The choice of furnace belts for high temperatures will boil down to mesh belts and rollers. This article covers the advantages of both.
Learn how soft magnetics work, what they can do and why they are better than conventional steel magnets.
Continuous Furnaces (also known as Continuous Belt or Conveyor Belt Furnaces) carry process parts or material through the primary heating chamber for rapid thermal processing. They are designed for fast drying products and are often a great choice for medium and high-volume part manufacturing. https://abbottfurnace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Why-Continuous-Belt-Furnaces_.mp4
Heat-treating is using rapid heating and cooling to alter the physical or chemical properties of metal or other substances. This is usually done to improve the metal’s hardness, strength, or ductility, but heat-treating can also be used to remove residual stress and increase wear resistance. Processes that rely on heat treatment include brazing, tempering, annealing, case hardening, normalizing and sintering.
An alternative method in the production of soft magnetic material is the Nautilus process – a dedicated, continuous process furnace that completes all the steps from lubricant removal through final steam treatment/curing. This process features convective heat, an appropriate delubrication temperature range of 350˚F to 1000˚F, and a separate chamber for atmospheric injection.
Learn how Abbott and ExOne have partnered to deliver high-density, repeatable results in binder jet printing and sintering 6061 aluminum and the role that our continuous furnaces, such as the Vulcan, have as an essential part of the process.https://abbottfurnace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Binder-Jetting-6061-aluminum-and-the-importance-of-Abbotts-continuous-furnace.mp4
Lubricant removal has been one of the major problems in the production of powdered metal components. But now, there has been a paradigm shift in how they are removed.
With the electrification of our world ever-growing, the application of soft magnetic components is rapidly increasing. A novel, new approach was developed to produce soft magnetics in a continuous process that is more efficient and cost-effective.
Molded pulp (molded fiber) is a versatile multi-tasker in the world of packaging materials. Manufacturers across industries use it to protect many types of products.
PANELISTS: Dustin Yetzer – Applications Engineer Brian Smith – Applications Engineer Matt Pavlock – FieldService Manager Don Schnars – Technical Services Our furnace experts answered 14 of your most burning questions about industrial furnace troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and emergency situations. This video will also teach you how to recognize problems early, accurately diagnose and troubleshoot
The configuration of equipment and engineering that goes into a furnace impact the quality of the parts coming out. Here are the basics you need to know.
Molded pulp packaging guards against breakage, vibration, and shifting. Molded from wet fibers, it has a snug, secure other options cannot match.
Learn how to produce precise & repeatable results by carefully controlling furnace atmospheres, temperatures and air flow in industrial furnaces.
There’s more than one way to prepare fibrous raw materials for use in molded pulp products. This blog takes a closer look at the processes involved.
There are different types of furnaces for different types of applications. Read this blog to gain a better understanding of the industrial furnace and components you’ll need.
Powdered metals are used for many manufacturing applications. Our guide explains what you need to know about how they’re made and put to use.
Is your furnace running smoothly? If not, this guide will help you troubleshoot any maintenance problems that may arise in your industrial furnace.
Soft magnetic composites drive electrification in many applications. Continuous process furnaces keep them cost-effective and efficient to manufacture.
FFJournal Senior Editor, Lynn Stanley authored a piece entitled “Impossible Mission Force” about Abbott’s partnership with The ExOne Co., a leading designer, and builder of binder jet 3D printing technology, and Ford Motor Co. to develop a continuous belt furnace that could successfully sinter binder jet 3D printed aluminum 6061 and demonstrate the equipment’s ability to
A furnace with special features and integrated controls to remove more lubricant, create less soot, and achieve a better sinter.
Replacing the cobalt in EV battery cathodes is one of the manufacturing challenges in which the experts at Abbott Furnace Company are involved.
AC motors are small and simple to build, so they’re a perfect test medium for energy density and lightweighting applications. Our furnaces can help.
Redesigned sintering furnaces use convection heating and controlled oxidation to boost efficiency in delubricating soft magnetic composite compacts.
While most binder jet 3D printers sold today are paired with a batch sintering furnace, ExOne found with Abbott’s assistance that Al 6061 preferred a continuous furnace — the very type that would be advantageous in high-volume production.
AIAG’s Brazing Work Group has released its new Brazing System Assessment, CQI-29. Abbott Furnace participated in the development as part of the work group.
Abbott Furnace is pleased to participate in the Automotive Industry Action Group’s (AIAG) Brazing Work Group. According to AIAG, this group has “developed a process to validate the effectiveness of brazing processes throughout the entire supply chain. This includes an assessment based on best practices that ensures quality, reliability and durability of components from Brazing
AIAG’s new brazing standard, CQI-29, highlights best practices for auto OEM suppliers.
Stephen L. Feldbauer, Ph.D. Abbott Furnace Company Introduction The traditional powder metal process, often referred to as “’press and sinter”, is constantly driven to change by an industry goal of entering new markets through substitution and the development of innovative products for new applications. Although much advancement has been made in tite area of compaction,
Abbott Furnace Company has recently designed, manufactured, and installed a 6,000 SCFH Endothermic Gas Generator (Endogas Generator) at Sintergy Inc. in Reynoldsville, PA. The design of the Abbott SP-6000 generator is a modular concept with each module producing up to 6000scfh of endothermic gas. This generator brings an innovative retort design that allows a single
Dan Reardon, Director of Sales, was recently interviewed by Kenneth Carter for a feature article on the Thermal Processing website. Following is an excerpt and link to the full article. Abbott Furnace Company is an industrial furnace manufacturer with more than 35 years of experience designing and producing some of the industry’s most reliable and high performing
