Modernizing a Classic Design: High-Speed Curing Through Strategic Partnerships

In thermal processing, modernizing a legacy system often requires a mix of expert airflow design and modern material handling.

When a dormant product line needed to be brought back to life to meet today’s high-speed packaging demands, ITS stepped up to rethink what was possible.

The Challenge: Processing 100+ Sheets Per Minute

Making tin food cans requires applying a protective inner coating to flat metal sheets, which are then carried through a “wicket oven” on large metal fins to cure.

To hit modern production goals, the customer needed a system that could process these sheets at an extreme speed: over 100 sheets per minute. This required two things working in total harmony:

1. Precise Airflow to cure the coating evenly without disturbing the fast-moving sheets.
2. Ultra-Fast Conveyance to load sheets rapidly without jamming.

The Solution: Combining Airflow Expertise with Top Conveyance

Instead of trying to build every component from scratch, ITS partnered directly with an industry leader in industrial conveyance. The division of labor was clear and efficient:

• ITS engineered the oven’s airflow, heat distribution, and temperature controls.
• The Partner provided high-speed, heavy-duty sheet handling hardware.

By combining ITS’s heating background with top-tier material handling, the team delivered a fully modernized Wicket Oven.

The Impact & Results

• Unmatched Speed: Delivered a modern system capable of seamless curing at 100+ sheets per minute.
• Best-of-Both-Worlds Performance: Gave the customer top-grade thermal processing and top-grade conveyance in one turnkey package.
• Smarter Engineering: Revived a classic machine design using collaborative, modern technology.

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