Method for the heat treatment of castings using an air quench and system for implementing the method
AssigneeMontupet S.A.
InventorPhilippe Meyer
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Abstract
The invention relates according to a first aspect to a method for the heat treatment of a batch of castings, in which an air quench is applied to the castings of the batch that are arranged in a single layer. The invention also extends to a system for the heat treatment of a batch of castings that includes a ventilation system in order to cause a flow of cooling air, characterized in that it includes means for placing the castings of the batch in a single layer and means for bringing the single layer of castings beneath the ventilation system so as to apply an air quench to the single layer comprising the castings of the batch.
Claims12
A method for heat treatment of a batch of castings, comprising a solution heat treatment operation performed in an oven loaded with the parts of the batch positioned on several layers superposed onto each other, wherein, following extraction of the parts from the solution heat treatment oven, the parts are maneuvered in order to form a single layer of parts comprising the parts of the batch, the single layer of parts is brought in a quenching unit having a ventilation system in order to achieve an air quenching operation applied to the parts of the batch arranged in the single layer.
A system for heat treatment of a batch of castings comprising an oven configured so as to be loaded with the parts of the batch positioned on several layers superposed onto each other, and a quenching unit having a ventilation system in order to cause a cooling air flow, characterized in that it further includes means for extracting the parts from the oven, means for positioning the extracted parts in a single layer, and means for bringing the single layer of parts in the quenching unit so as to apply air quenching to the parts of the batch positioned in a single layer.
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