QUALITY AND TRUST COME TOGETHER IN THE HEAT TREATMENT INDUSTRY!
Heat treatment is the entirety of controlled heating and cooling processes used to improve the mechanical properties (hardness, toughness, flexibility) of metals and other materials, reduce internal stresses, and increase corrosion resistance. These processes are vital to many industries, from automotive and aerospace to defense and cutting tool production. However, the success of heat treatment operations requiring high precision is directly related to the quality of the auxiliary equipment used. This is where the products manufactured by Maksimum Makina come into play, increasing process reliability and efficiency.
It is a leading company specializing in industrial drying and air and gas systems. The use of dry and clean air/living gas is essential in heat treatment plants, particularly in furnaces and atmospheric control systems.
Main Products Used in Heat Treatment Processes:
- Adsorption Type Dryers (Molecular Sieve Dryers)
- Why is it important? Moisture in gases can cause undesirable oxidation (scale formation), carbon loss, and heat treatment lines on the workpiece surface during heat treatment. Adsorption dryers effectively remove this moisture, ensuring the surface quality and metallurgical integrity of the part.
- Why does it matter:Moisture in gases can cause undesirable oxidation (scale formation), carbon loss, and heat treatment lines on the workpiece surface during heat treatment. Adsorption dryers effectively remove this moisture, ensuring the surface quality and metallurgical integrity of the part.
- Solutions Found at Maksimum Makina:High-capacity, regeneration (heated or non-heated) adsorption dryers suitable for heat treatment processes.
- Compressed Air Dryers (Refrigerated Type Dryers)
- Purpose of use: Drying the facility-wide compressed air network.
- Why does it matter: In heat treatment plants, compressed air is used to operate pneumatic valves, actuators, furnace door seals, and measuring instruments. Humid compressed air causes corrosion, blockages, and malfunctions in this equipment, leading to unplanned downtime. Refrigerated dryers protect the system by lowering the dew point of the compressed air to +3°C or +10°C.
- Solutions Found at Maximum: Standard and high efficiency (cycle) refrigerated dryers, compact dryers for compressed air systems.
- Air/Life Gas Filters
- Purpose of use: Retaining solid particles (dust, oil vapor, adsorbent dust) in the dried gas and air.
- Why does it matter: An uncleaned gas can carry particles into the furnace, staining the workpiece or damaging sensitive control valves. High efficiency filters ensure the purity of the gas and the cleanliness of the process.
- Solutions Available at maxdryer.com: Filter solutions with different pore sizes and capacities, such as particle filters, activated carbon filters, sterile filters.
- Nitrogen Generator and Gas Treatment Systems
- Purpose of use: On-site production of nitrogen or hydrogen gas required for some heat treatment applications and to improve the purity of the available gas. Nitrogen is often used as a protective atmosphere gas in metal heat treatment processes (e.g. bright annealing, carburizing). It prevents surface oxidation by breaking contact with oxygen and ensures better quality results.
- Why does it matter: Outsourcing gas cylinders/liquid tanks can be costly. Using an on-site gas generator provides significant savings in the long term and eliminates the risk of supply continuity. Products are also used to dry and filter the gas from nitrogen generators.
- Solutions Found in Maksimum Makina: PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) type nitrogen generators and drying units integrated to these systems.
Key Components for Flawless Quality
Heat treatment is a critical manufacturing step that gives a material its final properties. The slightest contamination or moisture contamination in this process can lead to irreversible and costly errors. For this reason, the quality of the gas and air systems feeding the heat treatment furnaces is as vital as the furnaces themselves.
Maksimum Makine offers high-quality dryers, filters, and gas preparation systems in the heat treatment industry, providing solutions that increase process reliability, ensure energy efficiency, ensure product quality, and reduce maintenance costs. Selecting the right drying and filtration equipment is one of the cornerstones of a heat treatment facility's ability to achieve operational excellence.
BENEFITS OF POTENTIAL PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED IN THE HEAT TREATMENT INDUSTRY
- Nitrogen Generator: Nitrogen is often used as a protective atmosphere gas in metal heat treatment processes (e.g. bright annealing, carburizing). It prevents surface oxidation by breaking contact with oxygen and ensures better quality results.
- Oxygen Generator Some heat treatment or furnace applications may require the use of oxygen.
- Compressed Air Dryer (Promax): By dehumidifying the compressed air used in industrial plants, it prevents corrosion of equipment (furnaces, valves, etc.) and improves process quality.
- Desiccant Air Dryer/Active Carbon Tower: It helps to remove moisture and oil vapor from the compressed air system, which is important for sensitive heat treatment equipment.
- Filters (High Pressure Filters, MF Filters, etc.): It removes particles, oil and contaminants from compressed air, protecting equipment and keeping the process clean.
- Chiller Cooling Systems: It can be used for temperature control and cooling of heat treatment furnaces, generators or other industrial equipment.
Nitrogen Generators, Compressed Air Dryers and Filters in particular are critical to support the efficient and accurate operation of heat treatment furnaces and processes.
