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Body Moulding Oven
The Heraeus Body Moulding Oven is a custom 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.
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Drying of Water-based Coatings
New research on the application of IR dryers to water-based varnishes indicates high energy cost savings. With correct selection of the radiation source the infrared energy requirement for the drying process can be reduced by up to 50%.
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Plastic Heat Staking and Welding
For plastic parts, Infrared Welding can be a beneficial replacement for certain traditional hot-plate and vibration welding applications. The use of a controlled IR light source (heater) with accurately regulated time and temperature in a precise location allows more accurate process control on plastic assemblies.
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Medium and Shortwave IR Curing of Metals
The president of a major US-based lighting standards manufacturer knew that "the market for finished steel light standards is extremely competitive. To increase our market share we had to offer a higher-quality product. We also knew that our customers would not accept a price increase, so our only option was to increase productivity."
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IR Processing of Metal Coatings
Consumers of coated metal, wood, paper, glass, plastic and textile products are demanding attractive, long-lasting, wear-resistant surfaces. At the same time, stricter safety and environmental standards are forcing manufacturers to look at new types of finishes, e.g., water- based and powder coatings, and at different technologies to process them. Among the technologies well suited to both drying and curing the newer finishes is electric infrared (IR) process heating.
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Powder Curing
When a gas-fired curing oven for powder-coated castings couldn't keep pace with production, Whitehead Die Casting turned to Heraeus Noblelight for a more efficient solution using electric infrared instead of gas.
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Activating Adhesives on Decorative Trims
R-Tek Ltd -- supplier to the automotive industry -- chose infrared technology from Heraeus Noblelight to achieve perfect adhesion of decorative trims on the inside of motor vehicle door panels. They considered other technologies including hot air blowers, but selected carbon infrared technology for its low power consumption and high level of control.
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Drying Coating on Airbags
A Carbon infrared drying system from Heraeus Noblelight, is helping Airbags International to improve the manufacture of side impact airbags and has significantly reduced scrap levels on a coating line.
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Browning of Convenience Meals
A specially-built oven system, incorporating the latest carbon infrared technology, is helping Geest to achieve perfect browning of the toppings for a range of oven-ready meals produced at its food factory.
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Sealing Caramel-filled Chocolates
A carbon medium wave infrared system is allowing Cadbury Trebor Bassett to save energy and space in the manufacture of their famous Cadbury's Caramel product at their facility.
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Speeding Up Coating of Signs
A medium wave infrared oven from Heraeus Noblelight is helping Hawes Signs to achieve significant increases in production line speed in the powder coating of aluminium and steel panels.
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These are only a few of the case studies you'll find here. Heraeus Noblelight's infrared technology is providing effective solutions for a wide variety of applications every day.
Hereaus infrared heater technology has seen successful application in a wide variety of situations. Below are detailed case studies outlining ways in which Heraeus IR heaters have met challenges in these varied applications. Check back regularly to read new case studies.
