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Reduced costs and increased productivity in tube mills

REDUCED COSTS AND INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY IN TUBE MILLS Four times longer service life and improved quality. By utilizing furnace rollers made from Kanthal® APMT, an iron-chromium-aluminum (FeCrAl) alloy, roller hearth furnace owners can boost productivity, reduce maintenance costs, improve

Kanthal joins collaborative research project into the electrification of steel production

By bringing together research institutes and leading companies within the steel industry, the ELROS project aims to find optimal ways of using electric heating in steel production. As one of the project’s participants Kanthal will be contributing with its technological solutions and expertise.

Temperature precision in an aeronautic casting plant

TEMPERATURE PRECISION IN AN AERONAUTIC CASTING PLANT These elements have made it possible to operate virtually without any unscheduled stoppages. The French company Snecma Moteurs is part of the Snecma aerospace propulsion and equipment group, which specializes, among other things, in the

Heat treatment in gas fired furnaces

HEAT TREATMENT IN GAS FIRED FURNACES The Kanthal® APM tubes have much longer lifetime than our previous system. Gearbox del Prat, situated in Barcelona, Spain is the central manufacturing unit of gearboxes to Seat, with a daily production of some 3000 gearboxes. THE CHALLENGE The heat treatment

Reliability in heat treatment plant

RELIABILITY IN HEAT TREATMENT PLANT Maintenance of the furnace heating system has now been eliminated completely. Hughes Christensen Company is internationally recog­nized as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of rock cutting drill bits. The plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, specializes

Production Increase with heater for plastic pipes

PRODUCTION INCREASE WITH HEATER FOR PLASTIC PIPES Production increase of 50% Uponor AB situated in the middle of Sweden, is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of plastic pipes and plastic coated steel pipes for the building industry. The company has some 450 employees and is marketing their

Substantial improvement in furnace reliability

SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACE RELIABILITY The lifetime of all individual tubes was recorded. Reliable production with no unscheduled shutdowns is a particularly vital production requirement for the automotive industry. THE CHALLENGE At the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, where the heat

Kanthal announces temporary price increase

ON NOVEMBER 23 KANTHAL ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY 3% PRICE SURCHARGE, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2021, ON PRODUCTS RELATED TO ITS HEATING SYSTEMS BUSINESS. This measure is a result of higher costs specifically related to transportation, packaging, energy and raw materials that include fluctuating