Industrial Furnace | Clam Shell Furnace or Tip Up Furnace

Clam Shell Furnaces

A Clam Shell Furnace, also known as a Tip Up Furnace, features a pivoting furnace body to allow overhead crane loading and unloading of the parts. Clam Shell Furnaces are utilized for heat-treating, calcining, curing, annealing, stress relieving, preheating, tempering, and other high temperature thermal processes.

Overview

Clam Shell Furnaces are an excellent choice for an extremely heavy load.

A Clam Shell Furnace, also known as a Tip Up Furnace, features a pivoting furnace body to allow overhead crane loading and unloading of the parts. High temperature clam shell furnaces are utilized for heat-treating, calcining, curing, annealing, stress relieving, preheating, tempering, and other high temperature thermal processes. Multiple zone heating technology can be integrated to maintain exceptional part temperature uniformity, and achieve ramp/soak heating and cooling profiles.

Materials processed include aluminum, steel, cast iron, high nickel alloys, titanium and others.

The ITS Clam Shell Tip-Up Furnace has many established design features such as heavy duty hydraulic lift systems, energy efficient insulation, fully proportional gas and electric heat, lightweight heavy duty piers and state-of-the art control packages.

Optional inert gas and high volume recirculation systems makes these versatile furnaces a great option.

Industrial Furnace | Clam Shell Furnace or Tip Up Furnace
Industrial Furnace | Clam Shell Furnace or Tip Up Furnace

Features

  • Minimizes floor space usage
  • Gas (direct and indirect) and electric versions
  • Heavy plate construction
  • Designed for overhead or front loading
  • Accepts heavy loads
  • Energy efficient ceramic fiber insulation
  • NEMA 12 Control Panel (machine-mounted)
  • Hydraulic lift system
  • Single button E-stop on control panel
  • Burner safety equipment
  • Furnace chamber and hi-limit microprocessor based temperature controllers
  • Electric version SCR controlled
  • Low mass pier system with optional hearth
  • Excellent temperature uniformity
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Specifications

  • Plate Steel shell and heavy structural frame
  • Cast Hearth and Piers or Ceramic Fiber with Alloy Piers
  • Stainless Steel and various Metal Alloys for temperature and corrosion resistance
  • High-Density energy-saving insulation

Temperature Ranges up to 3300°F

Power Source Options

  • Main Power Supplies 208 to 690 Volt AC, 50 and 60 HZ
  • Control Voltage 24 Volt DC or 120/220 Volt AC

Heat Sources

  • Electric
  • LPG
  • Natural Gas
  • Fuel Oil
  • Other Fuel Mixtures

Material Handling

Fixed Hearth

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Options

Industries

Typical Heat Processing Application(s)

  • Annealing
  • Machined Components
  • Welded or Formed Assemblies
  • Stress Relieving

Industry Applications

  • Aerospace
  • Agriculture
  • Aluminum Casting
  • Automotive
  • Forging
  • Foundry
  • Military
  • Mining
  • Recreational Vehicles
Aerospace industry

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