Electric salt bath furnaces are quite better than the conventional furnaces in so many ways. It conserves energy and provides a wider surface area for better heat dissipation and is much more effective. Electric salt bath furnaces are used in several processes including Hardening, Carbonitriding, Cyaniding, Nitriding and Hardening of many steel parts in the manufacture of many metallic products.
Salt bath furnaces can be electrical types, gas or oil fired types depending on the requirements for usage. The Salt bath furnaces offer quick and high uniformity heating and high uniform processing result. Operator safety standard should be taken into consideration when procuring electric salt bath furnaces. These safety standards include prevention of environmental hazards as well as effective sludge removal system. Apart from the safety regulations that should be followed while using electric bath furnaces, four main factors determine the effectiveness of the furnaces.
First and foremost uniformity of bath temperature is essential. The heating of the bath internally can be achieved by using immersion electrodes or heaters or gas fired immersion tubes. Light duty equipments can be heated by the direction of force heated air or water to the external part of the equipment pot. Secondly, the agitating the salt bath furnace cylinder is required to control and remove heat fast from the medium. This can be achieved by using variable speed or constant speed agitation propeller which makes way for uniform heat flow within the electric salt bath furnace. Control cooling elements are attached to the internal elements of the salt bath furnaces for quick and easy cooling of both materials and the furnace.
Automatic dumping and filtering processes in the electric salt bath furnaces can ensure a permanent hardness, physical properties as well as the removal of foreign contaminants from the furnace. A filter basket (scoop shaped) is usually attached to a driving cylinder which is mounted on the electric salt bath furnace. An automated Chloride removal is also attached to the furnace so also the whole process can be electrofitted once again to restart the processing over and over again.
The quenching isothermally the heavier sections of appliances in the salt bath furnaces, it can be cooled off by increasing the amount of water injected into it. When water is pumped into the nitrate salt in the furnace, the vapor produced from the salt bath will enter the furnace and give a better cooling rate .The frequency and length of time the water is supplied into the furnace can be regulated by automatic and manual systems. Isothermal cooling system furnaces is very good in heat and cooling control. This will ensure an excellent product with very perfect features including high strength and durability.