Vertical oven saves space on factory floor

Davron Technologies Inc. has designed and manufactured the DTI-1135, an electrically heated vertical oven used to cure a coating on steel components for a Tier 1 automotive supplier.

The vertical oven features one heated zone where parts index up and down in a vertical orientation. After exiting the heated chamber, the parts are conveyed horizontally through the cooling chamber, which is located below the heated chamber. This tiered design helps save factory floor space.

The parts that need to be processed are loaded into the oven via an integrated automated pick-and-place system. Parts are conveyed through the vertical oven via indexed custom product trays. The control system allows the user to adjust the index time of the conveying system to provide varying dwell times in the heated chamber.

The maximum operating temperature for the heated chamber is 500 degrees F. The vertical oven features PLC, and all motion functions are servo-controlled.