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Case Study - Body Mouldings

From Heraeus Noblelight, Inc.
 

 

Body Moulding Oven Drying of Water-based Coatings Plastic Heat Staking and Welding Medium and Shortwave IR Curing of Metals IR Processing of Metal Coatings Powder Curing Semiconductors

The Heraeus Body Moulding Oven is a bespoke system for pre-heating rubber mouldings prior to their being fixed to the vehicle. Mouldings are stored 'cold' in racks by the side of the oven and can be heated individually or in sets to 35- 45°C in just 6 to 8 seconds. Designed to meet specific customer needs, they have already been successfully installed in many leading vehicle manufacturing plants throughout the world.

Heraeus body moulding ovens use short wave heaters which come up to temperature immediately. Not only are they fast, typically taking only 6-8 seconds to preheat a moulding, they are energy efficient. Based on an average throughput of 60 vehicles per hour, the oven will only be operational for 6 minutes.

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