Gero Hochtemperaturöfen GmbH & Co. KG opening heat treatment centre.

 

The step from prototype through limited-lot to full-scale production is a very difficult and expensive one. Going from laboraty-scale to limited-lot production generally alredy entails enormous financial investment and, associated with this, high risk. The termal processes generally have to be developed or at least adapted and optimized. The step from a prototype engineered in a laboratory to a product manufactured on industrial scale can seldom be achieved by means of simple upscaling. Providing professional external services are available, it is possible to save the investment in a sintering plant for determining the correct process parameters. In mind of the fact that an appropriate pilot-scale furnace system is relatively expensive  because many degrees of freedom are needed to determine the final production parameters, Gero Hochtemperaturöfen GmbH & Co KG has decided to set up a heat treatment centre.

 

Here it will be possible to manufacture limit lots, develop processes, carry out sampling inspections and, where appropriate, ensure as smooth transition into series production.

 

Besides the actual heat treatment systems, Gero can provide extensive process know-how.

 

From 01.04.2009 it will be possible to perform heat treatment processes such as sintering, phyrolysis, silicon infiltration, etc. in application-oriented conditions at Gero´s facility in Neuhausen/Enzkreis, Germany.

 

To start off, two furnaces will be available: