The refurbishment will take place in the Can-Eng Niagara Falls shops and will consist of a complete refractory re-line, new combustion, new control panel, and Level II automation system plus an added external cooling conveyor. The furnace shell, hearth and return rolls as well as the ACI HT cast link belt itself will be refurbished to near new condition.
The system will employ a furnace charging robot. The entire operation will be completely automated with Can-Eng’s PETTM (Process Enhancement Technology) from the furnace charging robot pick position complete through the heat treatment process.
The furnace line will go back into operation in Q1 of 2021 in the United States for normalizing of alloyed automotive forgings.
_{(Source: Can-Eng Furnaces International Ltd.)}