RAD-CON, Inc., (Cleveland, OH, USA) has completed commissioning of thermal modeling for the annealing process at the Sandvik Material Technologies, Inc. 100% hydrogen batch annealing facility in Sandviken, Sweden. RAD-CON supplied Sandvik with its Entec CAPS™ Level 2 control system as well as Stacking, Heating, and Cooling Models for the anneal of stainless, chromium, martensitic, and carbon steels in Sandvik Material Technologies’ Strip product area. The system interfaces with Sandvik’s plant-wide MES database and the existing PLC network for complete process integration.

Sandvik Materials Technology, a business area within the Sandvik Group, is a world leading producer of high technology stainless steels, special alloy materials and advanced value-added products, developed in close cooperation with customers. The Strip product area manufacturers and supplies precision strip steel in high and special alloy grades for niche applications ranging from razor blades, medical instruments, springs, domestic and industrial knives to strip for catalytic converters, compressor flapper valves and photochemical machining.

RAD-CON, Inc. is a leader in 100% hydrogen bell anneal systems and annealing production control technologies. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, the company designs, manufactures, installs, and services high-efficiency batch annealing equipment and software for ferrous and non-ferrous sheet and wire markets around the world.