CEC - Aluminum Solution Heat Treatment Furnaces

CEC has extensive experience in heat treating aluminum. To date, CEC’s T4 & T6 installations process more than 57 million aluminum cylinder heads, engine blocks and wheels every year. Our commitment to innovation and robust design has allowed us to manufacture some of the largest & most productive heat treatment systems in the world.

CEC has invented and developed solution heat-treatment machine innovations and processes that have produced more than 105 patents. To develop and optimize processes, we have run more than 6350 CEC sponsored or funded casting tests to prove our process innovations. Our corporate focus is to save you and the end customer operating costs and pollution while improving your product quality. CEC invented and remains the world leader in trayless and basketless head, block and wheel casting processing, among many other advancements.

With the best technology and arguably the best design team in the world, here is a short list of some of the innovations that CEC offers:

• Short Cycle Heat Treatment (Solution for less time & energy). Through extensive testing CEC works with its customers to minimize energy consumption while maintaining desired properties.

• Close Proximity Heat Treatment (Hot Castings from the Die) This patented method has revolutionized many treatment methods in the auto industry, further decreasing energy consumption while minimizing part movement and foundry footprint.

• ”3 in 1 Heat Treatment,” (Sand Removal and Sand Reclaim in one machine) One of CEC’s greatest contributions to the heat treating of sand mold castings, 3 in 1 treatment has saved most of the large auto manufacturers millions.

•  Single stack energy optimization and pollution reduction (CleanCast™) Decades of perfecting CEC’s 3 in 1 technology has led to more efficient furnace designs. Cleancast™ machines represent the most efficient treatment method for large scale foundries using sand molds.

• Heat Treatment of High Pressure Die Castings (HPDC). This has already resulted in substantial savings to the customers whose castings have been processed in our machines. Call us today and we will review our technology with you privately. 

• Chain, rotary or other “cell type” or “close proximity” furnaces can be located directly at the mold filling or forging output stations and will heat parts with radiation, nozzle-flow or other potential product enhancement features to ensure the shortest possible heat-treatment time and lowest cost.

Our process features give you the greatest assurance that your physical properties will be met. Call us today to tell us about your production needs. We offer engineering and testing that will show you how your casting or forging costs can be minimized and your pollution reduced. CEC systems are the proven industry benchmark. See why Mercedes, Ford, Norsk Hydro, BMW, Nemak, Teksid, Superior, VAW, and other fine casting companies put their development and engineering trust in CEC for their largest projects.