Infrared systems for a wealth of industrial applications

There are a variety of thermal engineering applications in various non-categorizable manufacturing processes. In the variety of applications, the key is often in the customer-specific new development.

Here you will find an overview of different applications, which are processed by infrared heat.

These pages are currently under construction. In the future, you will receive detailed information on the various areas of application that we will gradually provide for you. You are welcome to contact us for more information about our products and the scope of application.

Polymers

Heating thermoplastics

For forming thermoplastics (thermoforming, plastic deep-drawing), the product must be heated to the respective glass transition temperature.

Tempering thermosets

Annealing is the term used to describe the heat treatment of plastics to reduce mechanical stresses and the targeted modification of the microstructure.

Laminating plastics

Application of decorative or functional foils under heat.

Plastic welding

A thermal process for the material bonding of plastics.

Shrinking plastics

Shrinkage of thermoplastics under the influence of heat.

Composites

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Heating organic sheets

Heating organic sheets for connected forming processes.

Annealing of fibre-reinforced plastics

Annealing of fibre-reinforced plastics with thermoset matrix.

Bonding

Bonding of composites.

Technical ceramics

Debinding ceramics

Debinding removes the binders with their organic components from the green compact.

Sintering ceramics

Sintering of ceramics, after debinding or shaping by means of additive manufacturing, pressing or casting.

Drying of ceramics

Water components in semi-finished products or in surface coatings can be removed by means of drying.

Heat treatment

Through heat treatment, the final properties of the component and surface, such as hardness, strength or conductivity, can be set.

Metals

Metal debinding

Debinding of metals, after shaping by means of additive manufacturing, pressing or casting.

Sintering metals

Sintering of metals, after debinding or shaping by additive manufacturing, pressing or casting.

Hardening / Annealing

Hardening can be used to improve the mechanical resistance of metallic materials by selectively changing and transforming their microstructures.

Vacuum and process gas brazing

Brazing processes place high demands on the furnace technology in order to guarantee the surface quality of the components to be joined.

Ageing

Both materials and components are subject to accelerated ageing at the beginning of their life cycle. This initial ageing can be simulated in retort furnaces..

Transformation processes

Thermal conversion processes

Processing and refining biomass into products that can be used for energy and/or materials, such as fuels.

Pyrolysis

Thermal conversion process of organic compounds without oxygen.

Hydrogen generation/production

Thermal conversion process for the production of hydrogen.

Lacquer drying

Drying water-based lacquers

The drying of lacquers can be significantly accelerated by heat radiation/infrared.

Evaporate solvent

The evaporation of solvents can be significantly accelerated by heat radiation/infrared radiation.

Curing solvent lacquers

With infrared radiation, 2K lacquers can be forcibly cross-linked and even increase the hardness of the lacquer layer.

Melting powder coatings

Infrared radiation can be used to anneal powder coatings without powder carry-over.

Curing powder coatings

Infrared radiation can be used to bake powder coatings quickly and reliably and even increase hardness.

Food

Heating food

Thermal processes for food, such as preheating, baking, caramelising, browning and keeping warm.

Drying food

Drying of food, such as fruit, vegetables and baked goods under the heat supply by means of infrared.

Ingolf Jaeger

Head of Sales
Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering

E-Mail: i.jaeger@ibt.de
Phone.: +49 (0) 3731 1683-15

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