WB 20 - WB 400 martempering furnaces are filled with neutral salt and offer remarkably rapid and intensive heat transmission to the workpiece while ensuring optimum temperature uniformity. For working temperatures at between 180 °C and 500 °C these furnaces are ideal for quenching or cooling with minimal workpiece distortion, retempering, austempering for optimal toughness, recrystallization annealing after electrical discharge machining (EDM) and for blueing. The quenching or cooling process is applied in order to achieve an even temperature uniformity throughout the workpiece's entire cross-section before the formation of martensite and to avoid distortion and formation of cracks in valuable mechanical components during the subsequent hardening process. Tempering in a martempering bath is the same as the tempering process in air circulation furnaces and is used to reduce a previously hardened workpiece to a desired hardness, to increase toughness and reduce stress within the workpiece. Austempering is a good choice to achieve a high level of toughness and dimensional accuracy in oil hardened low-alloy steels. Workpieces subject to austempering have high tensile strength and good elasticity.

• Tmax 500  °C
• Optimal temperature uniformity
• Martemper bath temperature control
• Over-temperature limit controller with manual reset for thermal protection class 2 in accordance with EN 60519-2 as temperature limiter to protect the furnace and load
• Heating with immersion heating elements
• Charging basket

Additional equipment

• Charging aid mounted on side of furnace
• Process control and documentation with Controltherm MV software package