Lindberg/MPH ships hot stamping furnace to Gestamp facility

Lindberg/MPH has announced the shipment of an electrically heated, four-chamber hot stamping furnace to the Gestamp Research and Development facility located in Auburn Hills, Mich. Gestamp is an international corporation that designs, develops, and manufactures metal automotive components.

The hot stamping furnace features one stack of three high-heat chambers (max. temperature rating 1,050 degrees C) and one low-heat chamber (540 degrees C). Each furnace chamber is designed with load space dimensions of 36 by 30 by 8 in.

The furnace is integrated at the Gestamp facility with a robotic transfer system and hydraulic hot stamping press. The four chambers operate independently, with the top chamber designated for aluminum treatment. This type of hot stamping system allows the customer to treat different steels simultaneously and takes up a smaller footprint than a continuous system.