TOOLMAKING & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Punching & forming technology
HTR uses the proven vacuum hardening process to refine tool components that are essential for punching and bending.
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In punching, a punching press is used to produce flat parts from a wide variety of materials, while in forming, raw parts made of metal or thermoplastics are specifically moulded into a different shape.
Vacuum hardening for stamping & forming technology
Vacuum hardening is particularly suitable for precision components with problematic contours or large cross-sectional transitions. The possibility of precise process control means that the results are also highly reproducible.
In the first step, thermocouples that actively control the process are attached to the cleaned and professionally charged components. Once optimum heating has been achieved, the ambient air is extracted. The vacuum ensures that the hardened material does not react with gases in the oven and retains its bright surface. As soon as the thermocouples give the signal for quenching, nitrogen flows into the system in a precisely defined manner and cools the components under overpressure.
The use of state-of-the-art technology, which generates a particularly high quenching pressure of 10 bar, opens up further heat treatment options for HTR.
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