20th International Forgemasters Meeting - IFM 2017

There are three important points in heat treatment: agitation – agitation – agitation ! However, the speed in handling plays an important role in such a plant as well. The necessity to change the product range and sometimes also the layout of a plant some times, generated an idea of a movable tank in a self supporting structure with an integrated handling system to quench the material in less time. Reproducibility as well as speed in quenching are decisive factors of a modern plant. Inourdays Nowadays a lot of factories are required to deliver products with a constant and equal quenching pattern in order to keep the quality level high and stable. Aerospace industries require small thresholds and permanent documentation of all the important parameters during the process of heat treatment. This paper gives an overview of most modern plants in operation as well as some detail results compared to simulations done prior to the engineering of the plant.