Custom oven meets capacity challenge

When a blue chip aero-space manufacturer's paint and coatings plant in Bristol needed to expand capacity, it soon realised that its Carbolite ovens were not large enough to meet the increased output.

A larger paint stoving and curing oven was required that would meet the need for a strict internal performance specification and conform to the specifications of the aerospace heat treatment regime of NADCAP / AMS 2750D Class 2. Carbolite's LGP6 2700 provided a solution. It has a durable stainless steel interior with 2700L capacity and a maximum operating temperature of 600°C. Its powerful horizontal airflow offers good uniformity.

A standard LGP6 2700 oven would not fit through the workshop doors but as Carbolite ovens are built to order, design modifications can be made. Carbolite cut the oven design in half, built the modules and reassembled them so that the customer could approve the oven's performance. The oven was split into halves for delivery. Carbolite then reunited the two halves in their final working location.