February 2024 Volume 6

INDUSTRY NEWS

Onex Awarded Two Box Forge Furnace Contract New Equipment for U.S. Specialty Metal Supplier

Onex, Inc., a leading Pennsylvania manufacturer supporting the forging, heat treating, die casting, non-ferrous foundries, and graphitizing industries, was recently awarded a purchase order for the supply of multiple box forge reheat furnaces for a major supplier of specialty metal parts located in the southeast United States. A reheat furnace is mainly used for heating product before forging. A box forge furnace is used to heat metals up to 2300F before the metal is put in a press and is selected due to the customer's part handling abilities. In a box-type furnace, having high-velocity burners help to provide maximum circulation which aids in heat distribution and

product temperature uniformity. Typically, a box furnace features a vertical lift allowing the various sized product(s) to be placed in the furnace. That style of door opens/closes quickly and has a proper sealing through refractory selection which reduces the amount of heat loss during operation. Due to the large size and precise nature of the end products specifications needed, the U.S. client selected an Onex box type furnace due to Onex’s history of designing and building reliable, high performance forge furnaces.

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