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Batteriestahl
HICON JOURNAL 2024-02-EN

GREENCAL

Innovative continuous annealing lines
for battery production.

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EBNER Heiztechnologie
HICON JOURNAL 2024-02-EN

A green milestone.

A milestone along the path to a sustainable aluminum industry has been passed by implementing state-of-the-art
EBNER technology.

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Pacific Precision Forging Line 2
HICON JOURNAL 2024-02-EN

Proven success.

EBNER.blog | Oliver Jansen, Gautschi | Rainer Edtmeier, HPI Proven Success. PPF expands its casting capacity with HPI and Gautschi equipment. Jiangsu Pacific Precision Forging Co., Ltd., headquartered in Jiangsu Province, China, is a leading company in the metal processing industry that specializes in precise hot forging techniques. Since its founding, the company has earned an excellent reputation through its commitment to the highest quality standards and innovative technological solutions.

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Logan Stoßofen
HICON JOURNAL 2024-02-EN

Furnace modernization.

Logan Aluminum has installed three EBNER pusher furnaces over the years, some of which have been running since the early 90s.

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Haubenofenanlage Aurubis
HICON JOURNAL 2024-02-EN

A new era of heat treatment.

Aurubis Stolberg, a leading manufacturer of high-precision copper and copper alloy strip and rod, has modernized its production with a new HICON® bell annealer facility. With this facility, which went into operation in February 2024, the company has taken an important step forward in implementing its decarbonization strategy.

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Schutzgas-Rollenglühofen
HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

STC Heat Treatment Furnaces

A protective atmosphere roller type short cycle annealing furnace, generally referred to as an STC furnace, is primarily used to bright anneal products such as bar, wire, and copper pipe, improving the uniformity of their structures and enhancing their ability to undergo mechanical processing.

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HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

A great Honor

David Hazelett receives the Boultinghouse award. The Boultinghouse award is the highest award given by the North American aluminum industry.

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GNA
HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

New GNA Management

GNA alutech inc.: celebrating 40 years of excellence in the aluminum industry as a supplier of equipment and technology.

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Header Firmengebäude HPI
HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

New Dimensions

With the opening of the new HyForge casting facility at their aluminum recycling plant in Rackwitz, Germany, Hydro Aluminium has passed another milestone. This forty million Euro investment is in response to the automotive industry’s effort to decarbonize, and increases Hydro’s capacity for recycled aluminum scrap.

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Stefan Pelech
EBNER GROUP

New Management at Gautschi

In February of this year, Stefan Pelech took over operational management of Gautschi Engineering GmbH. Together with Udo Weilerscheidt, who is responsible for the financial side of the business, he is leading the company into the future.

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Rollenherdofen Valbruna
HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

Continuing a successful partnership

In October 2022, Acciaierie Valbruna S.p.A. placed an order with EBNER Thermal Solutions S.r.l. for delivery of a new heat treatment facility for their Vicenza works. Only eleven months later, the facility went into operation.

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Glühtechnologie für Walz- und Ziehdraht
HICON JOURNAL 2024-01-EN

Heat Treatment Technology for Wire Rod and Drawn Wire.

The first time a coil of wire rod is heat treated it usually undergoes a spheroidization anneal, where the as-cast hot-rolled microstructure is optimized for additional cold forming. The excellent temperature uniformity that is achieved in HICON/H2® furnaces is essential for successfully annealing wire coils heat treated above the Ac1 temperature, particularly with highly-alloyed grades.

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FAMETEC Saphir-Einkristalle
HICON JOURNAL 2023-02 EN

FAMETEC sets new standards.

Based on the research goals of EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH, a unique furnace to grow sapphire single crystals was successfully developed early in 2012.

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Hazelett
HICON JOURNAL 2023-02 EN

The Hazelett aluminum strip casting process

Aluminum strip and sheet are manufactured from cast slabs or strip in either a charged process or a continuous casting process. Hazelett’s process of choice is continuous casting, in which a Hazelett twin-belt casting facility is used.

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