A large international manufacturer will used two walk-in ovens to heat up molds to 220°F (105°C), with each mold weighing approximately 900 lb. The ovens, supplied by Lewco Inc., contain a custom rack with five shelves capable of handling up to five molds per batch.

A multi-lane curing conveyor oven will increase production for a United States-based parts manufacturer. Shipped by International Thermal Systems, the oven has proprietary top-down airflow to ensure uniform processing of a range of steel and plastic parts.

An electrical component manufacturing company will use a batch oven for product testing and curing coatings on electronics. The Blue M clean-room oven, shipped by Thermal Product Solutions, is designed with a maximum temperature range of 60°F (15°C) above ambient to 662°F (350°C).

Two multi-zone ovens will be used by a company in the composites industry to cure carbon fiber threads. One of the electrically heated ovens has six zones and is rated for 482°F (250°C), and the second oven has two zones and is rated for 500°F (260°C). 

Epcon developed a proprietary system for dual-laying and triple-laying wicket ovens for a repeat customer. The ovens were designed for high production efficiency and will process 720 to 750 steel drums per hour.

United Process Controls upgraded the vacuum furnace controls and automation platform for Woodward Inc., a Fort Collins, Colo.-based provider of fuel and control systems for aircraft engines. The new controls will be used to provide streamlined reporting for Nadcap compliance and integrate with the company’s enterprise-planning system.

Epcon Industrial Systems manufactured a multi-level conveyorized web-processing oven. According to the company, it is the first of its type in the world.

United Process Controls upgraded the vacuum furnace controls and automation platform for Woodward Inc., a U.S.-based provider of fuel and control systems for aircraft engines. According to the company, the controls allow streamlined reporting for Nadcap compliance as well as integration with the company’s enterprise planning system.

An industrial oven fire did not keep a manufacturing business down for long. According to a local report, AAI Power-Flo Technologies of Auburn, N.Y., was fully operational by Monday morning after the fire on Saturday.

Thermal Product Solutions shipped six Gruenberg cleanroom ovens to a company in the medical industry. The front-loaded ovens have a maximum temperature rating of 300°F (149°C). They utilize horizontal airflow, which maximizes heating rates and temperature uniformity of the product load.