Metallurgical Processes: Neutral Hardening, Carburizing, Carbonitriding, Ferritic Nitrocarburizing, Carbo Austempering, Annealing, Isothermal Annealing, Spheroidize Annealing, Normalizing, Stress Relieving

Types Of Products: Transmission & Axle Components, Drivetrain Components, Shafts, Fasteners, Stampings, Castings, Forgings and Engine Components

AFC-Holcroft is the acknowledged leader in pusher furnace technology. Every AFC-Holcroft pusher furnace incorporates many unique and innovative features that were not only pioneered by AFC-Holcroft but are found exclusively on AFC-Holcroft equipment. Our pusher furnace design features are often imitated, but never duplicated.

AFC-Holcroft designs and builds pusher furnace systems that are recognized in the industry for ease of maintenance and up-time reliability. The many outstanding design and construction features of AFC-Holcroft furnaces add up to an exceptionally high degree of operating efficiency, coupled with precise control over the entire heat treat process. As a result, you’ll benefit from a consistently high standard of quality at maximum production rates and economy.

AFC-Holcroft pusher furnaces are custom-designed to meet your precise needs using our proven standard building-block components and modular concepts to provide equipment to meet your specific requirements.

AFC-Holcroft pusher furnace designs range from single to six row designs for high production volumes. Depending on the amount of process control desired, furnace chambers may be combined into a single unit or separated into a multi-chamber design to provide for independent and isolated chambers for maximum control over temperature and atmosphere.

Cold Chamber – High Pressure Gas Quenching

• “Cold Chamber” gas quenching technology is not reserved for vacuum treatment systems. High Pressure Gas Quenching is also compatible with atmosphere treatment systems.
• Quench pressure range of 10 - 20 bar Nitrogen.
• Available new or as a retrofit to your existing atmosphere pusher system.
• Delivers clean parts without post-washing.
• Reversed gas flow option is available to further reduce distortion and improve uniformity.
• Dual oil & high pressure gas quench.

Flexible heat treat systems

• Manageability from a single point.
• Ability to handle variable production rates and simultaneously process large numbers of different parts.
• Simultaneously perform various metallurgical operations.
  Provide consistent quality and productivity.
• Total data monitoring, controlling, acquisition, and tracking capability.
• Modular design for flexibility and ease of maintenance.
• Optimal investment.

Flexi-Quench Systems

• High pressure gas quench
• Hot or cold oil quench
• Austemper molten salt quench
• Intensive water quench
• Water, polymer, or caustic quench
• Multiple quench systems can be provided on a single pusher furnace for increased processing flexibility.

The following product literature is currently available:

Pusher Furnace Brochure

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