As technology advances at an accelerated pace – fueled by the growth of the Internet of Things and the demand for integrated, automated systems – the focus on achieving leaner, more streamlined operations also continues to grow. This paper examines the many solutions multicell systems offer, all of which makes them adaptable to a variety of plant configurations and changing production processes.

Heat treatment comprises a series of operations involving heating, holding, and cooling of materials in the solid state for the purpose of obtaining certain desirable metallurgical, mechanical, or physical properties. The driving forces behind developing new heat treatment technologies are reducing the overall process time, minimizing its environmental footprint, minimizing distortion, lowering material cost, and lowering the cost of furnace operations. This paper discusses ten global trends that are driving technology development in the heat treating industry.