Surface Combustion
Encyclopedia
Surface Combustion, Inc. is a North American manufacturer of thermal processing and heat treating equipment. Surface Combustion was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Maumee, Ohio
. In addition to the headquarters, Surface Combustion also maintains a manufacturing and warehouse facility in another nearby Toledo
suburb, Waterville.
ed heating concept of the same name. Since then, Surface Combustion has been awarded more than 645 patents and 75 registered trademark
s.
, vacuum processing, tempering
, nitriding, and quenching, among others utilized for batch production
or continuous production
.
Maumee, Ohio
Maumee is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Toledo along the Maumee River. The population was 14,286 at the 2010 census. Maumee was also declared an All-America City by the National Civic League in June 2006.-Geography:...
. In addition to the headquarters, Surface Combustion also maintains a manufacturing and warehouse facility in another nearby Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
suburb, Waterville.
History
Surface Combustion was founded on a patentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
ed heating concept of the same name. Since then, Surface Combustion has been awarded more than 645 patents and 75 registered trademark
Trademark
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...
s.
Products
Surface Combustion manufactures equipment for various thermal processes including carburizing, annealingAnnealing (metallurgy)
Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment wherein a material is altered, causing changes in its properties such as strength and hardness. It is a process that produces conditions by heating to above the recrystallization temperature, maintaining a suitable temperature, and...
, vacuum processing, tempering
Tempering
Tempering is a heat treatment technique for metals, alloys and glass. In steels, tempering is done to "toughen" the metal by transforming brittle martensite or bainite into a combination of ferrite and cementite or sometimes Tempered martensite...
, nitriding, and quenching, among others utilized for batch production
Batch production
Batch production is a technique used in manufacturing, in which the object in question is created stage by stage over a series of workstations. Batch production is common in bakeries and in the manufacture of sports shoes, pharmaceutical ingredients , inks, paints and adhesives. In the manufacture...
or continuous production
Continuous production
Continuous production is a method used to manufacture, produce, or process materials without interruption. Continuous production is called a continuous process or a continuous flow process because the materials, either dry bulk or fluids that are being processed are continuously in motion,...
.
- Allcase (Batch Integral QuenchQuenchIn materials science, quenching is the rapid cooling of a workpiece to obtain certain material properties. It prevents low-temperature processes, such as phase transformations, from occurring by only providing a narrow window of time in which the reaction is both thermodynamically favorable and...
Furnace) – Developed by Surface Combustion. Typically used in batch carburizing processes. - RX Generator (EndothermicEndothermicIn thermodynamics, the word endothermic describes a process or reaction in which the system absorbs energy from the surroundings in the form of heat. Its etymology stems from the prefix endo- and the Greek word thermasi,...
Gas Generator) – Produces a carbon carrying gas for the carburizing process. - DX Generator (ExothermicExothermicIn thermodynamics, the term exothermic describes a process or reaction that releases energy from the system, usually in the form of heat, but also in the form of light , electricity , or sound...
Gas Generator) – Produces a gas that can be used in several different applications. - VringCARB - High purity vacuum carburizing technology using cyclohexaneCyclohexaneCyclohexane is a cycloalkane with the molecular formula C6H12. Cyclohexane is used as a nonpolar solvent for the chemical industry, and also as a raw material for the industrial production of adipic acid and caprolactam, both of which being intermediates used in the production of nylon...
. - MPF (Metal Parts Furnace) - Used to destroy chemical munitions .
- Roller Hearth and Pusher Furnaces - Utilized in continuous production for a variety of thermal processes.
- Material Handling Equipment