Bogie Hearth Furnace

Bogie Hearth Furnaces

Heavy Loads. Accessible Loading. Process-Specific Heating.

Bogie hearth furnaces, also known as car bottom furnaces, feature a powered roll-out hearth that brings the load outside the heating chamber. This provides overhead crane access for positioning large castings, forgings, steel fabrications and tooling, with load supports arranged to suit the workpiece.

Heat Treatment Matched to the Alloy

Configurations cover annealing, normalizing, stress relieving, tempering and heating prior to quench hardening. Heating and soaking stages are matched to the alloy and section thickness. For quench-hardening applications, hearth movement and load transfer are coordinated with an external quenching system to meet the specified transfer time.

Built Around the Workpiece

We engineer hearth capacity, chamber dimensions and support fixtures around your load weight and geometry. Heating zones, element placement, insulation and temperature monitoring are selected for the required thermal cycle and temperature uniformity. Door arrangements, bogie travel and optional additional hearths are tailored to your workshop layout and production schedule.