A Russian Automotive Parts Manufacturing Company Purchases a Bogie Hardening Furnace

The Russian auto components manufacturing industry has always played an important role in the global manufacturing arena. Recently, a well-known auto parts manufacturing company located in Russia decided to introduce an efficient and reliable bogie hardening furnace through Brother Furnace to enhance its heat treatment capacity.

This decision not only marks the further improvement of its production process but also adds a new success story to the application of Brother Furnace's trolley-type quenching furnace in the international market.

Founded in the 1990s, this Russian auto parts manufacturing company has become a significant supplier of auto parts in Russia. Its product line ranges from engine parts to body parts, covering almost all core components required for vehicle production. In an increasingly competitive global environment, the company not only maintains strong competitiveness in the domestic market but is also expanding its presence in the international market.

To cope with the ever-increasing demands of its customers for higher product quality, the company is aware of the need to optimize its heat treatment processes. The quenching process, as a key link in heat treatment, has a direct impact on the strength, hardness, and wear resistance of products. Conventional heat treatment equipment was no longer able to meet its growing production needs in terms of efficiency and precision.

As a result, the company decided to look for a quenching machine that could combine efficiency, precision, and reliability to ensure that every part it produces meets or exceeds international standards. In the end, the company chose a bogie hardening furnace from Brother Furnace.

What is Hardening?

Hardening is a key step in the heat treatment process that aims to achieve the desired hardness, strength, and wear resistance of a metal material through rapid cooling. The quenching process plays a decisive role in the final properties of the material during metal processing and component manufacturing.

The basic principle of quenching is the formation of a homogeneous austenitic organization within the metal by heating the metal above the austenitizing temperature, followed by rapid cooling to room or low temperature. By this rapid cooling, the austenite is transformed into martensite or other hard tissue, which significantly increases the hardness and strength of the metal.

The rate of cooling during the hardening process is a key factor in determining the properties of the final metal. If the cooling rate is too slow, pearlite or bainite may form inside the metal, which will lead to a reduction in hardness; while too fast a cooling rate may trigger excessive stress, leading to deformation or even cracking of the workpiece. Therefore, it is important to control the cooling rate during the quenching process.

Steps for Hardening

Preheating: Before formal heating, the workpieces need to be preheated to reduce the temperature gradient and avoid thermal stresses caused by uneven heating of the workpieces. The preheating temperature is usually between 500°C and 650°C.

Heating to austenitizing temperature: the workpieces are heated above the austenitizing temperature, usually between 800°C and 900°C. This stage is necessary to ensure that the metal is austenitic and that it is not subjected to thermal stresses. This stage is needed to ensure that the austenitic organization of the metal is sufficiently formed to guarantee the properties of the metal after hardening.

Quenching: The workpieces are cooled rapidly in a suitable quenching medium in order to form the desired hard tissue. The rate and manner of cooling varies depending on the material and size of the workpiece.

Tempering: After hardening, the workpieces usually become very brittle and need to be tempered to improve toughness. Tempering temperatures generally range from 150°C to 650°C, depending on the material and requirements. Tempering also reduces internal stresses and prevents deformation or fracture of the workpiece during use.

Why Choose Brother Furnace's Bogie Hardening Furnace?

After comprehensively considering several internationally renowned industrial furnace manufacturers, the company finally chose the bogie-type hardening furnace made by Brother Furnace.

Behind this choice, in addition to the rich experience accumulated by Brother Furnace in the field of quenching furnace manufacturing over the years, there are also unique advantages in the technical details of the product.

High performance and stability: Bogie hardening furnaces are equipped with an advanced temperature control system that enables rapid temperature rise and fall in a short period, thus ensuring high efficiency in the hardening process. In addition, the temperature uniformity inside the furnace is greatly optimized, allowing each workpiece to be treated under the same conditions, ensuring consistent product quality.

Modular design: For parts of different specifications and sizes, the bogie-type quenching furnace adopts a modular design. Customers can flexibly configure the equipment according to their actual needs, thus maximizing the use of production space and improving production efficiency.

Customer Feedback: The Actual Effect is Excellent

Since the company introduced the trolley-type quenching furnace, its production efficiency has been significantly improved.

According to the company's production manager's feedback, since the equipment was put into use, the quenching treatment time of parts on the production line has been shortened by about 20%, and the product qualification rate has been increased by 10%. This has not only helped them better meet customers' order demands but also further enhanced the company's competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.

It is worth mentioning that the after-sales service team of Brother Furnace has also been highly evaluated by customers. From the installation and commissioning of the equipment to the daily maintenance, Brother Furnace provides a full range of technical support to ensure that customers have no worries about the use of the process.

Brother Furnace: Your Best Partner

The success of this cooperation not only brought real production benefits to the Russian auto parts manufacturing company but also proved once again the leading position of Brother Furnace in the field of industrial furnace manufacturing.

Through this cooperation, Brother Furnace has not only strengthened its presence in the Russian market but also laid a solid foundation for future expansion in the global market.

As a professional manufacturer of bogie hearth furnaces, Brother Furnace always insists on taking customers' needs as guidance, and constantly innovates to improve the performance of its products. Whether it is in the design and manufacture of equipment, or in the after-sales service, Brother Furnace strives to do the best and strives to provide the best quality solutions for each customer.

In the future, Brother Furnace will continue to be committed to providing customers around the world with highly efficient and environmentally friendly heat treatment equipment, to help more enterprises improve production efficiency and achieve sustainable development.

If you are also looking for a bogie hardening furnace that can help your business development, welcome to contact us.

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