Continuous hardening and tempering line for steel strips
HICON® EBNER

EBNER steel strip hardening and tempering lines are for strip widths up to 700 mm and for a strip thickness between 0.05 and 4.0 mm. The maximum possible width to thickness ratio is 3000:1, meaning that wider strips can be hardened and tempered economically and then slit to make narrower strips. Maximum throughput is 1600 kg/h.

Molten-metal quench technology
Non-alloy and low alloy carbon steel strips are transformed using the following technologies:
Martempering with leveling and tempering, austempering (to form bainite) with leveling, and patenting (to achieve ultra-fine pearlite).

Hydrogen cooling technology
Various stainless steel components, knives, tools and parts for the cutlery industry are made from steels with 13% chromium and 0.2 to 0.4% carbon.
Since these products are usually polished to provide the best resistance to oxidation, the aim of the heat treatment process is not just to achieve a good microstructure and flatness, but also a clean, undamaged surface.