ROTARY HEARTH FURNACES

Unmatched Performance with Our Rotary Hearth Furnaces

NUTEC Bickley Rotary Hearth Furnaces

NUTEC Bickley's Rotary Hearth Furnaces are integrated with load/unload manipulators to feed forging cells, forming lines, or quenching systems.

Rotary Hearth Furnaces offer several advantages for the continuous heating and heat treatment of Steel and Titanium. The Rotary Hearth Furnace concept can also be provided with forced air heating and recirculation for metals such as aluminum that are heat treated or pre-heated in a forging application.

At NUTEC Bickley we provide a wide range of Rotary Hearth Furnace sizes from 5’-0 to 60’-0 diameters with a full hearth or rotary fixture to match our customers specific needs and process requirements.

In many cases these furnaces are integrated with loading and unloading Robots or custom manipulators to feed forging cells, forming lines, or quenching systems. NUTEC Bickley offers Turnkey integrated solutions.

The flexibility of the Rotary Hearth Furnace design allows for side firing, heating with flat flame style burners mounted in the roof or both if required. Higher temperature furnaces incorporate Low NOx, Recuperative and Regenerative burner technologies. The furnaces can be arranged with one door for loading and unloading or with designated loading and unloading doors as required.

All NUTEC Bickley Hearth Furnaces are designed with ease of user maintenance and incorporate schemes modular panel sections, precast hearth shapes and removable wall/roof sections for maintenance access.

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Basketless Rotary Fixture for Aluminum Heat Treating

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Basketless Rotary Fixture for Aluminum Heat Treating

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Basketless Rotary Fixture for Aluminum Heat Treating

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Rotary Hearth for Aluminum Forging

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Rotary Hearth for Aluminum Forging

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Rotary Hearth for Aluminum Forging

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Rotary Hearth for Aluminum Forging

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General Specifications
Dimensions
6 ft Ф to over 60 ft Ф (2 m Ф to over 20 m Ф)
Temperature
De 150°C a 1,290°C (300°F a 2,350°F)
Standards
AMS, CQI-9, ASTM,   ASME, API
Power Source
Natural and propone gas. Electrical configurations available.
Key Differentiators
Efficiency: Loading and unloading of the furnace from the same area eliminating redundant automation.
Smart Design: Fewer moving parts compared to other furnace schemes.
Smaller Footprint: Rotary Hearth Furnaces take up less floor space.
Compact: Door designs that allow side opening to minimize furnace clearance requirements.
Ease of Maintenance: Modular removal of hearth with overhead crane to allow east access to sub hearth components. Multiple maintenance doors for clean out and repairs.
Flexibility: Sand, water, or oil seals for specific process requirements.
Versatility: Single door for most batch operations and double door for eliminating shadow effect on discharge pieces on continuous production furnaces.
Heavy Duty: All available heat recovery systems can be incorporated into the furnace design.

Materials and Components in Rotary Hearth Furnaces

Rotary hearth furnaces handle high temperatures and aggressive production cycles, so construction material and components selection is important. 

Critical components, like refractory linings, load supports, hearth rollers, hearth guiding and drive systems, are designed to withstand thermal stress and load maximum weight, ensure uniform heat, and maintain efficiency.

Proper material choice improves productivity, reduces wear, and lowers operational costs.

At NUTEC Bickley, we combine international experience and custom designs to deliver reliable, energy-efficient furnace solutions tailored to your production needs.

Contact our team to explore a rotary hearth furnace optimized for your materials and processes.

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Technology Offered

SCADA

SCADA

With our SCADA systems, kilns operators are able to have complete control of their firing process, enhancing efficiency and productivity.

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Industries we serve
Casting
Related Processes
Heating/reheating

Optimizing your process with Rotary Hearth Furnaces

Rotary hearth furnaces are designed to combine precision, efficiency, and reliability in continuous heat processing production. Their rotating hearth ensures a uniform temperature profile, which is critical for industries where results in consistent material properties are essential, such as automotive, aerospace, and specialty metals.

Design Features That Drive Performance

Precise hearth movement: Electric gear motor with pinion and a circular rack or chain, monitored by absolute encoders, enables exact positioning for automated loading and unloading, possibly by robots.
Flexible Heating Options: combustion systems or electric heating elements for precise thermal profiles, adaptable to your material and process needs.
Sand, water, or oil seals limit air infiltration and heat losses to maintain temperature uniformity and process integrity.
Automation-Ready: Integration with robotic systems and advanced process controls reduces manual handling, ensures repeatability, and increases productivity.

At NUTEC Bickley, we leverage decades of international experience in custom RHFs to help our clients achieve measurable improvements in energy efficiency, cycle time, and product quality. From high-volume manufacturing to specialized heat treatments, our solutions are tailored to meet both technical requirements and operational goals.

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NUTEC Bickley provides the best Spare Parts brands for industrial furnaces, kilns and other equipment, with the highest quality components in the combustion and control areas.

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Maintenance Policies

NUTEC Bickley provides Maintenance Policies for industrial furnaces all over the world. Our commitment is to keep your combustion systems in the best possible operating condition with periodic reviews and a process of continuous improvement.

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