Despatch, an industrial oven manufacturer based in Minneapolis, is celebrating 120 years in business. The anniversary coincides with another significant milestone: the sale of 200,000 units. Over the past 120 years, Despatch has evolved from selling streetcar heaters and bread baking ovens into a supplier of ovens used in electronics, semiconductor and medical device manufacturing.

Thermal Product Solutions LLC (TPS), a provider of thermal-processing products and testing solutions, acquired Redline Chambers. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Redline Chambers manufactures vacuum chambers and systems for the aerospace, defense, energy, electronics and medical industries. 

The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) will offer its Combustion Seminar and Safety Standards and Codes Seminar October 3-4 in Indianapolis, Ind.

A custom industrial oven designed and manufactured for a company in the nuclear supply industry will be used for multiple applications. Lewco Inc. designed and manufactured the electrically heated, top-load oven, which has a maximum temperature of 900°F (482°C).

A manufacturer in the energy industry will utilize a top-load oven to dry moisture from large electrical components. A pneumatically operated vertically hinged door allows for top loading and unloading of parts.

Continuous process ovens (or conveyor ovens) are batch ovens that repetitively operate with a specific product traveling through them. The conveyor belt moving through the oven has a job to do and keeps on doing that job until the product is complete.

Industrial ovens cover the gamut of configurations, heating methods and manufacturing processes. With so many suppliers offering a range of designs, how do you know where to start? Use our online Equipment Overview to identify prospective suppliers for your next oven buying project.

A fire in a large industrial oven at a door manufacturing plant in Redmond, Ore., caused an estimated $325,000 in damage, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. No one was injured.

A fastener manufacturer will use a drawer oven to flash cure paint on nuts. Flash curing — heating parts at a relatively low oven temperature until they are no longer tacky but not fully cured — allows for subsequent layers of paint applications to continue building thickness.

A steel container company will use an industrial oven with a maximum temperature of 500°F (260°C) to cure the paint on the outside of steel drums.