Automatic machinery for induction hardening and tempering of steering-rack input shafts
Technical requirements
Complete heat treatment of input shafts, in full automatic and unattended cycle:
– induction hardening and tempering
– crack-control on 100% of the pieces
– output : 240 pcs/h
– full control of process parameters and monitoring of production quality data
– changeover time approx. 15 min
Easy to pre-set
Automatic loading/unloading
Hardening and stress-relief
Precision tooling
User’s friendly software
Indexed rotary table
input shaft
High-efficiency energy transfer
Accurate design of inductors
Unattended operation
Integrated In-process control
Extended piece-magazine autonomy
Product details
Input shafts with max lenghts up to 350 mm and diameter up to 30 mm.
Machinery
- 12-position indexed table machinery for hardening and tempering
- piece loading/unloading via robot
- automatic mechanical setup
- vertical scanner process
- stress-relif in single-shot operation via independent generator
- crack-detection station
- three independent automatic stores, with capability of 100 pieces each
- loading/unloading storage featuring machine autonomy up to 60 min
- three independent automatic stores, with capability of 100 pieces each
- automatic alarm system for restarting production