NUTEC Bickley's Rotary Hearth Furnaces are integrated with load/unload manipulators to feed forging cells, forming lines, or quenching systems.
Rotary Hearth Furnaces offer several advantages for the continuous heating and heat treatment of Steel and Titanium. The Rotary Hearth Furnace concept can also be provided with forced air heating and recirculation for metals such as aluminum that are heat treated or pre-heated in a forging application.
At NUTEC Bickley we provide a wide range of Rotary Hearth Furnace sizes from 5’-0 to 60’-0 diameters with a full hearth or rotary fixture to match our customers specific needs and process requirements.
In many cases these furnaces are integrated with loading and unloading Robots or custom manipulators to feed forging cells, forming lines, or quenching systems. NUTEC Bickley offers Turnkey integrated solutions.
The flexibility of the Rotary Hearth Furnace design allows for side firing, heating with flat flame style burners mounted in the roof or both if required. Higher temperature furnaces incorporate Low NOx, Recuperative and Regenerative burner technologies. The furnaces can be arranged with one door for loading and unloading or with designated loading and unloading doors as required.
All NUTEC Bickley Hearth Furnaces are designed with ease of user maintenance and incorporate schemes modular panel sections, precast hearth shapes and removable wall/roof sections for maintenance access.
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Rotary hearth furnaces handle high temperatures and aggressive production cycles, so construction material and components selection is important.
Critical components, like refractory linings, load supports, hearth rollers, hearth guiding and drive systems, are designed to withstand thermal stress and load maximum weight, ensure uniform heat, and maintain efficiency.
Proper material choice improves productivity, reduces wear, and lowers operational costs.
At NUTEC Bickley, we combine international experience and custom designs to deliver reliable, energy-efficient furnace solutions tailored to your production needs.
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Rotary hearth furnaces are designed to combine precision, efficiency, and reliability in continuous heat processing production. Their rotating hearth ensures a uniform temperature profile, which is critical for industries where results in consistent material properties are essential, such as automotive, aerospace, and specialty metals.
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At NUTEC Bickley, we leverage decades of international experience in custom RHFs to help our clients achieve measurable improvements in energy efficiency, cycle time, and product quality. From high-volume manufacturing to specialized heat treatments, our solutions are tailored to meet both technical requirements and operational goals.
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Rotary hearth furnaces are continuous processing equipment designed to bring material at high temperatures using a rotating circular hearth. As the hearth slowly turns continuously or in increments, the material moves through controlled heating zones, allowing it to perform temperature profiles typically between 1010°C and 1300°C or higher with excellent temperature uniformity.
This design enables consistent heating, high production rate, and consistent process control, making them ideal for operations such as steel reheating for forging, and many heat treatments. Their circular configuration also helps optimize furnace space and supports continuous production flows.
Rotary hearth furnaces are known for their capacity to process high production volumes while maintaining consistent conditions. Their design features a rotating working hearth that moves parts through the circular furnace chamber, allowing loading and unloading without interrupting the thermal cycle. This continuous flow makes them particularly effective for high-capacity manufacturing throughput.
Another advantage is the ability to precisely control temperature profiles and rotation speed, making sure each part has the required soaking time for required heat transfer and uniformity. Modern control systems allow operators to monitor the process easily and adjust parameters as production demands change. Rotary hearth furnaces also offer strong process flexibility. They can incorporate either natural gas or electric heating. Integrated with automated material handling systems, these furnaces can operate seamlessly into high-volume production requirements, improving productivity and reducing labor intervention.
We serve multiple industries through the design, building and installation of combustion systems, thermal insulation and highly specialized industrial furnaces, kilns and ovens. We are focused on understanding our customers’ needs and supplying the best equipment at the most competitive price.
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