFER FURNACES, INC.

2048 BUNNELL ROAD

WARRINGTON PA 18976

Tel: 215-343-0411

www.luciferfurnaces.com

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