Meltech Engineering has specialised in the design and manufacture of strand annealing and heat treatment furnaces for stainless steel, titanium and complex alloys for over 35 years.

Meltech Engineering has specialised in the design and manufacture of strand annealing and heat treatment furnaces for stainless steel, titanium and complex alloys for over 25 years.

Meltech Engineering's range of strand annealing furnaces are based on the ‘low thermal mass’ principle and feature multi-zone temperature control up to 1,300OC. Available in a range of sizes with a choice of heating element materials such as Kanthal APM, for processing wires typically 0.5mm – 6mm diameter, the furnaces can be customised to fine tune temperature zoning and increased element operational life.

The strand annealing furnaces use advanced ceramic and insulation materials to give 90% thermal efficiency, leading to more consistent and manageable heating across the length of the furnace and reduced furnace heating running cost. Furnaces can be supplied standalone or as part of a self contained Meltech annealing line with integral spooling through to large scale process annealing lines with capacities in excess of one tonne per hour.

Meltech also manufactures annealing ancillary machinery to complement the annealing furnace including pay-off and take-up machinery and in-line ultrasonic cleaning baths all of which can be linked to a common process control system.