Mandrel Furnace

Mandrel Furnace is the optimum solution to heat the mandrels and to cope with the pipe mill lay-out. The best heating performances are achieved by dedicated combustion system or by heating system which recover heat from the Re-heating Furnace thus improving the overall sustainability of the Pipe plant.

The furnace can work in continuous or batch mode according to the mill requests, either at the beginning of a new pipe size lot milling operation, either for a single mandrel entering the milling loop. For this purpose, the soaking mode is specifically designed to keep mandrels at the target temperature ready for milling operation.

The temperature uniformity along the length of the mandrel is precisely achieved and it ensures high surface quality for milling performances.

Handling systems are designed to completely automate the mandrel handling operations which are locally or remotely controlled by operator thus ensuring human safety.

In recent years, the proven reliability of Tenova Furnaces is combined to a new generation of advanced features to shift the Furnace into a high technological production unit. The Digital Solutions, New algorithms and Innovative AI models for enhanced process control and proactive management of the assets assure an increased sustainability and profitability of the furnace system.