Onsite Fuel Fired Heat Treatment

Stork Cooperheat supply specialised personnel and equipment to carry out a wide range of heat treatment processes. This includes post weld heat treatment of vessels, spheres and other fabrications utilising Stork Cooperheat high velocity burners.

Various types and configurations may be post weld heat treated by insulating the outside of the vessel with mineral wool then firing internally, turning the sphere or vessel into its own furnace with temperatures up to 700°C.

Thermocouples are used to accurately monitor the temperature during heat treatment. The high velocity burners enable excellent temperature distribution and uniformity at all times. The burners also have the capacity to carry out solution annealing to temperatures up to 1200°C.

When Internal firing is not a practical or cost effective option a temporary furnace can be constructed at the client’s site where the structure is fired externally with high velocity burners. Alternatively Stork Cooperheat surface combustion units can be used in many heat treatment applications, the most common being the pre-heating of rotating vessels.