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INDUSTRIAL OVENS FOR PROCESSING SYNTHETIC MATERIALS


Despatch has specialized in thermal processing for over 100 years. Thermal processing of materials is a critical step in manufacturing quality products. The world’s top manufacturers rely on Despatch for curing, drying and heat treating a wide variety of materials including polymers, composites, rubber and textiles. Despatch manufactures large batch ovens and conveyor ovens for complex, high-volume production – ovens that deliver consistent, reliable results.


Despatch benchtop ovens and lab ovens

LBB Forced Convection Benchtop Ovens

The Despatch LBB forced convection benchtop oven features a combination of horizontal and vertical airflow that offers excellent temperature uniformity. The fast heat-up rates and short processing times make the LBB a top choice for applications such as heating soil and asphalt samples prior to quality testing, mold heating and other drying, curing and testing processes in the materials market.

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LAC Benchtop Ovens

The horizontal recirculating airflow and exceptional temperature uniformity of Despatch’s LAC oven make it ideal for curing plastic and non-volatile composite coatings and polymers on industrial, automotive and aerospace components.

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Large Capacity Walk-in Ovens

The 476 and 952 cubic foot capacity Despatch TAD/TFD walk-in ovens feature uniflow airflow to ensure uniform temperatures throughout the oven. Common applications in the materials market include pre-heating steel, metal stress-relieving and other high temperature, heavy industrial processes. Maximum temperature is 343°C (650°F). These ovens ship in just 6 weeks.

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Composite Curing Ovens

Thermal curing is a critical step in manufacturing quality composite materials. Traditionally, most composite parts required autoclaves for proper curing. Today, low cost out-of-autoclave curing of aerospace-grade composite parts is possible using a vacuum bagging system with a walk-in batch oven. The process is precisely controlled and monitored to ensure void-free composite parts.

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Carbon Fiber Oxidation Ovens

Despatch’s oxidation ovens lead the industry in technology and performance. Oxidation ovens are utilized in the advanced materials market to oxidize carbon fiber pre-cursor. Despatch’s next generation Split-Zone™ Oxidation Oven with Novariance™ Technology allows you to aggressively push the oxidation rate, reduce oxidation cycle time, and lower the cost of high quality oxidized fiber.

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TA and TF Walk In Ovens

The TA/TF walk-in and truck-in ovens are robust for heavier industrial processes at higher temperatures. The TF models are Class A and meet NFPA 86 requirements for materials market applications such as finish baking, bonding and those involving moisture or fume removal. TA models perform stress relieving for metals, steel pre-heating, aging, drying and general heat treating.

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PC Series Conveyor Ovens

PC Series continuous ovens are highly customizable for a variety of applications in the materials market. These ovens perform drying of composite materials, curing thermoset plastics and adhesives, and heat treating a range of fibers. The continuous belt design is ideal for large quantities of similar work pieces being processed.

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RA and RF Cabinet Ovens

The RA/RF reach-in oven offers a variety of chamber sizes, features high airflow for fast heating, and is available as a Class A oven for processes involving volatiles. Common RA/RF ovens in the materials market include pre-heating steel, metal stress-relieving and other high temperature, heavy industrial processes.

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SYNTHETIC MATERIALS

Despatch manufactures a variety of ovens for heat treating synthetic materials such as: thermoset plastics, adhesives, paints and powder coats, rubber and many others. Common applications include:

  • Annealing – removes stresses and increases material strength
  • Curing – helps materials to cross-link and retain defect-free characteristics
  • Drying – provides a faster liquid removal from the material
  • Hardening – increases the strength of the material for better resistance to wear

COMPOSITE MATERIALS

composite materials Composite materials are becoming the material of choice for industries such as aerospace, automotive, wind energy, sports and recreation and industrial construction. Carbon fiber composites provide an exceptionally strong and lightweight material needed for reduced energy consumption and durability.

Despatch provides an advanced out-of-autoclave solution to the challenging composite curing process. Despatch composite curing ovens provide uniflow airflow which delivers heated air from both sides of the chamber for uniform operating temperatures. The ovens can be custom designed for an airflow that is best suited to provide the fastest, most uniform heat-up time for any product.

Despatch offers complete vacuum bagging systems with up to 24 vacuum ports. Jack panels allow connection to as many thermocouples as needed for monitoring the curing process. Mold preparation, including preheating, drying and cleaning processes can also be provided.

A control system is available to fully control your vacuum bagging process. A PC software package is utilized to record all the necessary information relating to your thermocouples, vacuum transducers, temperatures, Hi-limits, user access and all related alarms. This system allows full control and ensures parts are reliable and cured to specification.

MATERIALS TESTING

composite materials Despatch provides laboratory ovens for testing and analyzing materials such as asphalt, polymers, composites, paint and other coatings. Testing is used to define material characteristics, detecting defects and failure susceptibility. Despatch ovens are highly uniform and repeatable with extremely tight temperature tolerances for consistent testing. For simple applications such as heating soil and asphalt samples prior to quality testing the LBB forced convection oven, with it’s fast heat-up rates and short processing times, is a popular choice. For more sophisticated testing, choose an oven with the microprocessor based Protocol 3TM controller. It provides simple and flexible operation and can be paired with monitoring and data logging software for detailed reporting of oven process data.

CARBON FIBER

Despatch provides laboratory ovens for testing and analyzing materials such as asphalt, polymers, composites, paint and other coatings. Testing is used to define material characteristics, detecting defects and failure susceptibility. Despatch ovens are highly uniform and repeatable with extremely tight temperature tolerances for consistent testing. For simple applications such as heating soil and asphalt samples prior to quality testing the LBB forced convection oven, with it’s fast heat-up rates and short processing times, is a popular choice. For more sophisticated testing, choose an oven with the microprocessor based Protocol 3TM controller. It provides simple and flexible operation and can be paired with monitoring and data logging software for detailed reporting of oven process data.

APPLICATIONS

Synthetic Materials
  • Annealing
  • Curing
  • Drying
  • hardening
Materials Testing
  • Preheating
  • Analyzing Characteristics
  • Defect Detection
Composite Materials
  • Composite Curing
  • Curing
  • Drying
  • Vacuum Bagging
 
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